Visual Arts

July 8, 2025
Echoes of the Painted West: John Clymer’s Gold Train
Gold in the Hills! Colonel Mulberry Sellers in Mark Twain’s satirical novel The American Claimant prophetically decreed, “There’s gold in them thar…

June 30, 2025
Brushstrokes of a Nation: Golden Gate, Yellowstone
Thomas Moran’s “Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park,” 1893. 4.75…

June 18, 2025
Carl Rungius and the Silver-Tipped Grizzly: A Legacy in Western Wildlife Art
A silver tipped grizzly lives in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. No cause for…

October 7, 2020
Plains Indian Cultures: Yesterday and Today
Objectives Students will learn about Plains Indian cultures, comparing the past and the present. Students will compare Plains Indian objects from the past…