Wyoming Tour of Between Fences Opens September 22 in Pinedale
The Wyoming Humanities Council announces the year-long tour of a new Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibition, Between Fences. Visit Between Fences in one of these five Wyoming communities:
- Pinedale, Sublette County Library
September 22 – November 10, 2007
schedule of events - Evanston, Uinta County Museum
November 17, 2007 – January 12, 2008
schedule of events - Sheridan, Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library
January 19 – March 15, 2008 - Meeteetse, Meeteetse Museum District
March 22 – May 10, 2008 - Sundance, Crook County Museum and Library
May 17 – July 7, 2008
In Wyoming, we live between fences. Although they often go unnoticed,
fences frame our homes, roadsides, schoolyards, cemeteries and even
wilderness. Throughout our history, fences have reflected a longing for
security and independence, tensions between neighbors and
our western vision of the good life
Between Fences weaves the history of fences into the development of the United States and the West as we know it today. From colonial stockades to the range wars to today’s gated communities, the exhibition explores the many ways that fence building has transformed our nation. Visitors will walk through and around actual fences as they explore the nature of space and boundaries.
The Wyoming Humanities Council offers statewide programming on the fences theme, including Border Lines: A Film Discussion Series, Reading Wyoming: Living Between Fences, and special Humanities Forum speakers. The council also presents a special anthology, Wyoming Fence Lines, featuring the prose and poetry of 57 writers from Wyoming and beyond.
Visit Museum on Main Street for more information on Between Fences.
Visit Between Fences on MySpace at www.myspace.com/BetweenFences.
Living Between Fences Reading Wyoming Series
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
The Work of Wolves by Kent Meyer
How do fences both divide and unite us? What do we fence in, and fence out? These programs will consider fences both in their visible form on the landscape and as metaphors for the barriers that separate us along the lines of race, religion and economic status.
Photos by Richard Collier, Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office.
Quick Links
Programs
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Between Fences
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Border Lines
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Classics Institute
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Humanities at Work
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Humanities Forum
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NEH Landmarks of
American History
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On the Road
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Reading Wyoming
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Welcome to Wyoming
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Wyoming Fence Lines
Wyoming Humanities Council
1315 E. Lewis St.
Laramie, WY 82072
(307)721-9243
fax (307) 742-4914
e-mail:
wych@uwyo.edu
