Organization
The recently-opened James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art is a treasure trove of artwork from the American West.
Since its opening last April, the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in downtown St. Petersburg has offered visitors a wide variety of art to appreciate. The museum is filled with paintings, sculpture and more depicting cowboy culture, wildlife and American Indian life. The museum features work from a diversity of styles and artistic movements, including Cubism and Pop Art. The Native Artists Gallery highlights work by American Indian artists, and the Early West Gallery presents the work of Charles Russell, Frederic Remington and the Taos Society of Artists. All told, the museum has six galleries: The Early West Gallery, Native Life Gallery, Native Artists Gallery, Frontier Gallery, Wildlife Gallery and New West Gallery.
The recently-opened James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art is a treasure trove of artwork from the American West.
Since its opening last April, the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in downtown St. Petersburg has offered visitors a wide variety of art to appreciate. The museum is filled with paintings, sculpture and more depicting cowboy culture, wildlife and American Indian life. The museum features work from a diversity of styles and artistic movements, including Cubism and Pop Art. The Native Artists Gallery highlights work by American Indian artists, and the Early West Gallery presents the work of Charles Russell, Frederic Remington and the Taos Society of Artists. All told, the museum has six galleries: The Early West Gallery, Native Life Gallery, Native Artists Gallery, Frontier Gallery, Wildlife Gallery and New West Gallery.
Company Overview
Company Name
The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
Year Established
2018
Number of Employees
6-50
Profile
Opened in April 2018, The James Museum contains over 400 pieces of Western and wildlife art from the private collection of co-founders Tom and Mary James. The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art will revive interest and passion about the history of the American West, a topic that is overlooked in many schools today. The tenacious spirit of Native American, pioneer and immigrant cultures embodies the history of our country. The museum will engage the community, through programs and public events, in meaningful ways to connect and make this narrative relevant to civilization today.
Core values/mission statement
In building this splendid home for a part of their vast personal collection of Western and wildlife art, Tom and Mary James also have succeeded in their aim to share their vision and devotion to art with you and thousands of others.
Company Leadership
Chairman
The James Museum has its roots in the deeply-felt passion for art and culture shared by co-founders Tom and Mary James, and in the couple’s love for St. Petersburg, the city where they live. Years ago, when their travels took them out West, they were captivated by the art, landscape and wildlife. The art of action and attention to place created by contemporary artists greatly moved them, and they began buying pieces not only for their personal pleasure, but also to help the artists earn a living. These two dedicated patrons of the arts collected works in oil, in ink, in stone; works that define genres yet defy labels; works that evoke the spirit of a wide open frontier and the beauty of life in the wild. Since their first acquisition, a vast artistic legacy has grown — one populated by emerging artists and living legends and filled with tribal tradition and classical finesse.
