Migrating Bison Engineer a Better Yellowstone By Chris Geremia, PhD April 1, 2021 Noon – Online We invite you to join us for this lecture via Zoom Webinar! When: April 1, 2021, Noon Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: Draper April Lunchtime Expedition: Migrating Bison Engineer a Better Yellowstone Speaker: Chris Geremia, PhD, Lead Bison Biologist, Yellowstone […]
Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2009 Fields of Discovery Ed. note: This article shares the story of a past series of summer educational programs. This year, our education department has several new and exciting day workshops and family activities planned for summer 2021. Get all the details on our FAMILY PROGRAMS page and sign […]
Painter Thomas Moran visited Yellowstone National Park in 1871. A year before, Yellowstone became the world’s first national park. Moran traveled to Yellowstone on a formal expedition to document both in text and imagery of the place to the world. “Moran was tasked with bringing color to Yellowstone,” said Karen McWhorter, the curator of the […]
The Whitney Western Art Museum commissioned a painting for the Invisible Boundaries Exhibition. The exhibition explored Yellowstone National Park’s animal migrations. James Prosek ended up painting what is now titled, “Yellowstone Composition #1.” It is very big at 120 by 120 inches. Karen McWhorter, the Whitney Western Art Museum curator, said it’s mostly in black […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 Understanding the Yellowstone Fires of 1988, Part 1How the Fires Affected American Culture and How Culture Affected the Fires By John Clayton What do the fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 have to do with Vietnam, or with classic western movies? Sometimes culture is as valuable as […]
Not many American impressionists depicted the West. Most painted the East coast and Europe. But Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said one American impressionist, John Henry Twachtman, painted a series of Yellowstone National Park. “He ventured West only the one time, and this was relatively late in his life. He passed […]