The Neltje Center provides a sanctuary for UW students, faculty and other creatives to unleash their imagination in one of the most scenic areas of Wyoming, near the Bighorns just south of Sheridan. It's a place where writers, painters, and creators of all kinds can find inspiration in the natural beauty and incredible artwork that surrounds them. In this unique environment, arists are empowered to push the boundaries of their craft, experiment with new ideas, and create works that challenge the status quo. The center is named after Neltje, a renowned painter and philanthropist who, in 2001, founded the Jentel Artist Residency.
At the Neltje Center
Choreographer David Dorfman and his dance company are in residence to workshop and rehearse a new work-in-progress called "TRUCE" prior to its premier this fall. The piece is intended to honor truce with self, with others, with the world—as the dancing bodies serve as conduits for a momentary peace.is known for innovative, inclusive, movement-based performance that is radically humanistic.
Students from UW’s Theater and Dance department will workshop alongside the company, continuing their collaboration that began in Laramie last summer.
At the University of Wyoming Art Museum
Neltje's interest in art went far beyond her work as a painter. She enjoyed collecting the paintings, sculptures, and ceramics of artists she loved regionally and nationally. She also traveled extensively around the world and collected the work of artists and artisans from Papua New Guinea, Africa, Indonesia and beyond. This exhibition features highlights from Neltje's extensive collection, shedding light on her interests and aesthetic taste.
At the Neltje Center
Author and poet Gretchen Henderson writes across environmental arts, cultural histories, and integrative sciences. At the Neltje Center, she will lead a series of workshops:
"Dear Body of Water" is a poetic water-harvesting project inviting people to write postcard-sized love letters to bodies of water to grow a chorus of care for watersheds across the globe.
In "Writing with Water: Finding Form in a Thirsty World," participants reimagine the liquid presence of water in our words—poetry, nonfiction, fiction, between & beyond—rippling between lines and sentences, paragraphs and poetics of place, even pulsing under our skins.
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