| The Red Steagall Institute for Traditional Western Arts will honor excellence in Western writing and music, leather working, metal working, painting, and sculpture. The Institute's goal is to move these artisan forms forward into the future with the most professional, artistic, authentic, educational platforms.
The Red Steagall Institute is not a museum nor is it a hall of fame. It is a learning institute dedicated to the preservation of the arts of painting, sculpture, metalworking, leather working, and the compositions of music and poetry. The mission being the preservation of these art forms for future generations. The Red Steagall Institute will preserve, pass forward, and provide the public with rich stories told through traditional Western art. Masters-in-residence will demonstrate for the public and scholars the techniques of their trades including bit and spur making; leatherwork; painting and sculpting; song and poetry; and the written word-through full-time workshops and studio spaces. Students of traditional Western arts will learn from masters through specialized programming. A world-class facility will provide opportunities available nowhere else in the world. |
