Membership is by invitation. A member of the Cowboy Artists of America may identify and refer a candidate to the full membership for consideration.
Recommendations for membership are based on the original purposes and goals of the organization:
Educational;
to investigate, discuss, perpetuate and publish, through art, painting, drawing and sculpting;
the authentic facts and color relative to the historic, social, political, economic and religious background of the American West;
to, wherever possible, preserve a record of the cultural background and evolution of the American Western Region, as it was then and is now;
to hold an annual art exhibit;
to help inform and educate the public about the true Western heritage and to encourage and promote the collection and preservation thereof;
to conduct an annual Trail Ride, or Rendezvous, to recreate and rekindle, as near as possible, the spirit of the old American West;
and, to promote all corollary activities thereto.
We strive to achieve these goals in the tradition of Remington and Russell.
