As craftsmen and artists we generally spend 360 days of the year in solitary confinement and then get in community for five days. It’s great to see everyone in one place surrounded by the art. Not only do we get to push ourselves to our limits, but we get to expose the industry to the work being done at the highest level. It’s our greatest medium and the greatest place for education. If you bring a show that represents your discipline and pushes your limits and the limits of the industry, we’re fulfilling the mission of the TCAA: to preserve and promote the skills of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing, and rawhide braiding and the role of these traditional crafts in the cowboy culture of the North American West.Ĭ&I: What role does the Cowboy Crossings show play in the overall mission of the TCAA?Ĭapron: Cowboy Crossings is the heartbeat of our organization. I like to say the TCAA has one small obligation: Bring the best three pieces you’ve ever made in your life each and every year. As soon as I’m done with the work for one show, I’m already thinking about how I’m going to do better the following year. I spend four to six months of the year doing work devoted to the TCAA show. The first week of August is usually the deadline. Wilson Capron: I have a small anxiety problem that I won’t meet next year’s deadline of August 1. We caught up with TCAA president and bit and spur maker Wilson Capron to talk about the 20th anniversary of the TCAA, the work he’ll be showing at Cowboy Crossings, and what he’s looking forward to about the show.Ĭowboys & Indians: What have you been working on for the Cowboy Crossings show? I imagine you’ve been busy. Selections of the work to be featured at the show are previewed in the slideshow below. The Cowboy Crossings show brings together the top tier of artists and craftsmen working in the Western arts for the premier annual show at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.Ĭollectors and the public alike mark their calendars and wouldn’t miss the opportunity to see what the members of the Cowboy Artists of America and the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association have been working on all year for the big event. The president of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association previews one of the most significant Western art events, kicking off October 4 – 6, 2018 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
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