Featuring more than 80 artists from across America, the 32nd annual Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale will again tempt collectors with an eclectic mix of contemporary artworks capturing the Western way of life.
The participating artists include Bill Anton, Teal Blake, Nocona Burgess, Shawn Cameron, Jill Carver, G. Russell Case, S.M. Chavez, Scott Christensen, Sushe Felix, Danny Galieote, Whitney Gardner, Starr Hardridge, Quang Ho, Jennifer Johnson, Greg Kelsey, Amy Lay, William Matthews, Jim Morgan, Ken Peloke, Billy Schenck, Matt Smith, Joshua Tobey, Jeremy Winborg, Star York, and Dennis Ziemienski.
This year’s featured artist is Duke Beardsley. The curator, Kate Hlavin, notes that Beardsley is a longtime veteran of the show and adds, “As a native of Colorado with deep roots in Denver and ranching, his paintings exemplify the American West with a pop of color and energy.”
Not all of the exhibitors have been seen here before; Starr Hardridge says, “I’m honored to participate this year for the first time. As a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Muskogee Creek nation, I am very enthusiastic to share my own particular vision of the West.”
The show opens on January 6 with the Blue Jean Preview and Awards Reception, then continues the next day with the Red Carpet Reception and half a day’s worth of artist demonstrations and panel discussions that will lead into the final evening’s festivities.
The Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale is a key part of the National Western Stock Show (January 11–26), one of the world’s leading professional rodeos and horse shows. Its net proceeds support the National Western Scholarship Trust, which underwrites college and graduate-level scholarships in agricultural science, business, and rural medicine.
COORS WESTERN ART EXHIBIT & SALE
Denver, Colorado
coorswesternart.com
January 6–7, 2025
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