Tommy Wayne Cannon, or more commonly known as T.C. Cannon, was Native American artist of the 20th century. He was an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said he played an important role in the development of contemporary Native art. “Whereas traditional Native art is […]
Montana artist, Sandra Dal Poggetto, traveled to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on June 26, 2014 to present a lecture on her body of work. Her talk takes us through her timeline as an artist, and her inspirations and motivations behind creating abstract landscapes. Her work, American Fork #4, 2010-2011, is in […]
It is always an exciting time when artists in our permanent collection make the trip out to Cody to come see us. This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Jared Sanders and his wife Paula. Jared’s painting, Landmark, 2013, came into our collection last year and now hangs in our Contemporary West section […]
By Guest Artist and Blogger Michele Z. Farrier During the enjoyable experience of being Artist in Residence in the Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, each day began with ‘setting up’ two easels—one in oil and one in pastel—and making the big decision of the day. What shall I focus on […]