CAC ARTS NEWS No. 177
03/08/05
Editor's Note:
Are
you frazzled? Did you wake up this morning and start thinking about what a
crazy world we live in where we are overloaded with too much information
and miss information? Trying to keep from being cynical/ Just
trying to get the day started with what has to be done? Tired of a lot of
questions? Ok!
I'm
like you in that I find there are certain things that bring sanity back and a
positive outlook on life. I think art - visual and performing - was God's gift
in that regard. I know that blowing through a good Dixieland Jazz number on the
tuba makes the world go away. Standing in front of an easel putting down some
serious paint is as good as sitting under a tree in a summer breeze a hundred
miles form anyone. A very good friend and I have been going through old vinyl
records of poetry and spoken word to create programs for the radio. Listen to
poets for Peace of 1967 and you may get a sense that yes, the world turns, but
ever so slowly and as tragic and cynical that statement is, there is some
comfort that nothing changes. After discovering the world isn't going to hell in
a handbasket despite our best efforts, it is just great to find something
creative to do. After my anxiety attack this morning, I'm finding comfort in
writing all this blather while listening to some great theater organ music. You
are my therapy. Thank you and see you next week.
Paul
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AND NOW FOR COLORADO ARTS NEWS:
"Lynn Skinner Sings The Music of Joni
Mitchell"
When:
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Where:
Jazz at Jack's (1553 Platte Street, Denver)
Time:
7:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM)
Admission:
$10.00 (ages 21 and over)
Advance
tickets available online: www.instantseats.com
As
seasoned vocalist, recording artist, songwriter, and eclectic performer, Lynn
Skinner will present her version of several songs composed by Joni Mitchell -
one of Lynn's favorite artists.
Lynn
will perform with Bob Schlesinger (piano); Michael Stanwood (autoharp,
vocals, percussion); Ron Bland (bass); Larry Thompson (drums); Bob Rebholz
(reeds); Eric Levine (violin).
Contact:
Lynn Skinner at 303.239.6021 or vocalynn@earthlink.net
Thank
you for supporting live music and the arts here in Colorado!
Lynn
Skinner
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"Expressions" Art Show Reception
Wednesday,
March 16, 2005
5:30
- 8:pm at Dreamcatcher Direct Instruction Centers 5440 Conestoga Court
(55th
and Arapahoe)
Boulder,
CO 80301
303-444-8422
Participating
Artists:
Judy
Hazen, Jane Hunt, Eric Matelski, Dee Timm, Barbara Taylor & Cheryl
Whithall.
Join
us for food and beverages, and an opportunity to talk to the artists. 15% of
all sales go to Legacy of Learning. The show will hang from 2 March through 1
June.
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18th
ANNUAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ART EXHIBIT OPENS SUNDAY MARCH 6
The
Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park opens its 18th Annual Women's History
Month Art Exhibition at the Estes Park Conference Center on
Sunday March 6 from 2 to 4 PM. The public is invited
to attend and meet with the artists, view the work, some refreshments and
enjoy an afternoon of music performed by young women music students from the
greater Estes Valley.
The
exhibition, Shadows
and Light, spotlights
the diversity of styles and subject matter prevalent among the local women
artists during the National Women's History Month Celebration in March and
throughout April. The Women's History Month Art Exhibit has a rich tradition
dating back to March 1987. Shadows
and Light features the
artwork by forty women high school age and beyond.
Thirty
nine artists from the Colorado communities of Aurora, Denver, Estes Park,
Greeley, LaPorte, Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins and Manitiou Springs
and one artist from Dallas, TX have work on display in the show
through April 30, 2005. The largest show to date, a total of 88 two
and three-dimensional artworks are on display and for
sale.
The
2005 exhibition features contemporary and traditional diverse
artworks and includes: handwoven garments (silk/mohair/rayon), monotype
and serigraph printmaking (ink/paper), painting and drawing (watercolor,
charcoal, oil, acrylic, pastel, dye on silk, mixed media) photography
(color, black & white and applied surface technique with acrylic),
jewelry fabrication (gold and precious stone), sculpture (polymer clay
and aluminum, clay), and collage/assemblage (mixed media).
Participating
artists include:
Nancy
Bergman, CO
Julianne Biehl, TX
Ingrid Burnett, CO
Marty Yokum Casey, CO
Sandra Coker, CO
Pamela England, EP
Andrea Gabel, CO
Cathy Goodale, EP
Vivian Gordon, CO
Janet M. Graham, CO
Susan M. Haskins, CO
Deborah J. Jansen, CO
Barbara Klett, CO
Ellen Lawson, CO
Laura LeBlanc, CO
Gin Leuchter, CO
Dorothy Martin, CO
Anne
McCaffrey, CO
Park
High School Students:
Renee Bagdy, Gr. 11
Harmony Cook,
Gr. 11
Leah Robertson,
Gr.12
Alyssa
Santoriello, Gr. 12
Bri Schock, Gr.
12
Bethany
Swanson, Gr. 12
Katie Trofholz,
Gr. 11
Jessica
Watters, Gr. 12
Tess Moore, CO
Dawn Normali, CO
Nancy OÕFarrell, CO
Linda C. Palmer, CO
Aggie Polak, CO
Cynthia Price Reedy, CO
Eli Roehl, CO
Rosemary Scheuering, CO
Marcy Silverstein, CO
Virginia Taulane, CO
Tonya Vander, CO
Sandra Wilson, CO
Audie Yenter, CO
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Grand
Junction
Downtown Development Authority
248 South 4th Street
Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
(970)
245-9697
From:
Art on the Corner Committee
Contact: Allison Sarmo, 254-3865
(after 3pm - 245-8930)
Date:
February 22, 2005
Kill Date: March 31, 2005
GRAND
JUNCTION'S ART ON THE CORNER SEEKS SCULPTURE FOR EXHIBIT
Grand Junction, Colorado's Art on the
Corner Committee and the Downtown Development Authority invite sculptors to
submit their works of art to be considered for the 21st annual Main Street Art
on the Corner exhibit. Installation of the exhibit will be Saturday, June
11, 2005, and participating artists are asked to lend their pieces to the
exhibit for one year. All artwork is for sale, and the Downtown
Development Authority markets the sculptures through a widely distributed
brochure and their website at www.downtowngj.org. Over 300,000 people
view this outstanding display annually.
Sculptors interested in displaying work
may contact Art on the Corner at 970-254-3865 or allisons@ci.grandjct.co.us for
a flyer and application form, or call Downtown Development at
970-245-9697. Deadline to submit an application and photos is April
15. There are 30 spaces available for new works, and pieces are juried to
ensure artistic quality and durability. Fragile, dangerous, or
inappropriate pieces are not accepted.
The Art on the Corner exhibit in Grand
Junction's Downtown Shopping Park has 100 temporary and permanent pieces.
Annual prizes include the "People's Choice Award", usually purchased
as part of the collection, and the $500 Lou Wille Award, given for artistic
excellence, creativity, and continued participation. Since its inception
in 1984, over 75 sculptures by 50 artists have been acquired for the permanent
collection, with a total value of a half million dollars.
Sculptors
selected to participate are provided a free hotel room and a Welcome Reception
prior to the installation. A major downtown streetscape project will
begin next year which includes the purchase of $50,000 of artwork, and
sculptures accepted into AOTC this year may be considered for inclusion in this
project.
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Anne
Macdonald, Director
Arts
Alive Fort Collins
P.O.
Box 739
Fort
Collins, CO 80522
970
482-2232
info@artsalivefc.org
FYI__
Culture-Commerce-Civc-Community May 20th-21st, 2005 The Denver Office of
Cultural Affairs, The Colorado Council on the Arts, The Lab at Belmar,
University of Colorado at Denver, and Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
are collaborating on a conference to explore the role of the arts in
strengthening Colorado's regional economy and civic communities.
Attendees will gain access to cutting-edge ideas and debates about the role of
culture and about strategies for turning cities and regions into dynamic
creative hubs. The conference will be held in the King Center, a dynamic
combination of performance and classroom space on the Auraria campus in
downtown Denver. Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, 2005. Each day will
be rich with lectures, panels, and receptions spilling over to the early
evening hours. For further information or to add your name to the conference
mailing list, contact the Colorado Council on the Arts, coloarts@state.co.us.
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COLORADO
THEATRE GUILD
P.O. Box 8625
Denver,
CO 80201-8625
Please
check out our Web Site.
www.coloradotheatreguild.org
Call
for Entries
The
Colorado Theatre Guild is proud to announce the next six months of Theatre
Night Out.
Theatre Night Out will feature, invite
guests, host a reception, roll out the red
carpet
and in general promote the production of one Theatre Guild member theatre each
month. The idea is to promote theatre and bring in new audiences on the
Third Friday of the month, like galleries promote visual arts on First Friday.
If an interested
theatre
does not have a Friday performance, other days in the third week may be
considered.
The Guild kicked off this program in
January and sold out the subscriptions in 10
days. This year, it has plans to
offer more subscription packages for another six
month
package. This will be achieved by offering two smaller venues on the same
night and giving subscribers a choice (on a first come-first served basis) so
that more than 65 subscriptions can be sold.
This
program has been extremely well received and very popular. We hope you
will all consider submitting a proposal in the next round. We are asking
all participants to
offer a subscription option as well a
discount on single tickets for that night. For
example, several theatres in the first
round offered 2-for-1 single tickets and an
even more discounted rate for
subscribers. The discount is up to you and if you have
any questions, please feel fre