For 46 years, Chris Webster’s office has been located above Lincoln Avenue, on the grassy Santa Fe Plaza. Up a flight of stairs, the office opens into a space designed to resemble an 18th-century hacienda. Navajo weavings, Spanish Colonial furniture, and a chapirito, (a fermentation jar from Peru) are placed...
INDIANAPOLIS – Visitors to the Eiteljorg Museum will experience beautiful and provocative art works starting Nov. 10 when the museum’s renovated Western art galleries open to the public. In the redesigned galleries will be the new exhibition Attitudes: The West in American Art featuring iconic...
Unbounded in bronze, free within the sharp-angled landscape, deepened by a flight-or-fight instinct, Tim Shinabarger’s sculptures never slip the knot of biology or the loose netting of time. Each piece bespeaks a narrative of the wildness of things and of a grace in the forms...
Santa Fe Indian Market August 17 – 19 Santa Fe Plaza Santa Fe, NM 505.983.5220 swaia.org THE INDIAN MARKET began in 1922 as a small event featuring only a handful of artists as part of downtown Santa Fe’s annual Fiesta de Santa Fe celebration. Now in its 97th year, it has...
Rendezvous Royale Week September 17 – 22 Buffalo Bill Center of the West Cody, WY rendezvousroyale.org Rendezvous Royale Week, a celebration of Western art will feature spirited events, such as a nationally recognized art show, a live auction of the best in the contemporary West, and a quick draw. Though...
Booth Western Art Museum Cartersville, GA Borderlands Gallery 770.387.1300 boothmuseum.org Booth Artists’ Guild Annual Exhibition August 19 The Booth Artists’ Guild (BAG) was established in 2010 to provide continuing artistic education to Booth Museum members. For this year’s juried exhibition, BAG artists created 44 original works. BAG and the Booth Museum aim to...
Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival September 5 – 16 Jackson Hole, WY 307.733.3316 jacksonholechamber.com The 34th annual Fall Arts Festival will see the streets of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, swell with locals and visitors, artists and art enthusiasts alike. From September 5 to 16, festival-goers can enjoy world-class food, wine, music, and...
After a protracted struggle with congestive heart failure, John Nieto passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at his home in Texas, on July 11, 2018. He had regained enough physical strength after heart surgery to begin painting again mid 2017 with a new creative impetus and...
This issue of Western Art & Architecture calls to mind an essay by poet Mary Oliver. While contemplating the creative life in “Of Power and Time,” Oliver writes that art differs from other careers, because one cannot regulate the “machinery of creativity.” Painting is not...
For most of us, the town of Pasadena, California, is synonymous with the Rose Bowl and its legendary Tournament of Roses Parade, the exquisitely colorful annual extravaganza held every New Year’s Day. The intricately designed floats are decorated with thousands of vibrant flowers and organic...