Fine Art

Telluride Arts’ First Thursday Art Walk is a festive celebration of the art scene in downtown Telluride for art lovers, community, and friends. Participating venues host receptions from 5 –8 p.m. to introduce new exhibits. Complimentary gallery guides, available at all the venues, offer a self-guided...

Telluride Arts announced the recipients of their annual Small Grants for Artists program. Nine different artists were awarded a total of $10,000 for various endeavors. Grants awarded range from professional development courses to specific projects and collaborations. Disciplines varied across the board from fine arts,...

The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art’s “Non Objective” show, December 14, 2017 – January 14, 2018, bookends the earlier “Objective," which opened in July 2017. Both exhibitions were curated by that “impresario of abstraction,” James Hayward, artist, historian and teacher, also father of the TGFA’s...

Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts still has tables for its annual – and spectacular, read, great art and food to match – New Year's Eve Gala. Purchase individual seats here for $300 or a full 8-person round table for $2250. Purchase tickets here or...

Telluride Arts' Gallery 81435  presents "Be Unbroken," an immersive installation exhibit by Flair Robinson, up from December 2017  through January 2018. The opening reception/party takes place Thursday, December 14, 5 – 8 p.m. "Be Unbroken" is a costumed event, so please arrive dressed as your favorite woodland...

The human body has been a muse for artists as long as people have been creating art. Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts wants to see how you interpret the body; the school has issued a call to regional artists to submit their work...

The Telluride Arts’ Telluride Holiday Arts Bazaar is to the Christmas season what the robin is the the spring — it represents the official start to Telluride's holiday season. The weekend-long event allows shoppers to find unique, hand-crafted gifts and gifts made by regional artisans, all in...

The visit to the Noah's Ark at the Skirball Cultural Center was an afterthought. After all, the award-winning space was designed as a play area largely for families and kiddos. [caption id="attachment_70163" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Ark[/caption] The truth is this magical, make-believe space, the result of a collaboration among...

The German art critic Karl With, who published a life of Marc Chagall in 1923, began his book with two definitions: "Chagall is Russian" and "Chagall is an eastern Jew (Ostjude)." The author went on: "One part of him is reserved . . . melancholic...

On our road trip to the Left Coast, so far we have enjoyed fabulous food (earth-to-plate at Seattle's wonderful Terra Plata; oysters harvested a few yards away at a roadside restaurant in Hama Hama, Washington), also food for thought, including a pearl of a show...