We have such amazingly creative artists, architects, and designers in the West, people who work tirelessly to make a difference. In this issue, we shine our spotlight on a few. Case in point: August heralds the 104th Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Beginning on...
As spring gives way to summer, all we can think about here at WA&A is getting out into nature. This issue is filled with homes that not only embrace nature but call it into living spaces and flow seemingly without burden or barriers. Two homes...
Artists never cease to amaze me with their absolute dedication to craft and their drive to keep working despite regular visits from art’s capricious muse: One day is bliss, the next, pure struggle, uphill all the way. No matter, artists keep returning to the studio...
I love winter. Seriously. I love snow and biting winds and a fire in the fireplace, fur-lined mittens and flannel sheets. Oh, and beef stew and cornbread and hot chocolate. But mostly, I like how things slow down. Shorter days and longer nights seem to...
Even before I started writing the Collector’s Notebook for Western Art & Architecture, I loved the magazine’s oversized, glossy pages filled with gorgeous photos and insightful stories. Honestly, it’s one of the only magazines I collect because each issue is like an oasis on...
In each issue of WA&A, we journey into the vast landscapes, enduring myths, and ideological frontiers that shape American Western art, a genre as expansive and complex as the region it portrays. From its early, romanticized visions that helped define the West of our collective...
Recently, a musician shared a story from the stage about the quiet courage it takes to be an artist — and the uncertainty that often comes along with it. He introduced a song by revealing it was written in his bedroom when he was a young...
Each issue of WA&A is a celebration of reverence and reinvention — a view into how artists and designers engage with the West not as a fixed ideal but as an ever-evolving muse. Inside this issue, we discover painter Jared Sanders, who invites us to see...
Flipping through this issue of Western Art & Architecture, I’m struck by a simple yet astonishing truth: Despite the collective decades that artists and architects have spent exploring the West’s mythology, beauty, stereotypes, and history, they are still able to come up with interesting new...
I recently came across the old adage, “Art is more than decoration.” And while many readers might nod in agreement, believing that art transcends mere aesthetics, I invite you to reflect on your definitions of art. While some aspects of art — such as technical skill...