Wyoming Women To Watch: Artist Jennifer Rife

<p><em>"They each have a different perspective. They each in their own way... And I can say this just based on how I've heard them talk about this and from what I think you'll see in this wonderful video about this project that we have made, each of our five artists is so profoundly connected to the land of Wyoming as their raison d'etre for doing what they do. I think so much of their vision and their work is embedded in the fact that they are connected with Wyoming."</em> - Lisa Fleishman</p> <p>Jennifer Rife is right at home on the high prairie of Cheyenne, Wyoming, hailing from rural southeastern Colorado and living most of her life in the American West. A lifetime of exploring places on road trips across the continent has enhanced her love of wide-open spaces and vast skies. The human-made structures and objects she has seen along the way provide endless references for her ephemeral installations. (View her work at <a href= "https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fartinthemiddleofnowhere.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7CEmy%40thinkwy.org%7Cde8bb7ba68694f114b6608dac7179707%7C227aa6c9bb50454cb232e55c4f4c4272%7C0%7C0%7C638041202422449152%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hu8LD7eBZNuUv8DaDSIF0GHR3eIVqilOFn5Idml5wAw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fartinthemiddleofnowhere.com%252F%26data%3D05%257C01%257CEmy%2540thinkwy.org%257Cde8bb7ba68694f114b6608dac7179707%257C227aa6c9bb50454cb232e55c4f4c4272%257C0%257C0%257C638041202422449152%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C1000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3Dhu8LD7eBZNuUv8DaDSIF0GHR3eIVqilOFn5Idml5wAw%253D%26reserved%3D0&source=gmail&ust=1668642217909000&usg=AOvVaw06Kcd5ptQFmIWykqm5Aihr">artinthemiddleofnowhere.com</a><wbr />) </p> <p>She earned her BFA in the History of Art with a stud