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westernartgirlAnd Now, a Word From Our Intern
Editor’s note: Alie Chavez, now in her junior year at Loyola Marymount University, worked for ten weeks this summer under the direction of Marlene Head, the Autry’s director of publications, as the 2011 Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Intern in Publications. Among other things, she helped produce a stylebook for all Autry publications. As her last internship … Read more
Girl Scouts Earn Their Badge at the Autry
The Girl Scouts are came to the Autry on Nov. 13, but they were not selling cookies. Yes, I know you’re sad about that, but it’s not time yet. Instead, they worked on earning a badge. It’s all part of a program the Autry is helping develop that allows some of the 40,000 girls and … Read more
Thousands (Really!) Came to Celebrate National Day of the Cowboy
The Autry’s first-ever celebration of National Day of the Cowboy and Cowgirl drew thousands of fans eager to spend a sunny day experiencing all things cowboy. And the littlest cowboys and cowgirls seemed to have the most fun, between the leatherbraiding workshop, panning for “gold” on the sluices, or learning trick roping from the experts. … Read more
Al Shelton, Leatherworker to the Stars, Reflects on his Life and Art
Al Shelton, the master leatherwork artist to the stars who celebrated his 90th birthday at the Autry last Sunday, took a little time to talk with me about how he became interested in this craft and art. Although he worked with a lot of movie stars and big personalities, he said he never thought of … Read more
Richardson Part of The Autry’s Hip New Generation
Yesterday’s New York Times carried a story about the new crop of museum curators of Manhattan, whose vision is attracting younger, hipper audiences with shows like the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective on the work of filmmaker Tim Burton. The Autry’s Jeffrey Richardson has been interviewed for a similar planned story in the Los Angeles … Read more
