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[click "Play", Lisa Pedolsky discusses her art with Susan]

 

_IGP1696 Telluride is a magnet for world-class talent, some of which finds its way to the Ah Haa School for the Arts to participate in its Visiting Artists Workshops. Durango-based ceramicist Lisa Pedolsky is one of them.

Lisa Pedolsky's hand-built functional objects – boxes, bottles and bowls – are informed by memories of things past such as childhood toys, plus discoveries made along the way, calligraphic texts, architecture and textiles. All her simply elegant and elegantly simple shapes that work – things to store in, pour from, serve with – are slab-constructed in terra cotta, a low fire earthenware clay.

Friday – Sunday, February 11 – February 13, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Lisa leads a class through various methods of slab constructed ceramics. Using techniques similar to package design and dressmaking, a number of functional forms are presented, along with distinct surface treatments, the use of traditional and non-conventional tools, and aesthetic considerations. ( All skill levels welcome.)

18 January, 2011 /

The Telluride AIDS Benefit holds auditions for the 2011 TAB Fashion Show Monday – Wednesday, January 25 – 27. To prepare, the Telluride AIDS Benefit and The Ames Conservancy are offering a prep class for models and dancers. Fashion Show choreographer, Amanda Sturdevant, is the mentor...

17 January, 2011 /
[click "Play", Jim Berkowitz talks about his course]

 

JimBerkowitz For four weeks, starting Tuesday, February 1 – Tuesday, February 22, 6-8 p.m., computer lab, Wilkinson Public Library, Telluride local Jim Berkowitz is scheduled to teach for the University Centers of the San Miguel (UCSM).

Berkowitz's course is an exploration of internet marketing and social media networking best practices and technology tools (software/web apps) for successfully building an organization's web presence and a loyal customer/donor base, whether you are a for profit and non-profit business. The material covered includes: Web Site Design, Content & Collaboration, Internet Marketing, Social Media Networking, Managing a Customer/Donor Base.

Our Jim Berkowitz?

16 January, 2011 /

Wayne, booth MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, CO, January 7, 2011 -- The Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association (TMVOA), sponsors and organizers of the Telluride Festival of the Arts (TFA) announced today the dates for 2011, which will take place Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 14. The TFA celebrates the visual and culinary arts and will play host to over 5,000 local, regional and national visitors. Highlights of the event include nationally juried professional visual artists and the signature “Grand Tasting” event showcasing renowned culinary establishments, spirits and wineries.

Visual artists are invited to go online now and apply to be one of the exhibitors at the 2011 TFA. Prospectus and application are available at http://www.Zapplication.org, where artists create an online artist profile, prepare and upload images, and complete the online application. The deadline for application is midnight (MST) on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, one of the nation’s most respected and competitive juried arts festivals, produces the show. The exhibition experience for the visual artists is like none other and includes breathtaking mountain views in a European-style resort town with a year-round population of second and third homeowners that embrace the visual arts. The artists' success and exhibition experience are the core values and measurements of success for the Telluride Festival of the Arts.

15 January, 2011 /

 She all but shouted it from the rooftops of town.

When Telluride local Baerbel Hacke turned 60, there was an all-Caps urgency to the event and a no-holds-barred party to go with it.

Baerbel took (at least) a week off work – she is the director of the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art – so that the birthday girl could celebrate in high style with a little help from her friends, some of whom came all the way over from Germany. (Baerbel was born in Leipzig, but found her winding way to Telluride in the 1980s.) 

15 January, 2011 /

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2009 BVLC students take a close look at the plants in learning identification skills

by Alessandra Jacobson

Telluride Institute is proud to announce the upcoming offering of a fourth year of Bridal Veil Living Classroom (BVLC) to the region’s sophomore and junior high school students!  This is a dual accredited intensive summer science program offered free of charge by the Telluride Institute, every-other summer.  BVLC representatives will be making appearances in Telluride, Norwood, and Nucla schools in the coming weeks to present this one-of-a-kind environmental education program to prospective students. 

The six-month long course kicks off this summer with two weeks of intensive fieldwork in the beautiful and ecologically rich headwaters of Bridal Veil Basin, and culminates with a fall component of writing scientific research papers about the work conducted and presenting results in a public presentation.  Topics covered in the field by intriguing regional experts include:  biodiversity, botany, forest ecology, aquatic insects, water quality, ornithology (birding), threats of climate change in the alpine ecosystem and art in nature.  Individual research projects are structured according to students’ realized interest in those subjects, and are carried out with meticulous mentor oversight in a low student-to-mentor ratio. 

Past students of Bridal Veil Living Classroom have often been inspired enough to seek out educational and career paths in the environmental sciences and conservation, and Bridal Veil Living Classroom has helped to open doors to their future.

12 January, 2011 /
[click "Play" to listen to Joe Tanner's conversation with Susan]

 

155944main_jsc2006e32109_med2 kicker: Fundraiser in support of Scholars in the School and other programs

Telluride's Pinhead Institute has its feet on the ground, but its eyes on the stars this one particular night.

Friday, January 14, 2011, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Pinhead hosts an "Astronomical Evening" of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and conversation with NASA Astronaut Joe Tanner.

11 January, 2011 /
[click "Play" to hear Diane Dandeneau's conversation with Susan]

 

Invite-GBR #12 - Eco Action Being true to your nature takes on a whole other meaning in Telluride, when The New Community Coalition welcomes Diane Dandendeau to town to help launch the Telluride region's EcoAction Initiative. The event takes place at the first Green Business Roundtable of 2011 (#12 in the series), Friday, January 14, 12 – 2:30 p.m. in the Program Room of the the Wilkinson Public Library.

Dandendeau is chair of the Sustainable Future Commission for the Town of Lyons, CO, and director of the Green Heart Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to providing education, tools and resources to help individuals, groups, congregations, businesses, and entire communities understand the global impact of their choices, connect with their deepest values, and live more sustainably.

11 January, 2011 /