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Lance Green show at Rubbish

November 5th, 2009, 3:51 pm by tmobleymartinez

A detail from Lance Green's "Out of Egypt"

“ENTITIES: REFLECTIONS OF A BYSTANDER PAINTER”

When: 5:17 p.m. to 12:17 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13

Where: Rubbish Gallery, 17 b Bijou St.

Admission: Free

Contact: 440-5638, 388-3623, rubbishgallery.com

You’ve probably seen Lance Green’s work around. A little painting at the BAC maybe or at a restaurant in town. The work, I think, is typically pretty interesting, a figure usually that vague and often menacing. The kind of thing you might glimpse in the background of a really cool ghost film.

Check it out at ”Entities: Reflections of a BystanderPainter” opens Friday at Rubbish Gallery. Musician Jeff Sampson will perform. Also this month at Rubbish:

7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Nov. 20 — Poetry and music by DragonsWing
Dec. 5 — J9 Glass Presents MAGNIFY

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New art writer on the Web

November 2nd, 2009, 10:56 am by tmobleymartinez

Rhonda Van Pelt

Rhonda Van Pelt is now writing about the Colorado Springs art scene for examiner.com. She’s a former Gazette reporter and until recently, represented Nirvana, a gallery on West Colorado. Van Pelt’s aim is to create in-depth visual art reporting for the area. Check out her blog.

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Denver arts collaborate on amazing 2-for-1 deals

October 21st, 2009, 11:44 am by wepstein

WHY DON’T WE DO THIS?

VISIT DENVER AND DENVER OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

ANNOUNCE TWO-FOR-ONE TICKETING PROGRAM

Weekly Deals Provide Consumers With Unparalleled Discounts on

Upcoming Events and Entertainment

DENVER (October 21, 2009) – VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, in conjunction with the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA), announce DENVER 2 for 1 TIX, a new offering aimed at providing residents and visitors to the Mile High City with discounts on tickets to award-winning theater, world-class museums, seasonal musical performances, and additional ticketed events.

The program creates awareness of Denver’s diverse cultural organizations and collects the city’s top values when value is king. Each week, deals from up to eight cultural and entertainment organizations will be featured online at www.DENVER2for1TIX.com, where Denver residents and future visitors can also sign up for a weekly e-mail.

“What a great way to kick off the fall-winter season,” said Melissa Marano, marketing director, Denver Center Theatre Company. “We are thrilled to be included in the launch of the DENVER 2 for 1 TIX program, delivering great offers for high-caliber theater in a new way.”

“Value is a great way to reach consumers right now, and the DENVER 2 for 1 TIX program makes it easier for our deals to reach new audiences and to stand out to current ones,” said Tonya Malik, marketing and public relations director, Curious Theatre Company.

Denver’s top theaters and cultural attractions will offer an ever-changing lineup of tickets, all with 2 for 1 discounts, including Denver Film Society at the Starz FilmCenter, Museo de las Américas, PHAMALY, Swallow Hill Music Association, Denver Center Theatre Company, the Hi-Dive, Curious Theatre Company, the Newman Center for the Performing Arts in the opening week alone.

“Denver has always had great offers for every price point, but previously, we didn’t have a way to share it with the public in a concentrated effort,” said Jayne Buck, vice president of tourism, VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The DENVER 2 for 1 TIX program makes it easy to find what’s new, what’s hot, where the city’s hidden gems and the city’s best deals are, all updated on a weekly basis.”

To be featured in the Denver 2 for 1 TIX program, participating organizations must make an offer of “2 for 1” or an equivalent discount (approximately 50 percent) on admission or tickets.

“Denver is a city that supports its arts and culture – we’ve got world-class museums, the second largest performing arts complex in the country, and a community that has voted for 20 years to dedicate tax dollars toward support of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District,” said Erin Trapp, director, Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. “This is a way to help small and large cultural organizations showcase their great offerings and special savings to a much larger audience.”

The new program completes the one-stop shop for culture and entertainment already available at www.Denver365.com, which provides a complete listing of all events happening throughout Denver and the surrounding area.

Posted in: Film • Music • Theater • Visual Arts • 2 for 1 TIX • Curious Theatre Company • Denver Center Theatre Company • Denver Convention & Visitors Bureau • Denver Film Society • Denver Office of Cultural Affairs • Erin Trapp • Hi-Dive • Jayne Buck • Melissa Marano • Museo de las Americas • Newman Center for the Performing Arts • PHAMALY • Starz FilmCenter • Swallow Hill Music Association • Tonya Malik | Post a Comment »

REVIEW: FAC reflections on the landscape

October 18th, 2009, 12:54 pm by tmobleymartinez

Kay WalkingStick's "Nez Perce Crossing" appears in the FAC's gorgeous new exhibition "Personal Paradise."

Over couches. You see a lot of landscapes over couches and fireplaces, in hallways — anyplace people need to create happy windows to a world that is definitely not right beyond the wall.

Which is just fine. Even the ancient Greeks craved a nicer view.

In the Fine Arts Center’s new exhibition, “Personal Paradise: New Perspectives on Landscape Painting,” curator Tariana Nava-Nieves proposes an interesting twist on that familiar rubric: that the landscape can be more than painted postcards of the natural world; that for four artists here, anyway, it’s a mirror.

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Posted in: Film • Visual Arts • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center • Eric Pérez • Julia Fernandez-Pol • Kay WalkingStick • Tariana Navas-Nieves • Theodore Waddell | Post a Comment »

The Fine Arts Center sells most of its Charles Marion Russell-related pieces

October 15th, 2009, 3:25 pm by wepstein

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has sold off a portion of its American West collections to The University of Tulsa, which manages Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla.

The sale, for an undisclosed price, encompassed the Britzman Collection, 13,000 pieces by or related to American West artist Charles Marion Russell. These were not part of the FAC’s permanent collection.

The collection was amassed by Russell biographers Homer E. Britzman with the cooperation of the artist’s wife, Nancy Russell, after Russell’s death in 1926. Helen Britzman bequeathed it to the Fine Arts Center in 1972.

A core of 17 pieces in the collection were not included in the sale and will remain at the FAC.

Many of objects sold are considered ‘archival’ and include a large assortment of personal effects, including paints, brushes and palettes, small hand-molded sculptures of animals, spurs, carved ivory-handled revolver, bullwhips, pajamas, ties, socks, tie tacks, and Indian artifacts; newspaper clippings; personal photos, family photo albums and photographs of his artwork; postcards; copies of poems by Russell; sketches and drawings (studies); and original illustrated letters and envelopes. “The items involved in the sale did not match our mission or collecting policy,” Sam Gappmayer, the Fine Arts Center’s president and CEO, said in a written statement Thursday. “We wanted the Britzman Collection to go to an institution that would preserve it and present it as an active resource to the public.

“The Gilcrease Museum is an ideal home for the Britzman Collection,” Gappmayer said. “The museum is well known for its comprehensive collection of art and artifacts of the American West as well as its significant collection of archival materials with over 100,000 items. Now, instead of languishing in the FAC storage, the Britzman Collection will be available to the public, Russell enthusiasts, University of Tulsa students, faculty, scholars and publishers.”

“Our acquisition will allow Gilcrease to open new avenues of research into the life and works of one of the American West’s defining artists,” said TU President Steadman Upham. “Having these materials together under one roof will provide unparalleled opportunities for researchers to study the materials in the Russell-Britzman collection within the context of the masterworks at Gilcrease.”

Posted in: Visual Arts • Britzman Collection • Charles Marion Russell • Fine Arts Center • Sam Gappmayer | Post a Comment »

Rouse in the House: Chalk art video

October 13th, 2009, 11:06 am by csnyder

Check out this ‘making of video’ of a sidewalk chalk art masterpiece created before your very eyes by artist Douglas Rouse, one of the amazing entertainers at the Fine Arts Center’s Venetian Carnivale Gala on Sept. 26.

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Denver “Antique Roadshow” episode scheduled

October 5th, 2009, 10:55 am by tmobleymartinez

Maybe you didn’t have time that day or didn’t feel like making the drive to Denver and the “Antiques Roadshow” appearance there to have Uncle’s Frank’s Civil War sword (he says) appraised.

Luke Crafton for "Antiques Roadshow"

No worries, because the episodes, which were filmed at the Colorado Convention Center on July 25, are scheduled to air on March 29, April 5 and 12 on PBS. Thousands turned out for the stop, which was the fourth on the show’s 2009 tour.

For those who can’t wait, see this slideshow of the event in the “Antiques Roadshow” website.

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Talk with the artists of “Personal Paradise”

October 2nd, 2009, 11:23 am by tmobleymartinez

"Nez Perce Crossing," Kay WalkingStick

At 11 a.m. Saturday, you’ll be able to talk with the artists in the Fine Arts Center’s new exhibition, “Personal Paradise: Contemporary Perspectives on Landscape Painting.” Mexican artist Eric Pérez, American Indian artist Kay WalkingStick, Montana artist Theodore Waddell and Argentinean artist Julia Fernandez-Pol will be in the galleries with curator Tariana Navas-Nieves as they discuss their iconography, their inspirations and other aspects of their lives with art.

It costs $7 for FAC members and $12 for non-members. That’s at the FAC, 30 W. Dale St. Go to csfineartscenter.org or call 634-5581.

Posted in: Visual Arts • Add new tag • Eric Pérez • FAC • Fine Arts Center • Julia Fernandez-Pol • Kay WalkingStick • Personal Paradise • Tariana Navas-Nieves • Theodore Waddell | 2 Comments »

How do you move 3,500-pound printing presses?

September 30th, 2009, 10:21 am by wepstein

We’re running a story tomorrow about The Press at CC, and how the college is throwing an open house and putting on a lecture to welcome it into its new home.

Which raises a question our story won’t have space to deal with: How do you move five old fine printing presses, weighing up to 3,500 pounds, keeping them from damage and misalignment?

The answer, according to CC’s media relations wiz Leslie Weddell:

Very carefully, and with the help of a dozen people, a moving truck, forklift and tow truck.

Colorado College moved the 31-year-old Press at Colorado College’s collection of fine printing presses and lead type from the basement of Jackson House to a new home in Taylor Hall in mid-August. Five presses, including one built in 1895 and one weighing 3,500 pounds, and more than 500 cases of lead type, were transported across campus in a move that involved removing doors, windows, and a retaining wall from Jackson House.
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The transfer of the heavy presses was a very delicate procedure as the movers had to ensure that none of the machinery was damaged or misaligned in the process. The five presses include three proof presses made in the 1960s, one of which was made in Germany and the other two weighing more than 2,000 pounds. In addition, there was a Vandercook roller proofing press, weighing about 3,500 pounds, and one Chandler and Price platen press dating back to 1895.

The biggest of the bunch, the rare Vandercook Universal IV, required the removal of a concrete retaining wall from the Jackson House in order to extract it from the basement. All the presses were then carefully placed into a flat bed truck by a fork lift, ensuring that the very specific factory-set press tolerances were not modified as any variances would negatively affect the quality of a print.

Incidentally, KRCC’s “Big Something” did a nice piece on The Press.

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High school artists take to the sidewalks of Manitou

September 17th, 2009, 4:45 pm by wepstein

Love chalk art. Check out some of the works by high school students on the sidewalks of Manitou.

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Posted in: Visual Arts • Chalk art • Manitou Springs | Post a Comment »