UW Art Museum’s Ann Simpson Artmobile to Debut Exhibition at Farson-Eden School

The University of Wyoming Art Museum’s Ann Simpson Artmobile will debut its exhibition “Curious Creatures” Monday-Thursday, Sept. 21-24, at Farson-Eden School in Farson.

 

The exhibition -- available for scheduling now through 2028 -- invites viewers to reflect on the complex relationships we have with animals. Some are captured, studied and domesticated by humans, while others remain mysterious and wild, captured only through art.

 

Across cultures, they are featured in folktales, fables, legends and myths. Personified as kind, wise, wicked or clever, animals are often used to teach valuable lessons about humanity while instilling beliefs about the world.

 

The exhibiton consists of 17 works of art -- including etchings, lithographs, photographs, woodblock prints and serigraphs -- that satisfy our desire to get up close and personal with the furry, feathered, four-legged and fish-tailed creatures that fascinate us most.

 

Guided, deep-looking sessions and art-making activities will be offered by Artmobile Educator Sarita Talusani Keller at each location the Artmobile visits through 2028. More information on specific program schedules can be found by contacting partnering organizations on the tour schedule.

 

“I’m excited to debut this exhibition at Farson-Eden School and to bring it to the rest of the state,” Talusani Keller says. “Wyoming folks are so closely connected to nature. Encounters with wildlife and interactions with working and domesticated animals are a big part of our world. We literally live where the ‘deer and the antelope play.’”

 

“Bringing the Artmobile to our school gives students in a small rural community the opportunity to experience art beyond the classroom, opening their eyes to new ideas while helping them discover connections to their own lives and surroundings,” says Angela Rivers, the art teacher at Farson-Eden School.

 

The exhibition and art-making activities are free and open to the public. For more information about the Artmobile at Farson-Eden School or the programming schedule, call Rivers at (307) 273-9301 or email riversa@sw1.k12.wy.us.

 

About the University of Wyoming’s Ann Simpson Artmobile Program

 

The Ann Simpson Artmobile program is a free core outreach program from the UW Art Museum that has been traveling museum-quality original artwork statewide for the past 44 years. On average, the Artmobile travels two weeks out of every month to Wyoming communities that have little or no access to art museums. The Artmobile reaches out to people of all ages, backgrounds and developmental abilities with special focus given to Wyoming’s K-12 schools and underserved populations, including seniors, veterans and individuals with special needs.

 

For more information, call Keller at (307) 399-2941 or email her at Artmobile@uwyo.edu.

 

About the University of Wyoming Art Museum

 

The UW Art Museum exhibits, preserves and interprets visual culture from around the world to engage academic, local, state, national and global communities. The museum is located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 E. Willett Drive in Laramie. Hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday hours are extended to 7 p.m. Admission is free.