Karyne Dunbar – 2020 Brinton 101

Karyne Dunbar has spent a lifetime as an artist, art educator, and art advocate, She is the owner of the commission-free Art Shelter Gallery in Shell, Wyoming, and has sponsored art events in her isolated community for nearly 30 years. Dunbar has work in collections across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The President of Ireland presented her work to the permanent collection of the Granuaille Center in County Mayo. Dunbar has exhibited in Athens Greece and New Grange, Ireland. She was a recipient of the Wyoming Governors Art Award, 2018.

“A dream and an encounter with an Arapaho elder led me to accept crow and raven as my artistic spirit guides. Their mythic presence allows me to create visual parables.” Karyne Dunbar

“Nothing is unreal as long as you can imagine like a crow” Munia Khan