University of Wyoming Extension brings Ag & Art Tour back to Albany County

A free passport, two working agriculture sites and a chance to buy art off a ranch road are bringing the Ag & Art Tour back to Albany County on Saturday, June 20.

University of Wyoming Extension scheduled the county stop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with visitors moving at their own pace between the Laramie Research and Extension Center and Taste of the Wind ranch. The event is free, but registration is required. Participants will receive a printed passport at their first stop and can turn in a completed passport at the last stop to enter a raffle.

The tour is built around the kind of places many Albany County residents know from afar but rarely enter. Both host sites are active agricultural operations, and organizers are asking visitors to leave pets at home. Along with the ranch setting, extension educators will share information about agricultural and community development research taking place in Wyoming, giving the day a practical side beyond the art displays and casual stops.

Some sites may offer farm-fresh products for sale, and local artists will have work on site, including fiber arts and photography. Brenna Litynski, an Albany County extension educator who joined the office in 2024, said the tours give producers a platform to market themselves and their products while also giving artists a place to display their work.

The Albany County stop fits into a broader statewide Ag & Art series that runs from May through September. Wyoming Extension has used the format before in Albany County, where a 2025 tour was held Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and allowed participants to visit three agricultural operations within the county at their own pace. That earlier rollout also included stops in Park County and Laramie County, showing how the program has expanded beyond a single-county outing into a summer circuit.

For Albany County, the appeal is as much about place as it is about programming. The Laramie Research and Extension Center and Taste of the Wind ranch connect the county’s research, ranching and art communities in one day, while the raffle passport gives visitors a simple reason to move from one stop to the next. The tour is supported by the Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute, Albany County Extension Office and the host sites, with funding from the John P. Ellbogen Foundation. University of Wyoming Extension, which has served Wyoming communities since 1914, operates in all 23 counties and on the Wind River Indian Reservation.