 Ucross will host its fourth annual Founder’s Day celebration on Saturday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free public event invites the community to explore the artist residency grounds on Ucross’s 20,000-acre ranch in northern Wyoming and enjoy an afternoon of creativity, connection and conversation.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., guests will be invited to tour the studios of Ucross’s current artists-in-residence. This rare opportunity allows visitors to engage directly with working artists across a variety of disciplines, view works in progress, ask questions and experience the creative process in action within the inspiring setting of the residency grounds. Participating artists will include music composer Gelsey Bell of Brooklyn, New York; music composer Gregory Barnett of Houston, Texas; interdisciplinary artist Grant Cutler of Brooklyn, New York; sculptor Gina Herrera of Bakersfield, California; installation artist Ruth Jeyaveeran of Brooklyn, New York; filmmaker Erin Semine Kökdil of Norman, Oklahoma; poet Cindy Tran of New York, New York; nonfiction writer Raksha Vasudevan of Denver, Colorado; and poet Mathew Weitman of Houston, Texas. At 1 p.m., the Ucross Art Gallery will host a reception for the new exhibition, “Luminous Forms.” Curated by Emily McEwreath of New York, New York, a Ucross alumna and host of “The Art Career” podcast, the exhibition explores how contemporary artists engage with light as a material, metaphor and emotional force. From layered abstractions to surreal figuration and immersive video, the works examine how light reveals, transforms and connects us to memory, identity and the natural world. The opening reception will include a special curator’s talk. Guests are encouraged to enjoy a picnic on the lawns around the Big Red Ranch Complex. Ucross will offer homemade pizza and appetizers, along with special cold-brew coffee, tea and treats from the Ucross Café, available for purchase. Guests will also enjoy live music performed outdoors by ensembles from the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra. “Founder’s Day has become one of our favorite community events, giving our friends, neighbors and visitors the special opportunity to meet our artists, explore the studios and enjoy the residency grounds,” said Ucross President and Executive Director Caitlin Addlesperger. “And this year, we are thrilled to introduce new special initiatives that will deepen the intersection of artists, community and land — to be announced that day. We believe our founder would be proud.” Founder’s Day honors the life and vision of Ucross Founder Raymond Plank, who was born May 29, 1922. A World War II bomber pilot, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Plank established Ucross as a nonprofit organization in 1981. Since welcoming its first residents in 1983, Ucross has supported nearly 3,000 writers, visual artists, composers and choreographers, many of whom have gone on to receive national and international honors, including Pulitzer Prizes, MacArthur Fellowships, Academy Awards and Tony Awards. Find more information and RSVP here. Comments are closed.
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