UW Art Museum Will Host Evening Conversations with Curators Jan. 31

The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host “Evening Conversations with Curators” Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

January’s event will discuss “Appalachia: Photographs by Shelby Lee Adams, 1989-2009,” an exhibition on view through Saturday, May 13. Visitors will be joined by Nicole Crawford, curator of collections, and Katie Christensen, curator of education and statewide engagement, in an informal gallery walk-through at the UW Art Museum.

Discussion will include stories behind Adams’ connections to Appalachia, interpretation of contemporary imagery and conversations about the marginalized, socially excluded culture of the mountain people from the Eastern Kentucky hollers.

This special evening event is part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue week of programming, Jan. 30-Feb. 4. An event schedule is available at www.uwyo.edu/studentaff/mlkdod/schedule-of-events/.

For more information, call the Art Museum at (307) 766-6622, visit the website at www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum, or follow the museum on Facebook.

Through its “Museum as Classroom” approach, the UW Art Museum places art at the center of learning for all ages. Located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive in Laramie, the museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday hours are extended to 7 p.m. February through April and September through November. Admission is free.