>Lydia Griffin
Lydia grew up in the Kennebunkport Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine. She has a BA from Colorado College and received her MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Lydia is the past-president of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and the current Resident Artist in Writing for the Teton Arts Council in Teton County, Idaho. Lydia is the author of two children's picture books, BeBa and The Curious Creature Catchers (Laffin Minor Press 2006) and Prunes and Rupe (Filter Press 2007). Lydia has a passion for people, travel, writing, reading, and teaching. She lives high in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, Michael Hudacsko, and their enormously slobbery dog named Mason.
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Michael McCoy
Born in eastern Wyoming and raised in Iowa, Michael McCoy picked up the nickname “Mac” when he was a student at the University of Wyoming. Since publishing his first freelance article in the early 1980s, Mac has gone on to write ten books on travel and the outdoors, including Montana: Off the Beaten Path and Journey to the Northern Rockies. He has written for such publishers and magazines as the National Geographic Book Division, The Discovery Channel/Insight Guides, Men’s Journal, Runner’s World, American Cowboy, Midwest Living, Canoe, Bicycling, and many others. In 1995, Mac and his wife Nancy moved permanently to Teton Valley, where they first met more than twenty years earlier after both landing jobs at Grand Targhee (winter of 1973–74). Recently, his own freelance writing has taken a back seat to his duties editing other writers’ work for Adventure Cyclist, Teton Valley, Teton Home and Living, and Jackson Hole magazines. “In my rare spare time,” Mac says, “I’m plugging away on that elusive novel.”
Visit Michael online at www.emptyhighways.com
New Art Center
The Teton Arts council is working hard to create an arts center in downtown Driggs. A central location with easy access for children and adults will help us to better serve the community. We anticipate that this center will be a thriving cultural hub that offers artistic education and opportunity to all valley residents. Please help us design this center by taking this quick survey. Your feedback is very valuable to us.
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Our Sponsors
Many of the programs offered by The Teton Arts Council would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We greatly appreciate your support and participation.
We are equally grateful for the countless members of our community that have stepped up to the plate to volunteer time, talent, and sometimes a little money of their own.
Our Mission
The mission of the Teton Arts Council is to develop, nurture, and celebrate our cultural life through education, performances, exhibitions, and community opportunities.
The Teton Arts Council also seeks opportunities to enhance cultural tourism and contribute to the strengthening of our local economy.