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Event Series Drawing in Different Styles

Drawing in Different Styles

Is variety the spice of your life? Want to try your hand at different techniques? Then this is the art class for you! Join artist “Scottie” Scott as she leads this drawing class combining various styles – including portraiture, still life and plein air – utilizing various media such as graphite, charcoal, conté and watercolor. …

Brown Bag Lunch Series: ¡VIVA LA INDEPENCIA!: The Role of Hombres a Caballo in Mexico, 1821-1930

In conjunction with the exhibition ¡Viva Mexico!, National Cowboy Museum Curator Michael Grauer will celebrate the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence from Spain by emphasizing the roles of horseback peoples and cultures in Mexican history. Historically, men on horseback have always been viewed as independent and protectors of independence. Throughout Mexican history, from chinacos to vaqueros …

Event Series Drawing in Different Styles

Drawing in Different Styles

Is variety the spice of your life? Want to try your hand at different techniques? Then this is the art class for you! Join artist “Scottie” Scott as she leads this drawing class combining various styles – including portraiture, still life and plein air – utilizing various media such as graphite, charcoal, conté and watercolor. …

Kids Take Over the Cowboy – Mexican Independence

Join us in commemorating Mexico’s bicentennial, 200 years since it achieved independence from Spain. Celebrate by playing a traditional Mexican game, make a mini pinata and make your own Mexican flag while learning about its origins and symbols. Stay for storytime at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Free for members or with Museum admission. Activities …

Brown Bag Lunch Series: The Republic of Mexico: Decades in the Making

The case of Mexico’s Civic Militia illustrates the extent to which independence was less a defined moment in time than a series of changes spanning decades. Guanajuato, the old mining capital and so-called “cradle of independence,” is a case in point. Matters of government, citizenship, class, and race all converged in the institution of the …

Event Series Drawing in Different Styles

Drawing in Different Styles

Is variety the spice of your life? Want to try your hand at different techniques? Then this is the art class for you! Join artist “Scottie” Scott as she leads this drawing class combining various styles – including portraiture, still life and plein air – utilizing various media such as graphite, charcoal, conté and watercolor. …

Still-Life Drawing in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West

Be inspired by the artists who lived and worked in northern New Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s, and who are featured in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West. Each week there will be a different still life to draw within the exhibition space. Study from the artists of …

Still-Life Drawing in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West

Be inspired by the artists who lived and worked in northern New Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s, and who are featured in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West. Each week there will be a different still life to draw within the exhibition space. Study from the artists of …

Still-Life Drawing in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West

Be inspired by the artists who lived and worked in northern New Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s, and who are featured in New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West. Each week there will be a different still life to draw within the exhibition space. Study from the artists of …

Sunday Spotlight – Tattoo Artist Adrian Redbird

Explore these traditions and artistic expressions in Tattooing: Religion, Reality and Regret. Grab a stool and listen to invited artisans discuss their craft. Hear from tattoo artists and tattooed living canvases as they discuss their art, influences and inspiration. From there, venture into the galleries and enjoy the exhibition at your own pace. Free for …

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