Ceremonia, a mixed media exhibition by ALCES's inaugural artist-in-residence Sarah Frary, weaves personal writing on her relationship with plants and traditional plant knowledge. On view at the Berry Biodiversity Center.

For three weeks this June, Building a New World from the Shell of the Old turned Gorgon Gallery into a room where labor history and the present tense sat down together. Curated by ALCES alongside the Working-Class Studies Association Conference, the exhibition gathered seven artists — and every visitor willing to fill out a time card — around a single question: what kind of world are we building, shift by shift?

Artemisia tridentata—sagebrush—roots in alkaline soil, in scarcity, in wind. It does not wait for better conditions. It makes the conditions. It blooms where it is. Artemisia tridentata: From Rugged Soil brings together queer Wyoming artists at MASS Gallery in Austin, Texas. The work gathered here grows from that same hard ground: art made not in spite of place, but because of it.

On May 26, we joined students, community partners, and neighbors at Laramie High School to celebrate something that had been quietly growing all year — a new mural, and the young leaders who made it happen.

This spring, ALCES Community Works was glad to support Relative Theatrics' PLAY/WRITE showcase, lending creative prop support, tech support, and hospitality to the adult actors bringing nine student-written plays to life on stage. We believe in what happens when kids are trusted with real artistic tools.

We work with Cheyenne’s Hellenic House and Cultural Center to support the preservation and continued operation of Wyoming’s only Greek cultural center. Together, we are documenting and amplifying stories of Greek immigration, labor, contribution, and cultural life in Wyoming.

In partnership with Laramie Interfaith, Alces commissioned artist Rhiannon Jakopak to create Bright Strength, a site-specific mural for the organization’s lobby —an environment where care, resource-sharing, and mutual support are practiced daily.

Housing is a story about belonging. ALCES Community Works designed the website for Wyoming Neighbors for Housing, a nonprofit bringing Wyomingites together around housing affordability, education, and policy advocacy.

Through Art for All, we provided free arts-integrated opportunities for seven Laramie nonprofits, tailoring each collaboration to the unique needs of our partners. We worked closely with local artists to bring the joy of artmaking into community spaces—supporting them through commissions, purchasing artwork, and hiring them to lead workshops.

An ongoing series of community events designed to bring creatives and artmakers together to explore practice, process, and inspiration through conversation. These gatherings celebrate the vibrancy of artistic communities while fostering deeper community connections by creating space for shared learning, listening, and dialogue.