Canada: James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art inspires rich and diverse heritage
St. Petersburg, Apr 17 (IBNS): The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, FL (U.S.) inspires thousands of visitors to its rich heritage of the American West through a variety of programs and educational opportunities, media reports said.
The James Museum has its roots in the passion for art and culture shared by co-founders Tom and Mary James, and their love for St. Petersburg, the city where they lived.
During their travel to the West a long time ago they were captivated by the art of contemporary artists and were motivated to buy pieces not only for their personal pleasure, but also to help the artists earn a living.
They started collecting works in oil, in ink, and in stone and soon led to the growth of a an artistic legacy of emerging artists and living legends.
The James Museum collection is arranged in themed galleries: Introductory Gallery, Early West; Native Life; Native Artists; Frontier; Wildlife; and New West. The galleries connect one to the next, much like the stories in the art relate to each other.
Hundreds of paintings and sculptures are on display for enjoyment, education, and inspiration.
All these themed galleries are portrayed in different coloured walls.
The introductory gallery (sand-colored) includes an orientation theater along with several paintings of landscapes and sculptures of historical figures.
Early West gallery (rust), features works by Russell and Remington and portray the oldest paintings in the collection, from the 1890s to the 1940s. This gallery flows into the Native Life gallery (blue-gray), which focuses on the daily and cultural life of American Indians in the 1800s through a variety of styles and mediums.
The Native Life gallery opens up into the Native Artists gallery (deep gold) which is is dedicated to art by 20th and 21st century American Indian artists. Cultural influences are prominent in much of the work, shown using a variety of styles and techniques. The Jewel Box within this gallery celebrates contemporary Native American jewelry.
From the Native Artists gallery, visitors can enter the Frontier (burnt sienna), which portrays a visual history of the work involved in making the colonial concept. It also provides glimpses of less frequently explored themes with works by Chinese artists. It also explores cowboy life and their independent, hard-working culture. Also included are visual stories of expansion westward, the fur trade, and the adventurous Wild West.
The Wildlife Gallery showcases paintings and sculptures of North American mammals and birds, then expands to animals from around the globe.
The New West Gallery features Western subjects inspired by Pop Art, Cubism, and other movements portraying the independent spirit of the West in new ways.
Then there is a special exhibition gallery and the Arroyo gallery.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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