It could be that the spirits of Gertrude Stein and Mabel Dodge Luhan live today in the personas of Betty Barber-Hughes and Jerre Lynn Vanier. As mother and daughter, these two have built their lives around the arts. In Paradise Valley, Arizona, they collaborate to...
Walk into J.E. Cauthen & Sons, one of the charming historic storefronts on Main Street in Fredericksburg, Texas, and it feels as if you’ve entered an old English study. Modeled after the historic gun rooms of London, the building was constructed in the 1870s and...
You could say it is familial, this gene that Deboarah Porcarelli inherited to collect art. It began when she was a small child and was allowed to touch a bronze sculpture in her grandparent’s home. Situated in the foyer, the sight of the bronze seal...
Frankie and Howard Alper have fun collecting art. Although they are serious collectors, with works representing artists from around the world, each piece they acquire brings great excitement. The passion they’ve been pursuing since the 1980s is now available for lovers of Western art to experience,...
Devoted art patrons and committed leaders share their perspective on collecting and giving generously...
A devoted art patron and committed leader shares his perspective on collecting and giving generously...
Arizona resident Abe Hays donates his collection of art and artifacts to Scottsdale’s newest art museum, Western Spirit...
Nancy and Joe Masterson came to agree on art once they went West...
When her children were young, Kathryn Walt Hall often strolled with them through her parent’s vineyard singing the ditty, “Little Bunny Foo Foo.” It is one of the fondest memories for the founder and vintner of HALL Wines in Napa Valley, California. With that story...
Alan and Nadine Levin’s distinct appreciation for Western craft, art and history shines through their collection, the organizations they champion and the art they create...