Art Talk: Rebecca Solnit

Image courtesy of Rebecca Solnit.

An Art Talk by author, cultural historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit will be tonight at the Art Museum beginning at 7 pm. A book signing and reception will follow.

UW Eminent Writer in Residence through the MFA Creative Writing Program, Solnit will discuss her month-long efforts with university students and members of the Laramie community to “remap” the community and its resources. An echo of Solnit’s work on the “Infinite City” project in San Francisco in 2010, the Laramie Atlas Project is a unique opportunity for artist, writers, citizens, and students to rethink—and reimagine—their neighborhoods. Please join Solnit, one of the most original scholars of America and its arts, in this presentation of the Laramie she and her collaborators have mapped so far.

This event is free and open to the public.

Opening Reception Tomorrow Evening

You're invited to join the UW Art Museum tomorrow evening, Friday, January 28, for the reception celebrating the opening of all new exhibitions. The reception will be from 6 to 8 pm.

Exhibitions that are opening include: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, Richard Barnes: Animal Logic, American Regionalism: Selections from the Art Museum Collection, UW Art Department Faculty Exhibition, and the ever popular Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition.

An award ceremony for the student exhibition will begin at 6:30 pm with 48 awards to be distributed to student artists.

The reception is free and open to the public. Please join us as we celebrate our student artists and an array of exciting new artwork.

For more information, please call the Art Museum at 307.766.6622 or visit the website.

Accepted Work Posted

Congratulations to the students listed below, whose work has been accepted into the 36th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition. Please be sure to check spelling and alert the art museum if you see something that is misspelled, as this is how your name and the title of your work will appear on the wall labels.

Danielle Alvarado-Speager

Chain of Fools

Thought Chocolate

Jason Bathen

Catfish Diptych

Madison Becker

Rough Out

Meredith Bell

Sea Glass

Alison Berreman

Dark Side of the Boob

Eric Berg

Hand Me Down

Making Do

Bryan Brodersen

Box of Blocks

Jake Buckley

Fusion

Hannah Clark

Tallgrass

Courtney Conrad

Elements of Hip Hop Stamp Series

Maddie Costigan

Drawn In

Tessa Dallarosa

Eclipsed

Glimpses of Anatolia

Sarah Dahlinger

Stilt-Walker

Hooligan No. 85775

April Dockter

Ambush

Spencer Duncan

Mississippi Mystic

Illusion

Louise Eckardt

2010 Textile Fibers Commemorative Stamp Series

Pamela Fanelli

The Last Two Moments

Jacquie Fankell

Stereotypes

First Name Basis

Chancelor Havlik

Lighter of an 18^th Century Aristocrat

Les Bananes Turquoises

Hilary Havlik

The Cat

Gula

Emily House, Nathan Huseth, and Austen Williams

Phase Clothing Store

Bryce Huhtala

Tessa Dallarosa

Chromatic Still Life

Self Portrait

Michael Hurly

Post Gradient

Wyoming Reliquaries

Nyla Hurley

Dirty Laundry (1)

Wyoming Reliquaries

Kelsey Iredale

Roscoe

Dakotah Konicek

Syntrophy

Nataliya Lityuk

Keep/Kill It

Evan Major

Crow Reservoir

Creatures/406 C

Solid Gold

Conor Mullen

Powder River Let Her Buck

Packaged Vicar

Nuray Packard

Contemporary Istanbul

Illusion

The Boys

Andrew Parker

Istanbul Evening

Nash Quinn

Act II: The Semination

Brandon Reavis

Glacial Deposits

Bison Grazing

Gabrielle Reeves

Apparition

Alanna Reid

Self Portrait: I Feel Ghastly

Bethany Reisner

Marrow

Will Ross

Day Crowd at Cassie’s

Checking the View

Brandon Russell

Sky Painting

Utilization

Gary Schmitt

Fish Fry

Dough Nuts

Gary Staebler

Gay Rights

Molly Sullivan

Hands On

Jessica Tanguay

The Miracle

Venus Campfire

Paul Tholl

Portrait of Man

American Hero: Sarah Palin

Dan Toro

Grazing Consumption

Home Sweet Home

Kaitlyn Whitlock

Mosquito

Untitled

Holly Wood

Freak Drizzle

Selecting Work for the Student Exhibition

Juror Robyn Peterson makes a note as she makes her selection for the student art exhibition. Courtesy of the Art Museum.

Robyn Peterson, Executive Director at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT, was at the Art Museum today to select artwork for inclusion in the 36th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition. 88 students submitted 219 works for consideration. Robyn spent the day examining the work for things like originality, craftsmanship, and medium.

The complete list of accepted work will be posted tomorrow, both online and in the Art Department office and the Art Museum front desk. An opening reception for this and all of the spring exhibitions will be on Friday, January 28, 6-8 pm. An awards ceremony for the student exhibition will begin at 6:30 pm. It is free and open to the public.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and UW Days of Dialogue

The University, including the Art Museum offices, will be closed on Monday, January 17 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Equality Day. Although the University will be closed, the annual Days of Dialogue will kick off events on Monday. This annual series of events, "serves as a renewal of UW's commitment to making campus a more welcoming and empowering place for people from different backgrounds, heritages, orientations, or abilities."

Please visit the UW Days of Dialogue webpage for a complete schedule of events and for information on how you can participate.

Artmobile Slideshow on YouTube

A new slideshow has been posted on the Art Museum's YouTube page. The slideshow highlights the various locations across the state that the Ann Simpson Artmobile has traveled in the past year. The photographs show the many art making activities that visitors can participate in, as well as the many schools and students who have seen the traveling exhibition and created art as a result of what they saw.

The Artmobile is available to schools, local libraries and community centers. Art making activities accompany the exhibition, which has been selected from the Art Museum's permanent collection. To schedule the Artmobile in your community, contact Artmobile curator Beth Wetzbarger Remington at 307.766.3496 or artmobile@uwyo.edu.

Welcome Back Students!

Now that UW is back in session for the spring semester, the Art Museum would like to remind students of the many upcoming opportunities specifically for students. Those who are interested in submitting artwork for consideration in the 36th Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition must drop artwork off at the Art Museum this week, Thursday and Friday, January 13 and 14 between 9 am and 4 pm. The exhibition is open to any undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccelaureate students from any disciple who were enrolled in the 2011 academic year. The entry form and all of the details can be found on the Art Museum website.

If your artwork is not accepted into the exhibition, students have the option of showing their work in the Student Art League's 16th annual Salon des Refuses, which will be shown in the UP Gallery in the Fine Arts Building January 25-February 5. Students have the option to sign up or opt out of this exhibition upon dropping off their artwork at the Art Museum.

The opening reception for all of the spring exhibitions, including the Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition will be on Friday, January 28 from 6-8 pm. The Award Ceremony for the student exhibition will begin at 6:30 pm. This year there are over 30 awards to be given out.

Students who do win an award at the Awards Ceremony are then given the chance to talk about their work on Monday, February 7, at 6 pm. This Gallery Walk Through is open to the public, and many of the Art Museum's docents attend to learn about the art on view. This is a chance for students to tell the public about their artwork in their own words.

A second professional development opportunity is also available that evening, Monday, February 7 at 7 pm. 20:20 is a public program where student artists, not just those included in the Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition, are given 20 slides in PowerPoint format, and each one is shown for 20 seconds. This fast-paced presentation is a great way for artists to share their artwork, get feedback, and practice talking about what they do. It's a good opportunity especially for upper level students who have a prepared portfolio and might be thinking about entering the job market or applying for graduate school.

For more information about any of these events, please contact Assistant Curator Rachel Miller at 307.766.6621 or rmiller@uwyo.edu.