The Great Basin Western Art Foundation is an organization associated
with the Northeastern Nevada Museum. The intention of the
foundation is to collect, preserve, and display visual art specific to the
Great Basin and to Western Culture.
The spirit and mystique of the Old West is alive today in Elko. This is
due in large part to the bustling ranching economy, the active rodeo
community, and a common love of the outdoor experience that
surrounds the high desert town. The Great Basin Western Art
Foundation hopes to present and conserve that culture through art.
As an organization devoted to preserving art of the Great Basin, we
also want to support artists whose work is regionally western but may
not fall within the stylistic genre of western art. It is our hope that we
may display many forms of art in order to expose Northeatern Nevada
to different kinds of expression.
The primary goal of the Great Basin Western Art Foundation is to
generate funds that will aid in building a western and regional art
collection at the Northeastern Nevada Museum.
The annual Art of the West Show exhibits in conjunction with the
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering held in Elko the last week of
January. Each year, the Great Basin Western Art Foundation will
purchase one piece from the show for the Northeastern Nevada
Museum's permanent art collection. Members of the foundation will
vote on which piece to purchase. Voting takes place by mailed ballot.
Membership is $100 each year. Your generosity will help ensure Western Art
thrives in Nevada's Frontier. Join Today!
Will James, High Bucking Horse, 1930.
Museum collection donated by Don Frazier
Part of the Flagship of the museum's Western Art collection.
www.GreatBasinWesternArtFoundation.org
Great Basin Western Art Foundation
Myles Alexander Crouch
The Couple’s Ride
Colored Pencil on Ledger Paper
2019 Art of the West purchase
Billy Schenck
Baying Wolves
Serigraph Print
Donated by artist 2019