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April 2020
Cowboy Poetry Gathering – POSTPONED please check back
Come hear western poetry that reflects the west. Shoshoni Fire Hall Community Room, 104 E. 2nd
Find out more »November 2020
Art Exhibit – “Native Americans of Wyoming’s Wind River Country”
Enjoy a prestigious exhibit of historic western art: “Native Americans of Wyoming’s Wind River Country," by painter Joseph Scheuerle. Featuring tribal members from many Rocky Mountain tribes including members of the Shoshone and Arapaho from the Wind River Reservation, WY. Loaned to the Lander Pioneer Museum by the Montana Historical Society. On display through the fall of 2021. Photo: Lander Pioneer Museum.
Find out more »March 2021
Riverton Museum: Women in Wyoming
Women in Wyoming is a multi-media presentation by Lindsay Linton. Hear stories of the brave, strong, and impactful Wyoming women through art and media. See this powerful collection of contemporary role models through film, photography, and audio interviews since 2016. In-person and virtually on Zoom (contact the museum for link). A Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series.
Find out more »May 2021
Celebrate Mother’s Day
Get free admission for all moms courtesy of the Friends of South Pass. 10% discount in the Gift Shop. Save room for the special cookies baked in a wood-fired stove in the Sherlock House from noon to 2pm.
Find out more »Lander Pioneer Museum: Abraham: Out of One, Many
The exhibition addresses the growing incidents of racism, prejudice and discrimination related to color, faith, culture, and ethnicity through art and informative display boards. For this peacebuilding through the arts initiative, fifteen paintings were commissioned from three celebrated contemporary artists of Middle Eastern heritage from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish traditions around the theme of all people living harmoniously, welcoming the stranger, and embracing the other. The exhibition premiered in Rome, Italy in 2019, showcased in Paris, France, and Edinburgh, Scotland…
Find out more »Lander Pioneer Museum: Abraham: Out of One, Many – Opening Reception
The Museum of the American West Livery stable hosts this reception featuring locally prepared Middle Eastern hors d'oeuvres at 6 pm. Following a short opening program with special guest speakers Bishop Paul-Gordon Chandler of Wyoming (curator of the exhibition) and celebrated Iraqi artist Qais Al Sindy (participating artist), the exhibition will be viewable at the Fremont County Pioneer Museum through May 28.
Find out more »Lander Pioneer Museum: Abraham: Out of One, Many. Artist Talk
Lander Pioneer Museum: Abraham: Out of One, Many. Artist Talk and Q & A by Qais Al Sindy, "The Power of Art to Bridge Differences." Celebrated Iraqi artist, Qais Al Sindy, shares about his practice, and the influence and inspirations that have shaped and led his life's creative work at the Lander Art Center.
Find out more »Lander Pioneer Museum: Abraham: Out of One, Many – Film Screening
Film Screening & Discussion of the film "Arranged." Two devout Brooklyn schoolteachers from Jewish and Muslim backgrounds clutch hands across the religious divide as their respective families prepare to marry them off. A question and discussion time will follow the film viewing at the Lander Fremont County Public Library, 451 N. 2nd Street.
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