The CAA
Membership
Becoming a Member
Membership is by invitation. A member of the Cowboy Artists of America may identify and refer a candidate to the full membership for consideration.
Recommendations for membership are based on the original purposes and goals of the organization:
Educational;
to investigate, discuss, perpetuate and publish, through art, painting, drawing and sculpting;
the authentic facts and color relative to the historic, social, political, economic and religious background of the American West;
to, wherever possible, preserve a record of the cultural background and evolution of the American Western Region, as it was then and is now;
to hold an annual art exhibit;
to help inform and educate the public about the true Western heritage and to encourage and promote the collection and preservation thereof;
to conduct an annual Trail Ride, or Rendezvous, to recreate and rekindle, as near as possible, the spirit of the old American West;
and, to promote all corollary activities thereto.
We strive to achieve these goals in the tradition of Remington and Russell.
CAA Membership timeline
1965
Charlie Dye, John Hampton, Joe Beeler, George Phippen, Fred Harman
1966
Gordon Snidow, Darol Dickinson, Wayne Hunt, Harvey Johnson, George Marks, Grant Speed, Byron Wolfe, Irvin “Shorty” Shope, John H. Kittleson
1967
James Boren, Tom Ryan, Nicolas Firfiries, Gerald Delano, Ned Jacob, Harry Jackson, Frank Polk, Allen F. Bob Scriver, Brewer (died prior to exhibition)
1968
Melvin Warren, James Boren, Robert Lougheed, Bill Moyers, James Reynolds, John Clymer
1969
Fred Fellows
1970
Nick Eggenhofer, Robert Meyers (died prior to exhibition)
1972
Fritz White, John D. Free, Bud Helbig
1975
Frank McCarthy, Tom Lovell
1976
Gary Niblett
1978
Bill Nebeker
1979
Howard Terpning
1982
Mehl Lawson, Kenneth Riley, Gary Carter, Robert Duncan, Tom Ryan (second time)
1984
Herb Mignery, Bob Pummill
1985
David Halbach
1986
Pat Haptonstall, Ray Swanson
1988
Roy Grinnell
1989
Jim Norton, Roy Anderson
1992
Loren Entz
1993
Oreland Joe, Bruce Greene
1994
Don Crowley, John Moyers
1995
Martin Grelle, Wayne Baize
1997
R. S. (Ron) Riddick
2001
John Coleman
2004
T.D. Kelsey, Clark Kelly Price, Dave Powell
2005
Harley Brown
2007
Tim Cox
2009
Tom Browning, Paul Moore
2011
Jason Rich, John Jarvis, Jason Scull
2012
Grant Redden, Harold Holden
2014
Teal Blake
2016
Tyler Crow, Mikel Donahue, C. Michael Dudash, Phil Epp
2017
Dustin Payne
2018
Chad Poppleton
2021
Brandon Bailey, Jack Sorensen
2023
Todd Conner, Alvin Marshall, Dave Santillanes, Albin Veselka
2024
Ron Rencher