UCROSS TO HOST EVENTS FOR LATEST EXHIBITION

Ucross, the acclaimed residency program, invites the community to two free events for its latest exhibition, Resilience, on Friday, April 17: an 11 a.m. artist talk at Sheridan College and a 6 p.m. public reception in the Ucross Art Gallery, including a live performance.
 
The exhibition, curated by Ucross Fellow Marwin Begaye (Navajo) of Norman, Oklahoma, explores the resiliency of Indigenous artists across generations. Resilience features artwork by sculptor Gina Herrera (Tesuque Pueblo) of Bakersfield, California; writer Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) of Cherokee, North Carolina; mixed-media artist Wade Patton (Oglala Lakota)​ of Rapid City, South Dakota; and visual and performance artist Sarah Ortegon HighWalking (Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho) of Fort Washakie, Wyoming.
 
On April 17, the community will have the opportunity to dive deeper into Resilience by attending a curator and artist talk at 11 a.m. at Kinnison Hall at Sheridan College. The featured artists will discuss their heritage, creative process, and more.
 
Later, Ucross will host a reception at the Ucross Art Gallery at 6 p.m. This event includes a curator's talk, the opportunity to meet the featured artists, gallery tours, complimentary refreshments made by the Ucross culinary team, and a special performance.
 
A collaborative performance featuring artwork by Begaye will take place during the reception in the heart of the gallery. This live performance will meld together traditional dance, printmaking, spoken poetry, and installation by creating a large-scale print using the pressure of Ortegon HighWalking’s dance atop multiple woodcut blocks to transfer ink onto paper while Saunooke Clapsaddle reads a piece of her poetry aloud.
 
All artists featured in this exhibition are recipients of the 2025 Ucross Fellowship for Native American Artists. Established in 2018, this fellowship supports contemporary Indigenous visual artists, writers, and performers. The fellowship offers a four-week residency among the majestic High Plains of Wyoming and includes private studio space, living accommodations, staff support, meals prepared by a professional chef, a stipend, the opportunity to present work publicly, and an award of $2,000. With early support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the fellowship began by supporting visual artists, then expanded over the years to include writers and performers, with Ortegon HighWalking as the inaugural awarded performance artist.
 
Resilience will be on view through May 15. The Ucross Art Gallery and Café, located at 30 Big Red Lane in Ucross, Wyoming, is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission.
 
RSVP for the curator and artist talk here. 

RSVP for the gallery reception here.