May 2021
Check it out! So many venues are open and so much LIVE MUSIC happening. We are SO ready for this —Food, music, live entertainment and theatre. Western Colorado says goodbye to Covid! Different counties have different rules. Masks are required in Ouray County (even though it has the lowest level of Covid in the state). Montrose county is currently in level green allowing restaurants and venues 100% capacity. Masks are welcome as individual preferences, but not mandated
More Art Galleries. Check websites and social media for dates and times open. Ridgway: 610 Arts Collective, The Vault (formerly Lupita’s. Ouray: Wright Opera House, AGO Gallery, Ouray Glassworks and Pottery, Mountain Photography by Jack Brauer, North Moon Gallery. Montrose: Montrose Center for the Arts; Healthy Rhythm Gallery, Cimmaron Song Gallery. Cedaredge: Grand Mesa Arts & Entertainment Center. Paonia: Blue Sage Art Center.
Scenes from “Newsies”
Timothy Brady, watercolor
Montrose Center for the Arts
Artist Tim Brady with his grandson. Courtesy photo.
By Kathryn R. Burke. Since 2015, Brady has served as the president of the Western Colorado Watercolor Society (WCWS), where he is a signature member. For the last seven years, he entered the Rockies West National Watercolor Show held annually in March at the Art Center in Grand Junction. Brady is currently showing at the Montrose Center for the Arts. [Story]
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VSA Musician
Carol Franklin, Bassoon
Carol Franklin, bassoon, VSA. Courtesy photo.
“When I was 5, my mother sat me down on our piano bench and taught me to read music. I took to it like a duck to water. … I played while in school, [but later, took time off to raise a family.] In 1998, when my youngest child was a senior in high school, I found out that the VSA owned a bassoon that was available. My brother told me about it. He played the bassoon part on his euphonium in the VSO from 1984-1998. … It had been 26 years since I had played. It was difficult at first, but I was determined and kept at it. I’ve been playing every since.
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Cecelia Calderon
Works in Copper
By Kathryn R. B urke. Cecilia Calderon has been in the art field for over 40 years. She was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, a place renowned for color and texture. “I have always been fascinated by color. The best gift I have received in my life was a big box of Crayola Crayons brought to me by an aunt from the US when I was about 7 years old. I couldn’t believe so many colors existed, I almost wanted to eat them!” That fascination with color continued as she moved to Texas, Arizona, and finally Paonia, Colorado. All the while she was experimenting with color,texture, natural materials, and a variety of art forms. Her latest creations are tapestries made of a combination of fabric, rope, oil paints, copper, gemstones, beads, and other natural materials. [Read story]
MCA Open Show, July
Narrow Gauge Railroads
Call for Artists
Artwork drop-off in June.
Information, Contact MCA
“My path is to follow beauty, a trail of loveliness, to a place where truth and kindness still exist—and there is hope for tomorrow.”
Beautiful Art, Beautiful Philosophy of Life. Beautiful lady. Watch the video about this visionary woman.
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“Painting is my passion. I delight in the effort, and become lost within the process of each evolving piece.”
Marko creates dynamic compositions in contemporary style utilizing a vivid visual memory combined with a strong sense of design. There is an honest sense of place and time expressed in the subjects that Marko Marino portrays.
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