The University of Wyoming Art Museum will celebrate the winter season by hosting its
second annual ’Tis the Season event.
The museum will present free seasonal programs Wednesday, Dec. 13; Thursday, Dec.
14; and Saturday, Dec. 16.
Finals Week Winter Wind Down will take place Dec. 13 from 6-9 p.m. UW students are
invited to visit the museum classroom for some food and art-making activities designed
to help take some of the stress out of exams. They can make an ornament felting project
as well as screen print or iron on a collage on a tote bag or T-shirt. Students can
bring their own blank T-shirts or tote bags, or they can purchase blank tote bags
for $5 each at the event. A limited supply of bags will be available.
The UW Art Museum’s Community Celebration of Lights is planned Dec. 14 from 4-7 p.m.
The celebration is open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.
The museum’s teaching artists will lead participants through creating paper and metal
lanterns to take home and to help fill the museum lobby with seasonal lights. The
Wyoming Film Gallery will be transformed into a winter-themed shadow puppet theater,
and attendees can create original shadow puppets.
Thursday’s event also will feature a youth open mic night in the museum’s Resource
Room. Performers 18 and under are invited to sign up to share a song, poem, story
or any other outlet for creativity. Interested artists can sign up to perform by clicking
here.
Additionally, the Snowy Range Academy choir will perform at 5 p.m. Then, at 6 p.m.,
museum staff members will lead a guided gallery tour.
’Tis the Season will wrap up Dec. 16 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with the Community Winter
Celebration. All activities are open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.
The museum’s teaching artists will demonstrate the art of snow dyeing, and attendees
will be able to dye socks. Attendees also can help turn the museum’s lobby windows
into a winter wonderland mosaic and make take-home winter lanterns out of paper and
metal. Additionally, artists from Relative Theatrics will host winter-themed storytelling
for children.
For more information, call Will Bowling, education and public programs coordinator
at the UW Art Museum, at (307) 766-3496 or email wbowling@uwyo.edu.
The UW Art Museum exhibits, preserves and interprets visual culture from around the
world to engage academic, local, state, national and global communities. The museum
is located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 E. Willett Drive in Laramie. Hours are
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday hours are extended to 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
