Alexander Phimister Proctor was a known as the sculptor in buckskin. Born in Canada, he fell in love with the American West and most… Read More
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Museum Minute: The Heyday of the Fur Trade
The painter, Alfred Jacob Miller, was an early artist explorer depicting the American West. But it turns out, he only went out to the… Read More
A Look Back at Michele Farrier’s Time as Artist-in-Residence
A native of northern California, Michele Farrier now calls Cortez, Colorado home. She received a BA in Studio Art from the University of California –… Read More
Museum Minute: Zoroaster Peak
Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone… Read More
Albert Bierstadt: A Conservationist
Albert Bierstadt—He’s a late 19th-century artist, most well-known for his majestic landscape paintings of the Wind River Range, Yellowstone, and the American West. But… Read More
Museum Minute: Where Elegance Meets Fear
It’s a weird story not often told at museums since it’s against the rules. But at the Whitney Western Museum of Art there’s… Read More
Sculpture Guide: Mule Deer
Life-Size Mule Deer By Michael Coleman 2013 Location: Cashman Greever Garden Life-Size Mule Deer, cast number 6 of an edition of 20, takes a prominent… Read More
Sculpture Guide: The Greeting
The Greeting By George Carlson 1987–1988 Location: Cashman Greever Garden The Greeting, by George Carlson, resides in a quiet side area of our Cashman Greever… Read More
The Center of the West Traveling Exhibit Opens Its Doors For The Last Time
For the past three years, the Whitney Western Art Museum of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody lent over eighty works of… Read More
Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum hosts symposium on artist Albert Bierstadt
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum hosts a major symposium in conjunction with the upcoming special exhibition Albert Bierstadt: Witness… Read More
