BOOTH BULLETIN March/April/May 2018

A PUBLICATION OF BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2018

FROM THE DIRECTOR One sure sign of spring is the annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering at Booth Museum. Kicking off this year's event is featured artist Z.Z. Wei whose work is fresh and new like spring itself. While Z.Z. Wei does not speak any English, his artwork speaks a universal language using light and shadow, symbols and everyday items to communicate effectively. The seemingly simple surfaces of his canvases give way, under further inspection, to subtle shadows and implied meanings. We are looking forward to Z.Z.'s presentation at the opening of the exhibition on March 8 which will be translated by his wife Lin. On a recent Friday night, we hosted a concert in our Bergman Theatre by the duo Forever Young, featuring Western music from Cowboy to (Patsy) Cline. This event was well received and, in response, we are offering several opportunities to be entertained at the Museum. Part of the Cowboy Gathering, will be the featured performer's presentation by Dave Stamey, perhaps the greatest cowboy balladeer alive. In April we will be offering a classical guitar and vocal concert featuring music from around the world as well as the cowboy tunes of the West. Meanwhile, Jim Dunham, will present his version of Trails Plowed Under in May, as he assumes the persona of Charles M. Russell, spinning stories and painting a classic Russell composition, while Jim Dorsett performs Western songs related to the work of Russell. As spring winds down, we will be greatly anticipating the opening of a photography exhibition featuring the work of Jay Dusard. While he is best known for his environmental portraits of cowboys and cowgirls, this exhibition will highlight the best of his work over the course of his 50 year plus career. Booth Museum has had a long association with Jay and is honored to have been designated as the future home for his life's work at his passing. The photographs that will make up the Booth exhibition will enter the permanent collection following the exhibition. This one is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Please explore these and other great events listed in this newsletter as well as on our website. I hope to see you often in our galleries and at our events in 2018! Seth Hopkins Executive Director The Booth Bulletin is now available in an electronic format. If you would like to receive your Booth Bulletin electronically, please email Karen Mahoney at [email protected] Cover: ©Z.Z. Wei, Tracks, 2012, oil on canvas, 72 x 72\", Private CollectionTHANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS CENTURY OF GEORGIA

MARCH15th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering March 8-10Named a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event in the Southeast for March 2018, this three-day celebration of theWest includes art-related events with Featured Artist Z.Z. Wei, concert with Featured Entertainer Dave Stamey,children's art activities, entertainment, cowboy music and poetry, the Southeastern Chuck Wagon Invitational,Cowboy Church, and much more! See Page 7 for the schedule of events.Opening Reception: Middle & High Schools Art Exhibition March 15, 5:00 pm Borderlands GallerySee the exhibition and meet the student-artists featured in the Middle & High Schools Art Exhibition. Lightrefreshments will be available in Borderlands Meeting Room. APRILArt for Lunch: The History of the Guitar April 4, 12:15 pm Booth BallroomJoin music professor and guitar instructor Nicolas Deuson as he lays out the history of the guitar and its prevalent usein the American West where Irish and Scotch ballads evolved into classic cowboy tunes. This will be an introduction tothe music to be performed in a concert on April 19. Lunch will be available for $10.00 plus tax. No outside food orbeverages. Program included with admission.Opening Reception: Primary & Elementary Schools Art Exhibition April 19, 5:00 pm Borderlands GallerySee the exhibition and meet the student-artists featured in the Primary & Elementary Schools Art Exhibition. Lightrefreshments will be available in Borderlands Meeting Room.Evening Entertainment:Classic Guitar Sounds and Songs, Western and Worldly April 19, 7:00 pm Bergman TheatreClassical guitarist Nicolas Deuson and vocalist Jonathan Pilkington will present a wide range of guitar driven songsfrom around the world including many from the American Southwest influenced by the Spanish settlers and classiccowboy ballads adapted from tunes popular in the British Isles. Tickets are $10 for members and $15 fornot-yet-members, plus tax.M AYArt for Lunch: Perini Cooking Camp May 2, 12:15 pm Booth BallroomIn early February, Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins attended a cooking school at the famed Perini RanchSteakhouse in Buffalo Gap, Texas. During the session, he will share some of the secrets he learned behind the scenes ofone of the great steakhouses in America. Lunch will be available for $10.00 plus tax. No outside food or beverages.Program included with admission.League of Dedicated Collectors May 3, 6:30 pm Borderlands Meeting RoomJoin the League of Dedicated Collectors for an informal discussion on the many aspects of collecting Native Americanjewelry, facilitated by Eric and Lynda Sermon. Stop by the front desk or call Membership Manager Karen Mahoney at770-387-8613 for more details.Opening Reception: Booth Artists' Guild Exhibition May 17, 5:00 pm Borderlands GallerySee the exhibition and meet the artists featured in the Booth Artists' Guild Annual Exhibition. Light refreshments willbe available in Borderlands Meeting Room.Dinner Theatre: Trails Plowed Under May 17, 6:00 pm Booth BallroomJoin Jim Dunham and Jim Dorsett as they perform Trails Plowed Under. Dunham will paint and perform as famousWestern artist Charlie Russell while Dorsett performs Western songs related to the work of Russell. All ticket holderswill have a chance to win the completed painting at the end of the show. The evening will include a delicious dinnerprepared by the Booth Café, a cash bar, and excellent entertainment. Doors open at 6:00 pm for dinner andentertainment will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $25 plus tax for Booth Museum Members and $30 plus tax fornot-yet-members and can be purchased by visiting the Museum or by calling 770-387-1300. 3

Z.Z. Wei: Shadow Stories © Z.Z. Wei, Roadside, 2008, oil on canvas, 40 x 80\", Private Collection\"Art begins when words fail. I communicate with my viewers through the emotions I create on canvas. It's a space for them to rest,to contemplate, to heal and to celebrate; it's an inner landscape for them to interact and interpret through their own perspective.These endless possibilities are what makes art powerful. I paint to open those possibilities for myself and for others.\" – Z.Z. WeiBorn as Zhao Baiwei in 1957 in Bejing, China, Z.Z. began painting at a young age. He was fortunate to have a father who lovedpainting and gave Z.Z. the kind of praise and encouragement that most artists only dream of. Wei was 8 years old during China'sCultural Revolution, art and painting helped him process the turmoil of this unstable period in his life.In 1989 he came to the United States as part of the Washington State Centennial Culture Connection Project. He lived and workedin Seattle through 1990 when he was invited to be a resident artist at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He made manyround trips between Seattle and Walla Walla, eventually deciding to move there and experience an American lifestyle that wouldallow him to live closer to nature.After settling in Walla Walla, he purchased his firstcar. That newfound freedom allowed him toexplore every back road he could find, eventuallymaking his way to the Palouse of EasternWashington and the vast expanses of the PacificNorthwest and beyond. His travels inspire hiswork which is richly complex, filled with humor,loneliness, peacefulness, grit and grace.About his style, Wei says, \"even though I amcategorized as a landscape painter, I am paintingpeople without actually painting people. Ashuman activities unfold upon a landscape, humannature is revealed in those forms. Our culture,spirit and values are spoken through the cultivateddirt, the wooden barn, the transportation and theharvested alfalfa. It's the story of humanity andtheir interaction with nature and theenvironment.\" ©Z.Z. Wei, Tree Farm, 2010, oil on canvas, 36 x 48\", Collection of the Artist Sponsored in part by:4 PATRICIA ROVZAR | GALLERY

ON EXHIBIT CIRCLE LEVEL RECOGNITION Thank you for your support CURATOR'S CIRCLESPECIAL EXHIBITION GALLERY DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE Greg and Kelly Altman Anonymous (3)Laura Wilson: That Day David AikenThrough April 29 William and Susan Brogdon Henry and Mary Carole BauerRenowned photographer Laura Wilson offers her vision of her adopted Steven and Kelly Buckner Larry and Linda Beardhome of Texas across the span of her career from the 1970s to the Walter H. Beckham, IIIpresent. Text from Wilson's journals accompanies the photographs. Danielle and Ted Davies Eileen Bennett Jim and Cindy Eaton Don and Becky BergertTEMPORARY EXHIBITION GALLERY James and Christi Edwards Richard and Lynn BerkowitzZ.Z. Wei: Shadow Stories Anne B. Eldridge Ray and Susan BernickThrough June 10Born and educated in China, painter Z.Z. Wei will be the Featured Artist Reid and Cathy Funston Christina and Paul Blackneyof the 2018 Southeastern Cowboy Gathering. Wei's work portrays a David and Cynthia Hayes David and Nancy Blevinswhimsical view of rural America. Opening reception March 8. Sponsored Craig and Deirdre Macnab Butch and Jane Bradshawin part by Blue Rain Gallery, Patricia Rovzar Gallery and WBHF Candace Alexander McNairCommunity Radio. Rick and Andrea Miller Gregory Brown and Brandy Minick Bill and Sandra ByersJay Dusard: A Retrospective-View Camera to Digital Derringer Nancy MontgomeryMay 19 - August 19 Donald J. Moschetti Sandy and Melissa CarterAs an architecture student, Dusard was awarded a travel scholarship that Joel and Karen Piassick Sam and Sheri Chilcotelead to his introduction to the American West. While working in Tucson, Butch and Catherine Rawson Ann and Thomas CurreyArizona, he started photographing the working cowboy, buckaroo and Don and Neva Rountree John and Edith Daubvaquero which lead to an incredible body of work. Opening reception Joyce Carter Stevens James and Judy DellingerJune 2. Robert and Mary Yellowlees Jim and Dory Dorsett Donald and Connie EvansBORDERLANDS GALLERY COLLECTOR'S CIRCLE Roy Gene and Pame Evans Michael and Robin FarrensGeorgia Wildlife Artists in SEWE: Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Walter and Evette Borchich Winn and Dawn ForknerThrough March 11 Ron and Lisa Brill Susan K. and Lance FriedlandWorks from thirteen Georgia Wildlife artists who exhibit as part of the Earline Burke Thomas and Patricia GibbsSoutheastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) are featured. The exhibit Dan and Betty Byrd John and Marty Gillinincludes both paintings and sculpture. Ron and Lynn Cagle Bill and Martha Hasty Doug and Susie HaugenMiddle & High Schools Art Exhibition Pete and Julie Contrucci Barry and Lynn HendersonMarch 13 - April 8 Fred and Beryl EverettWorks of art by emerging artists from Bartow County and Cartersville Barbara and Robert P. Hunter, Jr. Bobby and P.J. HillinCity Schools plus Excel Christian Academy. James and Rosalind Jeter Jack and Ellen HollandPrimary & Elementary Schools Art Exhibition James Kieffer Ben and Fran HollisApril 10 - May 13 Michael and Anne King Sarah and Jim KennedyWorks of art from Bartow County and Cartersville City Primary and John and Charlotte KimberlinElementary Schools plus Excel Christian Academy are featured in this James B. Millershowcase of young talent. George and Carol Overend Bryan King Luther and Teresa KingBooth Artists' Guild Exhibition James L. Rhoden, Jr. Jim and Joey LattimoreMay 15 - August 19 Otis And Sandy Scarborough Daniel and Brenda MahaffeyThis juried exhibition features works of painters and sculptors who aremembers of the Booth Artists' Guild. Please join us for the opening Manesa Short John Marianareception May 17 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Borderlands Meeting James and Levon Thomas Barbara MartinRoom. Jackie and Randy Thompson Janet Martin and Larry Eggersman Paul and Carla McCombsPICTURING AMERICA GALLERY Kathryn and Bill Winn David and Janice Miller George and Holly MontanusZoë Urness: Keeping the Traditions Alive Cobbs and Minta NixonThrough May 27 Larry and Connie OlsonUsing her art to help preserve the traditions of indigenous people, Tlingit Gillis and Anne Payneand Cherokee Native Zoë Urness connects the cultural past to modernday realities of the Native world through her photography. Pamela Platt Tom and Sandra Player Phil Rainwater Palma and Raymond Rhoades Mary Ann Scogin Hal Smith and Gerard Verzaal Ray and Monica Smith Terry and Margaret Stent Mel and Linda Teetz Ray Thacker Dee Venzer Jeffrey and Elizabeth Watkins Linda Whitmire and Billy Bradford Wendy Willson Herschel and Ruth Wisebram 5

League of Dedicated Collectors The League of Dedicated Collectors, in association with Booth Western Art Museum, invites you to become a part of this newly formed group! Meetings are held on a quarterly basis and include discussions on the many aspects of collecting Native American objects and cowboy and Western memorabilia. Held in an informal round table setting, individuals are encouraged to participate and share in dynamic discussions on the topics and themes presented. Through this group, we hope to expand our knowledge and to inspire continued learning into our various areas of interests, as well as to promote our roles as caretakers and stewards of art objects. Join us May 3 at 6:30 pm in Borderlands Meeting Room for our next meeting, when our topic will be Native American jewelry.6

THE 15th ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN COWBOY GATHERINGTHURSDAY, MARCH 810:00 am - 8:00 pm: Museum open.5:00 pm: Z.Z. Wei: Shadow Stories Gallery Walk in the Temporary Exhibition Gallery.6:00 pm: Featured Artist Reception in the Lucinda and James Eaton Sculpture Atrium.7:00 pm: Featured Artist Evening Lecture with Z.Z. Wei in Bergman Theatre.8:15 pm: Circle Member Dinner with Featured Artist Z.Z. Wei. To become a Circle Member, call 770-387-1541.FRIDAY, MARCH 99:30 am - 5:00 pm: Museum open.10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Featured Artist Z.Z. Wei Painting Demonstration.This is a rare opportunity to watch a master at work. Z.Z. Wei will show how he unites his art and life experiences.Registration is $30 for Booth Members, $40 for not-yet-members; includes Museum admission. Call 770-387-1553 toregister. Presented by Booth Art Academy.SATURDAY, MARCH 108:00 am – Noon: Southeastern Chuck Wagon Invitational9:00 am - 6:30 pm: Museum open.10:00 am: Cowboy Church with Jason Lyle. A non-denominational service featuring cowboy culture.10:00 am - 4:00 pm: FREE Children's Art Activities.10:30 am: Western music with Catherine Thompson, Western Music Association's 2017 Youth Female Yodeler of the Year.11:00 am: Western Writing Rodeo. Write a novel in 30 minutes! Hosted by Booth Writers Guild.11:00 am - 3:00 pm: The Art Comes to Life throughout the Museum.Noon: Chuck Wagon Lunch and Live Entertainment on the Museum Festival Grounds. Tickets are $17.50 plus tax;purchase online at boothmuseum.org, call 770-387-1300 or visit the Museum. Meal tickets are limited.1:00 pm: Western Singer/Songwriter Shane Queener. Straight out of Nashville - LIVE!2:00 pm: Singer/Songwriter Open Mic. Call 770-607-6372 to sign up.3:00 pm: Cowboy Poetry Rodeo Open Mic. Call 770-607-6372 to sign up.4:00 pm: Bullets and Ballads: gun tricks and classic songs from the silver screen with Jim Dunham and Phil Helton.7:00 pm: Dave Stamey Concert at the Grand Theatre. $25 plus tax and fees for Booth Museum Members and$30 plus tax and fees for not-yet-members. Purchase tickets online at thegrandtheatre.org. Presented by South 93.5.THE 15th ANNUAL SOUTHEASTERN COWBOY GATHERING 7 HILLS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF TRANSPORT GOLD CENTURY OF GEORGIABRONZEJOHNNY SON THE POT 7

* CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA 30120 NON-PROFIT * ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE*GEORGIA MUSEUMS, INC. BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM PO BOX 3070 PAID Permit No. 63 Cartersville, GA 30120OUR MISSION STATEMENT The Booth Western Art Museum will educate, entertain, and inspire guests through the exploration of Western art,popular culture, and American heritage in a welcoming environment. Lucinda and James Eaton Sculpture Atrium One of the highlights of Gala Weekend 2018 was the announcement of a generous gift by Director's Circle members Cindy & Jim Eaton. In recognition of their gift, Booth has named the Lucinda and James Eaton Sculpture Atrium in their honor. This space serves as a focal point in the Museum for important sculpture in the permanent collection, gatherings for Booth members and major community events. As a child, Cindy always wanted to be a cowgirl. Fast forward 40 years and guess what? A Western art museum was coming to her small southern town of Cartersville, Georgia! The minute she heard the news, she told herself \"I've got to be involved in that!\" She signed up to be a docent volunteer, received training and has been leading children's tours since 2003. As 2018 Gala Chairs and active Circle members, Jim and Cindy have contributed both their time and their financial resources to support a place that has enriched their lives. In her role as a docent, Cindy is filling a critical need at the Booth; helping the 19,000+ school children who tour the Museum each year have a memorable and dynamic learning experience. Cindy and Jim shared a few of the many reasons for their gift. \"It's been quite a journey. As the years have rolled by, Jim and I have become more involved in different ways and have come to love Western art and the history it represents. We appreciate the many opportunities Booth Museum has afforded us and wanted to leave a lasting legacy of support for its mission, 'to educate, entertain and inspire'.\" Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins expressed his gratitude to Jim and Cindy for the lasting impact their generosity will have for the Museum. \"The Eaton Sculpture Atrium is one of the most beautiful spaces in the Museum; and, to have it named for two of our most loyal and long term supporters, is very exciting. It will be a reminder of their support to future generations, including their grandchildren. We are honored to call them friends.\"