August 7th, 8th and 9th, 2009

 AT THE LUJAN BUILDING AT EXPO NEW MEXICO

 (STATE FAIRGROUNDS)

The Great Southwestern Antiques, Indian & Old West Show opens on Saturday, August 7th, at the LUJAN BUILDING AT EXPO NEW MEXICO (STATE FAIRGROUNDS). Early entry, for those who can’t wait, is Friday August 7th from 2pm to 7pm. for a charge of $75.00. General admission begins at 9 a.m. continuing through 5p.m. Saturday, for a cost of $8.00. The show continues on Sunday, August 9th. The show hours on Sunday are 10a.m. to 4p.m. A two-day pass can be bought for $12.00.  A party for collectors and exhibitors will be held Saturday night, August 8th, at 5:00 p.m. at the gallery - Cowboys & Indians Antiques at 4000 Central SE in Albuquerque. For more information, contact the show director, Terry Schurmeier, at (505) 255-4054 or e-mail online at: cowgirls@rt66.com. The Lujan building has been updated with a new cooler system and the leaks have been fixed. 

Albuquerque, Heading West:

The Great Southwestern Antique Show, the premiere antique event of New Mexico is celebrating its 10th year.  This is one of the Southwest’s largest antique events. This annual event, proudly sponsored by Cowboys & Indians Antiques, located in Nob Hill, Albuquerque’s vintage shopping district, takes place early August each year and features the collections of over 200 of the finest Antique & Folk Art, American Indian & Western, and Ethnographic Arts dealers in the United States.

 Join Cowboys & Indians in its special invitation to join the dealers on Friday afternoon August 8th at the Great Southwestern  “hard hat”  Sneak Preview during set-up day where you can shop without the crowds and discuss the history of the pieces that each dealer has presented.  The “Sneak Preview” 2:00-7:00pm is a charitable event funding Art & Education in Albuquerque, benefiting the developmentally disabled through VSA of NM and “The Silent Partner Endowment at St. Pius X” supporting single parent families who are in financial need. The $75.00 donation per person is 100% tax deductible and split between our beneficiaries.

General Admission Show Hours are on Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00pm $8.00/per person per day or $12.00 for a two day pass. Sneak Preview participants are offered free admission through out the run of the show.

The Great Southwestern brings a glimpse of our past to the people of New Mexico as well as to thousands of visitors from around the country and from around the world. The Great Southwestern has always been a trend-setting event. It has historically attracted many of the top architectural and fashion design groups looking for inspiration to set up the direction in upcoming trends in home furnishings, clothing and personal styling. Albuquerque is a diverse city, rich in cultural heritage, and provides the perfect backdrop to showcase a show of this caliber, which is dedicated to promote an appreciation of the history housed in the objects of our ancestors. The Great Southwestern has made every effort to seek out dealers who share the promoter’s vision that History and Art should be accessible to all people, of all walks of life in every income bracket.  This show offers an astonishing variety of authentic antiques and art in all price ranges and aims to satisfy all levels of desire, from Museum quality pieces to decorative arts for the home decorator and novice collector. Our dealers are teachers, teachers of art & culture; they are here in Albuquerque to share their knowledge.  Their job is to care for those objects that represent our collective past and educate the future collectors and caretakers so that in our mass marketed, mass produced world we don’t forget who we really are and from where we came

  For more information And Sneak Preview Reservations Please call 

  Cowboys & Indians Antiques at   505-255-4054