This summer sparks the onset of thrilling events and shows, and beginning August 6, Albuquerque’s 22nd annual Great Southwestern Antique Show will host more than 100 dealers. The show includes a variety of vintage, antique and authentic Native American, cowboy and Western items. After last year’s cancelation, show organizer’s anticipate high attendance, and attendees can expect a few surprises, such as some new antique dealers joining an already highly esteemed list.
“We’re really excited to get back to doing in-person shows,” says show manager Victoria Roberts. “It’s been a difficult year for a lot of people and our dealers are chomping at the bit to meet with buyers one-on-one again.”
Visitors at the 2019 Great Southwestern Antique Show.Show festivities begin Friday, August 6, for the Charity Sneak Preview, where ticket holders get a first look and an “early shopping experience,” beginning at 1 p.m. All proceeds go to the Albuquerque Community Foundation and benefits New Mexico PBS Arts & Education. Show owner, Terry Schurmeier, is “really involved with fundraising and giving to the community,” says Roberts. “She once organized funding for nurses to go to school, and then moved on to the PBS arts program. They focus on a lot of education and opportunities in New Mexico.”
This dedication and passion for giving back has culminated in a successful, long-running show with inspired dealers. Visitors can expect to find pieces such as a pair of Northern Plains beaded moccasins from Blue Heron Gallery, Hopi carvings from Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art and a Tlingit-painted drum from Taylor A. Dale Tribal Art, all from the early-20th century.
Blue Heron Gallery, Northern, Plains moccasins. Photo courtesy of Robert Sommers.
The show will also welcome in a few new dealers to the scene including the likes of Smoot Antiques, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that offers high-quality painted furniture, folk art, Americana, and Native American items such as Navajo textiles, Pueblo pottery and basketry. Other new and noteworthy exhibitors are Jeri Devers Lively with Cowgirl Up Trading, out of Crowley, Texas; Mark Leitch with Antiques Etc., from Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Travis MacSwain from Ormond, Florida, who has amassed a great collection over the years and is now looking to downsize and share his wonderful finds. 
Taylor A. Dale Tribal Art, Tlingit painted drum, ca. 1900, 11½”Following the sneak preview, the show will be open to the public at a low-ticketed price for the remainder of the weekend. “On Saturday, August 7, we open our doors at 9 a.m.,” says Roberts, “and it’s our biggest day, running till 5 p.m. Sunday, we’ll be open from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m.”
Buffalo Barry’s Indian Art, Hopi katsinam, left to right: Palhikwaman, 1920s, 12” tall; Sa’lako in resting position, 19th century, 8” tall; Palhik cradle katsina, ca. 1900, 13”. Photo courtesy Anna Kim Walsh Photography.
After the doors close on Saturday, a gallery reception will be hosted at Cowboys & Indians Antiques, Terry Schurmeier’s gallery of Native American and Western art, and where everyone is invited to celebrate the shop’s 25th anniversary in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill neighborhood.
Head to the website to purchase tickets and keep up to date on changing health guidelines.
August 6-8, 2021
Great Southwestern Antique Show
Manuel Lujan Exhibit Complex, 300 San Pedro Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
(505) 255-4054, www.gswevents.com
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