Agua Caliente, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum Complex

July 2024

Dear Readers,

We have a great line up this month with articles on organizations and museums from Palm Springs, California and Cody, Wyoming to Buffalo, New York. Very positive news is in from the American for the Arts Action Fund on the amount of investment and return (jobs, community resources, improving services) that is being generated by the arts in the U.S. today. Please see the introduction to their report on our website!

Paul Clemence brings us to Palm Springs and writes, "way before the arrival of the Rat Pack crowd and their dry martini cocktail fueled lifestyle, Palm Springs was the home of the Cahuilla people. With the opening last year of the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in the heart of the city, that important Native American legacy will be both preserved and celebrated."

Linda Cabasin takes us to Buffalo where she presents one of America's cultural gems, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly named the Albright-Knox Art Gallery). Linda showcases the Buffalo AKG Art Museum's major transformation that added gallery space and enhanced the museum’s campus to better welcome and serve a diverse community.

Marybeth Bond brings us to Cody, Wyoming where, amidst stagecoaches and rodeos, she presents the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, a complex of five Smithsonian-affiliated museums and a research library, that offer an immersive experience in Western art and history.

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Victoria Larson

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Agua Caliente Cultural Museum: Land Acknowledgement In Built Form

By Paul Clemence

The desert city of Palm Springs is renowned for the mid-century modern architecture that blossomed there as the area became a quick getaway for the Hollywood movie stars looking to escape the tight studio grip and the tabloid media of the 1940’s and 50’s. But way before the arrival of the Rat Pack crowd and their dry martini cocktail fueled lifestyle, Palm Springs was the home of the Cahuilla people, who had inhabited the area for hundreds of years. Now, with the opening last year of the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in the heart of the city, that important Native American legacy will be both preserved and celebrated! Read on

A Museum Transformed: The Buffalo AKG Art Museum

By Linda Cabasin

In June 2024, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly named the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening after a major transformation that added gallery space and enhanced the museum’s campus to better welcome and serve a diverse community. Known for its superb collection of modern and contemporary art, the museum doubled its exhibition space. Read on

Riding High in Cody, Wyoming: Where Rodeo Meets Western Art

By Marybeth Bond

Cody, Wyoming, a picturesque gateway to Yellowstone National Park, embodies the essence of an authentic Western town. Locals don cowboy hats, paint and photograph western scenes, compete in nightly summer rodeos, and enjoy live bands in outdoor beer gardens. Horse-drawn stagecoaches parade through town, and world-class Western art museums attract visitors seeking a genuine Western experience. Read on

State of the Arts in America is Looking Up!

By Publisher of Side of Culture

The American for the Arts Action Fund is a national organization dedicated to supporting the arts in the America. The following information and charts come directly from their newsletter and their website. We felt the information was so important that we want to share it with you this month. Read on