What a great show this year! Thank you all for making the book launch a success. Don’t worry if you weren’t able to get your copy of the first publication about Jay Contway and his amazing body of work for The Calgary Stampede, they are available at several of our partners and from Lynn here.
See you next year at the Great Western Show 400 3rd St. NW Great Falls, MT 59404 Phone: (406) 727-8900 Just follow the orange banners Click here for directions
Thursday 10:00am – 8:00pm
Friday 10:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday 10:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday 10:00am – 1:00pm
The first publication of Jay Contway’s amazing body of work of over forty years with The Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada is available here along with original art from the late Jay Contway.
For 27 years Jay chose a Face in the Crowd at the Calgary Stampede and turned that unique face into a bronze sculpture. The sculptures were sold at auction and the proceeds supported the Youth Scholarship fund for art.
Jay kept track of many of his models but lost a few over the years. He has just received a message from Facebook asking if Jay remembered a young man who sat for him in 1989. Wow, a voice from the past.
Jay knew him as “Singing with Old Men” but he had no other information. 29 years later he is known as Sings in the Trees (litstsaansski). His English name is Winston Wadsworth Jr. He is married to a lovely lady named Katelyn. They have 7 children and 4 grandchildren with one on the way. Winston is a traditional artist and teacher. He and Katelyn specialize in hide tanning, quillwork, beadwork, pottery etc. His father is from the Kainai (Blood) Tribe and his mother is from the Tsuut’ina Nation. The family tipi, which is still set up every year for the Calgary Stampede, is in the care of Teresa Big Plume and has been at the Stampede since 1912.
You can participate in Jay’s history by liking this facebook page here, who knows the connections you will make!
We hope you had a chance to meet Jay Contway in person and see his artwork at the annual Jay Contway & Friends Art Show · March 15-17, 2018. You can check out all the fun videos on Facebook from this year’s show here.
This is an intimate show with all artists in attendance that we put on every year. At our last show, new talent brought sculpture and jewelry cast in gold and silver in addition to your favorites; sculpture, paintings, scratchboard, woodwork, jewelry, leather-work, and pottery.
Jay was joined by 11 of his hand-picked Artist friends. Some old friends, some new! He hopes you enjoyed meeting them and experiencing their unique artwork as much as he did. You can follow each of the artists’ links below to see a sampling of their work and learn more about them.
Attending Artists at the 2018 Jay Contway & Friends Art Show were:
Be sure to like Jay’s Facebook page to automatically see all the other 50 Moment in Time stories to come throughout the year. You can also subscribe to receive a monthly email of the stories from the Jay Contway Moment in Time Project and exclusive offers here.
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