Whitney Western Art Museum
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Museum Minute: A Lone Bear
Back in 2015, when Karen McWhorter just started her position as curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, she was interviewed for…
Museum Minute: I-80 Energy Romance
Don Stinson is a contemporary artist who uses traditional methods and materials. His painting I-80 Energy Romance portrays a western landscape, but…
Museum Minute: The Self-Portrait of a Sculptor
Alexander Phimister Proctor was a known as the sculptor in buckskin. Born in Canada, he fell in love with the American West…
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…
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…
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…