0
Traditional Cowboy Arts Association
The Traditional Cowboy Arts Association (TCAA) is dedicated to preserving and promoting the skills of saddlemaking, bit and spur making, silversmithing, rawhide braiding and the role of these traditional crafts in the cowboy culture of the American West. The TCAA supports the work of contemporary artisans through public exhibitions and education, while its mentoring and seminar programs ensure the continuing vitality of Western craftsmanship.

Membership

Artist: John C. Ennis

TCAA Exhibition
:: John C. Ennis

The membership of TCAA is made up of select individuals with established reputations as saddlemakers, silversmiths, bit & spur makers, and rawhide braiders. They are all legitimate heirs to a legacy that tracks back to the classical vaquero tradition of Visalia saddles, Santa Barbara bits, and Ortega rawhide.

The artist members accept membership applications from western craftsmen within the four disciplines it presently represents but seventy-five per cent of the active membership must approve candidates in an annual review process. All work must combine artistic quality with genuine practicality—so that even when pieces may genuinely be considered fine art, the over-riding criterion is one of use and function.

  Artist membership application ...


Founding Members

 
 
Dale Harwood, Saddlemaker Chuck Stormes, Saddlemaker
Mark Dahl, Bit and Spur Maker Ernie Marsh, Bit and Spur Maker
Mark Drain, Silversmith Bill Heisman, Bit and Spur Maker
John C. Ennis, Bit and Spur Maker Cary Schwarz, Saddlemaker
Scott Hardy, Silversmith  
   
Al Pecetti, Emeritus Silversmith Al Tietjen, Emeritus Bit and Spur Maker
Mike Beaver, Emeritus Braider Don King, Emeritus Saddlemaker