Contemporary Western Art: More than Cowboys & Indians - Seth Hopkins

BOOTH MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SPEAK ON WESTERN ART – MORE THAN JUST COWBOYS AND INDIANS

The Sedona Art Museum hosted Seth Hopkins, executive director of the Booth Museum of Western Art for a presentation on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Yavapai College*, Sedona Campus.

The Booth Museum, a Smithsonian affiliated museum, is the largest permanent exhibit space for Western art in the country.  In 2015, the Booth Museum celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Cowboy Artists of America, a group which got its start in Sedona by local artists Joe Beeler, Charlie Dye, John Hampton, and George Phippen.

Located in Cartersville, Georgia, the Booth Museum of Western Art houses the country’s best collection of contemporary Western American Art. During this lively session, Hopkins will define “contemporary” and “Western” while tracing the artistic developments of this genre over the past 50 years. He will also discuss…