Ucross Founder’s Day to include Wyoming Women to Watch Gallery Reception

Ucross announced today its third annual Founder’s Day on Saturday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. During that timeframe, the community is invited to tour the artist residency campus, located on a 20,000-acre ranch in northern Wyoming; experience live music played al fresco by members of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra; visit the artists in their studios; explore the new exhibition in the Ucross Art Gallery, Wyoming Women to Watch; and enjoy a picnic on the lawn. The event is free and open to the public.

At 1 p.m., the Ucross Art Gallery will host a reception celebrating the opening of Wyoming Women to Watch. Created by the Wyoming Committee of National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), this traveling exhibition features the five Wyoming artists who were shortlisted for New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024, a critically acclaimed biennial exhibition at NMWA in Washington, D.C. The artists include Sarah Ortegon HighWalking of the Wind River Reservation, Jennifer Rife of Cheyenne, Ucross alumna Bronwyn Minton of Jackson, Leah Hardy of Laramie, and Katy Ann Fox of Jackson.
 
The five artists will discuss their work at the Ucross Founder’s Day reception, which will also include a black-light jingle dress dance performed by Ortegon HighWalking, the artist selected by NMWA.