Celebrating 25 years of Agricultural Land Conservation

The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is excited to announce an exhibit in the Capitol Connector of the Wyoming State Capitol Building during the 2025 legislative session. This exhibit, titled “Inspired by the Land: 25 Years of Conserving Wyoming’s Working Lands”, will celebrate 25 years of agricultural land conservation with the land trust.

We would like to extend an invitation to contribute to this exhibit. This display will be very intentional, telling an inspiring story of connections to the land. Contributions should signify your personal connection to the land and could include art, poems, lyrics, stories, objects, photos and more.

Contributions will be selected by a committee made up of the exhibit curator, Wyoming State Museum staff, Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust board and staff members, artists, founding board members and landowners.  

Exhibit applications are due by July 12, 2024.

Andrea Graham is a public folklorist who has worked in the American Studies Program at the University of Wyoming, and for state and regional folklife programs in Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia, Tennessee, and Florida. She has also worked as an independent folklorist and oral historian, undertaking field research and producing programs and exhibits in California, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Her work in Wyoming includes research and co-curation of an exhibit on hunting and fishing traditions called Art of the Hunt, research on community halls and fiber arts traditions, and oral histories in the coal communities of Kemmerer and Diamondville. Andrea’s research interests focus on rural western traditions and communities, particularly material and occupational culture, and vernacular architecture. Andrea holds an MA in Folklore & Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania.