Rendezvous Royale is an annual celebration of the arts held each September in beautiful Cody, Wyoming. Rendezvous Royale includes events organized by three prestigious organizations: The Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, By Western Hands, and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

Patrons of the arts are sure to enjoy this week-long melding of art, design, and dance. The Rendezvous Royale schedule offers Western art sales, the Patrons Ball, lectures, design classes, painting workshops, and more!

Schedule :

September 18, 2023 - September 20, 2023

9:00am - 1:00pm : Painting on the Porch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event - Cody Country Art League Classroom

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.

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September 21, 2023

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM : Colorful Canvases - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event - Cody Country Art League

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.

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9:00 AM - 11:30 AM : Copper Bracelet and Necklace Class with Ben Caldwell - By Western Hands

Attendees will be making a copper one-inch copper cuff that expands or contracts to fit any size wrist.

The student will trace and cut it out of a copper sheet.

They will file the sides so it is smooth. Each person will shape, hammer and finish the bracelet.

The leaf necklace will be traced and cut from a sheet of copper. It will be folded in half and textured the same way as the cuff with, a Cross Peen hammer, unfolded and shaped.

The solid copper closure will be attached to a chorded leather necklace and hand formed into a hook and eye clasp. The chord can be cut to the length they want and wrapped with copper wire to secure the clasp to the necklace.

The pieces will not be polished.

$195, limited to first 20 registrants. Reservations Required. Located at By Western Hands 1007 12th Street.

For more innovative Western design experience, don’t miss Ben Caldwell’s workshop on how to create your own copper serving spoon with antler handle on Friday, September 22 from 9:00AM-12:30PM.

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12:30 PM - 2:00 PM : Lunch & Lecture - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event - The Map - Buffalo Bill Center of the West

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.

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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM : Waking the Horse with Supaya Gray Wolfe: Create Your Own Beaded Buffalo Hide Horse - By Western Hands

Supaya, a Native American Beadworker, is instructing this step by step class teaching the methods and techniques to make a horse. Each horse can honor a particular horse close to your heart.

Participants are encouraged to bring your own horse hair, and something special to place where the heart is to make it special. Participants that wish to honor a horse are asked to send a picture so Supaya is able to gather leather close to the color of the horse.

Materials to be used: Buffalo hide, Sinew, Horse hair, Glass and Brass Beads, Sweet Grass, Sage, Turquoise, Ghost beads.

$50, limited to first 10 registrants. Reservations Required. Located at By Western Hands 1007 12th Street.

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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM : Annual Art Walk - Downtown Cody

Join us for an evening on the town during our Annual Art Walk! Browse our unique galleries and shops featuring artist demonstrations, music, special activities and experiences, and more downtown Cody.

Open and free to the public.

September 22, 2023

9:00 AM  12:30 PM : Create Your Own Medium Copper Serving Piece with Antler Handle - By Western Hands

Attendees of the class have the opportunity to make either a copper Ginkgo spoon with antler handle or a copper Ginkgo Flat server with antler handle. Each attendee will choose ONE to make.

The Copper Gingko spoon with the two pronged antler is 14.3/4 approximately long and 4.5 inches wide. It is 2 3/4 in height.

The Copper Ginkgo Flat server is 14 inches long by 4 3/4 wide and 1 3/4 in height.

All dimensions are approximate and will vary due to its’ natural material. The antler is a pronged antler.

Students will trace a template on a sheet of copper. They will be cutting the copper tracing and filing the edges so it is smooth. Students will learn planishing with a Cross Peen hammer to add texture. This technique is used for both pieces.

For both pieces, they will then drill a hole into the antler and then take the stem and hammer it into the antler. They will prepare to rivet the spoon bowl or flat server onto the antler handle using solid brass rivets.

$185, limited to first 20 registrants. Reservations Required. Located at By Western Hands 1007 12th Street.

For more innovative Western design opportunity, Ben Caldwell will also teach a workshop on how to create your own copper bracelet or necklace on Thursday, September 21 from 9:00AM-11:30AM.

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5:00 PM - 10:30 PM : 42nd Annual Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale - Center of the West

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.

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September 23, 2023

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM : Quick Draw & Brunch - A Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Event - Center of the West

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.

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6:00 PM - 10:00 PM : 46th Annual Patrons Ball - A Center of the West Event - Center of the West

This elegant black-tie affair features live music, a silent auction, and exquisite cuisine from Bravo! Catering.

Patrons from near and far gather to renew friendships, network with leaders of industry and government, and make new acquaintances. Immersed in Western art, culture, and the history of the West, this event allows patrons to enjoy companionable conversation and kick up their heels!

Join us for this lively celebration! Cost $375, with Table Sponsorships available. Reservations required — please register online at centerofthewest.org/event/patrons-ball/

All proceeds benefit the programs and public activities of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. To find out more about Patrons Ball call 307-578-4025 or e-mail [email protected]. 

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Date : September 18, 2023 - September 23, 2023

Location : Various Location in Cody, WY

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