51st Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition

A highlight of the University of Wyoming Art Museum's exhibition program, the 51st Annual Juried University of Wyoming Student Exhibition presents the artwork from selected University of Wyoming students. Open to any student currently enrolled at UW, including in-state students in the Distance Learning Program, the 2026 exhibition is juried by Lindsay Metivier, photographer, educator, and gallerist, Peel Gallery, Carrboro, North Carolina. In conjunction with the Art Museum's larger exhibition Sympoiesis: Co-Creating Sense of Place, this year's student juried exhibition will be organized around work exploring "entanglement." This theme can be broadly interpreted to encompass work that investigates collaborative relationships, interdependence, and the ways that beings, ideas, and systems become intertwined through mutual influence and shared creation.

Any undergraduate, graduate, or post-doctoral student attending any college or outreach school in the University of Wyoming system may participate. You must be registered for classes during the spring 2026 semester to be eligible for awards. Original artwork including paintings, drawings, prints, photography, sculpture, graphic design, ceramics, mixed media, or video may be submitted. A maximum of three works per student may be submitted for consideration. Two-dimensional works must be ready to hang prior to submission (matted and framed under glass or Plexiglas where appropriate). All three-dimensional works must be stable.

Works not selected for the museum exhibition will be presented in a Salon des Refusés organized by the Student Art League. Scholarship and purchase awards will be announced during the opening reception on Friday, February 20, at 6pm. The exhibition will be on view at the University of Wyoming Art Museum from February 21 through May 16, 2026.