Parallel Paths: The Art of Allan Houser & Harry Jackson
Exhibition Date: December 14, 2024 – May 4, 2025 – Special Exhibition Gallery
Member Opening: January 11, 2025, 4:30 – 7:00 PM
The exhibition marks the 110th anniversary of Houser’s birth and the 100th of Jackson’s. Curated by Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins, the exhibition delves into the captivating histories and artistic parallels of Houser and Jackson. In researching the exhibition, Hopkins came to believe Houser and Jackson are the two most important Western sculptors since Frederic Remington. Despite very different backgrounds, artistic training and philosophies these two titans of art traveled parallel paths to the top of the Western art scene and beyond. Carefully selected works, ranging from well-known to rarely seen, will illustrate how both men broke barriers, influenced many younger artists and brought new collectors to Western and Indigenous art.
To view the gallery tour, CLICK HERE.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Don & Neva Rountree
© Allan Houser, Mescalero Drummer, 1984, bronze, 26 x 15 x 17”, Booth Western Art Museum permanent collection, © Mrs. Anna Marie Houser/The Allan Houser Foundation
©Harry Jackson, Two Champs, 1978, Painted Bronze
Western Focus: Collecting Photography 2017 – 2025
Through July 13, 2025
Member Opening: January 25
The Booth Museum began collecting photographs in the early 2000s, but the permanent collection and gallery were not formally established until 2017. Today, the museum has over 900 photographs, dating from the nineteenth century to the present. This retrospective will survey the Booth’s photography collecting activity and includes an eclectic array of historical and contemporary imagery by over forty photographers. The art ranges from antique images to contemporary mural-sized panoramas. Together, these images vividly depict the essence of the American West.
© Ted Grussing, Mystical Sedona, 2008, 40 x 60”, Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle fine art paper, Booth Western Art Museum permanent collection, Cartersville, Georgia, ph2023.002.001
Primary & Elementary Schools Art Exhibition
April 8 – May 11, 2025
Throughout the school year, primary and elementary school art teachers expose their students to a wide variety of art mediums. For this exhibit, each teacher selected a number of pieces that are representative of the work from their school art programs. Opening reception, April 17th, 5 – 7 PM.
