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***Due to COVID-19, all sponsorship benefits listed in the 2020 Sponsor Packet are subject to change. Check oldwestmuseum.org for more details***
Museum Event Sponsors receive added benefits and VIP status for any of our four main annual events described below: Western Spirit Art Show and Sale, CFD Western Art Show and Sale, CFD Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and the Annual Carriage Ball.
Each sponsor levels receives recognition on the Museum’s Wall of Honor and Cheyenne Club Membership.
Over 500 guests attend opening night, the first Saturday of March. The art show features up to 100 artists and displays over 300 works of fine Western art including the Vandewark Miniature Show. Opening night festivities include the popular Quick-Draw Auction.
The Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show is an invitational show which features the nation’s top Western artists presenting original art that celebrates the heritage and the future of the American West. Over the last 40 years, this high-caliber art show has become the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum’s largest fundraiser supporting Arts Education, Exhibits, Collections, and Operations.
Opening night traditionally attracts over 800 guests, over 10,000 visitors during the 10 days of Cheyenne Frontier Days, and an additional 12,000 during the extended August showing. Marketing efforts reach a total audience of over 300,000.
The 40th Annual CFD Western Art Show and Sale will kick-off with the first ever Virtual Opening Reception on July 16 available for viewing on Facebook Live from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. To participate in purchasing art from the show and to receive the opening reception link, participants must purchase tickets.
The show will start with Jump the Gun (JTG) from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm MDT and close with a regular buying period from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm MDT. Artwork will be available for sale to the general public starting on July 17 at 9:00 am MDT. All artwork during the Virtual Opening Reception is listed at the Jump the Gun price (+25%) plus $160. Ticket holders will receive a single coupon code that is time sensitive that will reduce the price accordingly.
Over 300 guests annually attend the induction ceremony, the second Friday in September. The CFD Hall of Fame showcases individuals, livestock, and organizations whose distinctive contributions to CFD have helped grow a dream into “The Daddy of ‘em All.”
*Tables come with complimentary alcohol & Museum gift
Join the Museum in celebrating the start of the 2020s as this year’s Carriage Ball transports you a century back in time. The 1920s saw some of the most spectacular Cheyenne Frontier
Days in the Western celebration’s 124 year history. By morning, the “world’s wildest woollyest wild west” cowboys and cowgirls dazzled record breaking rodeo crowds, and by evening,
Hollywood’s most glamorous stars became the all-around champions of Cheyenne’s nightlife.
Pauline Frederick, Tim McCoy, Will Rogers, Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, William S. Hart, Death Valley Scotty, Edna Ferber, Courtney Ryley Cooper, Dane Coolidge, and the
marvelous Mabel Strickland all graced the city during the decade. The stars of the Roaring Twenties were hosted by the likes of Cheyenne’s own recognizable socialites Dazee Bristol
and the Irwin daughters, Frances, Pauline, and Joella. In 2020, the socialites at the Old West Museum invite you to join us in celebrating the 1920s glamour of CFD and the Magic City of
the Plains.
*Tables come with complimentary alcohol & Museum gift