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The Cowboys and Hatters ExhibitPast and Present Venues:
March-May, 2020 Location: Springfield, Ohio
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum January 22 through June 26 2007 Location: Taos, New Mexico
Ranching Heritage Center 2006, six month duration Location: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Hilliard Historial Society 2004, twelve month duration Location: Hilliard, Ohio
St. George Art Museum 1999, six week duration Location: St. George, Utah
Roswell Museum & Art Center 1997, twelve month duration Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Kent State University Museum 1996, six month duration Location: Kent, Ohio |
By focusing on the historical use of the hat by real cowboys in juxtaposition with the hats of movie cowboys and fashionable gentlemen, the exhibition shows how a costume accessory indicates status, vocation, and myth, and how these change over time. Through the use of real hats, dressed mannequins, hat-making implements and samples, photographs of the hat-making process, and portraits of men wearing hats, the exhibition explores all levels of hat-making, hat-wearing and hat iconography. The exhibit focuses on men's costume and includes a signlficant section on the manufacture of the object. It also details everyday working clothes. The public fascination with the cowboys of legend serves to give the audience a greater appreciation of the role of costume as social indicator. Home | About | Hat Books | Reviews & Press | Exhibit | Gallery | Links | Contact | Thanks All photos and content © 2006 Debbie Henderson, Cowboys and Hatters. No photos or content may be reproduced without express written permission from the author. |