Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy now does Grants & Foundations Relations for the Center of the West's Development Department, but was formerly the Content Producer for the Center's Public Relations Department, where her work included writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter Western Wire. Her current job is seeking and applying for funding from government grants and private foundations. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

Treasures from Our West: A bald eagle named “Jade”

December 8, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Spring 2017 Jade, the bald eagle A sub-adult, male bald eagle, Jade was named after Wyoming’s state gemstone, with a subtle nod to […]

Madonna of the Prairie” by W.H.D. Koerner, 1921 — a classic Western oil painting depicting a frontier woman seated in a covered wagon

Center of the West exhibition goes West to Salt Lake, prompts citywide celebration

December 6, 2017 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s traveling exhibition Go West! opens December 3, 2017, in Salt Lake City at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA). It is on […]

Center of the West’s Hunter Old Elk accepts WESTAF Diversity Fellowship

December 1, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Hunter C. Old Elk, curatorial assistant for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum, was recently accepted into the Western States Arts Federation’s (WESTAF) Emerging Leaders of […]

Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) specimen. DRA.305.37

The Black-Footed Ferret – Points West Online

December 1, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2000 Here, Gone, and Back Again: The Black-Footed Ferret Deborah Deibler SteeleFormer Curatorial Assistant, Draper Natural History Museum Ed. Note, 12.01.2017: Black-footed ferrets and […]

The makings of a true adventure? Max Wilde, a packstring like the one pictured, and a backcountry trail. Outfitter Les Bowman leads a packstring along Ishawooa Trail in 1953. MS 89 Jack Richard Collection. PN.89.105.20005.107

The Wilderness Life of Max Wilde – Points West Online

November 22, 2017 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2005 The Wilderness Life of Max Wilde By Jay LawsonFormer Chief Game Warden, Wyoming Game and Fish Department By 1910, much of Wyoming had […]

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926). Hunting Party, 1896. Watercolor on paper. 24.73 (detail)

Whitney Western Art Museum special exhibition highlights works by Charles M. Russell

November 20, 2017 by Nancy McClure

The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum presented a special exhibition celebrating the legacy of beloved cowboy artist Charles M. Russell (1864–1926). The exhibition was on […]