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The University of Wyoming Art Museum presents and collects world-class art and objects by regional, national and international artists, and art from the American West.
 
As an academic museum and a leader in the arts, the University of Wyoming Art Museum concentrates on furthering programs that engage students and visitors in discussions that broaden an understanding of diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and cultures.

 

Through its Museum as Classroom approach, the University of Wyoming Art Museum places art at the center of learning for all ages, supports the academic mission of the University, assists in preparing our future workforce with essential skills, and enhances the cultural life of Wyoming’s citizens and visitors.


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  • Micrographia

    MICROGRAPHIA

    ON VIEW AUG. 26, 2023 - MAR. 16, 2024

    UWAM is excited to be collaborating with the Microbestiary, a grant-funded art and science outreach project at UW that engages the public in microbiology through art, to host artwork created during the inaugural Microbestiary Artist Residency (MAR). This exhibition is a collective exploration of the in/visible forces and organisms that shape the world we know.  Microbes live around us and within us—our interactions with them are a matter of life and death. Yet, regarding issues such as biodiversity, public awareness centers very heavily on species that are visible to the naked eye. Through these artistic responses to the field of microbiological research, we are highlighting the charismatic world that these creatures inhabit.  

  • The New West

    THE NEW WEST

    ON VIEW JULY 8, 2023 - MAY 18, 2024

    To commemorate the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s 50th anniversary since its humble beginnings as a corkboard in the Fine Arts Department, the museum presents an exhibition exploring its place in the American West, a region imbued with the emotional subtexts of freedom, independence, and wilderness. The museum re-presents “traditional” narratives to highlight Indigenous voices, place landscapes in historical perspective, and examine the history of collecting the art of the American West. Using the permanent collection, guest curator Robert Martinez collaborated with Art Museum curators to develop an exhibition that he says, “challenges the visitor to change their mindset and note whose perspective is missing. Whose story is not being told and why.”

  • Hand Puppet , 2006, acrylic on canvas, 43 x 55 inches, W. Sherman and Dorothy Burns Estate Fund, 2021.4.1

    HAROLD GARDE AT 100

    ON VIEW FEB. 24, 2024 - FEB. 22, 2025

    Harold Garde at 100: The Unseen Works in Two Acts features 100 never-before-exhibited works by the prolific Harold Garde (American, 1923-2022). This exhibition is nearly 80 years in the making, as Garde’s relationship with the University of Wyoming began in the 1940s. Paintings and works on paper from Maine, New York, and Florida were selected for Harold Garde at 100 to exemplify his distinct vision and the iconographies he returned to across decades. These recurring visuals include chairs, kimonos, puppets, pinnacles, vessels, and many examples of the strappo method developed by Garde. This expansive exhibition invites visitors to experience Garde’s dynamic brushstrokes and singular perspective. 

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