From a UW press release:
Local residents have until Sunday, Aug. 19, to view the Ann Simpson Artmobile exhibition in the University of Wyoming Art Museum before it is packed away for a regional tour.
"It is rare that the Artmobile is in Laramie," says Beth Wetzbarger, Artmobile curator. "The artwork is usually on tour, so residents do not have many opportunities to see the exhibition."
This exhibition, "A view From Here: Art by Women Working in the Rocky Mountain West," has 17 pieces, including photography, mixed media, paint, clay and embroidery.
Two Laramie residents have loaned their works for this exhibition. Karan Karla Aron's "Fisted Woman with Tail" explores the inner self, and Linda Lillegraven captures the Wyoming landscape with her "Red Log Barn."
"The tail and crudeness of the figure represent our instincts -- those things about ourselves that we often don't like, but in reality cannot change, even though we might want to change," Aron says.
Lillegraven says, "I can never capture the elemental, intolerable beauty of such places in my work. I look forward to spending the rest of my life trying."
Celebrating 25 years of service, the Ann Simpson Artmobile will be on tour in September, Wetzbarger says. To schedule a visit, contact Wetzbarger at (307)-399-2941 or e-mail artmobile@uwyo.edu.
Bringing the world of art to Wyoming, the art museum is located in the Centennial Complex at 22nd and Willett Drive in Laramie. The museum is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Information about these and other programs are available online at www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum or by calling 307-766-6622.
