Native American Art

Sarah Ortegon High Walking will be the first woman artist to represent Wyoming in a national exhibit. The National Museum of Women in the Arts formed the Wyoming Committee last year in order to nominate artists from the state to display their work in Washington D.C.

"Grounded: Restoring our world through a Sacred Harmony with the earth and each other" is currently on exhibit at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper. If features the work of 15 Native American artists from several tribes from the Great Plains. It will tour six locations in communities throughout the state before heading out-of-state, including Washington, D.C. and internationally for the next two years.

Yellowstone Revealed was planned for and by Indigenous people. The week will include guided tours of Indigenously significant areas in the park as well as art and live musical performances. Yellowstone National Park is helping host the event for its 150th anniversary.

M.L. Smoker, originally from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, and Savannah LeCornu from Bellingham, Washington spent two weeks at the renown artist's residency where they had uninterrupted time to work on their artistic creations.

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