Arin Wadell
Sheridan, WY
Sheridan, WY
Arin Waddell was born in Detroit, Michigan. She was raised on a Black Angus cattle ranch west of Billings, Montana. She is the daughter of oil painter, Theodore Waddell and writer, musician, and scholar Betty Whiting.
Arin holds three degrees in visual art: a BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York; an MA from California State University, Chico; and an MFA from the University of Texas, San Antonio. Waddell has been featured in over 150 solo and group art exhibitions throughout the western United States and has taught drawing, painting, sculpture, design and installation art at several colleges and universities, including MSU, Sheridan College and SAGE Community Arts. Waddell was an artist in residence at the Ucross Foundation twice, early in her career. Recently, she has developed an on-line company, called Arin Waddell: Art Off the Wall, arinwaddell.com, which sells custom home products inspired from her original oil paintings, drawings and designs.
Waddell, mother of three, resides in Sheridan, Wyoming with her husband, John Heyneman and their youngest son. Besides making art and teaching, Waddell has a deep passion for philanthropy, community service, and education. She has served on several non-profit boards including the Sheridan YMCA, Science Kids, the Whitney Center for the Arts, and SEEDA. She is a founder and was President of The Food Group for ten years, which provides nourishment and books to hundreds of our most vulnerable children in Sheridan County.
Waddell is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Homer and Mildred Scott Foundation, where she has served for twelve years. In 2018 she was elected as Trustee for Sheridan County School District #2 and was re-elected in 2022. This is her fourth year as Vice-Chair of SCSD#2. She also has served on the Sheridan County Recreation District Board of Directors for the last four years and is an active member of Rotary and Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church.
Arin holds three degrees in visual art: a BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York; an MA from California State University, Chico; and an MFA from the University of Texas, San Antonio. Waddell has been featured in over 150 solo and group art exhibitions throughout the western United States and has taught drawing, painting, sculpture, design and installation art at several colleges and universities, including MSU, Sheridan College and SAGE Community Arts. Waddell was an artist in residence at the Ucross Foundation twice, early in her career. Recently, she has developed an on-line company, called Arin Waddell: Art Off the Wall, arinwaddell.com, which sells custom home products inspired from her original oil paintings, drawings and designs.
Waddell, mother of three, resides in Sheridan, Wyoming with her husband, John Heyneman and their youngest son. Besides making art and teaching, Waddell has a deep passion for philanthropy, community service, and education. She has served on several non-profit boards including the Sheridan YMCA, Science Kids, the Whitney Center for the Arts, and SEEDA. She is a founder and was President of The Food Group for ten years, which provides nourishment and books to hundreds of our most vulnerable children in Sheridan County.
Waddell is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Homer and Mildred Scott Foundation, where she has served for twelve years. In 2018 she was elected as Trustee for Sheridan County School District #2 and was re-elected in 2022. This is her fourth year as Vice-Chair of SCSD#2. She also has served on the Sheridan County Recreation District Board of Directors for the last four years and is an active member of Rotary and Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church.