Seerey-Lesters Given Prestigious Simon Combes Award

Longtime SKBers Suzie and John Seerey-Lester were recently presented with the Simon Combes Conservation Award during the annual Artists for Conservation (AFC) festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. The award itself consisted of a bronze sculpture by Peter Gray of...

John Ruthven Sketches Petroglyphs to Prove a Point

With 20 instructors, hundreds of miles of beautiful, rugged countryside, and 150 friends to paint with, no one is going to experience all the great offerings at an SKB workshop. There’s not nearly enough time. But a group of savvy participants at the 2014...

SKBers Step Out for Western Visions Party

Several artists journeying to Wyoming for the 2014 SKB workshop in Dubois arrived in the area early to take part in festivities in Jackson Hole. That town’s fall arts festival draws big collectors to its galleries and events every September, usually during or...

Big Jump in SKB Scholarships This Year in Dubois

  As Susan Kathleen Black Foundation instructors become further involved in art education efforts across the country, they become exposed to more teens and young adults who could benefit from participation in SKB’s Dubois workshops each September. The...

Phelps Branches Out

John Phelps is known for his knowledge of the West, in particular the gear of cowboys and Native Americans. He can tell you what saddle, gun, or headdress is appropriate for a given time period, and immediately identify a number of errors in a historical painting....