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Ucross Foundation, the acclaimed artist residency program in northern Wyoming, invites the community to the exhibition opening for “Tearjerker: Brokeback Mountain” by Ucross Fellow Natalie Woodlock of Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 2.
The event will start at 5 p.m. at the Raymond Plank Center in Ucross, Wyo., and includes the opening of Woodlock’s exhibition, an artist talk and a screening of “Brokeback Mountain,” accompanied by the Ucross chef’s artisanal popcorn.
Photo courtesy of Ucross
This free event is open to the public but registration is required. Go to https://www.ucrossfoundation.org/ to register.
Originally from Australia, Woodlock is a print maker who explores queer temporality, subculture and representation within popular culture in her work. In this exhibition, she explores the impact a piece of media can have on one’s emotions. Tearjerker films are designed to evoke sadness and create ritual spaces for catharsis and release. This can transform spaces, such as cinemas, into a site of communal exchange between audience members.
For “Tearjerker: Brokeback Mountain” Woodlock showed a series of screenings of Ang Lee’s 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain,” adapted from the 1997 short story by Ucross Fellow —and Pulitzer Prize winner — Annie Proulx. During the film, audience members were given handkerchiefs for their tears and asked to write down the scenes that made them cry. This exhibition merges screen-printed illustrations of these scenes and the handkerchiefs embroidered with the names of those brought to tears by this film that tells stories about love, repression, money and mortality.
Photo courtesy of Ucross
“Immediately upon its release, Ang Lee’s film became a cultural touchstone — for the first time, a story of queer love in a pre-Stonewall era unfolded to a mass audience,” said Woodlock. “My hope is that the circle of sympathy present at each screening of this tearjerker is enshrined in the prints and handkerchiefs embroidered with the name of each viewer who was brought to tears.”
For more information on “Tearjerker: Brokeback Mountain” and other upcoming Ucross events, visit ucross.org.
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Last modified: September 24, 2025