Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, March 31st, 2022, Western Spirit hosted a lively and timely evening event, Edward Curtis and Red Cloud: Connecting the Past to the Present. Edward Curtis’ great-grandson, John Edward Graybill, read an original speech given by Curtis in Santa Fe, New...Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
48 Arizona Women and the Arizona Historical Society have selected the 48 Most Intriguing Women of Arizona for 2022. Now 11 years old, 48 Arizona Women, the sponsoring organization based in Scottsdale, started as an official Arizona Centennial Project in 2010 to...Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Q: You and your family are no newcomers to Scottsdale and the Phoenix area. Would you talk a bit about your family’s background here? A: I’m from the 4th generation in my family to winter in Arizona. My great-grandparents first stayed at Castle Hot Springs...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...Jan 12, 2022 | Edward S. Curtis, Uncategorized
Because photogravures ultimately derive from photographs, we tend to think of them as photographs, that is, printed images replicated from negatives. In truth, photogravures are created by means of a complex process involving numerous delicate, hands-on steps that...Dec 6, 2021 | Edward S. Curtis, Uncategorized
An Encounter with Edward Curtis Come and hear Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) reflect on his adventures, tragedies, and triumphs in “An Encounter with Edward Curtis,” a living history bio drama. A self-taught photographer and prolific artist with boundless energy...