Painter Robert Genn says he often gets asked to be a personal art coach for people. Instead he offers, “A sort of Jenny Craig Success Course of the Arts.” Here it is: Find a sanctuary where you can comfortably work. Dedicate at least two hours a day to your art. Have more than enough equipment [...] Read more »
Local Writer Publishes E-Book
Local writer Gabriel LLanas just had Oh, Ragnarok published by Wild Child Publishing. The press release is below. You can also read the beginning of the novel on the Wild Child website. Price: $5.95 About the Novel: Part psychological thriller, part dark fantasy, Oh, Ragnarok is the genre bending first novel from Punk Horror Press [...] Read more »
In This Life
Just passing along this information about the upcoming exhibition at Fort Collins MOCA. Thanks Kumiko. I’m very pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition called “In This Life”. The exhibition will be showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Colorado for 11 weeks from September 25 to December 8 (Opening Reception: October 5, 6 [...] Read more »
Use Dylan To Say Hello To A Friend
Today’s Very Short List has a link to a site worth sharing. Remember the old Dylan video Subterranean Homesick Blues? Well now you can use that old footage to send a message via email to a friend. I wonder what the Bob Dylan in that video would think of this? And his music being given [...] Read more »
Congress Having A Chat With Artists
Musicians seem to be the most common artist to find themselves sitting before Congress. I can remember Tipper Gore and the PMRC. This week it is Hip-Hop that is under fire. And it is the same tension that it always is, just a different form of music. Read the Denver Post article here. What are [...] Read more »
Colorado Contemporary Music College
Scanning a bulletin board this morning I came across a flier for the Colorado Contemporary Music College or CCMC. I had no idea such a place existed, let alone here in Fort Collins over on 215 W. Magnolia. This is what their website had to say: “Colorado Contemporary Music College offers the Rocky Mountain region’s [...] Read more »
Ready To Write That Novel?
Northern Colorado Writers is hosting a special event: “That Book Inside You, How to Write It, Publish It, Sell It” by noted author and writer’s coach Teresa R. Funke The workshop is this Saturday the 29th of September. NCW’s website states that there is still room. The cost is $175 and that includes lunch and [...] Read more »
A simple Way To Make A Difference
I got this email from Lorri Acott Fowler and I thought I would share it with you all: Hey everybody this is an EASY way to make a difference for someone. Please pass onto at least 5 people, and there will be lots of us making a little bit of a difference for a [...] Read more »
Who The #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? is a movie that documents a truck driver who buys a $5 painting in a thrift store and later learns it may be a Pollock. She sets out on a mission to prove that it is indeed a Pollock. Forensic science makes a strong case that it indeed a [...] Read more »
Call for Art for Hodi’s
The opportunity is upon you once again, to participate in Studio Gallery Wrights next quarterly art extravaganza at Hodi’s Half Note. They are looking for visual artists, live artists, sculptors, mixed media, photographers, dancers, etc. And they are also looking for someone to film the event. These events and exhibitions have been receiving tons of [...] Read more »
An Underground Call For Art
If you have not heard there is a new gallery opening soon in Fort Collins, The Gallery Underground. A brainchild of Darren Mahuron of Summit Studio fame. New galleries need new art. Read the call for artists here. Read about The Gallery Underground here. (page 5) Read more »