Cowboy True

09/19/2026

09/11/2026

Be sure to check out the Clay County Pioneer Reunion Art Show & Contest next weekend in Henrietta!

09/01/2026

Today is the last day to enter the Pioneer Reunion Poetry Gathering!

Go to https://www.ccpr1932.com/forms-1 to get all the details and guidelines for both the Junior and Open contests.

06/21/2026

Thank you, Dr. Parkey, for sharing your talent on behalf of Cowboy True!

05/21/2026

Cowboys and cowgirls aren't just in Texas! This year's Cowboy True exhibition features artists from a variety of backgrounds and places. But the one thing they have in common is a love for the cowboy way of life.

And don't forget! There's one week left to see the Cowboy True exhibition at the Kemp Center. 35 works by 18 artists from all across the country highlights the diversity of the Cowboy True experience.

05/15/2026

Big thanks to our volunteers and group leaders today for their help guiding 250 elementary students around the Kemp Center!

05/15/2026

Giddy up! 🐴 Today, 250 elementary students from Chillicothe, Archer City, and WFISD/Zundy joined us for our annual Cowboy True Field Day; a hands-on celebration of cowboy culture, western arts, and frontier traditions! From line dancing and cowboy trail songs to dummy roping, stick horse races, and more, students spent the morning learning through play, movement, music, and storytelling.

Cowboy culture is built on creativity, resilience, community, and tradition, and we loved seeing these young cowboys and cowgirls experience it all firsthand.

Thank you to our volunteers, educators, and community partners who helped bring these interactive stations to life and made today such a memorable experience!

• Wichita County 4-H - Dr. “B” Healthy
• Bethany Calloway - Line Dancing
• Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Rebecca Jane Fisher Chapter - Frontier History
• Doc Parkey & David Holcomb - Trail Songs
• PRCA Rodeo - Roping
• Whispers of Hope Horse Farm - Saddles & Horses
• Nancy Scott & Carol Sales - Stick Horse Races
• Christen Horner - Gallery Visit & Artist Talk
• Wichita Falls Area Food Bank - Cowboy Cutting Skills
• Laura Gillis - How To Draw A Longhorn

05/13/2026

Artist Spotlight! Lucile Wedeking (Stamford, Texas)

Lucile Wedeking is a contemporary oil painter best-known for her interpretations merging the Old and New West. Her work combines a modern dreamscape of color with historic western imagery pulled from extensive archival treasure hunts. In addition to her professional studio practice, Lucile enjoys time spent raising registered and pure bred Brangus cattle with her husband and family on their West Texas ranch.

05/12/2026

Artist Spotlight! Trish Stevenson (Sidney, Montana)

Growing up in a rural area west of Denver, Trish Stevenson was either riding horses or drawing them and even then, considered herself an artist. Now, during the twenty-plus years she has called Montana home, she has been inspired to paint the people, animals and action of the West, focusing on capturing their spirit and attitude in her oil or pastel paintings. She is a Founding Member and Signature Member of the Cowgirl Artists of America.

Trish Stevenson Fine Art

05/11/2026

Artist Spotlight! Beth Prichard (Loving, Texas)

Beth Prichard paints and raises horses in North Texas. Combining an impressionistic style with observational detail, she shares the joy, love, and hard work that goes into caring for horses.