[caption id="attachment_33927" align="alignright" width="281"] An image from Telluride Plein Air[/caption] They came. They saw. They painted. "They" were Plein Air artists selected through a juried process, their work (along with a biography) vetted by a panel of artists, gallery owners and educators. Between Friday, June 28 – Thursday, July 4,...
[caption id="attachment_33880" align="alignright" width="300"] Ben Knight image featured in Adventure Journal[/caption] Still trawling the Internet daily. And today I came across a familiar name. Ben Knight was a photographer at the Daily Planet when I worked there (which I did for 15 years). He was terrific;...
[caption id="attachment_33781" align="alignright" width="172"] Kathy Green's fantasy flowers on gold sarong batik on silk, Photo by Joe Skalsky[/caption] Shake your head in disbelief. Or clap your hands for joy. Makes no never mind. Telluride does indeed have one more festival, this one artfully woven into town's...
[caption id="attachment_33552" align="alignright" width="150"] Rob Schultheis, Camel[/caption] Rob Schultheis grew up on the Pacific Rim, in Hong Kong, Manila, and locales still classified, where his father was C.I.A. Chief of Station. After graduating with an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, he traveled extensively in...
Susan X. Billings is the kind of protean talent who is out there to prove that all of life is art. A glimpse at any one of her mixed media images or her new woodblock prints tells the story: the work has nothing to do...
Ah Haa selects photographers for first Photography Prize Exhibition After receiving 99 photo entries from 38 different photographers, the Ah Haa School for the Arts and Shot Images have announced the selection of 23 images for the first Telluride Photography Prize: “Capturing the Essence of Telluride...
For over 20 years, Ah Haa’s annual fundraiser has been the must-attend event of the summer season. Art lovers and community members support the Ah Haa School by bidding on a wide range of work created by artists from near and far. This year's theme is...
[caption id="attachment_32647" align="alignright" width="300"] Wharf Study, Doug Dawson[/caption] The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art has a stable that includes some of the best pastel artists in the world, among them Sally Strand, Carole Katchen, Bruce Gomez – and Doug Dawson. Dawson is also a Visiting Artist at...
[caption id="attachment_32192" align="alignright" width="225"] "His Own Undoing"[/caption] The girl can't help it. Sculptor and long-time Telluride local Julie McNair was born to make art. Julie's mother had studied fine art and music in college. Her grandmother was an antique dealer with a large collection of dolls from...
[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...
