Past Trappings of Texas
2023
2023 Premier Artist: Alice Leese
Click here to see the 37th Annual Trappings of Texas Art & Gear
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2022
Click here to see the 36th Annual Trappings of Texas Art & Gear
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2021
Click here to see the 35th Annual Trappings of Texas Art & Gear
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2020
2020 Premier Artist: Brian Asher
Click here to see the 34th Annual Trappings of Texas Art & Gear
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2019
2019 Premier Artist: Frank “Buddy” Knight
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 33rd Annual Trappings of Texas.
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Watch the video of the 2019 Trappings of Texas Ranch Round Up Party!
2018
2018 Premier Artist: Chessney Sevier
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 32nd Annual Trappings of Texas
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2017
2017 Featured Artist: Herman Walker
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 31st Annual Trappings of Texas at the Museum.
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2016
2016 Featured Artist: Teal Blake
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 30th Annual Trappings of Texas.
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2015
Celebrating its 29th year, the Museum of the Big Bend enjoyed another successful Trappings Of Texas.
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 2015 Trappings of Texas.
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2014
Celebrating its 28th year, the Museum of the Big Bend enjoyed another successful Trappings Of Texas.
View the digital catalog of artists & gearmakers featured at the 2014 Trappings of Texas.
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2013
For 27 years, the Museum of the Big Bend has exhibited some of the very best cowboy gear and fine Western Art in the longest running event of its kind in the country: Trappings Of Texas.
View the digital catalog of artists & gearmakers featured at the 2013 Trappings of Texas.
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2012
Trappings of Texas was proud to host an outstanding group of artists and gearmakers in its 26th year.
View the digital catalog of artists & gearmakers featured at the 2012 Trappings of Texas.
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2011
In 2011, the Museum of the Big Bend welcomed back Mike Capron and CA member Wayne Baize as Guest Curators of Art and TCAA members Leland Hensley, Wilson Capron, and John Willemsma as Guest Curators of Gear.
View the artists and gearmakers featured at the 2011 Trappings of Texas.
2010
2010 guest curators were gearmakers Wilson Capron and Leland Hensley and western artists Mike Capron and Wayne Baize.
View some of the gear & art featured at the 2010 Trappings of Texas exhibit & sale.
2009
During the 2009 Trappings of Texas, Mike Capron and his son, Wilson, were featured in a video, courtesy of the Texas Mountain Trail region. Mike Wilson is a western artist and guest curator of art. Wilson is a spur and bit maker and is guest curator of gear.
Click here to see the video clip featuring Mike and Wilson Capron at work.