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 […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2017 From “Thorofare” to Destination – the South Fork of the Shoshone River, part 2 Click here to read Part 1 By Jeremy M. Johnston, PhD The South Fork of the Shoshone River, southwest of Cody, Wyoming, was a relatively busy place in the nineteenth century. In the previous […]
Taking that long-planned, bucket-list trip to Yellowstone? We here in Cody consider it “our” park, too! Spend a little time with us on your way to or from Yellowstone and join us for one of these great events. Plains Indian Museum Powwow The Plains Indian Museum Powwow the third full weekend in June—this year June […]
Each year the Buffalo Bill Center of the West partners with 5th grade teachers and students from Westside Elementary in Powell, WY. This past May, students visited the Center on a field trip to learn about the geology and biodiversity of Yellowstone National Park. Then a couple weeks later they headed into Yellowstone for a […]