Please note the following dates for
this year’s Western Art Competition, held in the Auction Barn (located on
Freeman Boulevard, at the Freeman Coliseum/Frost Bank Center Grounds):
Saturday, November 15, 2025 – Late Entry Deadline for online Western Art Entry Application Form.
Friday, December 5, 2025 – Check-In: All artwork must be dropped off between Noon to 7 P.M.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 – Judging: Closed to the Public
Sunday, December 7, 2025
- 1:00 P.M. – Championship Reception for students, parents, teachers, family, and friends to view all entries submitted in this year's contest and learn who won this year's class championship.
- 2:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. – Art Check Out
All artwork not selected to be Champion in Class, Reserve Champion in Class or selected as a Museum Choice or People’s Choice must be picked up and checked out to the student or teacher following the Student Reception on Sunday afternoon. Artwork not picked up at that time may not be returned unless a special arrangement has been made in advance.
NOTE: The artwork selected to be the Champion in each Class will be retained by the Western Art Committee to be exhibited at The Briscoe Western Art Museum as well as during the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in February in the Expo Hall. The Champion in Class artworks will not be returned to the contestants.
Artwork selected as Reserve Champions in Class, those pieces selected as a Museum Choice and the piece selected as the People’s Choice will be retained by the Western Art Committee to be exhibited at The Briscoe Western Art Museum beginning in January 2026 and during the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in February. Artwork will be returned to the contestants at the end of March 2026.