Arts & Humanities | Trapper Creek Workshop & Lecture Series

This first-of-its-kind forum in rural Wyoming offers inspired artistic and educational gatherings to explore beyond the casual and ordinary: scholarly exchange, forward-thinking ideas, lively and tough discussion, hands-on practical application. Artists and Scholars from all disciplines and subjects are invited to create imaginative, engaging, and productive experiences based on their expertise.

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Meet the 2025 Artists / Scholars

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Jesse William Green – Digital Storytelling & Production

Jesse William Green is a four-time Emmy Award-winning executive producer and director with a passion for storytelling… [COMPLETE DETAILS]

2-day Workshop — May 17–18, 2025 Cost: $100 / $50 for Seniors & Students

Bringing Together People and Place in Working and Public Lands in the Greater Big Horn Basin

This workshop lecture and moderated panel will explore opportunities to listen and to engage in the stewardship of working and protected land... [COMPLETE DETAILS]

1/2-day Discussion — June 21, 2025 Cost: Donation at the door appreciated

Erik Kvale – Three Million Years of Geologic Calamity in the Shell Valley

This all-day field trip will explore the geologic history of Shell Valley and the events that formed the landscape we see today… [COMPLETE DETAILS]

1-day Field Trip — July 19, 2025 Cost: Donation at the door ($10 minimum)

Susan Barnett – From Romance to Pop: Western Art at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West

This private guided tour offers a first-hand, behind-the-scenes look at classic iconic western landscapes to the current modern expressions of Western people and place… [COMPLETE DETAILS]

1-day Guided Tour — August 9, 2025 Cost: $50 at BBCW

Diane Fiedler – Journaling Nature with Watercolors

Diane Fiedler is a fine artist, designer, illustrator and art educator. As a Lecturer at Tufts University, Fiedler taught nature journaling and science-art courses, and her science-art has been exhibited in Strasbourg, France… [COMPLETE DETAILS]

2-Day Workshop, September 13–14, 2025 Cost: $150

Sheryl Silberman – Capturing the Spirit of Wyoming with a Painting Knife

Sheryl Silberman was born and raised in Austin, on the eastern edge of the hill country of central Texas. She began her artistic expression as a child… [COMPLETE DETAILS]

3-Day Workshop, October 3–5, 2025 Cost: $250

Questions: director@ahtc-wy.org or write to:

Arts & Humanities | Trapper Creek Workshop & Lecture Series
PO Box 204, Shell, WY 82441