Members Preview – James Bama Exhibition

Members-Only Exhibition Preview

James Bama’s Photographs: Portraits of the West

Friday, October 20, 2023
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Center of the West members, please join us on Friday evening, October 20 starting at 5:30 p.m. for a special members-only preview of a new exhibition of photographic portraits by the beloved, late Cody artist James Bama. Enjoy this special viewing of James Bama’s Photography: Portraits of the West before it opens to the general public the next day.

The free-for-members event begins with remarks by Susan Barnett, the Margaret and Dick Scarlett Curator of Western American Art, in our Coe Auditorium at 5:30 p.m. A reception featuring appetizers and a cash bar follows from 6–7:30 p.m. in the exhibition space, the John Bunker Sands Photography Gallery.

Wear your best western attire for “Bama Portrait” photo ops within the exhibition!

More about the exhibition

Portraits of the West highlights the diverse and fascinating people of the West through James Bama’s lens: old-timers, children, rodeo performers, reenactors, Native activists, powwow dancers, ranchers, and outfitters. The exhibition touches on ideas such as the resilience and transfer of traditions across generations and the relationship between the artist and his subjects. Click here to learn more about the exhibition.

Images from MS 243 James Bama Collection, McCracken Research Library.

This event is generously sponsored by a grant from Wyoming Humanities.

Not yet a Buffalo Bill Center of the West member? Visit our members page to join, e-mail [email protected], or call 307-578-4008.