2022 Lecture Programs

12.21.2022, 12:15 pm ET Art Demonstration with Robert Rodriguez

Watch award winning artist Robert Rodriguez perform an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Rodrigues is known for creating the Quaker Oatmeal label, Santitas Corn Chip senorita on their package, and granny on Grandma’s Cookies. He also has created movie posters, a Superbowl poster, Ringling Bros. circus posters, Broadway theater posters, liqueur labels, and approximately 18 US postage stamps, including the Cowboys of the Silver Screen series.

12.7.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: “Cowboy Poetry and History of the Pony Express” – Samuel Renken

Join author of “First Pony Out”, Samuel Renken, as he discusses the history of the Pony Express. Samuel will also recite cowboy poems paying homage to the Natives who once inhabited this land while the Pony Express ran through it. Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. 

11.9.2022, 12:12 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Paper Casting with Allen and Patty Eckman

Paper casting artists Allen and Patty Eckman will talk about what they’ve been working on and the details of creating paper art. Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.  

10.5.22, 12:15 PM EDT Art for Lunch: Seth’s Travels & Booth’s Newest Acquisitions

Join Booth Western Art Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins for his annual review of interesting people and places he has recently visited. He will also discuss the new art hanging in the galleries of Booth Museum.Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. 

9.29.2022, 7:00 pm EDT Downtown Gallery Virtual Opening

Tune in on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel on Thursday, September 29, 7:00 pm EDT for a look at the art created by members of the Booth Artists and Photography Guilds. These pieces will be available for purchase in the Holiday Show and Sale.

9.7.2022, 7:00 pm EDT Art for Lunch: “How the TV show Yellowstone deals with real world property issues ” Featuring Brian Yablonski

Brian Yablonski is the chief executive officer of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). He regularly contributes commentary on conservation topics to outlets such as The Hill, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Fox News, NPR’s Morning Edition, Mountain Journal, and National Review. PERC is a research institute dedicated to promoting conservation by exploring how free market environmentalism can produce positive environmental outcomes. Brian will join us from Montana via Zoom to discuss land use policies in that state and how the TV show Yellowstone has represented these issues. Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. 

8.18.2022, 7:00 pm EDT Evening Lecture: with Steve Penley 

Join us for an Evening Lecture with award winning artist Steve Penley in Booth’s Bergman Theatre or watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Penley has authored several books of his own. He has received a number of awards and honors for his talents and has donated countless paintings to charities and organizations. He especially considers it an honor to be involved with numerous organizations that benefit our service men and women as well as our veterans. 

8.3.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Cowboy James Edwards and Brent Maher

Cowboy James Edwards, the cowboy poet and multi-Grammy winning music producer Brent Maher will be the guest speakers discussing the first ever released Rhythms & Rhymes of the American Cowboy album. “Cowboy James” discusses the history of cowboy poetry and recites some of his favorite poems.  Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. 

7.22.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Phil Starke

Join artist Phil Starke as he performs an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Phil is associated with the Scottsdale Artists‘ School and the Tucson Art Academy Online, as well as years of teaching workshops to students around the world.

6.15.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Marc Hanson

Watch Marc Hanson as he performs a live art demonstration. He is a Master Signature Member of The Oil Painters of America. In 2011 Marc’s painting ‘Right or Left’ was awarded Bronze Medal for Painting at the OPA National Exhibition in Coeur d’Alene, ID, Marc has also placed four times in The Pastel Journal’s ‘Pastel 100’ competition. 

6.1.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: They Were from Georgia with Jim Dunham

Booth’s Historian Jim Dunham discusses a group of seven Westerners. A trail blazer, a gambler, a top U.S. Marshall, a gunfighter/outlaw, a famous con-man, the West’s Pathfinder, and the first African-American graduate of West Point all from Georgia. Watch on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.

5.26.2022, 7:00 pm EDT Downtown Gallery Virtual Opening

Tune in on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel for a look at the art created by members of the Booth Artists and Photography Guilds available for purchase in the Spring Sale and find out who the award winners are.

5.18.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Jacqueline Jones

Join award-winning artist Jaqueline Jones as she performs an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Jacqueline is an instructor for the American Academy of Landscape Painting and also a member of numerous notable art societies.

5.4.2022, 12:15 pm EDTArt for Lunch: Dave Trawinski and Jim Dunham 

Join Booth Writers’ Guild member Dave Trawinski and Booth’s Historian Jim Dunham as they discuss guns highlighted in Dave’s newest book “Guns of the Yellowrose” on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.

4.14.2022, 7:00 pm EDT Virtual Evening Lecture- Sweet Tea VI: Toast to Texas

Join Booth’s Executive Director Seth Hopkins on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel for a panel discussion about Booth’s newest exhibit Sweet Tea VI: Toast to Texas.

3.16.2022, 12:15 pm EDT Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Dave Santillanes

Join award winning artist Dave Santillanes as he performs an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Santillanes focuses on the simplicity and essence of the landscape. He has won numerous awards, and has been featured in many publications. You dont want to miss the opportunity to see Dave’s technique!

3.10.2022, 7:00 pm ET Virtual Evening Lecture: Through the Years: Kenny Rogers’ Photographs of America

Join Booth’s Executive Director Seth Hopkins on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel as he discusses Booth’s newest photography exhibit Through the Years: Kenny Rogers’ Photographs of America.

3.2.2022, 12:15 pm ET Art for Lunch: Seth’s Travels & Booth’s Newest Acquisitions

Join Booth Western Art Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins for his annual review of interesting people and places he has recently visited. He will also discuss the new art hanging in the galleries of Booth Museum.Watch virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel.

2.16.2022, 12:15 pm ET Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Pat Fiorello

You are invited to join award winning artist Pat Fiorello for an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. She is an instructor and author of Bella Italia, Italy Through the Eyes of an Artist. Her work has been featured in over 20 one-woman shows and included in over 75 juried exhibitions. Hope you will join us for this informative demonstration!

2.10.2022, 7:00 pm ET Virtual Lecture: Friends Reunited: T. D. Kelsey, Julie Oriet and the Keough Collection

Join Kelsey, Oriet, and Executive Director Seth Hopkins on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel as they discuss Booth’s newest exhibit Friends Reunited: T. D. Kelsey, Julie Oriet and the Keough Collection.

2.2.2022, 12:15 pm ET Art for Lunch: A Walk Through African American Artists in Booth’s Collection

Join Booth’s Executive Director Seth Hopkins and Director of Education Patty Dees in Booth’s Ballroom, or virtually on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel as they look through some of the African American Artists in Booth’s collection. 

1.27.2022, 7:00 pm ET Virtual Gallery Walk for Downtown Gallery’s Winter Exhibit

Join Booth Educator and Artist Donna Shiver on on the Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel as she walks through The Downtown Gallery’s Winter Show & Sale.  Donna will interview some of the artists from the Booth Artists’ and Photography Guilds and find out about the inspiring stories behind their artwork.

1.20.2022, 7:00 pm ET Evening Lecture: Artist Michele Byrne

Members are invited to join award winning artist Michele Byrne for an evening lecture in the Booth Museum’s Bergman Theatre, or on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. Bryne is recognized for her figurative plein air work and in recent years for her dynamic palette knife paintings.

1.19.2022, 12:15 pm ET Art for Lunch: Art Demonstration with Margaret Dyer 

You are invited to join award winning artist Margaret Dyer for an art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. She has won several awards including at the recent National Oil and Acrylics Painters Society Small Painting Exhibition 2019 for Best Impressionism, along with being featured in numerous creditable articles. You don’t want to miss this opportunity!

1.5.2021, 12:15 pm EDT Artist Demonstration with Ashley Rader

Join Artist Ashley Rader as she discusses Booth Museum’s newest exhibit Emergence: Wildlife Art by Ashley Rader.