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Calendar of
Events - May 2008
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The Booth holds two
regularly scheduled public lectures per month featuring authors, writers,
historians and artists.
Art for Lunch is on the first
Wednesday of every month from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm.
Evening
lectures are held on the third Thursday evening each month at 7:00
pm.
All lectures are in the Booth Theatre; admission is free for
members and volunteers and included with Museum admission
for
not-yet-members. Ticketed events may have additional fees.
Programs and Exhibitions
May
2008
Major
Events______________________________________________________
Opening Reception for
Space Silence Spirit: Maynard Dixon’s West
May 3, 2008, 5:00 – 9:00 pm
Members are invited to view
Space Silence Spirit:
Maynard Dixon’s West, and then, at 7:00 pm, join collector
and gallery owner Abe Hays for a lecture in the Booth Theatre.
Special Exhibitions_______________________________________________________
Shadow Riders: Rodeo Photography of Mark Gilliland
Through June 1, 2008 – Borderlands Gallery
Mark Gilliland’s black and white photographs give us a behind the scenes
look at the vernacular Rodeo traditions of small-town America. In fact,
this exhibition features images taken at a recent rodeo in Ringgold just
south of the Tennessee State Line in Georgia. The exhibition will include
a photograph that was awarded Grand Prize in a competition for
Cowboys and Indians
Magazine.
Captured on Canvas! Gunfighters and Outlaws by Bob Boze Bell and Thom Ross
Through June 22, 2008 – Theatre Lobby Gallery
Artwork by Bob Boze Bell and Thom Ross is routinely used on the cover of
Western history books and magazines. Both are life-long students of
Western history; yet choose to create their artwork in a stylized manner
that separates it from traditional Western realism. This exhibition
focuses on their work related to famous individuals such as Wyatt Earp,
Doc Holliday, “Wild Bill” Hickok, Billy “The Kid” and many others.
Space Silence Spirit: Maynard Dixon’s West
May 3, 2008 – July 27, 2008 – Special Exhibition Gallery
This exhibition features examples from two outstanding collections of
Maynard Dixon’s artwork. Over a half century after his death, Dixon is
becoming recognized as one of the greatest Western artists of all time,
regarded for his ability to blend real-life imagery of the West with
modern influences. This is the first and largest exhibition of Dixon’s
work in the Southeast, the artist’s ancestral homeland. The A.P. Hays
collection features paintings and sketches from the artist’s lengthy
career, and includes photographs by Dixon’s wife, Dorothea Lange.
Meanwhile, fifteen masterworks from the incomparable collection at the
Brigham Young University Museum of Art in Provo, Utah will offer an
opportunity to see Dixon at his very best.
Regular Programming____________________________________________________
Art for Lunch
May 7, 12:15 pm
Booth docent, Pete Contrucci, will relate the history of the unique
fetishes made at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. Pete will also show
examples from his collection featuring carved animals and other forms.
Children’s Saturday - Wow! What a Butte
May 10, 10:00 am - Noon
What is a butte? And what does it have to do with Western Art? Explore the
artwork of Maynard Dixon and discover why some artists choose to paint
landscapes like the prairies, deserts, rivers and mountains of the
American West. Use craft paper, glue and cutouts to make your own Western
landscape.
Western Movie Day
May 11
1:00 pm – Hondo
3:00 pm – My Darling Clementine
Evening Entertainment – Trails Plowed Under: An Evening with Charlie
Russell
May 22
Jim Dunham will become famed artist Charles M. Russell, reciting humorous
stories from the book Trails Plowed
Under and paint a copy of a Russell painting. Doc Stovall will
perform songs related to the stories. $5 for members, $10 for not-yet
members. Raffle tickets for the finished painting are $10.
Booth Art Academy ____________________________________________________
Photography for Beginners
May 27, June 3, and June 10, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Do you
want to take better photographs this summer? Do you love your new digital
camera, but are not sure about all the things it can do? Take this
beginning photography class from a professional photographer and learn to
take better pictures for all your upcoming special summer events. Taught
by Louis Tonsmeire, this class is just $70 for Booth Museum members and
$90 non-members. A digital camera is required. A materials list if
provided at registration. Class occupancy: Min. 5, Max. 15
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