Fine Art

There is an exciting new resource for regional artists at the Stronghouse Studios. A screen-printing lab, open to the public, has just come online thanks to the equipment and expertise of long time local Max Harrison. The lab is set up for large-format printing and has everything...

Sandy Skoglund creates subversive room-size installations such as “Radioactive Cats” (1980), a post-nuclear tableau starring a swarm of eerie chartreuse felines, which have invaded the drab gray kitchen (and drab gray lives) of an elderly Midwestern couple. [caption id="attachment_49105" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Radioactive Cats, Skoglund, Telluride Gallery...

The Telluride Arts District is now accepting applications for the Small Grants for Artists. Funding for individual artist’s projects, professional development, and artist-to-artist workshops. Small grants support the innovation, creativity and professional development of individual artists living in the Telluride region. The small grants program is generously...

Telluride Arts’ programs director Britt Markey is more than just a pretty face. She is executive director Kate Jones’ abundantly talented aide de camp – and then some. [caption id="attachment_48272" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Hand, Britt Markey[/caption] With degrees in graphic design and fine art, Britt brings substantial design, organizational,...

Color is the backdrop of our lives. And the colors we surround ourselves with in daily life affect us profoundly. And they affected history. Writing in the Huff Post, Todd Van Luling talks about “8 Things You Didn’t Know About Color That Almost Too Ridiculous To Be...

Selected artists exhibit in Daniel Tucker Gallery and vie for cash prizes. Andy Warhol once quipped that every person will have 15 minutes of fame. The Ah Haa School for the Arts would like to help make the legendary Pop artist good on his word. And, for selected...

Some women live by “The Rules.” Others write new rules every day. Meet Pia-squared. Pia-squared is Pia Kamala and Pia Gedeon, two abundantly talented ladies who have redefined the term “MIXXology." Simply calling their brand new venue, MIXX Projects + Atelier, 309 East Colorado, a gallery would be as dated as the doilies...

Nature-inspired jewelry that will rock your world. Now on display at Ah Haa Raise your hand if you’ve ever picked up a stone or pebble while working along a beach or a path. I thought so. Hard to resist those beautiful shapes and seductive textures. But...

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up,” Pablo Picasso [caption id="attachment_46973" align="aligncenter" width="397"] Mouse Cafe, 23 X 19 X 11"[/caption] Gepetto (of “Pinocchio” fame, in case your mother never read to you at bed time) has nothing on...

A show of new work by painter Susan Sales goes on display at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art Saturday, December 20. [caption id="attachment_47062" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Holiday Cheer, 12 x 24"[/caption] Sales built her considerable reputation on color field paintings, first exhibiting images featuring the rich, polished surfaces...