A Message from the Executive Director – September 2022 Newsletter

Sep 19, 2022 | News

Recently I had the privilege of serving as a judge for the Eiteljorg Museum’s 17th annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale in Indianapolis. Wow, do they know how to ‘get it right!’ The artwork, the exhibition design, the activities, and the hospitality were all...

A Conversation with Board of Trustee Christine Mollring

Aug 29, 2022 | News

Christine Mollring was born and educated in Santos, Brazil. Her parents, Henry and Mollie Usher, were both Londoners. At the age of 15, after the close of World War II, she traveled to London with her sister and paternal grandmother. Having danced ballet for 10 years,...

In the “Footprint” of Western Spirit—Part 1.

Aug 29, 2022 | Education, News

Along the bottom of this “plane’s-eye view” of Old Town Scottsdale, taken in 1936, you will note the two blocks between Main Street and 2nd Street. This—the site where Western Spirit now stands—was once Doc Bishop’s cotton and alfalfa fields. T. S. “Doc” Bishop,...

A Message from the Executive Director

Aug 29, 2022 | Announcements, News

Museums are informal lifelong learning environments; that’s what lured me to this profession. More polarized than ever, our society needs these types of learning environments, as underscored by a program we hosted a few weeks ago. How do I know the program resonated...