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  The Art Museum boasts over 8,000 objects in our collection. Currently we have 157 available in our digital archive. Click here to view.
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  A recurring series of social media posts by Michelle Sunset, Assistant Curator highlighting objects from UW Art Museum's permanent collection. Follow us on Instagram or Like us on Facebook.

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In the News

The arts in Laramie, Albany County resilient

Laramie Boomerang, March 31, 2021 (Pay Wall) ‖ It has been especially strange and difficult for everyone, including the arts community, which has historically relied on in-person interactions and community participation in order to flourish. March 2020 brought empty venues, museums, and exhibits. Art museums began posting virtual tours, and entertainers gave intimate peeks into their homes as they performed from their living spaces.

UW's Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery helps students engage in unique ways

Wyoming Tribune Eagle, March 7, 2021; Laramie Boomerang, March 10, 2021; Pinedale Roundup, March 11, 2021; Rocket-Miner, March 13, 2021; Cody Enterprise, March 15, 2021 ‖ It’s difficult for college instructors to break the mold (or Zoom window, rather) in the era of COVID-19, but teachers at the University of Wyoming are using a medium that wouldn’t typically be in every syllabus: art.

Melissa Morris, assistant professor in the UW Department of History, is one such instructor. As a historian, she understands the power of imagery to reveal details about the time period during which it was made. This is her first time, however, being part of the UW Art Museum’s Pat Guthrie Special Exhibitions Teaching Gallery.

Now showing: The 46th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibit

Laramie Boomerang, February 26, 2021 ‖ The University of Wyoming Art Museum is now displaying selected student work for their annual student exhibit. Submissions for artwork are open annually to any enrolled UW student. The 2021 exhibition is juried by Meredith Lynn, assistant curator and director of galleries at Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts.

William Kentridge exhibit brings slice of South Africa to UW Art Museum

Wyoming Tribune Eagle, February 7, 2021 ‖ The high plains of southeast Wyoming have little in common with the sprawling industrial city of Johannesburg, South Africa (other than their mining histories), but a University of Wyoming Art Museum exhibit aims to bridge the two cultures.

The West on Horseback now on exhibit at the UW Art Museum

Wyoming Tribune Eagle, January 29, 2021 ‖ There is perhaps nothing more iconic to the imagery of the American West than the horse. Throughout the history of Westward expansion, this majestic beast has featured in romanticized versions of sprawling landscapes, and as a companion to the lonesome, weary traveler. Consider the popular symbol of Wyoming: the cowboy and the bucking horse.

UW Art Museum Director Talks About Insurrection's Impact On Art, History And Museums

Wyoming Public Media, January 22, 2021 ‖ When an insurrection mob violently pushed through the entrance of the Capitol building on January 6, the American Alliance of Museums issued a statement condemning the violence that occurred. They did so because the Capitol is more than a workplace, it's a living museum.

Wyoming Public Radio's Naina Rao spoke to University of Wyoming's Art Museum director, Nicole Crawford, on her perspective regarding the aftermath and effects the insurrection has made on art, history, and museums.

Women in Wyoming exhibits powerful stories at UW Art Museum

Laramie Boomerang, January 15, 2021 ‖ On a Thursday morning, the University of Wyoming Art Museum was empty, save for a welcoming young person sitting at the front desk behind a Plexiglas shield. The murmuring of a woman’s voice echoed through the hallways.

Follow the woman’s voice to the gallery space, and you may find that you’re the only one there. But, you wouldn’t be alone. Rather, you would find yourself surrounded by influential women captured in vibrant portraits. This is artist Lindsay Linton Buk’s “Women in Wyoming: Portraits and Interviews of Women Who Shape the West.”

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