Nestled Among Wyoming
The Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition
The Wyoming Arts Council’s Biennial Fellowship Exhibition offers Wyoming residents
and visitors the opportunity to view outstanding artwork created by the Wyoming artists
who were selected as Visual Arts Fellowship recipients. The exhibition is hosted every
four years at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.
Artwork for the exhibition is selected by an out of state curator who has served as
a fellowship juror for both years. The juror is tasked with conducting studio visits
with each artist, selecting artwork for the exhibition, working with the hosting venue,
and contributing an essay to the corresponding exhibition catalog. The exhibition
catalog also features the artwork of the Honorable Mention artists from the previous
two years.
This year’s fellowship artists are Talissa Abeyta, Marcus Dewey, Colleen Friday, DaleRae
Green, Al Hubbard, Susan Moldenhauer, and Eileen Nistler.
The curator for this year’s exhibition is Tasha Kubesh of Fargo, North Dakota.
She served as the previous Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Plains Art Museum
(2016- 2021) in Fargo, and Gallery Director at Flanders Art (2000- 2010) Minneapolis,
Minnesota. She has over twenty years of experience working with contemporary visual
artists and art in the Midwest region, specializing in the presentation of Modern
American and regional Contemporary Art. Kubesh graduated from Minneapolis College
of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2001, and studied at Parsons Paris School
of Art and Design, Paris, France, and at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Images:
Talissa Abeyta, Sosiri Newe’, 2023, acrylic on antique ledger paper, 8 x 13 inches,
courtesy of the artist
Eileen Nistler, The Family Jewels II, 2015, colored pencil on museum board, 22 x 16
inches, courtesy of the artist
Funded by the Wyoming Arts Council with support from the
Wyoming State Legislature and the National Endownment for the Arts.
