Museum of the Big Bend

Sul Ross State University, 400 N. Harrison Street, C-101, Alpine, TX 79832, (432) 837-8730, www.museumofthebigbend.com

The new Emmett and Miriam Mccoy Museum of the Big Bend building features two exhibit spaces. The Tom Lea Gallery is dedicated to the art of this late El Paso artist. Featured in this gallery are Lea’s paintings on loan from the Dallas Museum of Art that tells the story of how cattle came to the Americas, titled Western Beef Cattle. The second exhibit space is a rotating exhibit gallery that hosts four exhibits each year. The museum is excited to host Andy Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians, his last series of screen prints, March 1 to June 1, 2024. This exhibit was organized by the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. The museum’s summer show will be in partnership with the Texas Photographic Society.

From September 12 to 14, is the museum’s 38th Annual Trappings of Texas show and sale featuring custom cowboy gear and contemporary Western art. Trappings artists all have a connection to the cowboy way of life, and this relationship is reflected in their work.

The Museum of the Big Bend concludes its fall schedule with artwork curated by Russell Tether featuring works by contemporary MexicanAmerican artists Adrian Aguirre, Gaspar Enriquez, Elisa Jiménez and the late Louis Jiménez.