Various locations, Scottsdale, AZ February 21-22
Legacy Gallery and Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West will host its second Western Horizons Show & Sale on February 21 and 22 in Arizona. Last year’s inaugural event featured 34 artists with 96 works of art that resulted in $1.4 million in sales. Dan Corazzi, the Western Horizons event director, says this year it will feature a greater diversity of artwork by even more artists including Tony Abeyta, William Acheff, Thomas Blackshear II, S.M. Chavez, Glenn Dean and William Haskell.
The artwork represents the artists’ individual interpretations of various subject matters that express the “essence” of the American West. Corazzi adds that each artist has been invited to participate in Western Horizons based on their medium, subject matter, style and the quality level of their art.
The range of work will include traditional cowboy subject matter from artists such as Bill Anton and Jason Rich, as well as more contemporary styles from Dean and Phil Epp. Native American themes are the focus in works by sculptor John Coleman and painters Martin Grelle and Z.S. Liang. Other highlights are the still life paintings of Kyle Polzin; a focus on the New West with work by Kim Wiggins; and landscapes by Scott L. Christensen, Josh Elliott and G. Russell Case, to name a few.
The event is a walkable adventure (the museum and gallery are a few streets away from one another in Old Town Scottsdale) that begins with a tour of the John Clymer art exhibit at 2 p.m. on February 21 at Western Spirit, with a 5 p.m. preview party at Legacy Gallery. On February 22 artists’ talks and presentations happen at the museum from 9 a.m. to noon followed by the award presentation and sale at Legacy Gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. Immediately after the sale, enjoy the short walk to Western Spirit for the Sundown Roundup closing event dinner.
According to Corazzi, today’s collectors regularly attend shows like Western Horizons because the artwork shares the story of the American West. The works continue to resonate with collectors, he adds, especially those who wish to see art up close and personal.
“The experience of attending shows to see the art in person, to meet the artists who created the artwork, and to socialize with fellow collectors who are like-minded is somewhat unique to the Western art world—that is one of the main reasons why collectors are continuing to attend shows like Western Horizons,” says Corazzi. “They come to purchase works of Western art to hang on their walls or place on their pedestals in their homes versus looking at a digital image on their computers or a token for an NFT.” —Doreen Manning
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