After School Enrichment Program

A student from the Lab School shows off her artwork during a previous After School Enrichment Program

Students in grades 4, 5 and 6 may participate in a free after-school program at the Art Museum called Imagine Learning from the Masters. This program is made possible through a partnership with Albany County School District #1 and uses original art work in the UW Art Museum to enhance students’ art, writing, thinking and speaking skills.

Students will have the opportunity to sign up for the program through their elementary school. Each program meets for eight consecutive one-hour sessions and follows the Art Museum’s model of enquiry – observe, question, explore, create and reflect. These dynamic classes engage students in essential learning activities in ways that are fun and creative. They will work with professional artists and writers and a master teacher on writing and art skills, using art on exhibit as a starting point for their own ideas and creative processes.

Classes meet on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 pm. Students are bused to and from the Art Museum courtesy of Albany County School District. Contact your elementary school principal for information on how to participate.

This program is made possible through a partnership with Albany County School District #1, and with additional funding through the Laura Jane Musser Foundation, the Ruth R. Ellbogen Foundation and the Wyoming Arts Council through the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature.

Art Talk: Kwang-Young Chun TONIGHT!

Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun's fourteen foot tall sculpture, Aggregation08-AU022 is currently on view at the UW Art Museum.

Photo courtesy of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun will present a public Art Talk tonight, Thursday, September 10, at 6:30 pm at the UW Art Museum. The talk is free and open to the public. Chun's Art Talk is a public program in conjunction with his solo exhibition, Kwang-Young Chun: Aggregations, new work, which features a 14 foot tall sculpture and 6 wall pieces not before exhibited in the U.S.

Chun began working on his series of Aggregations in the 1990s. The highly textured pieces are created from small Styrofoam shapes that the artist covers in mulberry paper recycled from Korean books. The paper is hand-tied around the geometric shapes.

Chun will also be presenting a Gallery Walk Through on Friday, September 11 at 10:30 am. The opening reception for the Art Museum's fall exhibitions will also be that evening, beginning at 6 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

For more information about this and other exhibitions, visit the UW Art Museum webpage or call 307.766.6622.

Deadline for 20:20 is This Wednesday

The deadline to sign up and submit images for 20:20 is this Wednesday. 20:20 will be held for statewide visual and performing artists, educators, organizations, writers and musicians on Wednesday, September 23 at 7 pm. It is being held in conjunction with the Wyoming Arts Council Arts Summit in Cheyenne. 20:20 will be at the Little America in Cheyenne.

20:20 is a fast-paced presentation format whereby presenters are allotted 20 images, which are shown for 20 seconds each. The total presentation time is therefore only 6 minutes and 40 seconds. 20:20 is an opportunity to share accomplishments, new work and new ideas from across the region. The program is meant to foster open dialogue and communication among artists and organizations and to provide an opportunity for networking with colleagues.

For more information, or to sign up, contact the Art Museum Assistant Curator, Rachel Miller, at rmiller@uwyo.edu or 307.766.6621.

Visual Arts Series at the University of Wyoming

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The University of Wyoming Art Department and Art Museum announce the University of Wyoming Arts Series featuring visiting artists and scholars scheduled during the fall semester 2009.

For additional information: Art Department webpage and Art Museum webpage

Fall 2009 Newsletter Available on Webpage

Visit the Art Museum webpage and download the fall 2009 newsletter!

Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun at the Art Museum Next Week

Kwang-Young Chun, Aggregations08-AU022, 2008,

mixed media, 14 ft x 8 ft diameter

Photo courtesy of the Aldrich Museum of Art

Korean artist Kwang-Young Chun uses recycled mulberry paper pages from Korean book and medicine wrappers to wrap and hand-tie around small styrofoam forms and construct into large-scale scultpure and wall reliefs. The series called Aggregations began in the 1990s. Initially two-dimensional, he has more recently explored floor-based sculptural constructions. The largest of these to date is Aggregations08-AU022. It was created for the Aldrich Museum of Art in Ridgefield, CT and comes to the University of Wyoming as the centerpiece of Chun's solo exhibition, Aggregations, new work.

Chun will visit the museum next week to assist with the exhibition installation and to present two public programs:

Art Talk, Thurs, Sept 10, 6:30 pm

Gallery Walk Through, Fri, Sept 11, 10:30 am

He will also attend the opening reception for this and other new exhibitions at the University of Wyoming Art Museum on Fri, Sept 11, from 6 - 8 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, visit the Art Museum webpage.

Upcoming Events with Artist Brian Burkhardt

Brian Burkhardt, Shopping Cart, abandoned shopping cart, polyurethane foam, spray foam, spray paint, acrylic paint, polymer clay, wire, polyester threads, plastic micro beads, patina, cotton, fibers, gelatin capsules, aluminum foil, wood glue, and gorilla glue, 48 x 36 x 75 inches
Photo courtesy of Gallery Diet

Join Miami-based artist Brian Burkhardt and UW Science faculty on Thursday, September 3, beginning at 6:30 pm, for an Art Talk, followed by response and discussion on the topic, Scientists View Nature Through the Lens of Art: The Seen and Unseen.

Burkhardt is currently installing his exhibition moss doesn’t grow on rolling stones…a vision of nature by Brian Burkhardt, in the UW Art Museum. Burkhardt’s work explores the symbiotic relationship of humans, ecosystems, the flora and fauna of the living world, the impact of technology and the adaptation of species in contemporary environments.

The faculty response and discussion is sponsored in part by the UW Program in Ecology. Participating science faculty are, Jeff Lockwood, Stephen Jackson, Naomi Ward, Pete Stahl and Carlos Martinez del Rio. Students and community are encouraged to attend.

Public programs scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition include:
Thursday, September 3 10:30 am Gallery Walk Through
Thursday, September 3 6:30 pm Art Talk
Thursday, September 3 7:30 pm Response and discussion with UW Science Faculty

For more information call 307.766.6622. All programs are free and open to the public.