Art Museum Featured as One of Laramie's Top Museums

Our friends over at Laramie Live have just put out a list of their top 5 museums in Laramie and the UW Art Museum has made the list! Check out their website to see what other great museums in town have been included in the feature.

Have you visited all of these museums? Which is your favorite museum in Laramie? What is your favorite aspect of the UW Art Museum? Let us know on Facebook or in the Comments on the blog.

Gallery Walk Through: Award Winning Students

Join us tonight at the Art Museum for a Gallery Walk Through with students who have won awards for their work in the 37th Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition. This public program begins at 7 pm and is free and open to the public. Each award winning student will be given a few minutes to talk about their work on view, as well as what they're currently working on in the studio. This is a great professional opportunity for students to practice speaking in public about their artwork, and for the public to learn more about the creativity of students from around campus!

Tonight is also the first night of our extended Monday night hours. Beginning tonight through the end of April, the Art Museum will be open until 9 pm on Monday evenings, providing more opportunities to visit.

For more information about exhibitions, hours, or public programs, please visit our website or call 307.766.6622.

Artist Brian Dickerson on KOWB This Morning

Brian Dickerson (American, b. 1951), Vroman, 2011, oil, wax, mixed media on wood, 47 x 40 x 4 inches, courtesy of the artist

Artist Brian Dickerson was on the radio this morning with KOWB to talk to Laramie Live about his solo exhibition here at the UW Art Museum. Their website has a link to the audio clip from this morning where you can hear what he has to say about his work.

Dickerson will be presenting a Gallery Walk Through this evening at the museum at 4:30 pm. This will be followed by our spring opening reception from 6 to 8 pm. Both events are free and open to the public.

Please call 307.766.6622 for more information, or visit our website.

List of Accepted Student Work is Posted

Congratulations to those students whose work has been accepted into the 37th Annual Juried UW Student Exhibition! The list of students and the title of the work that has been accepted is listed below. If you are a student whose work has been accepted, please review your name and the title of your work to verify that it is correct. If you need to pick up unaccepted work at the museum, or if you have any questions, please contact assistant curator Rachel Miller at 307.766.6621 or rmiller@uwyo.edu.

University of Wyoming Art Museum

37^th Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Accepted Work

Kristin Althoff

Carte Blanche

Jake Bathen

Bobby

Jim Bridger

Madison Becker

Unequal Champions

Madison

Angela Beeson

Portrait with Pearls

Ryan Bohnenkamp

Untitled

Bryan Brodersen

Real Hay Stacks

Kira Cheshier

Slow Food International Invite

Hannah Clark

Graveyard

Justin Cloud

Paranoia

Beth Cochran

Death Bed

Purging the Excess

Maddie Costigan

Bee.

Sarah Dahlinger

Freak Show

The Tramp

Unicycle Chain Gang

April Dockter

Past

Pamela Fanelli

Lungs

Iris and Tiger Lily Reunited

Brandon Fischer

Exhaustion

Felicia Follum

Who Taught You to Hate?

Kelsey Giroux

Growth

Courtney Googe

Prayers for Children

Lamassu for Libya

A Tiger in the Bed

Jennessa Hamilton

Secrets of Adultery

Chancelor Havlik

Grace & Law

Hilary Havlik

Cool Dudes ‘n Boots

The Eagle

Jennifer Heater

Untitled

Emily House

Ketchup & Mustard

Tyler Jackson

Level Skateboard

Allen Jones

Muted Still Life

Chelsea Klassen

Girl in the Green Dress

Dakotah Konicek

Coluspus

Consequential Evidence

Jacquie Lahr

Wisconsin Supreme

Amanda Larsen

Care

Anne Luben

Lost Museums of Luck and Memory

Hand of Fortune

Evan Major

Have a Nice Day

Ben Marshall

Illuminate Camping Kit

Margot McFaul

Dystopia Book Series

Maggie Mullen

La Mer

Une Femme au Chateau

Kristin Nielsen, Shelby Piche, Katherine Imig, and Chris Toly

Venture Apparel

Calli Nissen

Powell, Wyoming 2006

Bottle Collection

Dannis Nyberg

Babies

Nuray Packard

Miss Anatolia

Restoration 20

Jasmine Peck

Untitled (Ears)

Untitled (Teapot)

Nash Quinn

Roadside Holy Water

The March

Brandon Reavis

Sandstone Monument

Bethany Reisner

Escapee

Scope

Mark Robertson

Power Planet

Brandon Russell

Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot

Controlled Burn

Kari Siler

Tribute

Bee a Dancer

Gary Staebler

Sea Voyage Book Covers

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Annual Report

Cheyenne Tennant

Untitled

Sam Vogel

Spinner Fall

Travis Wall

Surviving Design Portfolio

Andy Wempen

Removal of the Emotional to Physical

Loss

Kelsy Werries

Bloom

Guarded

Chloe West

Heart Attack

Joshua White

Winter Day

Kaitlyn Whitlock

Women’s Work

Road Trip

Lisa Zirbel

Anguish

UW Art Museum Seeks New Ann Simpson Artmobile Curator

A student works on an art project using the Artmobile printing press.

The University of Wyoming Art Museum (UAM) is looking for a new Ann Simpson Artmobile Curator. As a key outreach program for the art museum, the artmobile curator travels with an exhibition of original artwork to every corner of Wyoming. As an important member of the UAM’s education team, the artmobile curator achieves the museum’s mission by implementing field programs that align with in-house education programs supporting inquiry-based learning.

We are looking for an energetic, creative and organized individual who enjoys meeting and working with people all across Wyoming in diverse settings. An art and/or art education background with printmaking knowledge is required. The curator regularly works with Wyoming’s K-12 teachers to develop programs that support their classroom goals and standards, as well as with community organizations, senior citizens groups, pre-schools and more.

Excellent driving skills are a must since the curator drives many miles in the artmobile van each year to some of Wyoming’s most remote communities. The position is 30 hrs. per week and is benefited.

A full job description can be found online. It is an academic position listed under the UW Human Resources Employment site, titled “Assistant Research Scientist, Ann Simpson Artmobile Curator, position # 6082. Or click on the following url to go directly to the listing: http://www.uwyo.edu/hr/hremployment/showjob.asp?jobid=13172. For more information contact Wendy Bredehoft, Education Curator, 307.766.3496 or wbredeho@uwyo.edu.

Additional Information on CLICK! Weekend for WY Visual Artists

"CLICK! is what happens when artists reconnect with colleagues and get inspired by new ideas"

CLICK! A Weekend for Wyoming Artists
March 30 - April 1, 2012
Sublette County Library, Pinedale, Wyoming
Registration fees and application info coming soon

Schedule:
Friday, March 30
6 pm Welcome reception and art exhibit by Pipeline Art Project, open to public
7:30 pm "20/20" slide presentations by Wyoming artists, hosted by UW Art Museum (artists must sign up prior). Open to public.

Saturday, March 31
Full day of presentations on developing art career opportunities by art writers, curators, and artists from Wyoming and elsewhere.
Evening banquet at Rendezvous Pointe: Awards ceremony for 2012 Wyoming Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship Winners.

Sunday, April 1
Morning at Hampton Inn meeting rooms:
Individual artist portfolio reviews with fellowship jurors (artists must sign up prior)

Reduced lodging rates for attendees. Call the Hampton Inn: 307-367-7155 and ask for the CLICK conference block.

For more information: sue@suesommers.com, or the Wyoming Arts Council: 307-733-5234 or www.wyomingartscouncil.org

Sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council, Pipeline Art Project, UW Art Museum, Pinedale Fine Arts Council, the Wyoming Cultural Trust, Wyoming Women's Business Center and Works of Wyoming, and the Sublette County Library.

Art Museum and Artmobile Featured in UWYO Magazine

The fine and performing arts are the focus of the January 2012 issue of UWYO Magazine, available now in print and online. Featured alongside such great programs at UW such as Cultural Programs and the Music, Theater, and Dance Departments, the Art Museum is excited to be featured. Images and information from past exhibitions and installations are highlighted, as are the goals and motivations of the Art Museum. Discussions with key personnel showcase the accomplishments of the exhibitions, education, and outreach of the museum.

Also included in this issue is the Ann Simpson Artmobile. UWYO Magazine followed Artmobile curator Beth Remington on a recent visit to Saratoga, where students had the opportunity to view original artwork and then make their own art project inspired by what they saw.

Check out the online version of the magazine here for some great behind-the-scenes images and a look at what we do here at the Art Museum!