In the months of July and August visitors to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum have the opportunity to interact with award-winning artists Robert Martinez, John Hitchcock, and John I. Pepion, who serves as Artists-in-Residence this summer. Robert Martinez July 22 – 26 9 AM – 3 PM Robert Martinez is […]
On Wednesday, July 10 at 5:30 p.m. Tony Foster, an artist who captures wilderness landscapes using watercolors, will present an evening lecture in the Coe Auditorium at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. The Exploring Beauty—35 Years Making Art in Wild Places lecture will bring listeners closer to learning about the process of working […]
As much as we hate to admit it, the grand weeks of summer holiday are drawing to a close! Stores have their latest back to school deals, and parents are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Before all you snowbirds make your final plans to relax on a nice beach […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum presents Artist-in-Residence Ben Pease, starting Monday, July 30 through Friday, August 3. This program invites visitors to watch the artist in action and interact with them directly. Award-winning Apsáalooke and Tsitsistas artist Pease (“Takes The Gunds From Two Enemy Camps”) was born in Missoula, Montana, in […]
The characters of the American west cast a long, legendary, and controversial shadow today. Cowboys, Indians, Mountain Men, Ranchers, Farmers, Gold Miners, and Pioneer Women make up the elaborate foundation of these extraordinary moments in history! One such moment was the 1849 California Gold Rush. From across the United States and the world men, women, […]
A native of northern California, Michele Farrier now calls Cortez, Colorado home. She received a BA in Studio Art from the University of California – Davis. After twenty years of teaching art to K-12 students in the Teton County School District, she retired to become a full-time artist. Farrier often paints en plein air (in […]