The Russell Exhibition and Sale

the signature fundraising event for the nonprofit museum kicks off with a Preview Party, offering an opportunity to view auction works, 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the museum. Meadow Lark Country Club hosts Art in Action, a quick-finish event featuring an auction, entertainment and brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday ($30-$35). Action moves to the Mansfield Center at 6 p.m. for the First Strike Friday Night Live Auction, featuring 100 lots of art submitted exclusively by living artists. Saturday’s free Russell Educational Symposium, 9 a.m.-noon, is titled “A New Vision of Wilderness: 19th Century American Art, Conservation and the National Park Movement.” The main event, The Russell auction, features historic and contemporary fine art, hors d’oeuvres and beverages, 5 p.m. Saturday. Throughout the week, the 22 distinguished painters and sculptors of the Russell Skull Society of Artists will display and sell their work at the Mansfield Center; and auction art is on display at the museum beginning Feb. 19. Museum admission is free during Western Art Week.