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Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale
Cody, Wyoming
Contact Deb Stafford, Director
1-888-598-8119, or (307) 587-5002
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Art Show Announces Fales Award Winners

Cody, Wyo.—The Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale has announced the recipients of the 2005 Gilly Fales Fine Arts Award. They are Michelle M. Harris of Green River and Ashley Johnston of Powell.

Each will receive a $500 scholarship and their work will be displayed in the 2005 Buffalo Bill Art Show, opening Aug. 25 at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. They are both invited to attend the show and sale, and their art will be pictured in promotional materials distributed to arts patrons nationwide.

Harris impressed jurors with her 14 x 28 inch mixed-media piece titled Self Portrait. Johnston’s award-winner was a 17 x 7 x 4 clay sculpture titled Forever. They join seven other recipients in the history of the statewide arts competition dating to 2001.

The Gilly Fales Fine Art Award honors the artistic spirit of Gilly Fales—a young actress, singer, director, and designer from Cody. The Fales family created the scholarship as a tribute to Gilly and to motivate Wyoming’s next generation of artists.

For the first time ever, a previous award recipient, Blake Neubert of Powell, will formally participate in the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale. And 2002 recipient Tawni Schuler of Powell has been included in the September issue of Southwest Art magazine in a section featuring 21 up-and-coming artists under the age of 31.

“If Gilly had lived to pursue her dreams, we hope she would have been able to receive encouragement and hope from awards such as this,” the Fales family has stated. “It is an honor to Gilly’s life and passion that her name and spirit live on in this award.”

For more information, call the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, (307) 587-5002, email info@buffalobillartshow.com, or visit www.buffalobillartshow.com.