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While ice patches preserve objects intact for long periods of time, the Draper Natural History Museum Curatorial Assistant said as soon as the ice melts things decay quickly. That’s why some objects in the exhibit are replicas.
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A display of grizzly bear and mountain lion skeletons took over 750 hours to reconstruct.
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T.C. Cannon was one of the most influential modern Native American artists in the 1960’s and 70’s. He painted people as they are---often with self determination and assertiveness.
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“Fall Scene,” according to the artist, is today’s version of the covered wagons that brought pioneers to Wyoming.
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The painting is part of an upcoming exhibition at the Whitney Western Art Museum opening in May that looks at how Western art and pop art intersect.
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Deborah Butterfield used driftwood from the nearby Gallatin and Shoshone Rivers to model the sculpture, now on display at the Whitney Western Art Museum. It was later cast in bronze.
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The Whitney Western Art Museum Curator said Gerald Cassidy’s works tended to portray people in a less staged way “at least with the appearance of observed reality.”
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Three paintings that are part of Roger Shimomura’s “Minidoka on My Mind” series will be on display in a special section of the Whitney Western Art Museum this winter.
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The Whitney Western Art Museum has more than 40 of W.H.D. Koerner's works as well as artifacts from the artist’s studio.
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Museum Minute: Abstract expressionist painter Neltje finds home and inspiration in Wyoming’s scenery“Even though you can't necessarily see an exact landscape or a mountain form or something like that, when you look at it, it feels like Wyoming." Whitney Western Art Museum Assistant Curator Ashlea Espinal says of Neltje’s painting “My Heart Tumbles.”
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Museum Minute: ‘All our dreams star Buffalo Bill’: a poet reflects on the showman’s presence in CodyArtist Evan Wambeke penned 10 poems inspired by artworks in the Whitney Western Art Museum that are now part of a community-focused digital exhibition. His poem, “Buffalo ‘Ballad’ Bill,” explores how much of the showman’s presence is still felt in the town of Cody today.
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In 1901, William F. Cody was photographed on a group hunting trip near Yellowstone National Park’s East entrance. Cody Firearms Museum Curator Danny Michael says he’s carrying an 1895 Winchester rifle.