September 2025

For 39 years, the Museum of the Big Bend has been honored to showcase works of art created by the men and women who live and embody the cowboy lifestyle in Trappings of Texas. Once again, artists along with art connoisseurs will gather for this celebration in the newest addition to the Museum of the Big Bend, the Emmett and Miriam McCoy Building.

• Carol Arnold • Brian Asher • Wayne Baize • Morgan Bassam • Tim Bishop • Wyatt Bishop • Teal Blake • Mike Capron • Wilson Capron • Caroline Korbell Carrington • William Carrington • Greg Clark • Salvador Cobos • Valerie Coe • Beau Compton • Doug Cook • Tyler Crow • Katie Betsill Del Vecchio • June Dudley • Cotton Elliott • Teresa Elliott • Wayne Franklin • Jerry Galloway • Cesar Gallegos • Randy Glover • Barry Guillory • Sarah Harless • J.T. Hudson • William Kalwick • Frank ‘Buddy’ Knight • Douglas Krause • Tyler Krause • Ladden Ledbetter • Alice Leese • Ryan Looper • Pablo Lozano • Kim Mackey • Ernie Marsh • Nancy Martiny • Wes Mastic • Stella McCoy • Vickie McMillan Hayes • Kerri Menchaca • Troy Menix • Kathryn Merrill • Glen Moreland • Patty Moreland • John Nord • Tim Oliver • Mike Pardue • Pee Wee Peebles • Levens Peebles • Thor Peterson • Javier Ribeyrol • Shelly G.

he Trappings of Texas exhibit and sale at the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine celebrates the work of Western artists and gear makers. It is the longest-running event of its kind in the country. Trappings showcases the diversity and originality of classic and contemporary Western art by bringing together up-and-coming artists with established artists who know the ranching lifestyle.

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Today is September 11th, and our thoughts once more turn to the remembrance of this horrendous act, which was for many a very sad and gruesome awakening to the horrifying impact of terrorism. Tragically, since then, violence and terrorism have escalated, the death toll continues to rise, and the displacement of people grows.

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