A Bull, a Beer, and a Brushstroke

By Billie J Olson In 1912, the legendary “Cowboy Artist” Charles M. Russell walked into the newly opened Elks Lodge in Great Falls, Montana, with a rolled- up canvas under his arm. He tossed it [...]

The Art of the Common Ground

By Billie J Olson In the dust of the 1993 Calgary Stampede, a museum director named Lynn walked into a booth to inspect the Calgary Stampede Trophy. There stood Jay Contway, a man whose hands [...]