In a day-long symposium this past June, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum brought together several top art historians and renowned artists to examine topics related to western American sculpture. Forged and Founded—Western American Sculpture, a Centennial Symposium resulted in stimulating and thought-provoking presentations, recorded and now available online. Themes […]
When you hear the words western American sculpture, what comes to mind? Do you think of Remington’s Bronco Buster? Or maybe your interest begins and ends with the blue Mustang outside of Denver International Airport. No matter what kind of art you admire most, Forged and Founded: Western American Sculpture, a symposium sponsored by the […]
The Whitney staff recently had the chance to visit Linda Raynolds at her studio. She introduced us to the tools she uses to create her sculptures and showed us her extensive collection of art and source material. We also learned more about what inspires her. Animals have consumed Raynolds’s interest for as long as she […]
Sculptor Linda Raynolds (b. 1953) was one of the Whitney Western Art Museum’s artists in residence for the 2014 season at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. As a resident, Raynolds took advantage of and inspiration from the Draper Natural History Museum’s Raptor Experience, focusing her time and her artistic efforts […]