Artist-in-Residence: Jane Waggoner Deschner
June 5 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm MDT
Memory and Meaning in Thread and Image
June 5–13, 2025 | Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Daily, 9 am – 5 pm
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and the Whitney Western Art Museum welcome Montana-based artist Jane Waggoner Deschner as a summer artist-in-residence. Known for her evocative work with found photographs and hand-stitched details, Deschner explores themes of memory, identity, and shared humanity. “I explore ways to interact with and offer interpretations of these everyday expressions of people’s lives,” she says. “Hand-stitching allows me to interact intimately with the photos. Ultimately, I want to remind us of our social connection—that we are more alike than different.” During her residency, she’ll create new pieces on-site, offering visitors a chance to witness her unique process and the quiet stories woven into each image.
About the Artist:
Jane Waggoner Deschner, a Montana artist, stitches meaning into found family photographs, combining text and imagery to examine memory, identity, and shared experience. She exhibits widely, with recent shows at Robert Mann Gallery (NYC), Museum of Art | Fort Collins, Missoula Art Museum, and Churchill Arts. Her installation Remember me. a collective narrative in found words and photographs traveled throughout Montana and Colorado. Ms. Deschner has completed residencies across North America earning honors from the Montana Arts Council and Los Angeles Center of Photography. She earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and works from her longtime home in Montana.
