UW Ann Simpson Artmobile to Host Parade Workshop July 8

The University of Wyoming Art Museum’s Ann Simpson Artmobile will host a Laramie Jubilee Days Parade costume-making workshop Saturday, July 8, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Art Museum as part of the museum’s Family Saturday Workshop.

Families are invited to this free public workshop that will feature stations to make masks, capes and accessories. The workshop will be inspired by this year’s Laramie Jubilee Days Parade’s theme of “Laramie.Old West.New West.”

Organizers encourage participants to wear costumes made during the workshop in the parade Saturday, July 15.

“The parade is an opportunity for museum supporters to participate in a community event and show off their creativity and enthusiasm for the arts,” says Erica Ramsey, the UW Art Museum’s Artmobile educator. “Wagons, bikes and rollerskates are encouraged.”

For more information about the Art Museum, call (307) 766-6622, visit the website at www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum, or follow the museum on Facebook.

Through its “Museum as Classroom” approach, the UW Art Museum places art at the center of learning for all ages. Located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive in Laramie, the museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday hours are extended to 7 p.m. February through April and September through November. Admission is free.