Showstoppers: William E. Weiss Purchase Award Winners
March 7, 2017
Past Exhibition
Showstoppers: William E. Weiss Purchase Award Winners, 1989 – 2015
Mezzanine Level over the Hub
2016 marked the 35th anniversary of the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, a nationally renowned event which brings together western art enthusiasts and artists in Cody, Wyoming. To celebrate this occasion, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Kriendler Gallery displayed Showstoppers, a special exhibition of the art that has been purchased for the Whitney Western Art Museum from the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale over the years.
The paintings and sculptures on display in Showstoppers were selected for purchase by the William E. Weiss Purchase Award committee. Beginning in 1989, this committee chose a work or works from the Art Show to add to and enhance the Whitney Museum’s permanent collection. The Weiss Purchase Award winners represent a wide variety of subjects, styles, and media. They thus enrich the Whitney’s diverse holdings of contemporary art of the American West.
Written By
Nancy McClure
Nancy now does Grants & Foundations Relations for the Center of the West's Development Department, but was formerly the Content Producer for the Center's Public Relations Department, where her work included writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter Western Wire. Her current job is seeking and applying for funding from government grants and private foundations. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.
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