When it comes to creating Western-themed art, Jeremy Booth could be considered the NFT world’s head honcho. But the artist won’t explore that Web3 frontier on his lonesome, revealing Tuesday that he plans on roping in more creators and leading them towards depicting greener pastures.

Booth announced the creation of the Western Art Dept, a project that seeks to onboard traditional Western artists into the Web3 space while tapping established NFT creators that can tip their hat to the historical genre.

The Western Art Dept will kick off in early May as a collection hosted on NFT art platform, Foundation. Showcasing 1-of-1 NFTs from several artists, it’s both an opportunity to highlight people’s talent and bring more of the Wild West into the digital space, Booth told Decrypt.

“It’d be really nice to see more Western art represented in the space because it’s got a really rich history on the traditional side of art,” he said. “At the time when I started doing it in the space, I felt like I was the only one.”

Niko Ampouris, social media and community manager at Vayner3,  is also behind the initiative and will manage its strategic and marketing efforts, while helping with curation. The Western Art Dept is not affiliated with Vayner3.

While Booth primarily creates digital artwork that’s sold as a unique, single-edition NFT, the artist launched the Go to Source to See Full Article
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