Get ready, Lander. The Lander Art Center’s 23rd Annual Members Show, “250 Years | Seven Generations,” opens Thursday, May 28 with a free opening reception from 6 to 8 pm at 258 Main Street, and this year the show carries a title built for the moment. The exhibition bridges the United States Semiquincentennial with the indigenous Seven Generations philosophy, asking artists and visitors to look both back into history and forward into the impact today’s choices will have on the seven generations that follow.
Mark your calendars for opening night, and then mark them again for the rest of the summer. The exhibition runs May 28 through September 5, fourteen weeks of member work hanging on Main Street and the longest members show in LAC’s history. It is also the first time LAC has deliberately timed a show to sit inside Lander’s peak tourism window. Yellowstone alone logged 4.76 million visits in 2025, less than 100,000 short of its all-time record, and travel to nearby public lands like Sinks Canyon and the Shoshone National Forest is expected to follow the same pattern. During the week of July 4th alone, an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 visitors will be in Lander, walking right past the gallery on Main Street, directly across from the Challenge for Charities (C4C) finish line.
There is one more first this year. For the first time ever, LAC can pack and ship purchased pieces home for tourists who cannot fit a painting in a carry-on. A piece hung on the gallery wall in May has a real chance of ending up in a home in Denver, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, or Omaha
by September. For member artists, that means a summer-long shot at traveling collectors. For visitors, that means a piece of Wyoming that travels home on its own without taking up overhead bin space.
The free opening reception on Thursday, May 28 from 6 to 8 pm will feature light refreshments and the chance to meet the member artists. The Members Show is the one exhibition each year where the full range of LAC’s artist community shows up on the same walls. Painting, photography, ceramics, fiber, sculpture, and printmaking share the room, with work from first-time exhibitors hanging alongside work from artists who have been showing in Lander for decades.
Contributing Artists
In (mostly) alphabetical order: Nancy Alley, William Alley, Amy Andersen, Gayle Barnett, Megan Beavers DVM, Austin Beck-Doss, Leslie Christopher Bookout, Mary Boscamp, Kevin Casey, Diana Corsica, Patsy DeCastro, J.C. Dye, Edward Everdale, Pauley Fross, Todd Fross, Karen Gibson, Susan Grinels, Ron Horn, Emma Hosseini Marand, Heather Huberty, Lori Hunter, George Kahrl, Nita Kehoe, Ken Kidder (in memoriam), Juan Laden, David Langerman, Robert Laughton, Andrew Lawrence, Nathan Leafgreen, Claire LeBeau, Stephen Nelson Leek (presented by Lois Masterson), Peter Loyka, Alice Marlatt, Edward Marron, Paula McCormick, Ella McDonell, Annette McDonnel, Molly Moore, Aiyana Perez, Rosie Ratigan, Jenny Reeves-Johnson, Caitlin Reilley, Ken Richardson, Katerina Seas, Traci Sessions, Anatolya Skinner, Susan Streater, David Stringham, Navar Swift, Sarah Tenney, Sabine VanDijk, Neti Vokovic-Luscombe, Shannon Wachowski, Noelle Weimann, Bill Yankee, Jenny Young, and David Zenger.
This summer’s marketing push to put member work in front of traveling visitors is supported by the Lander Chamber of Commerce and the Wind River Visitors Council Tourism Asset Development grant program. Donations during the Lander Community Foundation’s 16th Annual Challenge for Charities, which runs May 1 through July 10, support LAC’s day-to-day operations and help support programming year-round. Donate online through Lander Community Foundation, or mail a check payable to Lander Community Foundation, PO Box 1131, Lander WY 82520, with “Lander Art Center” in the memo line.
🎨 Opening Reception 🖼️
📅 When: Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 6 to 8 pm
🗺️ Where: 258 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520
🆓 Cost: Free to attend!
Exhibition runs through Saturday, September 5. Visit landerartcenter.com for more information, or stop by 258 Main Street in Lander Tuesdays through Saturdays.
