UW Art Museum Accepts Works for Juried Student Exhibition

The official call for entries is available online for the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s 43rd annual Juried UW Student Exhibition.

Students have until Thursday, Dec. 21, to submit up to three original works for consideration at https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=4778. The exhibition will be on view at the UW Art Museum Feb. 17-May 12, with an opening reception and awards ceremony Friday, Feb. 16, from 6-8 p.m.

A variety of cash and purchase awards are available to accepted students. Awards will be announced at 6:30 p.m. during the opening reception.

The exhibition is open to any student enrolled at UW during the current academic year. The exhibition also is open to any in-state student enrolled through UW distance courses. UW students on and off campus are encouraged to submit their original artwork for consideration.

Original artwork may include paintings, drawings, prints, photography, sculpture, graphic design, ceramics and mixed media. Images of artwork selected for the exhibition will be archived by UW Libraries online repository.

Each year, a juror from outside Wyoming selects artwork for the exhibition. This year’s juror is Pamela Campanaro, director of galleries at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.

For more information about the 43rd annual Juried UW Student Exhibition, call Kayle Avery, exhibitions coordinator, at (307) 766-6621 or email klangfor@uwyo.edu.

For more information, call the Art Museum at (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.