28 Sep Telluride Arts: First Thursday Art Walk
The Telluride Arts District’s First Thursday Art Walk is a festive celebration of the arts in downtown Telluride for art lovers, community and friends. Twenty-two venues host receptions from 5pm-8pm to introduce their new exhibits and artists. A free Art Walk map offers a self-guided tour that can be used at any time to find galleries that are open most days. Listen to Open Art Radio on KOTO from 12-1pm on first Thursdays to hear interviews with the artists. Maps are available at participating venues and at the Telluride Arts offices located in the Stronghouse Studios + Gallery at 283 South Fir Street.
Featured Art Walk Venues: (more info below)
Adam W. Carlos Fine Art
Ah Haa School
AZADI Fine Rugs
Baked in Telluride
Dolce
Elinoff & Co.
Gallery 81435
Gold Mountain Gallery
Kamruz Gallery
La Cocina de Luz
LDGiles Art & Design
Lustre Gallery
MiXX projects + atelier
Murphy Modern
Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery
Slate Gray Gallery
Stronghouse Gallery
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art
Telluride Historical Museum
Tony Newlin Gallery
Turquoise Door Gallery
WE
Exhibit Information:
Adam W. Carlos Fine Art
398 West Colorado Avenue (downstairs)
The Adam W. Carlos Fine Art gallery is also the working studio of Adam Carlos who recently relocated to Telluride from Nashville. A second-generation artist, Adam specializes in highly detailed, exquisite graphite portraiture and landscape drawings. Adam’s ability to capture the true personality of his subjects has created a cherished nationwide clientele. In addition to his custom portrait work, Adam is also known for his Hands of Music series of Bluegrass and Americana musicians in addition to his equestrian and landscape works.
Ah Haa School for the Arts
300 South Townsend Avenue
The Ah Haa School for the Arts presents exhibits and classes that inspire individuals of all ages to explore their creativity. This October, the Daniel Tucker Gallery will be featuring “Beyond the Landscape: The Essence of Telluride,” Ah Haa’s 3rd Annual Juried Photography Prize. The participating photographers may be local residents, visitors, kids, students, amateurs and professionals alike. This competition leaves room for many interpretations — be it landscape, portraiture or still life. The works evoke the feeling and essence of Telluride, regardless of subject.
Azadi Fine Rugs
217 West Colorado Avenue
AZADI Fine Rugs presents exquisite rugs; contemporary to antique that are steeped in tradition, authenticity and personalization.
Baked in Telluride
127 South Fir Street
This month, the Baked in Telluride is exhibiting the paintings of several adult art students who are attending Ah Haa School for the Arts’ painting courses. Their acrylic paintings are large, colorful, and thought provoking. Join the bakery for coffee, cookies, and conversation.
Dolce
224 East Colorado Avenue
Dolce takes pride in offering their clients the finest in custom and designer jewelry, alongside unique sculptures in all sizes and mediums. This month, Dolce will be featuring Victor Velyan. With a penchant for metallurgy and an attraction to gemstones with the best color saturation, designer Victor Velyan has created a collection of pieces with a very distinct look that he describes as “primitive but sophisticated.” In addition to crafting jewelry in gold and silver, he has developed a patina line, produced using his own recipes of mixing acids and metals such as copper, iron, zinc and cobalt to see the reactions and colors produced.
Elinoff & Co.
204 West Colorado Avenue
Elinoff Gallery presents regional and international artists, colored gemstones and diamond jewelry, and local Telluride charms. Elinoff will be featuring internationally acclaimed artist, Spar Street, whose works explores the essence of being truly alive and deeply engaged with the world around us. His paintings and sculptures examine and express our highest ideals and motivations, from the visceral to the spiritual. His work is both responsive to contemporary culture while adding his own passion for the dynamism and vitality of living life in a fully-committed way. Spar’s work allows viewers to discover and contemplate the meaningful qualities-of-being in an ever-evolving manner.
Gallery 81435
230 South Fir Street
Gallery 81435 will continue to run its show featuring Meredith Nemirov. Be sure to stop by the gallery from 7-8 pm of the October Art Walk to hear an artist talk from Meredith on her current show and the importance of trees in art. Her series, Treéstory, is an exhibition of oil paintings, drawings, and three installations referencing the tree and trees as an element of the landscape. The exhibit includes a variety of media and installations that expresses Nemirov’s close connection and appreciation of trees from all around the world. Both ink drawings and historical prints from the series reference ideas of exploration. Additionally, Nemirov has installations set up that further express her motivations, references, and philosophies that enter into communication with her artwork.
Additional information about Meredith here.
Gold Mountain Gallery
135 West Colorado
Gold Mountain Gallery features custom furniture, fine rugs, stunning local photographs, custom jewelry and interior design, infusing the Colorado look and feel with high-end, contemporary home décor. From custom made furniture and fine rugs to stunning local photographs and custom jewelry, Gold Mountain Gallery offers everything from décor staples to those final touches that make each room unique. Also offering full service interior design consultation. Owned by locals Mark and Jessica Goldberg.
Kamruz Gallery
333 West Colorado
Kamruz Gallery features local artists exhibits and photography by Mary Kamruz that captures the spirit of Telluride.
La Cocina de Luz
333 West Colorado
La Cocina de Luz presents Judy Haas. Haas was raised in Aspen and moved to the Telluride area in 2008. She is well known for her trout pastels which she began creating in 1985.
LDGiles Art & Design
307 E. Colorado, Unit #104 (Willow Building)
LD Giles Art and Design features paintings and photographs by long-term local artist Lawrence Giles. The working studio/gallery displays Giles’ outdoors themed work as well as providing a creative artist den. Traditional works available in addition to digital services and print media.
Lustre, an Artisan Gallery
171 South Pine Street
Lustre Gallery presents David Patchen, award-winning glass artist. Patchen practices the thousand-year old murrine style of glass patterning and makes it his own. He has trained with professionals in Stanwood, Washington and Murano, Italy. His glass creations begin with meticulous planning and designing of colors and patterns that are composed to design the final work all before blowing it. He enjoys this process of thoughtful creativity and the contrasting intensity of executing work in the hotshop, where the limited window to shape molten glass requires precision and urgency. The dual challenge of designing and executing complex work satisfies both the artist and the craftsman in Patchen and he continually finds it exciting to create a piece that he pored days over, watching it come to life in the fire.
MiXX projects + atelier
307 East Colorado Avenue
The MiXX team will be exhibiting works produced by photographers both near and far. The theme of this month’s show is “Double Take.” Photography has a unique ability to document reality, while simultaneously skewing our perception of an event. A photograph offers one perspective, that of the photographer. MiXX will be presenting images that cause the viewer to do a double-take in order to gain a deeper understanding of the image they are observing. These images may excite you, perturb you, or provoke limitless questions; whatever your reaction may be, you are encouraged to share it.
MiXX will be featuring local photographers such as Alec Jacobson and Hannah Knudsen, along with New York-based photographer, Jordan Matters, who is known for his project, “The Dancers Among Us.” Their photo-centric exhibition does not stop there—MiXX invite everyone to participate in the exhibition by bringing their own print to hang up on the wall. They will have an evolving art piece composed of images from anyone and everyone that wishes to stop in and contribute. Choose an image that you believe embodies the idea of a double-take. As all art should be, the theme is entirely subjective and up to personal interpretation so let your creativity take hold!
Murphy Modern
220 East Colorado Avenue
Murphy Modern at Arroyo wine bar is dedicated to bringing accomplished and cutting-edge contemporary art to Telluride in a salon-like setting.
Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery
333 West Colorado Avenue
Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery presents “Substance of Light”, featuring local Telluride artist David Brankley. David combines his close connection to nature with the hussle-bussle of local town life. Painting landscapes for over 20 years, all over the world, it is Telluride that captured this intrepid heart in 2006. “Telluride is spectacular for the light that emanates from it’s landscape—it has substance and energy.” This is what David continues portray and to explore.
Slate Gray Gallery
209 E. Colorado Ave. Unit A
Slate Gray Gallery presents jewelry by Eli Halili. Born and raised in central Israel, Eli grew up exploring markets for ancient treasures. His curiosity to find beauty led him to travel around the world and eventually settle in New York City. After graduating from the Gemological Institute of America, Eli opened his store Eli Halili. Eli’s jewelry represents the accumulation of his life experiences and follows his belief that life should be elegant, spiritual, meaningful and full of the worlds simple beauties. Eli’s work showcases ancient artifacts mixed with natural stones and 18k, 22k and 24k gold. Best stated by Eli Halili, “It is jewelry that symbolizes all he believes to be wonderful about this Earth and its four corners.”
Stronghouse Studios + Gallery
283 South Fir Street
Stronghouse Studios + Gallery presents a series of paintings by Michael Wyszynski. The exhibit, Commuter, is related to Michael’s daily drive through Norwood Canyon and his commute years ago from Ridgway to Telluride. After a realization that he never pulls over on these drives to absorb the natural beauty in the landscape, he came up with this series of paintings that reflect stopping, getting out of the car, and bearing witness to all that surround us.
Telluride Gallery of Fine Art
130 East Colorado Avenue
The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art presents Julee Hutchison for her 3rd Solo Exhibition with 18 new oil paintings. Julee is a local plein air artist who captures Telluride’s surrounding landscape in a unique and distinctive palette and style.
Telluride Historical Museum
201 West Gregory Street
Forces of Nature: Telluride’s Prehistoric Journey
June 2015 – March 2016
Discover what Telluride was like before there were people, before the ski resort, the mines and even the mountains. The Telluride Historical Museum’s upcoming annual exhibit, Forces of Nature: Telluride’s Prehistoric Journey, delves into the dramatic and volatile powers that built the region we know today.
Uncover carnivorous Allosaurus dinosaur fossils from the late Jurassic period and discover what life was like for these fast, muscular reptiles. Dive into the Western Interior Seaway, the shallow sea that covered Colorado and extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Test out the principles of Plate Tectonics, handle real Colorado fossils, and see the gems and minerals formed through millions of years of volcanic activity. Experience how the Ice Age and the pressure of glaciers creeping along the valley out Telluride and set the scene for the first humans.
Tony Newlin Gallery
100 West Colorado Avenue
The Tony Newlin Gallery features the wildlife and nature photography of Tony Newlin. His collection includes images from Colorado, the Western United States, and Alaska. Available in a range of sizes, finishes and frames, discover aspen trees, Colorado mountain scenes, bears, moose and a variety of other wildlife and nature scenes. Tony is true to the original scene and believes composition, light and behavior are the keys to great images.
Turquoise Door Gallery
226 West Colorado Avenue
The Turquoise Gallery presents original works by Jim Wodark, Valerie Levy Franzense, Sonia Reid, and Robert J. Franzense.
WE
126 East Colorado Avenue
WE, formerly Wizard Emporium, presents artisan gifts and unique jewelry, fine art, pottery, toys, frames, photographs, and cards from the region.
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