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05 Sep TIO Denver: Jenny Morgan at PLUS Gallery
“Adding something fresh and necessary to the genre of portraiture may seem impossible, but in that realm, Jenny Morgan is crushing it. Don’t label her paintings figurative or photoreal. Her extraordinary skills for rendering the human figure are besides the point. Layers of the unconscious...
03 Sep Telluride Arts’ Art Walk, September 4 Hilites
In the second decade of the 20th century old-fashioned realism made way for abstraction, which became the Holy Grail of modern art. Cezanne and Cubism were two of the triggers that motivated painters and sculptors to stop copying what is and instead find the essence of what is. Commune...
27 Aug Lundahl Captures Telluride’s “Outlaw Spirit”
“This is a magnificent book, sweeping in its vision of the most beautiful town in America, the magical box canyon where nature perpetually exhibits what Emily Dickinson once called the “far theatricals of day,” and where the humans lucky enough to live there (and those...
18 Aug Telluride Film Festival: Why So Influential?
Mushroom Festival has come and gone– just behind the imminent flowering of the local mycelia. Now we are heading for the finish line, the apex of the summer season, the Telluride Film Festival, August 29 – September 1. It is easy to lose the essence of the Film Fest in...
06 Aug Telluride Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival
2nd Annual Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival August 8-10 Telluride Fiber Arts was the brainchild of Val Levy Franzese, a multi-talented artist (and owner of Black Bear Trading). “Art-crafts are part of Telluride History,” Val explains.”Wives of the miners made quilts and knitted hats, scarves, sweaters and...
05 Aug Telluride Arts: Art Walk Highlites, August
No doubt the two featured artists at Arroyo, 220 East Colorado, Alberto Murillo and Chriss Crossen, owe a debt to artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Ken Noland, Morris Louis, who were among the superstar Color Field painters of the 1960s. Their stains, veils, and disembodied...
31 Jul Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend Prize Winners
The Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend, that happened July 19 and 20, provided an insider’s look into the depth of the creative talent within the Telluride Arts District. The event, in its third year, was intimate and inspiring; connecting creative people across all disciplines—and expressing...
30 Jul Telluride Arts: “Anthropomorphism,” Katy Parnello, 8/1/2014
Telluride Arts’ Gallery 81435 features artist/choreographer Katy Parnello in “Anthropomorphism,” an exhibit and live performance Join Telluride Arts for a closing party and live performance as part of Katy Parnello’s exhibit, Anthropomorphism. The event takes place at Gallery 81435 (across the street from the Stronghouse...