Art Museum
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Sunday & Monday
Admission: Free
Centennial Complex
2111 East Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6622
Email: uwartmus@uwyo.edu
Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery
The Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery presents four installations, each specific to a course taught during the Fall 2020 semester at the University of Wyoming. Faculty from a range of academic disciplines select artwork to support the content and learning goals of their classes. Object-based teaching and learning with artwork invites inquiry, curiosity, and creative thinking into the students’ educational experience.
This course is an investigation of American art from the 17th through the 19th century.
Students discuss painting, sculpture, printmaking, and architecture as they relate
to the colonial development of the United States. Emphasis is placed on developing
a critical understanding of art as it paralleled the development of colonization in
North America.
Image information: Thomas Moran, (English-American, 1837-1926), Bitter Creek, Wyoming, 1879, Watercolor and pencil on paper, 4-7/8 x 10-7/8 inches, In memory of John D.
Fryxell, 2009.3.1
In this course, students investigate ways to translate art making practices and media into K-12 arts curricula — including interdisciplinary approaches — while developing effective approaches to teaching K-12 learners. Students design and implement lesson plans and also create their own artwork inspired by their studio investigations.
For the fall of 2020, Art Education students will conduct scientific investigations of the ecosystem of the Laramie River and then create works of art that communicate what they learn to a general audience.
Image information: Alexandre Gregoire, (Haitian, 1922-2001) Birds, Not dated, Oil painting on Masonite, 16 x 14 inches, Gift of Mr. Richard Plotka, 1975.19
The Third Reich orchestrated the mass murder of nearly twelve million men, women,
and children in Europe and the western expanses of the Soviet Union between 1939 and
1945. This course will explore the history, memory, and legacy of Nazi Germany and
the Holocaust. Students will engage closely with historiographical debates on the
rise of Adolf Hitler, the evolution of his genocidal program, and the looming presence
of National Socialism in the world today.
Image info: Joseph LeBoit, (American 1907–2002), Madonna and Child, 1935, Etching and aquatint on paper, 14-1/4 x 10-3/4 inches, Gift of Works Progress
Administration, 1968.35
Honors Colloquium is a two-semester sequence of courses. The first semester is united
under the theme "Dreams and Realities" and is designed to introduce first-year students
to modes of inquiry and expression. Artwork selected for the Teaching Gallery explores
the concept of time and complements one of the colloquium’s common readings, Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman. The novel is a poetic collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein
in 1905, about time, relativity and physics, and the possibility of new worlds and
realities.
Image info: Katsushika Hokusai, (Japanese, 1760-1849), Tago-No-Ura, Between 1760-1849, Woodcut on Paper, 9-7/16 x 13-7/8 inches, Friends of the UW Art
Museum Purchase, 1983.14
Related Program:
Lunchtime Conversations with Curators, Wednesday, December 2, 12-1 p.m., virtual event, Free
Exhibitions planning for the teaching gallery begins a minimum of one semester in
advance. The teaching gallery is intended for classes that will require students to
visit the museum multiple times throughout the semester and complete an assignment
that incorporates themes, ideas, and content related to the works on view.
Faculty may schedule class visits to the gallery, arrange meetings with museum education
and curatorial staff, and encourage students to engage with the artwork independently
outside of class time. The artwork is available to students throughout the semester
for use during the museum’s public hours.
Please contact Raechel Cook, Curator of Academic Engagement, to discuss options.
Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery immersive digital gallery environment.
Art Museum
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Sunday & Monday
Admission: Free
Centennial Complex
2111 East Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6622
Email: uwartmus@uwyo.edu