2016 Past Exhibits

December 15, 2016 – March 26, 2017
Special Exhibition Gallery

Including art from across his entire career, this was the first retrospective of the Western master Howard Terpning. Included were examples of his early illustrations, movie posters for major motion pictures – including The Sound of Music and Gone With the Wind – combat art from a tour with the United States Marines in Vietnam as a civilian combat artist, and nearly 40 major paintings from his fine art career.

November 15, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Borderlands Gallery

Throughout the year, staff members from Booth Western Art Museum work with members of the Cartersville Boys & Girls Club and the Hands of Christ After School Program to create artwork in a variety of media. This annual exhibition gathered the best works of art created during the preceding year. The young artists ranged from elementary school to high school students.

October 20, 2016 – February 19, 2017
Temporary Exhibition Gallery

Merrill Mahaffey completed his first painting in 1950. He says he has been on a quest ever since, “chasing the sunlight across the land trying to capture the exact luminosity that makes ordinary places magical.” Known for his highly detailed paintings of rock formations, canyon walls and mines, Mahaffey contrasts light and shadow to great effect. Through nearly 30 paintings, this exhibition highlighted the best of his work over the last 20 years.

August 20 – November 27, 2016
Special Exhibition Gallery

This innovative traveling exhibition brought together Native American artwork and objects, with the iconic photographs by Edward S. Curtis, creating a relationship between the images and artifacts, enriching the meaning of both by giving context, insight and perspective. Focused on Native women and their art, the exhibition allowed us to more deeply understand their roles within Native society, culture and family. Both classic and lesser-known Curtis photographs of women, their artwork and the environment in which they lived, from the internationally acclaimed Christopher G. Cardozo Collection, were incorporated in the exhibition.

August 16 – November 13, 2016
Borderlands Gallery

This juried exhibition featured the work of photographers who are members of the Booth Photography Guild, a group that meets monthly for educational photographic programs.

August 2, 2016 – January 5, 2017
Bergman Theatre Lobby Gallery

In early 2016, Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins received a call from businessman Duncan Alexander, who had acquired a collection of Western art from his late business partner, Frank Harding. Duncan hoped to find a museum that would appreciate the collection and honor Harding. A quick visit to Illinois confirmed the collection had important pieces by leading contemporary artists Harry Jackson, Joe Beeler, Gordon Snidow, Tom Ryan, Robert Lougheed, and James Boren. An agreement was reached for the collection to be placed on loan, with the understanding it will be given to the Booth. The Booth Museum is fortunate to be able to share this collection with the public and grateful for the opportunity to work with Duncan Alexander to honor the spirit of Frank Harding, Cattleman and Collector.

July 26 – October 2, 2016
Temporary Exhibition Gallery

Ray Kinstler is one of America’s greatest portrait painters. Seven U.S. Presidents have sat for him, as have 50 cabinet officers and many of the brightest stars in business and entertainment. Yet he began his art career like many in the Booth collection, doing illustrations for Western pulp magazines and book covers. This exhibition was a retrospective of his Western subjects covering over 60 years.

May 10 – August 14, 2016 – Borderlands Gallery

This juried exhibition featured the work of painters and sculptors who are members of the Booth Artists’ Guild, a group that meets monthly for educational artistic programs.

April 16 – July 24, 2016
Special Exhibition Gallery

Created by Colorado-based artist Don Coen, these 15 large-scale realistic portraits told the visual story of migrant farmers in today’s United States. The images highlighted the unique personalities of each subject and their work ethic. Painted between 2001 and 2010, the series came from hundreds of hours Coen spent in fields making studies and taking photos in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Florida. His aim is to give these hard-working men and women an identity along with an expression of gratitude.

March 22 – July 31, 2016
Bergman Theatre Lobby Gallery

This exhibit represented works of art that were new to the Booth Museum permanent collection. These pieces had been donated or acquired during the previous two years and were representative of twelve artists. For eight of these artists, this was the first time a piece of their work was exhibited at the Booth.