Wyoming Women to Watch: Artist Leah Hardy

Leah Hardy, an amazing artist, is 1 of 5 Wyoming artists selected for Women To Watch. The 2024 exhibit is the National Museum of Women in the Art's biennial exhibition series that features underrepresented and emerging women artists who create in any medium including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, print, drawing, photography, film, digital, installation, and sound. Wyoming will participate for the first time in NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition, held in Washington, DC in 2024. Hardy is 1 of 5 artists chosen from across Wyoming to be invited to submit their work. But only one will be chosen to be on exhibit in a permenent collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. Hardy completed a BFA at the University of Kansas, USA (1987), studied abroad at Howard Gardens Art School in Cardiff, Wales, UK (1986-87) and earned an MFA from the University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA (1990). Exhibited nationally and internationally, Hardy’s intimately scaled mixed media sculptural works have garnered numerous awards and inclusions in books and periodicals.  Hardy is a Professor of Art at the University of Wyoming and heads the Metalsmithing Program.  International teaching,  curated projects and residencies have been conducted in India, China, New Zealand and Australia. Hardy lives in Laramie, Wyoming with printmaker Mark Ritchie. As always, thank you so much for your time Leah and good luck!!! Subscribe to our email list here. As always leave a review if you enjoyed these stories and follow us on Instagram or visit the webpage of the Wyoming Humanities! Sign up for the podcast newsletter using the QR code of follow this link: http://eepurl.com/igy4fH