Schedule of Events
Rendezvous Royale is a weeklong celebration of the arts in Cody, Wyoming.
Browse events below and discover all that Rendezvous Royale has to offer.
Click here to register for events.
*Event details are subject to change.
Play in the Clay w/ LaQuincey Reed - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join LaQuincey Reed, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale artist for Play in the Clay! This educational class provides beginner to advanced sculptors personalized instruction and fellowship with a returning BBAS Artist.
Cost $140. Registration Required. Limited participation.
Lunch & Lecture - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join Park County Archivist Brian Beauvais for “Art Pioneers of Park County”, a presentation on the influential artists of the early Big Horn Basin, including Edward Grigware, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, James Bama, and others during this year’s Lunch & Lecture.
Lecture location Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Lunch 12:30PM; lecture will begin at 1PM.
Cost $65, limited participation. Registration required.
43rd Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale
Join auctioneers Black and Associates for this riveting and fast paced Live Auction of original Western art! Enjoy our 100+ artists’ broad range of stylistic interpretations of the American West in mediums such as oil, watercolor, pastel and sculpture.
Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West beginning August 16th to preview all the artwork available in the sale. You can also view our Live Auction Gallery online (available mid June).
Doors open at 5PM. Browse our Buy-It-Now works donated by BBAS artists and enjoy cocktails and conversation prior to our buffet-style dinner catered by Bravo! Catering. Our Live Auction event will begin at 6:30PM.
Cost $250/$275. Registration required. Tickets available mid June.
Quick Draw & Brunch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Watch 30+ artists of the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale create a piece of art in ninety minutes. The unique pieces will then be auctioned on the runway while you enjoy a Champagne Brunch crafted by Chef Ryan Boehme of Bravo! Catering. In the party tent adjacent to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Cost $65, open seating. Registration required. Tickets available mid June.
Painting on the Porch w/ Charlie Hunter- A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join Charlie Hunter, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist for Painting on the Porch! This workshop provides intermediate to advanced painters with personalized instruction and fellowship.
Workshop includes breakfast, lunch and instruction. Materials are the responsibility of participant. Workshop times are: Monday and Tuesday 9AM-4PM and Wednesday 9AM-1PM.
Cost $375. Reservations Required. Limited participation.
A list of necessary or recommended materials will be sent to participants in early September.
Opening Reception - A Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale Event
Join the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale at the John Bunker Sands Gallery in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for the Opening Reception of the 43rd Annual Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale Exhibitions! Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while browsing our 103 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artists’ unique creations—you may even meet an artist or two!
The Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale exhibitions will hang in the John Bunker Sands Gallery for viewing until the afternoon of the Live Auction: Friday, September 21st at 3PM.
Open to the public. Free.
Quick Draw & Brunch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Watch 30+ artists of the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale create a piece of art in ninety minutes. The unique pieces will then be auctioned on the runway while you enjoy a Champagne Brunch crafted by Chef Ryan Boehme of Bravo! Catering. In the party tent adjacent to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Cost $65, open seating. Registration required. Tickets available mid-June 2023.
42nd Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale
Join auctioneers Black and Associates for this riveting and fast paced Live Auction of original Western art! Enjoy our 100+ artists’ broad range of stylistic interpretations of the American West in mediums such as oil, watercolor, pastel and sculpture.
Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West beginning August 18th to preview all the artwork available in the sale. You can also view our Live Auction Gallery online.
Doors open at 5PM. Browse our Buy-It-Now works donated by BBAS artists and enjoy cocktails and conversation prior to our buffet-style dinner catered by Bravo! Catering. Our Live Auction event will begin at 6:30PM.
Cost $250/$275. Registration required. Tickets available mid-June 2022.
Lunch & Lecture - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale’s participating Cowboy Artists of America for a discussion panel during this year’s Lunch & Lecture.
Lecture location Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Lunch 12:30PM; lecture will begin at 1PM.
Cost $60, limited participation. Registration required. Tickets available mid-June, 2023.
Colorful Canvases - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join Stephanie Hartshorn, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist for Colorful Canvases! This educational class provides beginner to advanced painters personalized instruction and fellowship with a returning BBAS Artist.
Class includes instruction, materials, light breakfast and lunch.
Cost $140. Reservations Required. Limited class size. Tickets available mid-June 2023.
Painting on the Porch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join Terry Cooke Hall, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale artist for Painting on the Porch! This two-and-a-half-day educational workshop provides intermediate to advanced painters with personalized instruction and fellowship.
About the instructor: Since the mid-70s, Terry’s passion for art led her to ongoing courses in life drawing, graphic design and illustration, followed by fine art studies in the early 2000s, leading to a career as a professional fine artist in 2009. Since then, she has earned numerous awards while exhibiting in more than 40 national museum shows and major gallery group exhibitions. Her work, recently featured in Art of the West Magazine, has been purchased by both corporate and private collectors across the nation. Residing in Bozeman, Terry’s contemporary style is a result of exploring the colors and essence of the West viewed through the lens of more than 30 years of work in design and illustration.
Workshop includes breakfast, lunch, and instruction. Materials are the responsibility of participant. Workshops times are: Monday and Tuesday 9AM-4PM and Wednesday 9AM-1PM.
Cost $375. Registration Required. Limited to first 10 participants.
A detailed packet will be sent to registrants in early September to include location, lodging options, materials list and more.
Opening Reception - A Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale Event
Join the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale at the John Bunker Sands Gallery in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for the Opening Reception of the 42nd Annual Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale Exhibitions! Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while browsing our 104 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artists’ unique creations—you may even meet an artist or two!
The Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale exhibitions will hang in the John Bunker Sands Gallery for viewing until Friday, September 22nd at 3PM.
Open to the public. Free.
Quick Draw & Brunch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Watch nearly 40 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artists create a work of art in under ninety minutes! These one of a kind works will be auctioned on the runway while you enjoy a champagne brunch!
Registration required. Tickets available mid-June 2022.
41st Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale
Join auctioneers Black and Associates for this riveting and fast paced Live Auction of original Western art! Enjoy our 100+ artists’ broad range of stylistic interpretations of the American West in mediums such as oil, watercolor, pastel and sculpture.
View our Live Auction Exhibition online to see what the night will have in-store!
Doors will open at 5PM. Browse our Buy-It-Now works donated by BBAS artists and enjoy cocktails and conversation prior to our buffet style dinner catered by Bravo! Catering. Our Live Auction event will begin at 6:30PM.
Registration required. Tickets available mid-June 2022.
Lunch & Lecture - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Byron Price
Image: University of Oklahoma
Charlie Russell
Image: C.M. Russell Museum
Join Byron Price for this year’s Lunch & Lecture Playing Cowboy: Charlie Russell and the Silver Screen as he discusses Charlie Russell and his influence on Western cinema and how western movies influenced his art.
Byron Price currently holds the Charles Marion Russell Memorial Chair, is Director of Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma and is Director of the University of Oklahoma Press.
Price is the author of more than three dozen journal articles on western American history and art and has written several books including Fine Art of the West (2004); The Chuck Wagon Cook Book (2004); Erwin E. Smith: Cowboy Photographer (1997); and Cowboys of the American West (1996).
Price is also the editor of Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné (2007), which won the 2007 Western Heritage Award for the best art book of the year from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the 2008 Caughey-Western History Association Prize for best book of the year in western history, the 2008 High Plains Book Award for nonfiction and the 2009 Joan Patterson Kerr Award from the Western History Association for the best illustrated book on the American West.
Lecture location Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Lunch 12:30PM; lecture will begin at 1PM.
Colorful Canvases - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join David Fredrick Riley, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist for Colorful Canvases! This educational class provides beginner to advanced painters personalized instruction and fellowship with a return BBAS Artist.
Reservations Required. Limited class size. Tickets available mid-June 2022.
Class includes instruction, materials, light breakfast and lunch.
Painting on the Porch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event
Join Julie Oriet, a Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artist for Painting on the Porch! This two-and-a-half-day educational workshop provides intermediate to advanced painters with personalized instruction and fellowship.
About the instructor: Big skies and open spaces have always fascinated Julie Oriet. Her enthusiasm for the West, as well as travels around the world, continue to inspire ideas for future paintings. She paints the subjects she has experienced and studied. Julie participates in numerous national and museum shows each year. Her work has been featured in Art of the West, Southwest Art, Western Art Collector, Western Art and Architecture, and Travel Africa.
Registration Required. Limited to first 10 participants.
Workshop includes breakfast, lunch, and instruction. Materials are the responsibility of participant. Workshops times are: Monday and Tuesday 9AM-4PM and Wednesday 9AM-1PM.
A detailed packet will be sent to registrants at a later date to include location, lodging options, materials list and more.
Opening Reception - A Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale Event
Join the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale at the John Bunker Sands Gallery in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for the Opening Reception of the 41st Annual Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale Exhibitions! Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while browsing our 109 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artists’ unique creations—you may even meet an artist or two! Open to the public. Free.
The Live Auction and Buy-It-Now Sale exhibitions will hang in the John Bunker Sands Gallery for viewing until Friday, September 23rd at 3PM. Open to the public. Free.
Scout’s Miniature Sale - A Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale Event
Beginning in June, patrons may view the Scout’s Miniature Sale at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West which features 65 participating Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Artists.
To shop the miniature sale online now, click here.
The Miniature Sale acts as a preview for what’s to come in this year’s Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Exhibition and Live Auction. This is the perfect opportunity for patrons to start their own Western art collection as these works of art are smaller than those created for the Live Auction.