Our Mission is to perpetuate the cultural legacy of Mitchell by offering rewarding and educational opportunities through historical and artistic experiences.

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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

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Museum opens for the season.

MAY 7 -  JUNE 20

"A Celebration of  Hispanic Art"

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta with the opening of our new Santos, Retablos & Penitente Devotional Icons Exhibit. Mariachis, Taco Bar, no charge.  Prominent Hispanic artists' exhibition featuring Lorenzo Chavez, Ernie Gallegos, Symfy Gallegos ,Claudia Lange, Emmanuel Martinez, Cindy Montoya, Tony Ortega, James Roybal, Nathan Solano, & more.

Artist's Reception May 6 from 5-8 pm

JULY 2 -  AUGUST 15

"Women of Design"

Featuring:

 Karen Howl - Woodworking & Paintings,

Max Michaels - Ceramics,

Judy Fuentes - Glass,

and Weavings by Joan Archuleta, Bonnie Julsen,

and Barbara McKnight

Artist's Reception July 1 from 5-8 pm

AUGUST 27 - OCTOBER 3

"The Mitchell's National Invitational Painting Show"

Mary Deloyht Arendt ,  Ken Auster, Tracy  Wright Avant, Victoria Brooks, John Budicin, Lorenzo Chavez,  Gil Dellinger,  Gay Faulkenberry ,  Millie Greene,   Frank LaLamia,   Paula Little,   Kevin Macpherson , Wanda Macpherson, Eric Michaels,     Paul Milosevich,  Cindy Montoya,  Mark Moseman, Shirley Novak,  Ralph Oberg, Tom Owen,  Jean  Perry,   Lois Peterson,  Carla Reeves,  Ron Rencher, Randy Sexton, Matt Smith,  Brian Stewert, Linda Tippetts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Music  By:  Terry Lakes

Artist's Reception August 26 from 5-8

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! 

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!