Western Art Academy

Western Art Academy Proudly supported by the Houston Rodeo and Schreiner University. The Western Art Academy continued to grow and eventually returned to the university.

The Western Art Academy Scholarship Program is a rigorous 4-week program that teaches students the process in creating Western Art with painting and clay sculpting. From 1984 until 2009, the Western Art Academy was administered by the Cowboy Artists of America Museum, now the Museum of Western Art. As summer sessions continued, the academy changed from a six-week college drawing class to a non-col

lege-credit, three-week art workshop and was not always housed on the Schreiner University campus. For a brief period, it was housed at various Hill Country area summer camp ranches with classes held at the museum. Becoming a much more intensive course than what began as simply one summer drawing class, it expanded from the original eight seniors to include freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with the session size increasing to 48 students by 2010. From 2012-2015 WAA students had an option to purchase three credit hours for a modest fee. In 2016, Schreiner University and the HLSR made the decision to award all WAA students three hours of college credit without any additional fees. Art: 1340 Introduction to the Visual Arts. In 2018, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo began to allow former WAA students to return for a second year. These students earn an additional credit course ART: 1302 Principles of Drawing. Thus the academy has returned to the original goal of the founders.

07/14/2026

An awesome compilation of photos from our art preview 🤗

The Class of 2026!
07/11/2026

The Class of 2026!

07/11/2026

Snippets of Dr. Don Frazier's speech.

07/11/2026

Two clips of them accepting their diplomas!

07/11/2026

Graduation Day for our amazing students! Here they are marching in!

Week 3 Painting close-ups 🖌️👀
07/02/2026

Week 3 Painting close-ups 🖌️👀

Sculptures are taking shape in week 3 🤏🏼
07/02/2026

Sculptures are taking shape in week 3 🤏🏼

Week 3 has begun and our two groups have switched classes! The group of 20 students that were in sculpture the first two...
06/29/2026

Week 3 has begun and our two groups have switched classes! The group of 20 students that were in sculpture the first two weeks are now painting! For some, this will be their first experience using oil paints 🖌️ We can't wait to see what they create! 🎨

06/24/2026

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Kerrville, TX
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