Masters of the American West at the National Center of the American West in Los Angeles, Calif., presents new works by the nation's leading contemporary Western artists.

Participating CAA Artists:
Harley Brown
John Coleman
Don Crowley
Oreland C. Joe, Sr.
Mehl Lawson
Herb Mignery
Bill Nebeker
Jim C. Norton
Howard Terpning

Learn more: http://theautry.org/masters/2010/

Night of Artists Sale and Gala at The Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, features more than 50 Western artists.

Participating CAA Artists:
John Coleman
T.D. Kelsey
Bill Nebeker

Learn more: http://www.briscoemuseum.org/

CA member John Coleman will unveil the final two sculptures in The Explorer Artists Bodmer/Catlin Series at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale. Learn more: http://www.legacygallery.com

CAA member Oreland Joe will be at the 52nd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 6-7, 2010. Joe will display and sell his sculpture, as well as the sterling silver jewelry he makes using the traditional tufa stone method.

One of Arizona’s most significant cultural events, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market is a world-acclaimed festival that draws nearly 20,000 visitors and more than 700 of the nation’s most outstanding and successful American Indian artists.

Learn more: http://heard.org/fair/artist.html

Five members of the Cowboy Artists of America will participate in the 42nd Annual C.M. Russell Auction and Exhibitors' Show in Great Falls, Mont., from March 17-20, 2010.

Artwork by the following CAA Members will be available at the show:
Harley Brown
Fred Fellows
David Halbach
Dave Powell
Clark Kelley Price

View artwork and learn more: http://www.cmrauction.com/Website/Schedule.aspx

Eight CAA members will participate in The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum, a three day benefit for the C.M. Russell Museum, from March 18-20 in Great Falls, Mont. This is the first time that the C.M. Russell Museum will host an event to solely benefit the Museum.

Artwork by the following CAA Members will be available at the benefit:
Wayne Baize
Harley Brown
Loren Entz
Oreland Joe
Paul Moore
Bill Nebeker
Jim Norton
Dave Powell

View artwork and learn more: http://www.therussell.org/

The art of several Active and Emeritus CAA members will be available at “Western Classics” at Trailside Galleries in Scottsdale, Ariz., from March 15-28, 2010. This show features all-new traditional western paintings and sculpture by more than 30 of the leading western representational artists in the country. An artists' reception is scheduled for Thursday, March 25th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery.

Participating Active CAA Members:
Wayne Baize
Harley Brown
Fred Fellows
Bruce Greene
Bill Nebeker
Gary Niblett
Jim Norton
Dave Powell
Clary Kelley Price

Participating Emeritus CAA Members:
Don Crowley
Herb Mignery
Gordon Snidow

Learn more: http://www.trailsidegalleries.com/

As part of its new Mentoring Program, Cowboy Artists of America will take over Scottsdale Artists School in April 2010, when some members of the group hold a week of mentoring classes for up-and-coming western artists.

The classes will be held the week of April 17-23, 2010. The following artists will teach classes on the dates specified below:

Harley Brown: April 17-18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lessons with Harley Brown
Tuition: $400 +$35 Model fee
Drawing: ADV
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383038/Registration.aspx

John Coleman: April 19-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sculpting the Human Form
Tuition: $995 +$35 Model fee
Sculpture: ADV, Juried Admission
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383039/Registration.aspx

Bruce Greene: April 19-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oil Painting
Tuition: $750 +$35 Model fee
Oil Painting: ADV, Juried Admission
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383130/Registration.aspx

Mehl Lawson: April 19-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sculpting the Horse and Cowboy
Tuition: $635
Sculpture: Oil based clay; BEG – ADV
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383131/Registration.aspx

Oreland C. Joe: April 19-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Stone Sculpture
Tuition: $810 / Sculpture: Stone Carving BEG – ADV
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383132/Registration.aspx

R.S. Riddick: April 19-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Draw and Paint the Figure
Tuition: $995 +35 Model fee
Oil painting, Drawing: ADV, Juried Admission
http://reg129.imperisoft.com/SAS/ProgramDetail/33383133/Registration.aspx

Scholarships are available through the Joe Beeler Cowboy Artists Foundation. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides scholarships to deserving artists to help them continue their education. The Foundation was named in honor of Joe Beeler, one of the founders of the CAA who exemplifies the spirit of the organization. You can make a tax-deductible donation to the Joe Beeler Cowboy Artists Foundation by mailing a check (made out to the foundation name) to: Joe Beeler Cowboy Artist Foundation, PO Box 11348, Prescott, AZ 86304-1348.

Registration opened in mid July. To register or inquire about available scholarships, call 480-990-1422 or 1-800-333-5707 or visit http://www.ScottsdaleArtSchool.org.

CA John Coleman will be featured in the Rendezvous Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition and Art Sale with artist Carrie Ballantyne at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla., on April 16, 2010. Coleman also will give a talk that day at 10:30 a.m., sharing the stories and inspiration behind his sculptures.

Learn more: http://gilcrease.utulsa.edu/index.aspx

CAA member Bill Owen was selected as one of only two contemporary artists invited to have their art on display in The Horse. This long-running, traveling exhibition opened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and will exhibit in four other locations: The Field Museum in Chicago; the Abu Dhabi Cultural Center, United Arab Emirates; the San Diego Natural History Museum; and the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau. The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, loaned Bill Owen’s 1973 piece, No Place for a Gunsel, to this exhibition from their permanent collection.

Update: Due to the popularity of The Horse, locations have been added and the exhibition will now run through 2013:

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, 2/27/2009 - 5/25/2009
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, 5/1/2010 - 10/17/2010
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 2/11/2011 - 7/4/2011
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, 4/2012 - 8/2012
Prairiefire Museum, Kansas City, KS, 1/2013 - 10/2013

CA member John Coleman will unveil the final two sculptures in The Explorer Artists Bodmer/Catlin Series at Legacy Gallery in Jackson. Learn more: http://www.legacygallery.com

CAA member John Moyers will participate in a show with his wife, artist Terri Kelly Moyers, and artist Doug Hyde at Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, N.M., in August 2010.

Learn more: http://www.matteucci.com/