The Women in Wyoming multimedia exhibit is live!
Women in Wyoming director, creator, and photographer, Lindsay Linton Buk, welcomes the crowd at the official opening celebration on Friday, October 25th at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming.
The Women in Wyoming multimedia exhibit, "Portraits and Interviews of Women Who Shape the West," is live! We celebrated on the evening of Friday, October 25th with many of the women featured in the project in attendance, family, friends, sponsors and museum patrons.
The exhibit will remain on view at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming's only Smithsonian-accredited museum, until August 2, 2020.
The Women in Wyoming exhibit team, L>R: Rebecca West, co-curator Women in Wyoming and the curator of the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West; Women in Wyoming Project Director Lindsay Linton Buk (who is expecting her first child in December); Karen McWhorter, co-curator Women in Wyoming and curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Many of the women featured in the project were in attendance for the opening event on Friday, October 25, 2019 at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. L>R: Elizabeth Fernandez, Clarene Law, Justice Marilyn Kite, Rosie Berger, Jill Winger, Lauren Gurney, Mickey Thoman, Jessie Allen, Nimi McConigley, WW Director Lindsay Linton Buk, Aura Newlin, Hillary Walrath, Megan Grassell, Wyoming State Senator Affie Ellis, Lynette St. Clair, Rita Watson, and Dr. Ray Fleming Dinneen of Climb Wyoming. Not pictured: Lori Olson, Neltje, Bernadine Craft, Nina McConigley, and Wyoming Latina Youth Conference.
The exhibit features large-scale portraits, an audio soundscape weaving together natural sounds captured on location and the subject's words of wisdom from the podcast interviews, as well as interactive storytelling components.
A projector displays captions while an immersive audio presentation fills the space, weaving together the women’s words of wisdom from the podcast interviews, as well as natural sounds captured on location.
Phones to record audio messages, and a written reflection wall capture stories about the women who inspire YOU.
The exhibit completes three years of production, thousands of miles traveled, infinite wisdom and lessons learned, and a culminating vision for Project Director, Lindsay Linton Buk.
The journey: over 15,000 miles traveled, 600 rolls of medium format film processed, 3,000 minutes of audio interview footage, and infinite wisdom and lessons learned,
The exhibit will be on view until August 2, 2020. We can't wait for you to see it, and celebrate the beauty, integrity, and profound legacy of Wyoming women and girls with us!