Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale at the National Western Stock Show
January 6, 2015 to January 25, 2015
National Western Stock Show, 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO 80216
Application Dates
Mar 10 to Apr 30 '14
Application Fee
$25.00
(see prospectus for details)
Notification Date
Jun 10, 2014
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Prospectus

Before applying to the show, please visit our website, www.coorswesternart.com for details about the show and events. We highly recommend you have an understanding of the show and its direction and purpose before applying. The 2015 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale opens with a private reception on January 6, with the show open to the public January 10-25.

Please submit only original work in any medium with Western subject matter (broadly defined). Etchings, prints, and photographs in small editions may be considered, no giclees or mechanical reproductions. There is a $25.00 application fee for each artist submitting work. Submit up to 10 examples of your work for review. The examples do not have to be the pieces intended for the exhibit, and you may submit multiple media in one application. All applications received on or before Monday, April 14, 2014, will be reviewed by the curator.

Selection of all artists will be made by a professional curator. Upon acceptance, the curator will work with artists regarding the selection of artwork for the show. Contracts, terms and conditions, and artwork specs will be sent after acceptance as well. The Artists selected for the show are not guaranteed they will be asked back in subsequent years.

The National Western Stock Show is a not-for-profit organization. For more information visit www.nationalwestern.com.

Curator

Rose Fredrick has curated the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale since 1997. Over that time the show has grown from 30 artists to more than 60, and now includes the Gallery at the National Western Club. As an art advisor, publisher and writer, Rose has been actively involved in the Denver art scene for more than 25 years, working on exhibitions for non-profit causes and writing about art and artists for national publications. Fredrick won a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 2006, to curate a traveling exhibition title “Master Pieces of Colorado,” which explored the legacy of landscape painting in Colorado. Her interview with Wayne Thiebaud has been viewed at museums during his retrospective exhibitions, and is used by artists and professors in college curriculum. She has been asked to jury numerous exhibitions, and has both moderated and sat on panel discussions covering such topics as Art versus Smut: Where Does Photography Cross the Line and What’s Wrong with Western Art? Most recently, Fredrick has started a fine art publishing company with an affiliation to University of New Mexico Press. Her publication Elevated Perspectives: The Paintings of Joellyn Duesberry was selected as a finalist for the Colorado Book Awards.

Required items:

  • A Minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 images of paintings, prints (no off-sets or giclees), sculptures, photos, or other fine art
  • Titles, prices, medium, description, and sizes of artwork in submitted images
  • Artist statement
  • Biography

Notifications : Results will be sent to applicants by e-mail in May 2014. The artwork submitted need not be the artwork intended for the exhibition.

Contact Information:

Krista Hanley
Coors Western Art Coordinator
National Western Stock Show
4655 Humboldt St.
Denver, CO 80216
coorsart@nationalwestern.com
303-291-2567

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