Josh Elliot is a Montana born and raised artist of Western landscape. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said Elliot’s landscapes… Read More
Museum Minute: Artistic Expression Through A Tin Cup
During the Reservation Era, roughly from the 1870s to the 1920s, Native Americans were required to move onto allotments of land. Rebecca West, the curator… Read More
Museum Minute: Imperfections Are Beautiful
Often the uniqueness of a piece stands out more than something that follows the trend. For Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the… 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
John Mix Stanley: Artist as Entertainer
In the nineteenth century, many artists looked to market their art to the masses. The panorama (figure 1) offered artists a way to combine their… Read More
Sandra Dal Poggetto: Hidden in the Wide Open
Montana artist, Sandra Dal Poggetto, traveled to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on June 26, 2014 to present a lecture on her body… Read More
An Artist’s Visit: Jared Sanders
It is always an exciting time when artists in our permanent collection make the trip out to Cody to come see us. This past weekend… Read More
July 18 Family Fun Day celebrates art with a garden “pARTy!” at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
With beautiful sculptures, picturesque landscapes, and blooming flowers all around, what better place to celebrate art than the garden spaces of the Buffalo Bill Center… Read More
An Artist in Residence Reflects: Michele Z. Farrier
By Guest Artist and Blogger Michele Z. Farrier During the enjoyable experience of being Artist in Residence in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo… Read More
The Whitney Reinstallation: Part 2
At the end of day two of our Whitney reinstallation project, we have finally taken down most of the art that will be returning to… Read More