{"id":3987,"date":"2015-06-26T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2015-06-26T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T14:09:56","slug":"from-the-parks-two-temp-exhibits-celebrate-wyoming-at-natl-elk-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"From the Parks: Two Temp Exhibits Celebrate Wyoming at Natl Elk Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A reproduction of Rock Springs’ Andrew Kneeland’s Duck Stamp award-winning acrylic painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two temporary exhibits will be on display next month at the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, located at 532 N. Cache Street in Jackson. The public is invited to view the colorful exhibits, which celebrate Wyoming successes.<\/span><\/h3>\n

From the National Elk Refuge …\u00a0<\/em>The first exhibit commemorates the 125th\u00a0anniversary of Wyoming statehood. Wyoming became the 44th\u00a0state admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890. An interactive display will give visitors an opportunity to learn more about the state\u2019s history and fun facts. Both a Wyoming and National Elk Refuge time line will be featured, along with coloring sheets, state logos, and a Wyoming quiz. Small Wyoming flags will be given to the first 200 families that visit the exhibit, which will be in the upstairs theater from\u00a0July 2 through July 12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Later in the month, visitor center staff will add a second exhibit to the upper level of the visitor center. The Wyoming Junior Duck Stamp 2015 Artwork Tour for the Top 100 entries and National Best in Show will move from its current location at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette to the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center from\u00a0July 9 through August 2<\/strong>.The exhibit features an acrylic painting of two wood ducks by Andrew Kneeland, age 17, of Rock Springs. Not only was Kneeland awarded top honors in the state competition, but his artwork was judged the winner among best\u2013of\u2013show entries from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. His design will appear on next year\u2019s Federal Junior Duck Stamp, scheduled to be released in June 2016.<\/p>\n

The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a dynamic educational program that uses both conservation and design principles to teach wetland habitat and waterfowl biology to students from kindergarten through high school. The program incorporates both scientific and wildlife management principles into an engaging visual arts curriculum. At the completion of their studies, participants complete a Junior Duck Stamp design, which is submitted to a state or territory contest. Top entries move on to the national competition.<\/p>\n

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Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center hours are from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0CLICK HERE & READ OUR NEW ISSUE ONLINE!   Two temporary exhibits will be on display next month at the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, located at 532 N. Cache Street in Jackson. The public is invited to view the colorful exhibits, which celebrate Wyoming successes. From the National Elk Refuge …\u00a0The first exhibit commemorates the 125th\u00a0anniversary of Wyoming statehood. Wyoming became the 44th\u00a0state admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890. An interactive display will give visitors an opportunity to learn more about the state\u2019s history and fun facts. Both a Wyoming and National Elk Refuge time line will be featured, along with coloring sheets, state logos, and a Wyoming quiz. Small Wyoming flags will be given to the first 200 families that visit the exhibit, which will be in the upstairs theater from\u00a0July 2 through July 12. Later in the month, visitor center staff will add a second exhibit to the upper level of the visitor center. The Wyoming Junior Duck Stamp 2015 Artwork Tour for the Top 100 entries and National Best in Show will move from its current location at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette to the Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center from\u00a0July 9 through August 2.The exhibit features an acrylic painting of two wood ducks by Andrew Kneeland, age 17, of Rock Springs. Not only was Kneeland awarded top honors in the state competition, but his artwork was judged the winner among best\u2013of\u2013show entries from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. His design will appear on next year\u2019s Federal Junior Duck Stamp, scheduled to be released in June 2016. The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a dynamic educational program that uses both conservation and design principles to teach wetland habitat and waterfowl biology to students from kindergarten through high school. The program incorporates both scientific and wildlife management principles into an engaging visual arts curriculum. At the completion of their studies, participants complete a Junior Duck Stamp design, which is submitted to a state or territory contest. Top entries move on to the national competition.   Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center hours are from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,69,66,397,92,167,184,226,1511,99,118,308,90],"tags":[1521,3,24,310,103,64,718,1537],"class_list":["post-3987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-most-recent","category-news-from-parks","category-on-the-calendar","category-hunting-and-fishing","category-wy-people","category-wyoming-agriculture","category-wyoming-family","category-wyoming-history-2","category-wyoming-outdoors","category-wyoming-travel-and-tourism","category-wyoming-wildlife-and-scenery","category-yellowstone-national-park","tag-grand-teton-greater-yellowstone-visitor-center","tag-grand-teton-national-park","tag-jackson","tag-national-elk-refuge","tag-www-wyolifestyle-com","tag-wyoming-lifestyle-magazine","tag-wyoming-tourism","tag-yellowstone-national-park"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3993,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions\/3993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}