Resonance 2024
Opening Reception October 4th, 5-8pm
Join us for the 3rd annual Resonance exhibit featuring over 40 artists from around the country recapturing life in the Old West through original artworks inspired by photos from the museum’s collection. Experience these bygone times as witnessed through the lens of A.R. Mitchell.
Free admission
Light refreshments will be served
Gala Fundraiser Western Ball
The A.R. Mitchell Museum invites you to attend the 2024 Gala and Western Ball. October 19, 6-11pm.
Sponsored by Double D Ranch Westernwear
**Music by The Cappellucci Brothers Band **Food by Gagliardi’s 489 **Silent Auction **Cash Bar
Please join us for a night of fun and celebration!
Tickets are available in the online store and without a credit card fee at the museum.
Cowgirl Artists of America: Women's Work
Opening Reception August 2nd, 5-8pm
Women's Work showcases the expansive and significant contributions made by women past and present. Its goal is to spotlight the diverse and influential roles played by women in building our societies and to present a more nuanced and accurate representation of women in the West.
Donations can be made by clicking on the link below.
https://armitchellmuseum.com/store/p/cowgirl-artist-of-america-presents-womens-work-sponsor
Gregory Manchess Painting Demo
Saturday June 8th, 11-2p
As part of the Character in Context Illustration Exhibit opening June 7th, the A.R. Mitchell Museum is honored to have Gregory Manchess painting live onsite at the museum in Trinidad.
Award-winning painter, Gregory Manchess, has created work for covers and feature stories of National Geographic Magazine, Time, Atlantic Monthly, and The Smithsonian. The National Geographic Society sent Manchess on expedition, and chose his work to illustrate the adventures of the first discovery of an actual pirate ship for the traveling exhibition, Real Pirates: The Untold Story of The Whydah, from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship.
His figure and portrait work has led to numerous commissions for stamps by the US Postal Service, including the Oregon Statehood Stamp, The 1963 March On Washington Stamp, Mark Twain Stamp, Exploring the Great Outdoors Series, Snowy Beauty, and the 2023 Christmas stamp, Snow Globes.
His large portrait of Abraham Lincoln and seven major paintings of key moments from Lincoln’s life are highlighted in the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.
The Coen Brothers showcased Gregory’s work in their latest film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Manchess wrote and illustrated his first ‘widescreen novel’ Above the Timberline, released in (Read full bio here)
Character in Context
Opening Reception June 7th, 5-8pm
The Largest Show of Illustration in the American West.
Denver-based illustrator Elliot Lang has curated a top tier group of international and award winning traditional-media illustrators to celebrate the continuing heritage of Arthur Roy Mitchell’s legacy of narrative art making.
This show celebrates the enduring importance of illustration in the contemporary art sphere and is a direct contrast and rebuttal to artificially created artwork. This exhibit features process work from each artist, from preliminary drawings to color studies, accompanying final artworks, which will all be available for public purchase. This is the largest collection of original illustrations for sale from living illustrators in the Western United States, and is the most comprehensive presentation of processes from living and working illustrators ever collected in one space.
Click “View event” for full list of illustrators.
Uncommon Collective: Printmaking Demonstration and Workshops
Events Schedule:
10:00a-12:30p - Printmaking Demos (free)
12:30p-1:00p - Light Food & Drink
1:00p-3:30p - Registered Classes
View Event below to register or learn more about the artists and available classes.
Uncommon Collective: Colorado Printmakers
An exhibition of Colorado printmakers featuring contemporary and traditional printmaking methods.
Thursday May 2, 530-630 Artist Lecture at Trinidad State
Friday May 3, 5-8 Exhibit Opening at Mitchell Museum
Saturday May 4, 10-4. Interactive printmaking demos and classes - Click here for full detail and class registration!
Printmaking is a process-based medium that typically revolves around the printing press, a piece of heavy machinery usually with limited access. Because of this challenge, printmakers discover their community at a university or college, a public arts center or a garage, eagerly sharing information and resources. Uncommon Collective refers to the printmakers in this show who are spread throughout the state, yet are all part of the same family. The content that drives each artist’s work is unique, and the need for comradery within the medium is present for all.
This exhibition is in conjunction with the 2024 Month of Printmaking (Mo'Print), a biennial celebration of printmaking meant to educate and inspire, showcasing contemporary and traditional printmaking. Over the years the event has expanded to communities beyond the Denver area, including a broad range of artists. During Mo'Print, printmaking takes center stage at art galleries, art centers, and other venues across Colorado. Kuehl Fine Art & The A.R. Mitchell Museum are an integral part of bringing the celebration of printmaking to Southern Colorado.
Featuring Artists: Jennifer Ghormley co-curator (Denver), Johanna Mueller co-curator (Greeley), Theresa Haberkorn (Boulder), Victoria Eubanks (Denver), Judy Gardner (Arvada), Katharine McGuinness (Denver), Melanie Yazzie (Erie), Carol Till (Wheat Ridge), Jean Gumpper (Colorado Springs), Mark Lunning (Denver), Joshua Butler (Grand Junction), Tony Holmquist (Durango), Amanda Palmer (Trinidad ), Arna Miller (Trinidad), Rhiannon Alpers (Denver)
Corn Mothers
Join us Friday, December 1, 2023 for the Opening Reception of Corn Mothers, a companion to the Smithsonian Exhibition: Crossroads : Change in Rural America. This is a public event at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, sponsored by AARP Colorado.
This multi-generational and multi-cultural exhibit represents the continuation of an always-evolving story. The show is based on the Pueblo myth of the Corn Mothers, said to have sung in the essence of creation, including the sacred Kachinas. The exhibition, a 2007 Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute award winner, features multi-cultural and multi-generational women from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, who embody the spirit of the Southwest.
Brim: The Solano's Stories
Opening Dec 1st 5-8pm
This event with celebrate the lives of 18 farmers and ranchers from Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico whose hat stories will be told in their own words.
This is a Smithsonian companion event in partnership with Sandy Solano and Solano's Boot & Western Wear.
Resonance II
See Resonance II at the A.R. Mitchell Museum, from early October through late December.
