Brian Dickerson: Constructed Paintings. Exhibit at University of Wyoming Art Museum
Brian Dickerson speaks about his life as an artist, his techniques, and his Constructed Paintings, on exhibit through April 16, 2012 at University of Wyoming Art Museum.
Exploring the idea of remembered landscapes, Brian Dickerson (American, b. 1951) creates painted wood constructions that are heavily layered and reworked. His works are a combination of painting and assemblage. His compositions are minimal, often containing an aperture to hidden forms and inaccessible places, resulting in works of great spiritual resonance. Evidence of gesture can be seen in the highly textured surfaces and the windows he creates, often from metal or wood, seem to suggest something beyond the surface. Although abstract, the titles of his paintings hint at places either remembered or unknown.
Dickerson has exhibited his work in numerous galleries and museums including most recently the Kouros Gallery, NY; Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; the Butler Institute of American Art, the National Academy of Design, and the Woodmere Museum. In 2008 he was awarded a Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship, which resulted in travel to Ballycastle, Ireland in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Dickerson is a professor at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and Philadelphia University.
This University of Wyoming Art Museum video is made possible through the support of: The Wyoming Arts Council and the UW Art Museum Gala Fund.
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Camera/Editor: Ali Grossman, UWTV
Interviewer: Wendy Bredehoft, UW Art Museum
Curator: Susan Moldenhauer, UW Art Museum
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Neltje Book Reads from North of Crazy at University of Wyoming Art Museum
(UW Press Release) The University of Wyoming Art Museum hosted a reading and book signing to celebrate Wyoming artist Neltje’s memoir, “North of Crazy,” Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 5:30-7 p.m. Laramie’s Second Story Books sold copies of her memoir during the event.
Imagine a world of Gatsbyesque glamour, opulence and cultural prestige. Publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday’s daughter, Neltje, was raised to assume her place in this upper-echelon world filled with famous authors. But, beneath a seemingly idyllic childhood, darker currents ran: an alcoholic father whose absences left holes, a mother incapable of love, a family divided by power and money struggles, and a secret that drove Neltje into isolation.
“North of Crazy” is her story -- written with the same fierce passion, wit and emotion that drove her off the conventional path. She relocated to Wyoming and became an artist, a rancher and an entrepreneur.
Brad Watson, author of “Miss Jane: A Novel” and associate professor in the UW Creative Writing Program, says “North of Crazy” is “a rich and often mercurial story of a rich and often mercurial life. Neltje's voice is fresh, original, entirely unaffected. Whether she writes of child abuse, abusive alcoholics, cheats, crazy poets, new love, ruined love, painting or marching to Selma, Ala., she does it straight from the heart. Hers is a frank history, an adventure, hard-earned, not at all pretty and fascinating. Here is the story of a woman who had to fight just about everyone along her way to get what she wanted and needed, especially love and independence. And, in the end, in her own way, she succeeds.”
In fall 2013, the UW Art Museum hosted the exhibition “Neltje. Painting. 1990-2012,” a survey of the evolution of her creative work in painting that included her monumental series, “Moroccan Suite.” Neltje has exhibited throughout the Rockies and nationally.
She spends her weekends on the Little North Fork of Crazy Woman Creek in northern Wyoming.
For more information about Neltje, visit neltje.com. To learn more about her memoir, go to northofcrazybyneltje.com.
The reading and book signing are co-sponsored by the UW MFA in Creative Writing Program and the UW Art Museum.
For more information, call the Art Museum at (307) 766-6622, visit the website at uwyo.edu/artmuseum, or follow the museum on Facebook.
Through its “Museum as Classroom” approach, the UW Art Museum places art at the center of learning for all ages. Located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive in Laramie, the museum is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday hours are extended to 7 p.m. February through April and September through November. Admission is free.
About Neltje
Neltje was born in New York City and raised in Oyster Bay, Long Island. From 1979-80, she took a few classes at the Art Students League in New York, N.Y., and, in 1980, she took a few classes at the New York Studio School of Drawing. She is essentially self-taught. Neltje is a prolific abstract expressionist painter whose works have been described as an “exploration of making the sensed visible.”
In 2005, she received the Governor’s Arts Award that recognizes Wyoming's preeminent artists. She received an honorary degree from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont., and is the founder and benefactor of the Neltje Blanchan Literary Award in memory of her grandmother. She served on the board of the Wyoming Arts Council from 1985-88. In 2010, Neltje made the largest estate gift in UW’s history.
Neltje’s work has been featured in collections at the Smithsonian, the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Mont., the IBM Corp. in Denver and the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne, among others. Additionally, her work is in private collections in California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.
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A Trip to the Univ. of Wyoming Geology Museum with Bren & Family
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Chief Washakie Statue Unveiling: Wyoming Signatures Feature
In 2005, a 24ft statue was unveiled at the University of Wyoming. This highly visible statue, by Cody sculptor Dave McGary, will grace the campus for generations to come. Wyoming Signatures' Ben Froidevaux spoke to the artist and descendants of Chief Washakie.
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A new Wyoming landmark was unveiled today (Sept. 30, 2005 ) as the University of Wyoming dedicated a spectacular painted 24-foot bronze sculpture depicting Chief Washakie on horseback at the Battle of Crowheart Butte.
The ceremony, attended by hundreds of UW students, staff, and faculty, as well as state officials and residents of Laramie and the Wind River Indian Reservation, took place south of the university dining center on Grand Avenue, which bear's Chief Washakie's name.
Washakie, the last chief of the Shoshone tribe, is remembered as a statesman, a respected warrior and a champion of education for his people. In 2004, the Wyoming State Legislature appropriated $150,000 to create a sculpture honoring Chief Washakie, to be erected on UW's Laramie campus.
Bob Peck, Wyoming state senator from Fremont County, who chaired the Legislature's Select Committee on Tribal Relations, which worked with university administrators on selecting and citing the sculpture, was among the speakers. He said, 'Battle of Two Hearts' depicts the courage of Chief Washakie, risking his own life to spare the lives of his warriors. Washakie believed education would be the weapon to protect his people from harm in the coming days.
Other speakers were Wyoming State Sen. Cale Case, of Lander, and former U.S. Senator from Wyoming Al Simpson. Haman Wise, Shoshone elder from Fort Washakie, delivered the opening prayer.
The sculpture, Battle of Two Hearts, was created by Paradise Valley, Ariz., artist and Cody native Dave McGary, who also crafted the sculpture of Chief Washakie that represents the state of Wyoming in the United States Capitol. Battle of Two Hearts was trucked to Laramie in three pieces, assembled on campus and installed on Thursday, Sept. 29.
During the ceremony, McGary said, I stand here today as a proud child of Wyoming. Proud to know my wonderful wife Molly and I know our daughter Bronwyn and future generations can see and learn from this monument to a great leader.
Friday's dedication ceremony prominently featured aspects of Chief Washakie's Shoshone heritage that have carried through to the 21st century. UW Trustee James Trosper, great-great-grandson of Chief Washakie, and Chuck Washakie, a great-grandson of Chief Washakie, performed a cedaring of the sculpture in a time-honored Native American ceremony.
UW President Tom Buchanan accepted the sculpture on behalf of the university, and joined UW Trustee President Judy Richards, UW Native American student Reinette Curry, Washakie family member Zedora Enos, and Peck in unveiling the sculpture. State Rep. Ross Diercks performed an original song about the state of Wyoming. An honor dance was performed by the Eagle Spirit Dancers from the Wind River Indian Reservation.
George Abeyta, UW graduate and great-great-grandson of Chief Washakie, said, Chief Washakie represents wisdom, courage, mobility, valor, peace and prosperity. To me, the example set by my great-great-grandfather has been a great inspiration and a beacon of light.
In Battle of Two Hearts, McGary captures the moment Shoshone Chief Washakie first raised his lance to challenge Crow Chief Big Robber to begin the Battle of Crowheart Butte, a fight over traditional Shoshone hunting grounds. After nearly a week of combat between the tribes with no resolution and many lost warriors, Washakie challenged Big Robber to a duel, promising that when he beat his formidable opponent, he would cut out his heart. Washakie emerged the winner, with Big Robber's heart on the end of his lance.
In the towering bronze, the chief is crafted as the warrior he was -- fearless and determined. Dominating Washakie's arsenal is the eight-foot lance painted blue and adorned with seven eagle feathers. An extraordinary horseman, Washakie used only a light saddle made of buckskin stuffed with horsehair to cushion his ride on the great Appaloosa.
Had it not been for his horse, a gift from the Nez Perce Chief Joseph, Chief Washakie said he may not have defeated his worthy Crow opponent in the legendary duel. The sculptural model for Washakie's horse is world champion stallion Tom Tucker, of Laramie, who, like Washakie's horse, is a descendant of the famous Nez Perce war horses.
Produced by University of Wyoming Television, Outreach Technology Services
Aired on Wyoming Signatures on Wyoming Public Television
Director/Producer: Ben Froidevaux
Editing: Steve Costin, Ali Grossman, Mary Jung, Ben Froidevaux
Music by Little Sun, Iron Cloud Family, Ethete, WY