World’s Premier Western Art Show Set for June 10-11 at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
OKLAHOMA CITY – The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum announces the 43rd annual Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, this June 10-11, which includes seminars, artist demonstrations, luncheons, fixed-price draw for art, awards dinner, live auction, and celebration. This year the exhibition and sale will feature 98 artists and introduce two new guest artists, Glenn Dean and Z.S. Liang. Prix de West includes more than 300 paintings and sculptures by the nation’s finest contemporary Western artists.
Bruce R. Greene and Loren Entz will lead master art classes before and after the opening weekend. Prix de West begins with two days of seminars on art-related topics and artist demonstrations. Seminar participants include Andrew Peters, Carolyn Anderson, Daniel F. Gerhartz, David A. Leffel, Dean Mitchell, and William Whitaker. Prix de West festivities culminate with a fixed-price sale of all the exhibition pieces followed by a live auction and closing celebration.
Several new and exciting changes will take place this year. Friday night’s Prix de West Preview Party and Awards Dinner is exclusively for those purchasing the premium event package. Five awards will be presented including the Frederic Remington Painting Award, Major General and Mrs. Don D. Pittman Wildlife Award, James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award, Express Ranches Great American Cowboy Award, and the Donald Teague Memorial Award for exceptional artistic merit for a work on paper.
At noon on Saturday, June 11 both the Prix de West Purchase Award and Robert Lougheed Memorial Award winners will be announced. Saturday evening’s traditional fixed-price draw for art will be followed by a celebration including food and live entertainment but more importantly announce the Jackie L. Coles Buyers’ Choice Award immediately followed by a Live Auction.
“Our 43rd annual Prix de West exhibition and sale is both a visual and social showcase of how the Museum celebrates the American West through incredible art,” said Museum President and CEO Steven Karr. “It is our honor to host 98 principal artists along with more than 300 of their paintings and sculptures of the highest quality found in today’s studios, galleries, and museums.”
Prix de West packages begin at $185 and the full, premium package is $450. To make reservations, order an art catalog, or to arrange to bid by proxy, call (405) 478-2250, ext. 219.
The Prix de West exhibition will remain on display through August 7 and any unsold works will be available for purchase through The Museum Store until then.