1974, My Name is Nobody, 40.5 x 27″
1974, My Name is Nobody, 40.5 x 27″
1957, Valley of the Sun, 41 x 27″
1957, Valley of the Sun, 41 x 27″
1948, Two Guys From Texas, 41 x 27″
1948, Two Guys From Texas, 41 x 27″
Joy to the Land – Claudia Hartley
January 2 – March 3
Claudia Hartley earned a BFA degree in painting and drawing from the University of Georgia in 1967. She says that her love of art began as a child when she was given a new box of Crayola crayons. She spent many years living and painting out West and has recently returned to GA to live near family. Her paintings are often described as “happy” and she says, “it warms my heart to know that I’m able to pass that love and joy on to others.”
Art for Lunch: The California School – Two Decades of Photographic Innovation
2.07.2024, 12:15 PM EDT
The California School – Two Decades of Photographic Innovation – Dorothea Lange to Edward Weston and Ansel Adams to Pirkle Jones. Collector and gallery founder Robert Yellowlees will explore the unique personal and professional synergies leading to iconic photographs of a Golden Period from the 1930’s-1950’s. with Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Alma Levinson, Wyn Bullock and Brett Weston, they pushed limits and created new movements still influencing the art.
Indigenous Concert – Fawn Wood
Sunday, January 28, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Fawn Wood is a Cree and Salish musician from St. Paul, Alberta, Canada. She is most noted for her album Kakike, for which she won the Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. She will be performing at the Booth to talk about her musical career and share her influences. Fawn has developed a style of song that mimics her relationship with her people, herself, her family, and community.
Watch Fawn Wood’s Performances!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ1P1K0sRj4
Eye on the Prize: The Steve & Milah Lynn Collection
September 23, 2023 – January 14, 2024
The Lynn’s became interested in collecting Western art while living in Oklahoma City. They attended the Prix de West exhibition held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum each year. Click here to take the 3D virtual tour.
20th Annual Kids Cowboy Up!
November 14 – January 1, 2024
This exhibit features artwork in a variety of media by members of the Cartersville Boys & Girls Club after school program. Click here to view the 2023 catalog.
We Set Our Faces Westward: One Woman’s Journey 1839-1848
July 1 – December 31, 2023
Artist Heide Presse studied the journals written by Keturah Penton Belknap between 1839 -1848. Heide has conducted extensive research and is creating an exhibition about Keturah’s families journey Westward. The exhibition begins with Keturah’s marriage and covers her and her husband’s two step journey out West. Roughly half the work depicts their life in Iowa farming, and the other half their journey to Oregon with the Watts wagon train. Click here to view the 3D virtual tour
