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Atlantic City Open House Features Art Walk

Atlantic City will host its seventh annual community-wide Open House and Art Walk on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Artists, crafts people, and authors will display their work at several locations in town. For the kids, there will be a coloring contest.
 
Atlantic City boasts three new businesses this year. Owned by Yvonne Elliott, the Dredger Station on Rock Creek in the Wyoming Dot Com Community Center offers books, old-time candy, mining equipment, and Sarsaparilla as well as free internet access.
 
A block north of the Dredger Station are Snowbound Studio and Spencer-Hockett Architecture, which are owned and operated by potter and architect Pam Spencer-Hockett. Utilizing the historic Hyde’s Hall property, Spencer-Hockett and her crew have stabilized the walls to eventually create an outdoor courtyard with an apartment and pottery studio in back. She will be selling pottery at the Art Walk.
 
The children’s coloring contest will be hosted by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at its fellowship hall. The church celebrated the 100 year anniversary of its consecration this year.
 
Again this year, there will be a poker crawl (pick up cards at seven local businesses) for a 50/50 drawing. There will be space for anyone who wants to bring a table and sell their wares. Participants in the poker crawl can pick up the instructions at the Miners’ Grubstake, which will be serving smoked barbecued tri-tip and ribs near the tepee. The Grubstake will also have live bluegrass music with Kerry Wallace and her band.
 
The Atlantic City Mercantile will be serving pulled pork sandwiches and drink specials.
 
At the Miner’s Delight Inn Bed and Breakfast, several authors will answer questions and sign copies of their books: Marjane Ambler’s book (Yellowstone Has Teeth: a memoir of living year round in the world’s first national park) was released by Riverbend Publishing in June 2013. Jon Lane and Susan Layman’s South Pass City and the Sweetwater Mines (a historic Arcadia photo book) was released in Spring 2012. Sandy and Doug Lowinske of Country Woodworking will show their custom aspen wood furnishings and décor. Barbara Townsend will have a preview copy of her historic novel, Blood Atonement, which will be released on August 22, 2013.
 
The Atlantic City Historical Society’s table will have free brochures for self-guided tours of the town. Four weeks later, on August 31, the organization will celebrate its 30^th anniversary featuring a tour of the Carissa mill and a Dutch-oven lunch.
 
There will be live music at the Atlantic City Battalion 9 Fire Hall during the day, followed by the Strumlords, a local Atlantic City band, at 3:30 p.m. 
 
Across the street at Wild Bill’s Guns, handmade knives are for sale as well as hunting and fishing licenses and ATV permits.
Starting in 2007, Atlantic City businesses have welcomed hundreds of visitors to the Open House and Art Walk each summer. The Art Walk usually includes pottery, rock jewelry, quill and bead work, quilts, wood sculptures, pen and ink drawings, paintings, handmade knives, and books. Atlantic City is located south of Lander near South Pass.
 
The Art Walk on August 3 is sponsored by the Atlantic City Historical Society, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Miner’s Grubstake, Atlantic City Mercantile, Country Woodworking, Miner’s Delight Inn Bed and Breakfast, Snowbound Studio, Dredger Station, Trumble’s Treasures, and Wild Bill’s Guns.