For immediate release

Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale
Cody, Wyoming
Contact Diane Ballard, director
1-888-598-8119, or (307) 587-5002
art@codychamber.org

Editor's note: For an image of Hurley’s “Winter Cottonwoods at Sunset,” call or email Mark Bagne, (307) 527-5811, bagne@wyoming.com, or Deb Stafford, (307) 587-5002, bbas@codychamber.org.

Buffalo Bill Art Show Opens

Cody, Wyo. – A month-long exhibit of paintings and sculpture by the finest contemporary artists in the West opens next week at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

The Buffalo Bill Art Show will unveil the latest works by 100 artists from 16 states and Australia during a public reception at the Historical Center 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. The exhibit remains open in the Draper Photography Gallery through Sept. 24.

The 23rd annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale presents juried works of contemporary Western art including oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, sculpture, ceramic, and mixed media.

Participating artists include Cyrus Afsary, Gerald Balciar, John Fawcett, T.J. Feeley, Mel Fillerup, Ann Hanson, Harry Jackson, Steven Lang, Laurie J. Lee, Ralph Oberg, Carol Peek, M.C. Poulsen, Kevin Red Star, Sherry Salari Sander, Pati Stajcar and Craig Tennant. For a full list, visit www.buffalobillartshow.com.

Wilson Hurley of Albuquerque, the art show’s 2004 Honored Artist, has entered a recent oil painting, “Winter Cottonwoods at Sunset.” Best known for his magnificent landscapes of the American West, Hurley has been compared to Western masters such as Thomas Moran and hailed as America’s greatest living landscape painter.

The Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale culminates the night of Friday, Sept. 24 with a live auction. Artists participate in a Quick Draw on Saturday morning. Leading up to the sale, the art show features special exhibits, studio tours and artist demonstrations Sept. 22-25 as part of Cody’s annual arts celebration, the Rendezvous Royale.

The Rendezvous Royale also features the Western Design Conference – an exhibit of cutting-edge creations by 100 leading Western furnishing and fashion designers – and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s black-tie gala, the Patrons Ball.

The 2003 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale raised more than $724,000 and attracted 800 guests. The sale benefits the Buffalo Bill Historical Center – a complex of five museums including the Whitney Gallery of Western Art – and the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce.

For more information call Buffalo Bill Art Show Director Diane Ballard, (307) 587-5002, email art@codychamber.org, or visit www.buffalobillartshow.com.