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Driving Off Rustlers- A.R. Mitchell

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Operating Hours
Tuesday- Saturday
10:00-4:00 Sunday 12:00-4:00

Directors
Paula Little & Joanie Hessling Welcome You!

A.R. Mitchell Museum Schedule of Shows

Friday, May 1, 2009
Museum opens for the season.

May 1-30, 2009
"...................DISTANCE the northeastern corner of New Mexico"                                                        Photography by Tim Keller and Rick Smith.           Artist's Reception May 8 from 5-8 pm

June 5-27, 2009
"Southwest Wanderings"                                                In support of Keeping Piñon Canyon a Wild and Sacred Place.                                                                 Paintings and Photographs by artists Debra Bernhardt/Fran Dodd/Doug Holdread/Tim Keller/ Frank LaLumia/Paula Little/Linda Mahoney/             Eric Michaels/Lois Petersen/AmandaThompson/ Eldon Warren                                                          Artist's Reception June 4 from 5-8 pm

July 3- August 1, 2009
"A Lois Petersen and Marilyn Leuszler Masters Show"                                                                     Paintings by Lois Petersen and Marilyn Leuszler Artist's Reception July 2 from 5-8 pm

August 7-29, 2009
"Over the Hill and Back"                                              Human Interest Photos from Raton, Trinidad and Beyond.                                                                  Photography by Dave Frank                                               Artist's Reception August 6 from 5-8 pm

September 4-30
"Western Art Bronze & Paintings of the West" Sculpture by Stephen E. Lee                                      Paintings by Cindy Montoya, Marv Newton, and     Sam Hughes                                                                        Artist's Reception September 3 5-8 pm

Please see "Events" page for music, food, and party scheduling.

Interior of the museum
The A.R. Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art is housed in
Trinidad Colorado's historic Jamieson Department store, built in 1906.
This gorgeous, well-loved location is the hub for gallery events
and invitational and juried art shows.
150 East Main St.
Trinidad Colorado
81082
719-846-4224

Find out about "Mitch"
as:

an artist

an illustrator

a friend of
the famous!

The museum features over 350 of Arthur Roy Mitchell's paintings.
"The Mitch" also houses a selection of works by his mentors, friends and contemporaries, including Harvey Dunn, Harold Von Schmidt, Nick Eggenhoffer, Larry Heller, Grant Reynard and Ned Jacob.
An extraordinary collection of Spanish colonial folk art is on display in the main floor gallery. This diverse collection includes devotional works, decorative items and furniture. Featured are bultos, retablos and tin work created in the early 1900's by now famous "santeros". An elk hide painting, believed to have been painted by Franciscan monks, dates to the early 1700's and serves as the centerpiece for the exhibit. Numerous Penitente artifacts and religious images are displayed in this remarkable collection.

The Mitchell Museum boasts a fine collection of historic photographs by Trinidad native O.E Aultman, and his contemporaries, Benjamin Wittick, and Almeron Newman. Currently on exhibit is a collection of antique cameras, selected Ben Wittick photos, Newman's panoramic photographs, and the "Century of Commerce" exhibit featuring O.E Aultman and his son Glen Aultman's photographs spanning 100 years!