Artist Demonstration “Tricks of the Trade III” featuring Trappings artists January 14–15
Two Dry Creek Arts Fellowship artists will be on hand all weekend demonstrating their skilled trades such as rawhide braiding, horsehair hitching, engraving, tooling leather, drawing or painting.
Art Conversation “The Picerne Collection” with Gary Fillmore January 21 at 1 p.m.
Author and owner of the Blue Coyote gallery will discus the artists in the Phippen Museum’s exhibit Arizona Visions.
Cowboy Poetry Gathering Riding the Rim January 22 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Poets from around the state will stir up the air as only cowboys can with poetry, song and open range entertainment.
Youth Art Workshop Water Color Treasure Maps January 28 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Ages 8 and up
Young treasure seekers will create their very own map to the Lost Dutchman mine!
FEBRUARY 2012
Heritage Conversation “Trappings of a Horse Culture” February 11 at 1 p.m.
This forum will explore contemporary horse cultures of Hawaii, French Camargue and the American West. Visual presentations will be combined with oral histories of Native and Anglo cowboys of the American West, Guardians of the French Camargue and the Paniolo of Hawaii.
Phippen Museum Board of Trustees
Annual Meeting February 18
MARCH 2012
Marley Gallery Exhibit! Arizona’s Pioneering Women: Early Women Artists (1905-1945) March 3 to July 8
Preview and Reception, March 2
This Arizona Legacy Project exhibition features some of the early women pioneers in fine art.
Art Conversation “Pioneering Women Artists of Arizona” with Fran Elliott and Dr. Betsy Fahlman of the AHC March 3 at 1 p.m.
Join respected local Art Historian and appraiser Fran Elliot as she discusses the artists featured in the Phippen exhibit Pioneering Women Artists.
James Gallery Exhibit! Cowboy Artists March 17 to April 22 (no reception)
This special exhibit features the works of George Phippen and the Cowboy Artists of America.
Art Conversation “Traveling the West in Style: Fred Harvey and Mary Elizabeth Colter” with Marsha Painton March 24 at 1 p.m.
APRIL 2012
Art Conversation “A Conversation with Kate Cory” performed by Sandy Moss April 14 at 1 p.m.
Local actress and radio personality Sandy Moss brings pioneering artists and photographer Kate Cory to life before your eyes.
MAY 2012
Phippen Gallery Exhibit! 9th Annual Miniature Masterpieces Show & Sale May 1 to May 28
Special buyers’ reception, Friday, May 25 at 7 p.m.
Sale-by-Draw, May 28 at 11 a.m.
The Miniature Masterpieces Show features small size original works of art from celebrated Western artists. Pieces are available for sale by a draw system. The drawing is held during the Phippen Museum’s Annual Western Art Show.
Art Conversation “Pioneering Women Photographers” with Harriet Neal May 5 at 1 p.m.
38th Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale May 26–28 (Memorial Day weekend)
JUNE 2012
James Gallery Exhibit! Rodeo Gals: When Bronc Riders Wore Lipstick June 16 to August 26
This unique exhibit brings Cheri Raftery’s extensive collection of clothing, equipment and photographs from the golden age of the cowgirl to the Phippen Museum.
Art Conversation “Intrepid Women of the West” with Dee Isham June 30 at 1 p.m.
Phippen Museum Master Docent Dee Isham presents the unsung stories of the role women played in the taming of the American West.
JULY 2012
Marley Gallery Exhibit! The Wild West July 21 to October 28
Preview and Reception, July 20
This exhibit will feature the very best in contemporary Western wildlife art.
SEPTEMBER 2012
7th Annual Fall Gathering September 15 from 5:30–8 p.m.
Come enjoy live cowboy music, an authentic western barbeque, and other fun activities at this annual event that celebrates the Museum’s original grand opening ceremony in 1984.
TBA 2012
Art Conversation “Nature of the Beast” with Ken Rowe TBA 2012
Renowned wildlife artist Ken Rowe will discuss the techniques of capturing animals in art.
Bronc Buster, oil on canvas painting by Kenneth M. Freeman.
