Wyoming Paints Arts Offerings With a Broad Brush
Published Nov 03, 2009
Wyoming offers a number of cultural and arts attractions. Here is just a small sample.
University of Wyoming Art Center
www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum
The University of Wyoming Art Museum is housed in the striking Centennial Complex on the university campus in Laramie.
The 7,000-item collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, crafts, and folk and decorative art across a range of cultures and periods.
Works by American, European and Japanese artists, as well as18th- and 19th-century Persian and Indian miniature paintings, 20th century photography, and African and American Indian artifacts are part of the collection.
The museum also hosts special programs, lectures, workshops and classes.
Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center
www.thenic.org
Housed in a 25,000-square-foot, circa-1920s building in Casper, the museum consists of eight galleries with special exhibitions that change approximately every 90 days.
Its permanent collection emphasizes works created by local and regional artists or artists with strong ties to the region.
The Discovery Center is designed to promote arts to children and includes classes and programs as well as hands-on activities such as watercolor painting, crayon rubbing, a sandbox, magnetic wall with Fractiles, hand-puppet crafting and a puppet theater.
Nelson Museum of the West
www.nelsonmuseum.com
Wyoming native Robert L. Nelson, a lawyer, hunter and avid collector of Western art and artifacts, founded the museum in an 18,000-square-foot building in Cheyenne.
The museum’s 6,000-piece collection includes cowboy and American Indian objects, Western art, weaponry, firearms and military displays.
The museum’s Dream Catcher Fund solicits cash and in-kind donations to finance the preservation and promotion of Western heritage and support humanitarian activities.
The Center for the Arts
www.jhcenterforthearts.org
The downtown Jackson facility includes a 41,000-square-foot Arts & Education Pavilion with six visualarts studios, four dance studios, five classrooms and administrative space. The Performing Arts Pavilion includes a 525-seat theater, a music center and theater rehearsal space.
The center is a multi-tenant facility housing, hosting and partnering with 17 local, state and regional not-for-profit arts-related organizations that provide a broad spectrum of programming in a collaborative environment.
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