This month, Tessa Dallarosa’s Foundations 2D students and Stefan Robinson’s Art Education class came together for a creative exchange around Artist trading cards. Small cards, big ideas, shared creativity.
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A big welcome to this week's visiting artists Monica Canilao and Greg Henderson! Come learn more about the work of these Swoon friends at their talks tomorrow night 10/1 starting at 7 p.m. in room 111 of the Visual Arts Building.

UW Visual Arts is pleased to welcome Swoon friends Patrick Dougher, Robin Frohardt, Joanna Torres, and Taylor Shepherd to campus this week! See pics for artist talk times. Public activities are also listed at www.uwyo.edu/art/events/s.... Please join us!

Eminent Visiting Artist Caledonia Curry (SWOON) will be visiting the UW Visual Arts during Fall 2025 with a solo exhibition in our main gallery. The Exhibition Reception will be TONIGHT Sept 18 from 6:00-8:00pm in our Visual Arts Lobby — come join us and talk to Caledonia!

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Meet our faculty: Professor Brandon Gellis teaches in our Visual Communication Design area. Collective Energy is his digital collage series that weaves fragments of Street art in Tel Aviv, Israel, to explore activist artwork made in public spaces. View more at www.brandongellis.com.

WELCOME! As we start a new academic season, we want to celebrate our new and returning students, staff, and faculty! We have a wonderful creative community here at the University of Wyoming. We hope you all take time to connect with us and explore everything we have to offer this year.

We are excited to announce that Swoon will be our eminent visiting artist for the 2025-26 academic year! A solo exhibition of the artist's work will open in the UW Visual Arts Gallery on August 25. Events with Swoon and her collaborators will enrich our community throughout the coming year.

Check out our BFA exhibition! Please join us tomorrow, Friday 5/16, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Visual Arts Building Lobby for the Spring 2025 Graduating Senior Celebration and BFA Exhibition Reception. This event is free and open to the public. Parking in adjoining lots is free after 5 p.m.

Apply to UW and declare a major in the Visual Arts Department! You can start with the BA in Art Education, BA in Art History, or BA in Studio Art. Fall classes start August 25! www.uwyo.edu/admissions/a...

Why did you choose UW? How did you choose your major? What advice do you have about starting college? Visual Communication Design major Kirsten Grohman answers these questions and more, sharing some insights that can be especially valuable to incoming students.

Come by the Visual Arts Building today to buy some handmade wares at the Ceramics Art Guild Cup and Bowl Sale! Our students will be set up in the lobby until 4:30 p.m.

The VAB is located at the intersection of 22nd Street and Willet Drive in Laramie. There is free parking on 22nd Street.

Apply to UW Visual Arts NOW for fall 2025 admission! We've broken down the process into five clear steps. Visit www.uwyo.edu/admissions/a... to start your application.

TONIGHT! We are hosting a visiting artists talk by Emmy Bright and Oli Watt at 7 p.m. in room 111 of the Visual Arts Building. Parking is free after 5 p.m. Come join us!

You can also catch the talk on Zoom by registering at: uwyo.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UW Visual Arts metalsmithing students recently made projects using cuttlefish casting with bronze. Check out the arc of Ally Crile's project from start to finish. Props to our metalsmithing professor, Alec Schweiger!

Students at UW Visual Arts have opportunities for on-the-job learning through a variety of internships. Two students, Heidi Welniak and Sokhee Huh, shared images from their internships this semester. Heidi is working with an architecture firm in Italy while Sokhee is interning with UW Visual Arts.

Get involved with UW Visual Arts! Our four Registered Student Organizations — Ceramics Art Guild, Council of Printmakers, Student Art League, and Wyoming Sculpture Society — meet throughout the semester to offer creative enrichment and professional development to our students.

Take a peek at the coursework of a current art student, Danielle Hershey. Danielle's pieces shown here are Mother of the Sea and Ghost Train from Illustration; Wine and Flowers Still Life from Painting II; and Copper Bowl from Metalsmithing.

We offer five undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Bachelor of Arts in Art Education, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design. We also offer 10 minors. Learn more at uwyo.edu/art/academics/.

UW art students got to work with visiting artist Dave Greber mapping video projections onto the Johnson Hotel building in downtown Laramie last night in preparation for Winterfest. Come to downtown Laramie tonight for Winterfest — lots of fun, creative stuff happening! Student work will be on view!

If you haven't visited campus, email [email protected] to schedule a personal tour of the Visual Arts Building with one of our faculty members. This can be one of the best ways to get a feel for our programs. We'd love to show you around!

Come join our community! Apply to UW at uwyo.edu/art and declare a major in Visual Arts: BA Art History, BA Art Education, BA Studio Art. The pics shown are from a community-building collaboration in ART 3490 Philosophy, Theory & Issues with Professor Tessa Dallarosa.

Meet our faculty! Professor Shelby Shadwell teaches all levels of drawing here at UW Visual Arts and maintains an active professional practice in drawing and painting. Images are from his recent series, Space Blankets. Learn more at sshadw.otherpeoplespixels.com/section/5217...

What do our students say about UW Visual Arts? Meet Birch, one of our studio art majors, who shares a bit about what makes our department an excellent choice for training in the visual arts.

Thinking about applying to UW Visual Arts? There's no time like the present! Visit our website, uwyo.edu/art, and click on the gold "Apply to UW" button at the top of the page.

UW Visual Arts majors you can declare when applying: BA Art Education, BA Art History, BA Studio Art