"An artist must paint not what he sees, but what is there," painter Charles Burchfield once said. [caption id="attachment_32268" align="alignright" width="237"] Bill Cramer's "Summer Song"[/caption] A group 29 artists in town for the Sheridan Arts Foundation's 10th annual Telluride Plein Air event. Their job: to create...
[caption id="attachment_32313" align="alignright" width="111"] "Sunlit hillside," Marshall Noice[/caption] Telluride Arts' First Thursday Art Walk is a festive celebration of the arts in downtown Telluride for art lovers, community, and friends. Fifteen venues host receptions from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. to showcase new exhibitions and artists. Only...
[caption id="attachment_32130" align="alignright" width="193"] Elizabeth Taylor, by Bernie Fuchs[/caption] The fireworks start on Tuesday – and may end with Tuesday unless the weather gods shed some tears– with a special holiday edition of Telluride Arts' monthly Art Walk. Venues all over town feature exciting exhibitions showcasing...
Need proof Yoga has infiltrated every corner of American culture? Just follow the threads dropped by the headlines – and the stats. According to a study released by Yoga Journal in December 2012, the number of Americans practicing yoga jumped 29 percent, to 20.4 million...
[caption id="attachment_32155" align="alignright" width="300"] Chef Bud Thomas of Rev, Hotel Madeline, and Library's Books & Cooks[/caption] Chef Bud (Thomas) is cooking with gas this month. Rev, the signature restaurant at Hotel Madeline, Mountain Village, opened for business with a VIP welcome dinner for the Telluride Wine Festival...
[caption id="attachment_32072" align="alignright" width="300"] Sheridan Opera House, way back when. (From Segerberg family archives.)[/caption] Setting the scene: Following a major facelift, on February 1, 1913, New York City's Grand Central Terminal reopened as the world's largest railroad station. Nice venue, but geographically undesirable. In 1913, Houdini began performing...
“Cameras don’t take great pictures. Artists take great pictures. And no two artists see the same things the same way,” Nan Goldin Daniel Tucker founded Telluride’s Ah Haa School for the Arts in 1991 based on the idea that we are all creative. All it takes...
[caption id="attachment_32043" align="alignright" width="281"] 2012 Artist Choice/Best of Show Award, Bill Cramer's "Clarice's Ranch"[/caption] Old idea. New blood. When they first came on the scene back in 1874, artists who ultimately became brand names – Monet, Manet, Renoir, Bonnard and Degas – were considered rebels. Defying the...
Trends and styles may change in music, but there are just some things that are timeless…like songwriting from the heart with ear-catching melodies and rich harmony vocals. [caption id="attachment_31948" align="alignright" width="300"] Sons of Fathers[/caption] The team of David Beck (a stage name as his real name is...
