Three women in dresses and masks stand in front of a rainbow-colored wall, alongside the text "Break stereotypes" and a large black-and-white photo of a cowboy, with butterflies accenting the vibrant scene.
Past Exhibition

Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo

September 5, 2020 through February 14, 2021

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Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo, explores the diverse and complex nature of individual and community identity in Western rural culture. 

Highlights From the Exhibition

Blake Little, Brian Cornell and Alberto Rulloda, Hayward, California, 1989

Blake Little, Bull Riding, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1989

Blake Little, Jerry Hubbard, Burbank, California, 1989

Developed at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, Indiana, the exhibit explores the diverse and complex nature of individual and community identity in Western rural culture. Taken between 1988 and 1992 at events from Oklahoma to California, the collected body of images combines the action of riding, roping and chute dogging with intimate views into the lives of rodeo participants, examining themes of competition and community and inviting an expansive redefinition of cowboy and cowgirl identities.

“The sport, camaraderie, and atmosphere of this first rodeo experience transformed me. I was completely drawn to it and I had to be a part of it. I wanted to be a cowboy.”

Blake Little

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