March, 2022 - Western Spirit: Scottdale's Museum of the West

Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West Makes Key Development Hire to Spur Future Growth

Mar 9, 2022 | News

Dr. James Burns, Executive Director, is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Michael Zirulnik as Development Director for the museum. In his new role, which began on February 2nd, Dr. Zirulnik will be responsible for engaging locally, regionally, and across the...

Back-Tracking In Memory – A new book sees Charlie Russell through Nancy Russell’s eyes and words

Mar 9, 2022 | News

Here’s the truth: if Charlie Russell hadn’t married Nancy Cooper, he would not have become the Russell we know as one of the most important, prized, and beloved painters and sculptors of the rapidly changing West. Had he remained a bachelor—like the lone wolf in some...

Three Questions for Western Spirit, Board of Trustees Member, Joan Fudala

Mar 9, 2022 | Uncategorized

1. Can you tell us something about your background and how you became interested in the story and art of the American West? I was born in Ohio and came to Arizona for the first time in 1961. The wide open sky and landscape, not cowboys, that attracted me. That, and my...

Docent Profile: Howard Calvert

Mar 9, 2022 | News

Howard Calvert is a former Scottsdale Unified School District Elementary Teacher, teaching for over 30 years. He has been a docent at Western Spirit since the museum’s first year, starting in February of 2015. Howard engages and educates our visitor public with...

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Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West Makes Key Development Hire to Spur Future Growth

Back-Tracking In Memory – A new book sees Charlie Russell through Nancy Russell’s eyes and words

Three Questions for Western Spirit, Board of Trustees Member, Joan Fudala

Docent Profile: Howard Calvert

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