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Bisoncast Mission
Bisoncast is an online video series that provides free access to the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s world-class collection, set amongst the beauty of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Bisoncast shares stories the Museum is uniquely positioned to tell ー stories of the relationships between humanity, creative expression, and nature ー to support new ways of seeing and understanding our world and ourselves.
Bisoncast Vision
Bisoncast seeks to grow an inclusive, global community around the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s collection. Bisoncast inspires continued curiosity and awareness and empowers discovery, creativity, and engagement.
Art + Nature Video Series
Bisoncast enables a global community of art and nature lovers to connect with the Museum anytime, anywhere with the internet. This new point of entry breaks down financial and geographic barriers while promoting intellectual access, equity, and inclusion.
Why All the Antlers?
Museum guests sometimes notice that most of the historic paintings on view of elk, moose, and deer showcase antlered males. Where are all the females? In this visit to the Museum, an artist, a naturalist, and NMWA’s Curator of Art share their thoughts on why this may be, and offer insights into the surprising roles of buck and doe elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by: Lea Charitable Trust.
The Rungius Legacy: Carl Rungius Raisonné (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this episode, we joined Dr. Adam Harris as he tracked down a lost painting for his major, 9-year research project, the Carl Rungius Catalogue Raisonné. In this episode, Adam is back to help us learn more about Rungius’ legacy—not just here in Wyoming, but in the history of European-American art. Guest starring contemporary Wyoming artist, Tucker Smith.
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by: Lea Charitable Trust and In Memory of Cynthia Quast.
The Lost Painting: Carl Rungius Raisonné (Part 1)
Who is Carl Rungius? For many people, visiting the National Museum of Wildlife Art is the first time hearing of this 20th-century painter, who has been called the “Father of Wildlife Painting” and the “Premiere Painter of North American Wildlife”. In Part 1 of this episode, we’ll join Dr. Adam Harris as he follows a very interesting lead on a mysterious Rungius painting.
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by: Lea Charitable Trust.
Hand and Paw
Wolves: there may be no other wild animal that inspires such a complex range of human emotions. In this visit to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, we’ll explore how perceptions of these predators vary among different peoples and cultures, and how artists have reflected and influenced our views of these wild canines. Guest starring: Photographer and National Geographic Explorer, Ronan Donovan. This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by: In Memory of Cynthia Quast Brabson Library and Educational Foundation Wyoming Arts Council
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by: Brabson Library and Educational Foundation, Wyoming Arts Council and In Memory of Cynthia Quast.
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Presto! Just Like Magic
What does change look like? In this visit to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, we’ll see examples of how artists visualize change through animals, meet some tiny shapeshifters, and even practice the art of transformation ourselves.
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by the Lea Charitable Trust.
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On Sculpted Wings
Have you ever looked up and felt the joy and rush of freedom as you watched a bird glide, swoop and dance through shifting currents of air? How can artists capture this motion and feeling so that the viewer can experience the freedom of flight? In this visit to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, we explore the challenges of representing birds in motion with sculptor Dan Burgette.
This Bisoncast episode generously sponsored by the Lea Charitable Trust.
Above the Clouds
Mountain goats and bighorn sheep are born for treacherous, vertical terrain, but what happens when humans ascend into the alpine? And how do they even get there?
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Cynthia and Dick Quast, Smart Family Fund, and Hearst Foundations
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There’s No White in Snow
There’s one thing you hear a lot when you ask artists about snow: it definitely isn’t white.
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Smart Family Fund, and Hearst Foundations
Beyond Beauty
Who decides what is beautiful and what is valuable? Can a creature that crawls into our nightmares also be vital for our survival, and, even charming?
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Smart Family Fund, and Hearst Foundations
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The Slipperiness of Fish
What do artists and anglers have in common? What do the aesthetics of fine art have to do with dead fish?
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Cynthia and Dick Quast, and Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
Where There’s Smoke
What can art about fire teach us about our past, present, and future? – More Fire Resources
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Cynthia and Dick Quast, and Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
Buffalo Mountain
What can the power of a dream inspire us to create?
Episode generously sponsored by: Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund, Cynthia and Dick Quast, and Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
Bisoncast has been made possible by:
- Tony Greene Memorial Art Education Fund
- Cynthia & Dick Quast
- Lea Charitable Trust
- Brabson Library and Educational Foundation
- Wyoming Arts Council
- Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund
- Hearst Foundations
- Smart Family Fund
- Art Bridges
The Museum is excited to work with Mountain Mind Media production company to bring Bisoncast to life.