Friday, August 15 | 2-4 PM
MEET THE MASTER HORSEHAIR HITCHING ARTIST CASEY BACKUS
Casey is an accomplished horsehair hitching artist who combines this skill with fine leatherwork and rawhide braiding to make one-of-a-kind pieces. Join him for a demonstration of hitching and enjoy his stories of his long career in the cowboy trades.

Saturday, August 16 | 2-4 PM
MEET THE MASTER HORSEHAIR HITCHING CASEY BACKUS
Casey is an accomplished horsehair hitching artist who combines this skill with fine leatherwork and rawhide braiding to make one-of-a-kind pieces. Join him for a demonstration of hitching, rawhide braiding and leather tooling.

Friday, August 22 | 12 – 1 PM
WALKING TOUR OF OLIVE PARKER’S LEATHER PAINTING AT THE WORT HOTEL
Join Olive at noon on the boardwalk in front of the Jackson Hole History Museum to visit the Wort Hotel and learn about Olive’s process of creating their much-loved leather paintings in the bar and restaurant.

Friday, August 22 | 2-4 PM
LEARN TO PAINT LEATHER WITH LEATHER ARTIST OLIVE PARKER
Olive makes truly beautiful leather jewelry and leather paintings.  This hands-on workshop will invite you to try your hand at leather painting using images prepared by Olive.  She will also give a talk about how she was able to build her Montana Leather Designs business from scratch. Please pre-register by calling or texting Nicole at 217 280-0779; modest fee for materials.

Saturday August 23 | 12-2 PM
BROWN BAG LUNCH AND TALK: THE HISTORY OF BUCKSKIN CLOTHING IN THE WEST
Bring your own lunch and meet Elaine Snyder, award-winning maker of buckskin clothing will talk about the important place of buckskin clothing in the history of the West and how she developed her skills in the trade.