Linda Blackburn | Law of the Saddle (II)
June 1 – September 1 | 2019
Guest Curator, Rachael Cozad
You wouldn’t have guessed that Linda Blackburn hadn’t visited the Kansas Flint Hills before this exhibition.
Her Law of the Saddle (II)
landscapes and interiors are right at home in the tall grass prairie, home of many tales of the great American West. But beyond the traditional and universal themes in the Western movie genre (frontier and personal justice, honor codes and social order in the courtroom or barroom) the viewer finds that the real theater here is in her brushstrokes, her color palette, and her compositions. More often than not, a subtle sense of humor permeates her scenes, even when high drama is what is supposed to be taking place. She consistently plays with scale and gesture, imbuing everything (even her rocks and mesas) with a certain stance that becomes a central part of the dialogue.
-Rachael Blackburn Cozad, Curator
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Summer Fun At Volland
JUNE 1 – SEPTEMBER 1
LINDA BLACKBURN |
Law of the Saddle (II)
Opening Reception June 2 | Artist talk 2pm
Lunch with the artist and curator | 12:30pm
Lunch reservations $12.50 |
here
Closing Reception Sept 1 | 12-5pm
JUNE 8
“Bison, Saddles and Cherokee Maidens”
Artist Zhang Hongtu and Poet Mary Pinard | 4pm
BBQ Dinner by reservation
here
| $13.50 | 5pm
The Cherokee Maidens and Sycamore Swing | 7pm
Advance concert tickets | $10
here | $15 at the door
JULY 27
Charro Jerry Diaz and Company Traditional Vaquero (Mexican cowboy) demonstration | Food and music 5:30pm
Performance | 7:30pm | Free will offering
AUGUST 4
“Calamity Jane”
first-person narrative by Dr. Joyce Thierer of
Ride into History | 2pm
AUGUST 24
Stargazing at Volland
Jerelyn and Paul Ramirez, Kansas Astronomical Observers | Stargazing | Star Stories | Music | 7:30pm
