Ruckelshaus Institute Communication Fellowship

About the fellowship

The Ruckelshaus Institute Communication Fellowship is open to artists, illustrators, animators, photographers, videographers, cartographers, graphic designers, and other creatives. Fellows in the semester-long program collaborate with Ruckelshaus Institute editors, writers, researchers, and scientists, to develop new content that promotes the appreciation and understanding of scientific research and environment and natural resource scholarship and its application to public audiences. Fellowship participants work 20 hours per week and are supported by a small stipend.

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Fall 2018 Ruckelshaus Institute Communication Fellow

Hilary Byrne 

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont (2011)

Biography

Hilary is a storyteller and post-production mastermind who has worked for some of the top action sports production companies, including Brain Farm and Teton Gravity Research. She has produced content for Red Bull Media House, National Geographic, Outside Television and was the lead editor of Unicorn Picnic’s acclaimed ski film, "Pretty Faces." She is also a photographer, videographer, and editor, giving her a complete understanding around all facets of film production. 

 

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Past Communication Fellows

June Glasson

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University (2002)

Biography

June Glasson is an artist and designer who lives in Laramie, Wyoming. She was born in Oyster Bay, New York in 1979, and received her BA/BFA from Cornell University in 2002. She is the recipient of the 2010 New York Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and the 2015 Wyoming ArtsCouncil Biennial Fellowship. Her paintings have been exhibited at the Nicolaysen Museum in Casper, Wyoming, The National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Berlin, and various New York and US galleries. Glasson's work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New American Paintings, The Paris Review, Guernica Magazine, People Magazine, Domino, Asymptote Magazine, SAND Journal, Diner Journal, and the film, "Our Idiot Brother." She is also the co-founder of the Wyoming Art Party and The Art & Action Project.

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