Art

The Wyoming Humanities Council lost 80% of its operational budget this year to federal cuts. But now, a new fund at the University of Wyoming will provide paid internships for students pursuing degrees in the humanities.

This fall, artists Georgia and Dave Rowswell went on a 10-day road trip and set up shop at four state parks around Wyoming. The two visited Curt Gowdy, Guernsey, Glendo and Seminoe State Parks, making art outside and sharing their work with other visitors.

Paño Connections is making its way around Laramie. The exhibit shows artwork from incarcerated individuals across Wyoming’s five correctional facilities.

A new mural at the Plains Indian Museum in Cody centers the national mammal and explores how they interact with other species and the environment. The artist behind it created a song to translate the mural into sound.

The Youth Arts Council offers Wyoming high school students a chance to grow leadership skills and make a meaningful community impact through the arts.

The POP! Goes the West exhibition at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West opens on May 24. Holland-born artist Willem Volkersz shares his early impressions of the West and humorous takes on Yellowstone tourism in his art, using paint-by-number images, neon and found objects.

Photographs taken of Wyoming residents by photographer Robert Frank in the 1950’s are on display at the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne.

A new exhibition on display at the Jackson Hole History Museum shines the spotlight on female photographers and painters in the American West at a time of great change. Their work offers an intimate look into the lives of creative women on ranches in Wyoming and Montana and offers a different artistic take on that moment in history.

Blue bears, purple moose and brightly-colored geometric shapes. This is the way artist DG House sees the animals and landscapes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and how she brings them to life in her paintings. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, House has been part of the Indigenous Arts and Cultural Demonstration residency program at Grand Teton National Park for decades.

This year Yellowstone Revealed features a traditional teepee at all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park. The project explores the theme, “How the Land Remembers Us: Tribal Tipi Lodge and Buffalo Stories.”