2007 Past Exhibits

December 22, 2007 – April 13, 2008
Special Exhibition Gallery

This exhibition featured the art of more than a dozen Western artists who work in a distinctively regional style. While these artists have much in common with the Regionalist movement of the 1930s, they are also quite contemporary, employing modernist techniques and often dealing with poignant social issues. Participating artists selected by guest curator James Burns included: Woody Gwyn, Elaine Holien, Tricia Higgins Hurt, Trish Booth, Howard Post, Doug Smith, Jim Vogel, Josh Eliot, Gary Ernest Smith, Louisa McElwain, Ed Sandoval, Rebecca Tobey, Joshua Tobey and Mark Yale Harris.

December 18, 2007 – February 10, 2008
Borderlands Gallery

This exhibit featured vibrant Southwestern landscapes by New York artist Lynne Friedman. Utilizing vivid color and rich texture, Friedman saturates her canvases with the light and warmth of the desert sun. Her masterful interplay of intense colors creates emotionally charged paintings reminiscent of the French Fauves in their vivacity and expressiveness.

December 18, 2007 – February 10, 2008
Borderlands Gallery

Alvina Yepa comes from a family of artisans of the Jemez (“Hay-mess”) Pueblo in Northern New Mexico. The native people of Jemez speak Towa, a language spoken nowhere else on Earth. Likewise, artistic traditions are passed-down from parents to their children, just as Alvina learned pottery making from her mother. Her exquisite works demonstrate an integration of traditional nature motifs with her own contemporary innovations.

December 18, 2007 – February 10, 2008
Borderlands Gallery

For more than 10 years artist Al Napoletano and collector Bill Zigrang have traded letters and small gifts. Many of the envelopes and letters sent by Napoletano have included small drawings or paintings, done in a style similar to the famous letters of artist Charlie Russell. This exhibition showcased more than 20 examples drawn from Zigrang’s private collection.

November 20 – December 16, 2007
Borderlands Gallery

Artwork by members of the Cartersville Boys and Girls Club and Hands of Christ After School Program.

October 16, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Bergman Theatre Lobby Gallery

This exhibition featured images of working cowboys and Western landscapes by one of the top watercolor artists in America. Building on the strength of the Booth Museum’s paintings by Matthews, this exhibit showcases a broader range of subjects and further confirms the artist’s skill in depicting the modern West in watercolor.

September 25 – November 18, 2007
Borderlands Gallery

Featured paintings by Georgia artist Jack Morris Jones that capture the reality and beauty of Native American culture. He employs multiple glazes to create an array of colors and textures on his canvases. Jones’ luminous portraits and breath-taking landscapes evoke a sense of timelessness and celebrate the majesty of nature.

July 31 – September 23, 2007
Borderlands Gallery

Featured bold paintings by Larry Lemons inspired by icons of his adopted home state of Texas: armadillos, longhorn skulls, and pickup trucks. Lemons takes common subjects and wraps them in a colorful, often whimsical, package that he calls ‘A Texas State of Mind.’ His work focuses on the good and positive aspects of life and celebrates everything that is Texas.

July 24 – October 14, 2007
Bergman Theatre Lobby Gallery

This exhibition featured Denver artist Carrie Fell’s distinctive cowboys and other Western icons. Bold and edgy, yet simple and fluid, Fell’s work gives traditional icons of the West a modern twist.

June 5 – July 29, 2007
Borderlands Gallery

Featured dramatic paintings by Dallas artist Jim Frederick, who created an eclectic collection of work focusing on color and emotion. Frederick’s paintings include abstracted landscapes and human forms, enormous cowboy boots, sunflowers, and even some pink cattle!