Dream Playground Design Day: The Process Begins The Buffalo Bill Center of the West launched its dream playground design day with Jane Lewis Holman, a designer from Leathers and Associates, when she visited Cody on October 30th and 31st. Her first step in this process was to perform a site review. She looked at our proposed location […]
A New Way to Play at the Center Children’s Playground Design Form Building a dream playground at a museum? Sometimes we may think that these two things might not fit together. In the past, museums may have been viewed as quiet reverent places—similar to a library. While this reflection and learning is important, fun is […]
“Happy trails to you, until we meet again. Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ until then. Who cares about the clouds when we’re together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather. Happy trails to you, ’till we meet again.” —From Happy Trails by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers [1] This is my last […]
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” —Henry Ward Beecher [1] As I mentioned in one of my earlier blog posts, Wild Things, we offer three Family Fun Days during the summer at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Family Fun Days take place one […]
Nature Arts and Crafts “Always continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better.” —Vincent Van Gogh [1] Even though Art in the Garden and our other free family summer activities have ended, we would still like to post our crafts so you can […]
“I knew my heart had found it, I knew my search was done. Oh, oh, oh how the West was fun… Oh, oh, oh how the West was fun! Westward ho!” –From How the West Was Fun by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen As you recall from my earlier posts on Art in the Garden, we […]