Exhibition: Paw Prints by Jessie Wilber

This family-friendly show features artwork by the late Jessie Wilber, a printmaker who, among other subjects, created a wide body of work featuring animals. A selection of these works, curated from The Holter's permanent collection, is on view in this exhibit.
Jessie Wilber was an artist who grew up in many places before her family settled in Boulder, Colorado, when she was 8. She studied art in college and became interested in cubism, a way of painting that shows things from different angles. Later, she changed her style to impressionism, which is more about showing how things look in the light.
Jessie taught art at Montana State College in Bozeman for many years and helped bring modern art ideas to the school. She worked on big art projects, like painting a mural for a U.S. post office and making prints of colorful tipis. Jessie also traveled to Africa and made a series of prints inspired by what she saw there.
She is remembered for her art, and there’s a gallery named after her in Bozeman where people can see her works. Jessie won an important award for her art in 1988, and today, a special prize for artists is given in her name.