P.O. Box H Phone 940-995-9447 209 S Main Street Fax 940-995-9498 Saint Jo, TX 76265 E-mail [email protected] Donna Howell-Sickles
Education B.F.A. 1974 Fine Art Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
Museum Collections Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody, WY
CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, TX
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Booth Museum of Western Art, Carterville, GA
Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, Scottsdale, AZ
Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
Museum Exhibitions Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona:
Cowgirl up; Art from the Other Half of the West, April 2006-2017
Best of Show Award, Cowgirl Up, 2014
Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody Wyoming:
Buffalo Bill Art Show, September 1992-2020
William E. Weiss Purchase Award 1993
Phippen Museum, Prescott, Arizona:
Miniature Masterpiece Art Show and Sale, May 2010 -2019
Other Side of the West: The Homecoming; October 2005
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, Texas:
2007 Inductee into the Museum Hall of Fame
50 Years a Cowgirl, March 2019
Cowgirl Spring Roundup, Paws UP, May 2015
Donna Howell-Sickles Retrospective: The Timeless Image of the Cowgirl; February 2005 The Heart of the West; November 2004, March 2006-2007
The Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia:
For the Love of Art Gala, February 2017
Taking the Reis! The art of Donna Howell-Sickles, January 2015
The 11th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering Featured Artist, March 2007
The Other Side of the West: Recreating New Icons of the West, April ‘04
CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana:
C.M. Russell Auction, March 1997 - 2019
Guest Speaker, CM Russell Auction, March 2004
Guest Artist Retrospective, March 1998
Guest Artist Show, March 1997
The Spirited Line, September 1995
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY:
Guest Artist, Western Visions, 2008
Western Visions, September 1996 - 2020
Invitational Show- Wildlife Miniature Show, September 2001
American Women Artists: A New Legacy, Guest Speaker, March 1996
The National Center for American Western Art, San Antonio, Texas:
The Night of Artists, Featured Artists, January 2004, January 2003
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska:
Spirit of the High Plains, April 2002, March 2000
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY:
Realism in the Contemporary Art of the American West, October 1998
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY:
Rubbed, Smeared, Erased…the Facets of Drawing, October 1997
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Small Works; Great Wonders, November 2009-2017
The Madonnas of the Prairie: Depiction of Women in the American West, May
Prix de West, June 1997
Santa Fe Sister-City Exhibition in Sorrento, Italy: American Women Artists, September 2000
American Women Artist:
Rockwell Museum, Corning NY: Perspectives of the American Experience, August 2018
Tucson Desert Art Museum: Under a Vast Sky, October 2017
The Bennington Center for the Arts: Master & Signature Member Show, September 2016
Signature member since 1993, yearly exhibition
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona:
American Women in the West Group Show, February 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993
Museum of Art of the American West, Houston, Texas:
Four Faces West, July 1991
Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO
Looking West, May 2019
Imagining the West, December 2017
SAM Exhibit, Dec 2016
Solo: One Woman Show, 2014
Charles B. Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Ardmore OK
Solo Exhibition, November 2017
The Brinton Museum, Big Horn WY
The Brinton 101, November 2013 - 2017
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis IN
Quest for the West, September 2018 - 2020
Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, TX
Haley Library Art Show, Painters Who Sculpt, April 2015
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
Western Art Show and Sale, March 2014 - 2015
Western Masters Fine Art Gallery, Great Falls, MT
Western Masters Art Show, North Star Award, March 2013 - 2014
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Western Art Invitational Sale, November 2014
Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX Trappings of Texas, 2018 - 2020
Gallery Exhibitions McLarry Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Solo Exhibition: A Timeless Image, October 2005
Solo Exhibition, 2002 - 2020
Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY:
Artist Showcase: Donna Howell-Sickles, August 2005
40th Anniversary Event, August 2004
Fall Gold, September 2006, 2005, 2004
Trailside Fall Arts Festival Group Show, September 2006, 2005, 2004
Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona:
One Woman Exhibition, February 1999 - 2004
Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas:
Texas Art Gallery Auction, May and November 2006, 2005, 2004
Morris & Whiteside Galleries, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina:
Western Art Auction & Show, October 2004, 2003
Renaissance Sale, October 2002
Big Horn Gallery, Cody, Wyoming:
Summer Roundup, July 2015
One Woman Show, September 2002
Solo Exhibition, September 1999
Contemporary Southwest Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Solo Exhibition, June 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996
Martin-Harris Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming:
Solo Exhibition, July 2000, 1999, 1998
Kneeland Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho:
Exhibits, 1985 – 2004
Solo Exhibit, July 1999 Publications Western Art and Architecture, Cowgirl Dreams, Oct-Nov 2020, Corrine Gaffner Garza
Western Art of the Twenty First Century: Cowboys, 2018 E. Ashley Rooney, Seth Hopkins
Horses in the American West: Portrayals by Twenty-Four Artists,2018, Heidi Brady, and Scott White
Texas Highways Extra: Red River Road Trip, March 2017
Southwest Art Magazine: Roping the Stars, Aug-2016; Gussie Fauntleroy
Texas Country Reporter: Second Time, June 19, 2015
Cowgirl Magazine: Women Artists of the West, October 2015
Constant State of Leaping, Book Cover art, Karla K. Morton ©2014
Art of the West Magazine: November-December 2006 Anniversary Issue; Vicki Stavig
Wildlife Art Magazine: May-June 2006 Issue; Judy Archebald
The Dallas Morning News: The Muse in the Saddle, March 13, 2005; Katherine Goodloe
Western Traditions: Contemporary Artists of the West 2004; Michael Duty and Suzanne Deats
Performance Horse Magazine, 2004, Prime-Time Thrill Seekers; Erin Randall
Lone Star Horse Reporter, July 2004; Dan Talbot
Lively Times Magazine, showcasing Donna Howell-Sickles for the 2004 CM Russell Museum Show
Southwest Art, May 2004, My World; Wolf Schneider
Art of the West, November-December 2002, The Studio; Nancy Gillespie
The Herald, 4-11-02, Howell-Sickles Rides Back into Carmel; Lisa Crawford Watson
Frisco Style, Fall 2000, Blazing Trails; Lori Fairchild
America’s Horse, November-December 1999, Cowgirl Magic; Lesli Groves
Leading the West: 100 Contemporary Western Artists, 1998 Northlight Publishing; Dan Hagerty
Cowgirl Rising: The Art of Donna Howell-Sickles, 1997 the Greenwich Workshop Press; Peg Streep
Art of the West, July-August 1997, Cowgirls and Mythology; Vicki Stavig
The Equine Image, June-July 1997, Classic Cowgirls; Ann Terry Hill
American Cowboy, 1994, Donna Howell-Sickles Sends Real Cowgirl Greetings; Shari R. Carman
The Santa Fean Magazine, June 1993, Donna Howell-Sickles, Artist; Jann Wolcott
Southwest Art, May 1991, Donna Howell-Sickles, Annie Osburn
Current Gallery McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico Representation Big Horn Galleries, Cody, Wyoming Broadmoor Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Davis & Blevins Gallery, Saint Jo, TX
Ann Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO