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As philanthropic giving has decreased in the latest economic downturn, it has become necessary for nonprofit organizations to better demonstrate the impact of their work in order to be competitive for a smaller pool of funding.  As such, the national news is full of examples of program evaluation, assessment and accountability.  Whether it is teacher accountability through student testing, the requirement that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus money) grant funded projects must track job creation, or the Disaster Accountability Project, which evaluates disaster relief and aid organizations’ response to natural disasters, there is a national trend toward measuring outcomes to determine the effectiveness of programs to bring about positive social change.

18 February, 2011 /

After major remodeling and renovations at the Peaks Resort and Spa, the iconic Telluride hotel donated major surpluses of furniture, linens and appliances to the humanitarian organization Habitat for Humanity in Montrose, Colorado this week. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization which builds simple,...

16 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Jeremy Lurgio talks about his and Tony Rizzuto's aproaches to photographing people]

 

Lurgio_RedShedFlyShop Tony rizzuto Friday – Sunday, March 11 – March 13, Jeremy Lurgio and Tony Rizzuto are scheduled to lead a photography intensive at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts. The subject matter: "The Photography of People."

Portrait photography like portrait painting raises any number of provocative questions. To what extend does or should a portrait function like a literary biography? What distinguishes a fine art photography portrait from the digitals you snap of your family to email to relatives? Does the answer have something to do with the extent to which the person doing the shooting manages to reveal his sitter's inner landscape. Irving Penn's spare, frank compositions shot in the natural light of his studio with rudimentary props helped define define the look of Vogue magazine in the 1940s. Penn's images, like those of Avedon later, produced intense engagement with his subject that made viewers feel like voyeurs.

15 February, 2011 /

[click "Play" to hear Beau and Caci talk about their event]

 

C&D_2477 For sure the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when Telluride's Dolce Jewels and CashmereRed get together to party. Thursday, February 17, 6 – 8 p.m., the two stores host their 2nd annual Cashmere & Diamonds event at Dolce, 226 West Colorado. This year the featured designers are Begg of Scotland and Pamela Froman.

Pamela Froman's fine jewelry collection is comprised of handmade, one-of-a-kind, limited edition pieces fashioned from multiple colors of precious metals (22 karat gold or platinum) and rare natural stones.

15 February, 2011 /

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Museum Mine Hike, 2009


kicker: The Telluride Historical Museum aims to collect reviews and $5,000 for programs and exhibits.

Tick tock. Tick tock. We're  halfway through the deadline.

Here's the big idea:  The Telluride Historical Museum has an opportunity to win $5,000. But it is going to need your help. And fast.

Starting February 1, the Telluride Museum began competing with non-profits all over the country for prize money awarded to the organization that garners the most reviews throughout the month.

14 February, 2011 /
[click "Play", Sasha speaks with Susan about SquidShow]

 

Valentines Poster When is a "Squid" a Cupid? The answer has nothing to less to do with more arms to hold you and more to do with ties that bind.

Have you been married forever, but it feels like yesterday? Is your crush new and fresh or still hidden? Is your best friend down in the mouth and needing a quicker pick me up? Have Telluride's Squids deliver the perfect Valentine's Day tribute: a Squid Cupidgram. (The nonviolent troupe replaces arrows with wit.)

12 February, 2011 /

 Students from the 2010 Snowshoe Overnight brave the elements at 11,000 Ft. February 10, 2011 Telluride Institute's Watershed Education Program (WEP) is launching the first annual Nucla Middle School Snowshoe Overnight this week from February 10th to 11th!  WEP will be conducting this program in...

10 February, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Susan's conversation with Jeff Elliott]

 

 

122015_extralarge Minor White was a major American photographer. Just how good, how influential is evidenced in the work of one of his former students. Jeff Elliott's moving show, "Another Face of Islam," is on display in the Daniel Tucker Gallery at Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts.

In Minor White's perspective one does not photograph something simply for "what it is", but "for what else it is." In creating his series of images of the Islamic world, Telluride local Jeff Elliott claims to have abandoned any notions of photo-documentation, choosing instead to use his eye to capture the "depth and serenity of the Islamic faith." Not what Islam is, but all that it is in form, spirit, light and the influence of the Muslim world.

Put another way, like White's images, Elliott's photographs are not about record keeping. Not about a "Kodak moment." They are as interpretative, magical and powerful as any abstract painting. And just as capable of delivering a gut punch – albeit with a velvet glove.

08 February, 2011 /