Featuring 50+ Notable Galleries from 30 Cities
Customized to the Tastes & Design Sensibilities of the Rocky Mountains. Held Concurrently with Jackson Hole’s Popular Art Acquisition Weekend
Experience the Glamour & Excitement of an Elegant National Art Fair
JHFAF features 50+ select art galleries from across the nation showcasing important works by hundreds of respected artists. Ranging from contemporary to western and wildlife art, this curated boutique fair offers an amazingly expansive selection of fine art tailored to the acquisition trends and artistic tastes of this affluent and cosmopolitan community. Uncover precious treasures at every budget level.
It is the first fair of its kind to feature high caliber art gallery displays presenting a wide, but distinctive selection of the popular art collecting genres in the Rocky Mountains. JHFAF is truly a Made in America representation in fine art, over the past century.
The addition of Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair will augment, enhance and amplify the annual Fall Arts Festival, serving as a magnet for even more art lovers. This will be fueled by the anticipation, prestige, and diversity of art offered by a chic and world-class fine art fair coming to town.
Created by experienced and well-respected art fair producers, their expansive marketing reach to affluent contemporary art collectors will attract a new wave of art buyers to Jackson Hole. Its’ addition as a major attraction to the Fall Art Festival’s lineup will also help incentivize past festival attendees to return in 2019.
Why Jackson Hole?
This elite enclave in the mountains is home to the rich and famous. Many celebrities maintain vacation homes in and around the area. Jackson Hole has long been an art mecca for the acquisition of fine art in the Rocky Mountain West and is ranked in the top 5 art markets in the country.
Wapiti Trail, Bart Walter, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming.
Show producer Rick Friedman, with Bill Fine, President and Co-founder of artnet, in the Walker Fine Art booth.
An Easily Accessible & Popular Site
The Snow King Sports and Events Center is an ice skating/hockey rink that converts itself seasonally so as to host to major local fairs and expos. It’s prominently located at the base of a popular ski slope, which is near the Teton Mountains – one of the most popular winter ski slopes in the nation – and just 6 blocks from bustling Town Square, the center of Jackson Hole.
2019 Special Honorees
John Nieto
Lifetime
Achievement Award
VIP Opening Night Sneak “Peak” Thursday Sep 12
Anne Phillips
Collector
of The Year Award
VIP Opening Night Sneak “Peak” Thursday Sep 12
Paul Villinski
Contemporary
Artist of the Year
Friday Sep 13
Jeremy Kidd
Photographer
of The Year
Saturday Sep 14
Bart Walter
Sculptor of The Year
Saturday Sep 14
Why Attend?
Visit. Experience. Collect.
Make the Most of this Chic Nationally Ranked Art Fair
- Offering the widest selection ever of fine and valuable art, with a contemporary bent, under one roof in Jackson Hole. In total, nearly a thousand curated pieces, totaling a substantial $40+ million in value, is being presented to you, for immediate acquisition.
- Join us as we celebrate contemporary & western / wildlife art at this internationally acclaimed and much-anticipated gallery-focused arts fair.
- Benefit from the rare opportunity to acquire important artworks from renowned emerging, mid-career, and gold-chip artists. Go ahead, indulge yourself.
- Immerse yourself and experience the art presented by select galleries from around the nation.
- Meander down the aisles as you carefully explore the dazzling curated displays, in a museum-like setting (but the works here are all available for acquisition).
- Meet with the knowledgeable owners of these top-tier galleries.
- Mull over remarkable treasures at the largest display of valuable artworks ever offered in JH.
- Witness the first fine art fair in the nation to create a dynamic and integrated conservation among such a wide range art genres, media and periods. Tailored to the art tastes of the local residents and tourists.
- Mingle with art world luminaries.
- Enjoy special featured exhibits, such as the Maynard Dixon Museum Comes to Jackson Hole, with curation and book signing by Mark Sublette of Medicine Man Gallery. Discover the exhibition featuring Jeremy Kidd’s eye-catching images of the Tetons Mountains, artKids @ Jackson Hole, sculptures by Bart Walter, the Raymond Jonson display at Gary Snyder Fine Art, the M.C. Escher display at Walker Fine Art, and many others.
- Meet, learn from, and become inspired by the many celebrated and Featured Artists at the fair, including Bart Walter, Jeremy Kidd, Donald Martiny, Larry Pirnie, Sarah Winkler, Barbara Van Cleve, Paul Villinski and others.
- Catch the fabulous Western Visions® Fund-raiser (immediately after our Opening Sneak “Peak”) at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
Thursday Sept. 12 and Friday Sept. 13
JHFAF proudly supports the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions® – the organization’s largest and longest running fundraiser. Taking place immediately after our Opening Sneak “Peak” at NMWA. Buy Tickets.
- Take advantage of our reduced hotel room rates at our official hotel, the Snow King Hotel and Resort (starting at $259). Get direct air fight access to Jackson Hole Airport, by American, United and Delta airlines.
- Get inspired by the many art related events offered around town during the popular Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, including the Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson Hole QuickDraw Art Sale and Auction in Town Square, and local gallery openings.
Genres in the Fair
This is the nation’s first gallery-driven fine art fair for Western, Wildlife and Native American art. It’s the only fine art fair in America that showcases the full spectrum of the country’s heritage in art history. In response to our attendees diverse collecting tastes, the fair is offering a wide range of art genres and periods…including:
- Modern, Post-War &
Contemporary Art (1930s-present) - Western Art
- Wildlife Art
- Southwest Art
- Fine Traditional and American Art
- Texas Art
- Western Contemporary
- Taos School
- California Impressionist/Plein-Air
- Historic & Contemporary Native American Art
Showcasing the Finest in All Media
The Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair serves as an art-friendly museum-like setting for a variety of media, including paintings, works on paper, drawings, prints, fine museum-quality jewelry, art glass/ceramics, pottery, photography, and indoor/outdoor sculpture.
Sponsors
Teaming up with Jackson Hole’s
National Museum of Wildlife Art as an Institutional Partner
JHFAF Saturday Night Fundraiser to Benefit the Local Museum & its Charity, Western Visions!
Institutional Partners
Introducing JHFAF's The Harvest Moon Art Benefit for the National Museum of Wildlife Art. The fair takes the event programming lead in town on Saturday night, September 14, from 6-8pm at the Snow King Event Center, amid the widely popular Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. A sizable turnout of art collectors and patrons are expected to meander through the fair’s aisles, in search of newfound treasures.
The esteemed museum will be promoting the fair to its thousands of members. Additionally, the fair’s September 12, afternoon VIP Opening Sneak "Peak" will be packaged in with a discount to attend the Western Visions evening event at the museum. This provides attendees an action-packed day of art viewing and acquisition for a true Jackson Hole cultural experience.
Major Sponsors
Official Auction House
Official Wealth Manager
Participating Sponsors
Media Sponsors
Cultural Partners
Proud Member
Sponsor To
Collectors Circle
Perry Andrews lll
Nancy & David Donovan
Anne Phillips
Nancy & Harry Toll
Christine Watkins & John Nixon
Claudia & Terry Winchell
Board of Advisors
Leisa Austin
Mariam Diehl
Deborah Fritz
Tayloe Piggott
Howard Rehs
Gail Severn
Rock J. Walker
Show Hours
Thur., Sept. 12th
Opening Night "Sneak Peak" | 3-6pm
Fri., Sept. 13th
Show Hours | 12-6pm
Sat., Sept. 14th
Show Hours | 12-6pm
The Harvest Moon Art Benefit | 6-8pm
Sun., Sept. 15th
Show Hours | 12-4pm
Show Venue
The Snow King Sports and Events Center is an ice skating/hockey rink that converts itself seasonally so as to host to major local fairs and expos.
It’s prominently located at the base of the magnificent Teton Mountains, which is one of the most popular winter ski slopes in the nation – and just 6 blocks from bustling Town Square, the center of Jackson Hole.
Show Address
Snow King Sports and Events Center
Jackson Hole, Wyoming