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Bth annual poetry event honors women of the west
Booth Museum
to host cowboy
gathering
From Staff Reports
The Bth annual Georgia
Cowboy Poetry Gathering will
be held March 11-14 in
Cartersville, Ga., hosted by
the Booth Western Art
Museum. For the past seven
years this event has been in
Douglasville, Ga.. but is
being moved to Cartersville
to take advantage of the
resources of the new Booth
Museum.
This year's theme is
“Honoring Women of the
West," with many of today’s
top female Western entertain
ers scheduled to perform.
The event will include
evening concerts on Friday
and Saturday night, open
mike poetry and music ses
sions, a poetry-writing work
shop. and presentations by
artists Carrie Ballantyne and
Steve Penley. All activities
will take place at the Booth
Museum or the Grand Theatre
in the historic downtown
Cartersville area.
The Gathering will begin
with an opening reception for
two temporary art exhibitions,
“The Other Side of the West:
Recreating New' Icons of the
American West" and "Recent
Works by Steve Penley." The
reception will take place
Thursday, March 11 from sto
9 p.m. at the Booth Museum
and is free to the public. Doc
Stovall and the Tumbleweed
Trio will provide entertain
ment throughout the evening
and at 7 p.m. there will be a
presentation by featured artist
Carrie Ballantyne of
Sheridan. Wyo. Ballantyne is
a pencil artist who creates
lifelike depictions of the peo
ple who live on the ranches
around her home. During her
presentation she will discuss
her career and what it takes to
become a professional artist.
“The Other Side of the
West" is an exhibit that brings
together a group of contem
porary Western artists who
seek to portray the West in
new and challenging ways.
The show features artists who
love the West and want to
share that love by expanding
the definition of what is
Western American art.
Included in the show are
Nelson Boren. David DeVary,
J.E. Knauf. J.D. Challenger,
Maria Sharylen. Bill Schenk
and others. This show will
remain on view in the Booth
Special Exhibition Gallery
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“Recent Works by Steve
Penley" showcases the work
of Atlanta artist Steve Penley
who paints contemporary
depictions of subjects ranging
from Presidential portraits to
Western movies and Civil
War images. Penley’s paint
ings cover many of the same
subjects as the Booth collec
tion. He has quickly earned a
reputation as one of the top
young American artists. This
show will remain on exhibit
in the Booth Lower Level
Lobby Gallery through May
2,
Friday and Saturday night
concerts featuring top
Western entertainers from Ga.
and around the country will
highlight the weekend activi
ties. The Friday evening show
at 7 p.m. in the Grand
Theatre, will feature Devon
Dawson of Fort Worth, Tx;
Doc Stovall of Lithia Springs.
Ga.; Ray Barker of Villa Rica.
Ga.; Ginny Mac of Fort
Worth. Tx; Joel Hayes of
Douglasville. Ga.; and Jesse
Ballantyne of Sheridan. Wyo..
Only 18 years old. Ginny
Mac has already taken her
share of musical honors. She
loves to sing traditional
Western music but is equally
at home playing jazz, big
band classics and a mean
accordion. Joel Hayes helped
to found both the Ga. Cowboy
Poets Assoc.on and the Ga.
Cowboy Poetry Gathering. A
native Georgian Hayes has
performed all over the West
including Elko and Carson
City. Nevada, as well as
Durango and Grand Junction.
Colo.. Jesse Ballantyne is a
working cowboy who writes
and sings from the heart. His
recent CD. Cowboy Serenade,
has received rave reviews.
The Saturday night con
cert at 7 p.m. in the Grand
Theatre, will showcase Jean
Prescott of Ovalo, Tx.; Jerry
Warren of Clarkesville. Ga.;
John Joyner of Decatur. Ga.;
Jesse Ballantyne of Sheridan.
Wyo.; Doc Stovall of Lithia
Springs, Ga.; and Yvonne
Hollenbeck of Clearfield.
S.D..
Tickets are sls per night
for adults. sl2 for Booth
members, and $lO for stu
dents; or purchase both nights
for $25 for adults or S2O for
Booth members. Tickets can
be obtained at the Booth
Museum, the Grand Theatre
box office or by calling
(770)607-3686. Ticket hold
ers for each show will be
invited to a reception and CD
signing following the con
certs.
Davtime activities at the
Booth Museum on Saturday,
March 13 will include open
mike cowboy poetry and
music, a writing workshop,
children’s programs, a fashion
show and others. The chil
dren's activities will include
storytelling and an introduc
tion to writing cowboy poet
ry; this program is part of the
Booth’s ongoing Children’s
Saturday schedule that takes
place the second Saturday of
each month. All of these
offerings are free to Booth
members and included with
general admission for the
public.
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elude Sunday with two addi
tional events. Cowboy Church
will be held at the Grand
Theatre beginning at 10 a.m.
featuring Western music and
poetry. Cowboy Church is a
non-denominational service
with a Western slant and is
free to everyone.
Also that afternoon, artist
Steve Penley will discuss his
art and take questions from
the audience. Following the
presentation Penley will sign
copies of his book in the
Booth Museum store. This
event is free for Booth mem
bers and included with admis
sion for the public.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, March 7,2004 -1
The Gathering is designed
to celebrate the rich Western
heritage contained in the
songs and poetry celebrating
the cowboy and the Western
experience. This event is in
keeping with the mission of
the Booth Western Art
Museum. “The Gathering is a
unique opportunity for resi
dents in the East to experience
the West," said Seth Hopkins,
the museum’s executive direc
tor.
More details on this event
and others at the Booth
Museum can be found on the
Museum’s website at
www.boothmuseum.org or by
calling (770)387-1300.
The Booth Western Art
Museum is an 80,000 square
foot facility in downtown
Cartersville, Ga.. The Booth
Museum showcases contem
porary Western American art,
as well as Presidential, Civil
War, movie poster and illustra
tion collections. The Museum
also has a children's gallery
with interactive and educa
tional activities as well as a
museum store, case, presenta
tion theatre, orientation theatre
and research library. The
Museum opened to the public
in August and has already
hosted nearly 20,000 visitors.
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