Jentel Artist Residency

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Jentel Foundation provides a residency program for visual artists and writers in a setting that preserves the agricultural and historical integrity of the land. *Experience the remarkable landscape and atmosphere of a functioning ranching operation in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains.

*Experience a place where time passes in the quiet certitude as it did 50 to 100 years ago.

*Experience

time apart from daily concerns.

*Experience an environment in which to concentrate on personal creative development.

We did Jentel Presents a bit differently for our May residents: Andy Teirstein, Samara Johnson, Jade Song, Ty Raso, Alex...
06/03/2026

We did Jentel Presents a bit differently for our May residents: Andy Teirstein, Samara Johnson, Jade Song, Ty Raso, Alex Schechter, and Peter Everett.

Community members were able to join a studio tour at Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, Wyoming, to hear the artists speak about their creative practice and see their work. This will be the new format for the foreseeable future.

Keep an eye out for our monthly resident introductions for more information regarding the studio tour, or visit our website:

https://www.jentelarts.org/jentel-presents

J. Alex Schechter (b. 1988, Moose, WY) is a sculptor based out of Greenville, SC. Alex holds a BA in Religious studies f...
06/01/2026

J. Alex Schechter (b. 1988, Moose, WY) is a sculptor based out of Greenville, SC. Alex holds a BA in Religious studies from Grinnell College and an MFA in Sculpture from The Maryland Institute College of Art. His work focuses on tensions between secular myth making and environmental realities, engaging in a slippage between technology, magic, ritual, myth and story.

Image 1:
Title: Infinite Regress (Ammonite)
Year: 2026
Materials: Ash, Poplar, Assorted Electronics, Acrylic Paint
Dimensions: 7.5”x22”x5"
Notes: Carved model of an ammonite shell with embedded LCD screen that alternates displaying the phrases: “NOTHING HAS CHANGED” and “NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME”

Image 2:
Title: The Eye is Small but it Sees the Whole World
Year: 2025
Materials: Graphite on Paper
Dimensions: 18” x 24"

At the Jentel Studio Tour, the Jentel Artist Residency artists share their artworks, writing, and music with the communi...
05/20/2026

At the Jentel Studio Tour, the Jentel Artist Residency artists share their artworks, writing, and music with the community in their studios. Jentel Studio Tour will take place on Tuesday, May 26th 11:30 am – 1:00 pm at the Jentel Artist Residency, 132 Lower Piney Road in Banner, WY. Light lunch will be provided. RSVP to [email protected].

This month’s presenters include:

Andy Teirstein, Accord, NY; Composer; Andy likes cold plunges in a pond, sings with a Balkan choir, teaches music in a prison, and likes to sleep under the stars.

Peter Everett, Spanish Fork, UT; Painter; Peter lives in the mountains of Utah with his family. He is an amateur mycologist, a blacksmith/silversmith, and he maintains a small orchard.

Ty Raso, Provincetown, MA; Poet; A trans poet, essayist, and multi-media artist, Ty is currently working on a book-length prose poem exploring digital persona curation, the "avatar," and sexualized surveillance of trans bodies.

Jade Song, Brooklyn, NY; Writer; Jade pole dances and lives with too many books. She loves visiting cemeteries—her favorites are Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery and Certosa di Bologna in Italy.

Samara Johnson, Laramie, WY; Interdisciplinary Artist; Samara is originally from Alaska and has spent a lot of time adventuring in her life. She enjoys being around horses and cross-country skiing.

Alex Schechter, Greenville, SC; Visual Artist; Alex Schechter was born in Moose, Wyoming; he now lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He has lived in eight other cities in between.

Join us as Jentel hosts the next Jentel Presents on Tuesday, May 26th.

The Jentel Artist Residency accepts applications twice a year from visual artists in all media, writers in all genres, and composers in all genres for a three-week residency. A residency includes comfortable accommodation; common living, dining, and recreation areas; a private workspace; and a stipend to help defray expenses during the program. For more information, please visit www.jentelarts.org or call Jentel at (307) 737-2311.

Resident contacts:
www.andyteirstein.com
www.peter-everett.com
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Wednesday was the last day of April for residents! As usual, we got to do a little studio tour to see what everyone was ...
05/08/2026

Wednesday was the last day of April for residents! As usual, we got to do a little studio tour to see what everyone was up to over the last three weeks.

Christian Hastad | Resident in April 2026Christian Hastad, "Shade Tree", 2025, dyed resin, inkjet on sewn canvas, hardwa...
04/23/2026

Christian Hastad | Resident in April 2026

Christian Hastad, "Shade Tree", 2025, dyed resin, inkjet on sewn canvas, hardware, 6.5 x 8.5".

Second photo: Install of "Shade Tree" and "Plastic Wrapped Hay Bales", 2025.

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Christian Hastad is an artist based in Austin, Texas. He creates mixed media assemblage, paintings, and sculptures. His work utilizes material and mark as a way to meditate on memory, time, and contemporary life.

His recent exhibitions include "Acceleration Without Arrival" (2025) at the Visual Arts Center in Austin, TX, "Re-Imagining the Ney" (2023) at the Ney Museum in Austin, TX, and "Backburner" (2023) at MirrorLab in Minneapolis, MN. During his residency at Jentel he will be completing work for his upcoming solo exhibition at After Hours Gallery in St. Paul, MN.

He has been an artist in-residence at Vermont Studio Center (2025) and SOMA (2024) in Mexico City. Hastad received an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in Studio Art in 2025.

Jentel Presents provides the opportunity for these artists to share their visual artwork and writing with our enchanting...
04/21/2026

Jentel Presents provides the opportunity for these artists to share their visual artwork and writing with our enchanting Sheridan community. This event will take place on Tuesday, April 28th from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, at the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library Inner Circle in Sheridan. Feel free to bring your lunch; cookies will be provided.

This month’s presenters include:

Maggie Dubris, New York City, NY; Collaborative Song Writer; She spent many years as a 911 paramedic in New York City. When she retired in 2023, she walked the entire Camino de Santiago. She practices karate and loves to field record.

Lisa Gutkin, New York, NY; Composer; She spent her childhood summers in jerry rigged houses with Yiddish-speaking lefty garment worker activists. Lisa invents tools and gadgets and has been a touring musician for 40 years.

Christian Hastad, Austin, TX; Painter/Sculpture; Raised in the wetlands of Minnesota, he has always considered how environments shape memory. He is deeply interested in our evolving relationship to images and materials we trust to hold them.

Anthony Lombardi, Brooklyn, NY; Poet; Vinyl-hoarding, mixtape-slinging writer whose work is foundationally informed by the aesthetics, pulse, and history of music. He has had a poetry collection published by YesYes Books and is working on a memoir.

Stephanie Rose, Powell, WY; Painter; Artwork by Japanese and Chinese artists hung in her childhood home in Hong Kong. Unexpectedly and unintentionally, she sees whispers of their voices surfacing in her work.

Emma Binder, Madison, WI; Fiction Writer; They enjoy bouldering, reading, making mix CD’s, and riding their bike while listening to very loud music. They look forward to winter because they get to skate on the pond.

Join us as Jentel hosts the next Jentel Presents on Tuesday, April 28th

The Jentel Artist Residency accepts applications twice a year from visual artists, writers, and composers for a three-week residency. A residency includes comfortable accommodation; common living, dining, and recreation areas; a private workspace; and a stipend to help defray expenses during the program. For more information, please visit www.jentelarts.org or call Jentel at (307) 737-2311.

March residents' studio visits before we parted ways!It is such a joy to be able to share their creative endeavors from ...
04/16/2026

March residents' studio visits before we parted ways!

It is such a joy to be able to share their creative endeavors from their month spent at Jentel!
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Oakley Boycott
Leyla Brittan m4a

Jeffrey William Goll

Jeff Goll | Resident in March 2026JWGoll is a writer and artist working as a Patient Advocate at a large hospital in Nor...
03/28/2026

Jeff Goll | Resident in March 2026

JWGoll is a writer and artist working as a Patient Advocate at a large hospital in North Carolina. His stories are born of experiences as a photographer in Chicago, the Dakotas, and Central Europe. He has a degree in photography from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. As a sculptor and installation artist, he has been represented by galleries in Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, New York, and Chapel Hill, NC.

Leyla Brittan | Resident in March 2026Leyla Brittan is an author of young adult and literary fiction, currently based i...
03/27/2026

Leyla Brittan | Resident in March 2026

Leyla Brittan is an author of young adult and literary fiction, currently based in San Francisco but always on the move. Her debut novel, Ros Demir Is Not the One (Holiday House 2024), explores themes of multicultural identity and female friendship. Originally from Chappaqua, New York, she has worked in tech, journalism, and film/television. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Wyoming. She’s delighted to be back in Wyoming and working on a new project at Jentel!

You can find her on most social media platforms as or at leylabrittan.com.

Hillary Bonhomme | Resident in March 2026Hillary Bonhomme is a performer, composer, and multi-disciplinary artist origi...
03/25/2026

Hillary Bonhomme | Resident in March 2026

Hillary Bonhomme is a performer, composer, and multi-disciplinary artist originally from Southwest Louisiana, now living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Her interest in a music career began with her work as a radio producer, which led to composing and performing her original music. Hillary’s solo act has been toured across the United States and abroad. She continues to collaborate with filmmakers, choreographers, and podcast producers from around the world. She was an artist in residence at Banff Musicians in Residence at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in 2026, the House of Cards at the Honey Locust Residency in Arnaudville, Louisiana, and Mudhouse Residency in Crete, Greece in 2025. Hillary is working as founder and director of Glacial Humming, a music-social practice where participants sing and connect through Hillary’s concept pieces for ensemble. Her sound is influenced by her admiration of Nina Simone, Meredith Monk, Phillip Glass, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland.

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130 Lower Piney Road
Banner, WY
82832

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm
Friday 8am - 3pm

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+13077372311

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