Barbara Van Cleve

Featured Photo: Barbara Van Cleve, Melody Harding, Chaining Up a Stuck Truck, Bar Cross Ranch, Old Piney, Wyoming, 1987 The Booth Western Art Museum premieres Barbara Van Cleve: Women of the West on April 15, 2023. This exhibit features over 70 black and white images dating from 1984 to 2014 as Van Cleve photographed ranches...

Very exciting news from Art of the Cowgirl: their 2021 fellowship recipients have been announced! Art of the Cowgirl is known for its contribution to the careers of female artists in the Western industry, and they’re particularly proud of their Fellowship Program. The Art of the Cowgirl Fellowship Program pairs fellowship recipients with master artists,...

Art of the Cowgirl is this week. Starting Friday and going through Sunday, Corona Ranch in Phoenix will be home to amazing cowgirl clinicians and master artists. We’ve already highlighted the weekend’s clinicians, and we can’t forget the master artists. Art of the Cowgirl 2020’s master artists come from diverse backgrounds, but all share a...

Teams of horses gallop over a vast open prairie, hell bent on outrunning a cluster of storm clouds in the near horizon; riders wade through a sea of robust agave toward a mountain dotted with giant cardon cactus stretching upward; a diligent saddle maker shapes the horn with rough, calloused hands that are steady and...

Teams of horses gallop over a vast open prairie, hell bent on outrunning a cluster of storm clouds in the near horizon; riders wade through a sea of robust agave toward a mountain dotted with giant cardon cactus stretching upward; a diligent saddle maker shapes the horn with rough, calloused hands that are steady and...

Barbara Van Cleve is fiercely independent and so are the cowgirls she photographs. The images of lady ranchers and rodeo riders she has taken over her long career as a photographer convey a pride of self-reliance, determination, and daring beyond measure. It’s something women in all walks of life hope to possess. Many of Barbara’s...