Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 Turning Back: Reflecting on the Art of Harry Jackson By Mindy N. Besaw Harry Jackson (1924–2011) is a familiar name around Cody, Wyoming. He is known primarily for paintings and bronzes about the American West, but also for his larger-than-life personality. He was, in fact, the most influential […]
Don Stinson is a contemporary artist who uses traditional methods and materials. His painting I-80 Energy Romance portrays a western landscape, but also depicts a gas station sign, truck tracks, and windmills. Karen McWhorter, the curator of the Whitney Western Art Museum, said this landscape is clearly shaped by human hands. “But signs of human […]
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall 2006 Harry Jackson: 2006 Honored Artist, Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale By Marguerite House Media Coordinator/Editor, Points West In 2003, the Buffalo Bill Art Show launched the tradition of naming an annual honored artist as a special way to pay tribute to those artists who have made […]
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is located in a rural place: Cody, Wyoming. But it works hard to reach beyond its four walls to keep the American West myth and spirit alive. This is one story of many: the Go West! Art of the American Frontier exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine […]
Award-winning western artist M.C. “Mike” Poulsen serves as the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Artist-in-Residence September 5–9. He’ll be on hand in the Center’s Whitney Western Art Museum, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. each day, Tuesday–Saturday, as he demonstrates his techniques and chats with visitors. Poulsen grew up on a cattle and outfitting ranch near Cody, […]
This year, 2017, marks the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Centennial—100 years of research, collecting, exhibitions, and programs. As part of the festivities, the Center’s Whitney Western Art Museum hosts, on Saturday, June 17, a special symposium that brings together top art historians and trailblazing contemporary artists to examine topics related to western American […]