Western Art Trail: December 2025

Our guide to special events, sales & auctions from coast to coast

Ed Mell (1942-2024), Desert’s Spirit, 2022, oil on linen board, 12 x 9 in.

November

Nov. 16, 2025-Oct. 26, 2026
Wagon Road to Mother Road
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA
Flagstaff, AZ – (928) 774-5213
www.musnaz.org

Nov. 22, 2025-Jan. 10, 2026
Silver Saddles and the Silver Screen: The Golden Age of Hollywood
MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
Kerrville, TX – (830) 896-2553
www.museumofwesternart.com

Nov. 28, 2025-Oct. 18, 2026
Ed Mell: In the Studio
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
Phoenix, AZ – (602) 257-1880
www.phxart.org

December

On View Now
Ben Steele: A POP of Art!
JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART
St. Petersburg, FL – (727) 892-4200
www.thejamesmuseum.org

December 4-24
Kathryn Stedham: The Expansive West
BLUE RAIN GALLERY
Durango, CO – (970) 232-2033
www.blueraingallery.com

December 5-31
Annual Small Works
MANITOU GALLERIES
Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440
www.manitougalleries.com

Dec. 5, 2025-Apr. 11, 2026
Lighting the Way: Robert Lougheed and His Legacy
STEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM
Steamboat Springs, CO – (970) 870-1755
www.steamboatartmuseum.org

Through December 6
Phyllis Shafer
STREMMEL GALLERY
Reno, NV – (775) 786-0558
www.stremmelgallery.com

December 6-20
Pop American Realism: Tippin the Scales of the Modern West
MAXWELL ALEXANDER GALLERY
Pasadena, CA – (213) 275-1060
maxwellalexandergallery.com

Dec. 6, 2025-Jan. 3, 2026
Small Works & More
THE PLAINSMEN GALLERY
Dunedin, FL – (727) 734-8200
www.plainsmengallery.com

Through December 7
Wild Arizona: Native Arizona Plants and Places
ARIZONA-SONORAN DESERT MUSEUM
Tucson, AZ – (520) 883-2702
www.desertmusum.org

December 11-31
Annual Small Works Show
LEGACY GALLERY
Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-1113
www.legacygallery.com

Opens December 12
Julia Arriola: Reframing Myth
MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY
Tucson, AZ – (520) 722-7798
www.medicinemangallery.com

December 12-31
Small Works Holiday Show
PARSONS GALLERY OF THE WEST
Taos, NM – (575) 737-9200
www.parsonsart.com

December 18
Young Guns Art Show & Reception
THE LEGACY
Denver, CO
www.coorswesternart.com

Through December 20
Great American West
SETTLERS WEST GALLERY
Tucson, AZ – (520) 299-2607
www.settlerswest.com

Through December 31
Resonance 2025: Fourth Annual Art Invitational
A.R. MITCHELL MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
Trinidad, CO – (719) 846-4224
www.armitchellmuseum.com

Through December 31
Woolaroc Exhibition & Sale
WOOLAROC MUSEUM & WILDLIFE PRESERVE
Bartlesville, OK – (918) 336-0307
www.woolaroc.org

Melinda Littlejohn, The Song Keeper, oil on board, 6 x 6 in.

January

Through January 3, 2026
Society of Animal Artists’ 65th Annual Art & The Animal Exhibition
THE ART MUSEUM OF EASTERN IDAHO
Idaho Falls, ID – www.societyofanimalartists.com

Through January 4, 2026
Birds in Art
LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM
Wausau, WI – (715) 845-7010
www.lywam.org

Through January 5, 2026
American Plains Artists 40th Annual Juried Show
PEARCE MUSEUM AT NAVARRO COLLEGE
Corsicana, TX – www.americanplainsartists.com

January 7-11
LA Art Show
LA CONVENTION CENTER
Los Angeles, CA – www.laartshow.com