The 1998 Annual Public Symposium

E.I. Couse and the Invention of the Mythic Southwest

Held on February 20 and 21, 1998 on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Taos artist Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936) contributed to the invention of the mythic Southwest through his idealized images of Native Americans, many of which appeared in the calendars of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.  This symposium, together with SMU's Pollock Gallery's exhibit of Couse's photographs and pottery collection, will examine some of the elements of Southwestern life and culture in the beginning of this century that helped forge the region's romantic identity -- an identity that flourishes today.

Speakers included J.J. Brody, David Farmer, Rina Swentzell, Virginia Levitt, John Lunsford,  Chris Wilson, and  Philip Van Keuren.

Catalog result Confluent Passions: Eanger Irving Couse's Collection of Historic Pueblo Pottery & Related Photographic Studies for Paintings  by Philip Van Keuren published in cooperation with the Clements Center for Southwest Studies by the Pollock Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1998.

Sponsored by
The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University and
The Pollock Gallery, Division of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University