What: The Nan Groves Art Show Where: The Bellvue Store (North of Fort Collins, through Laporte Left at Vern’s at the mouth of Rist Canyon) When: November 17th and 18th from 10AM to 5PM The details: Featuring original art work, prints, cards, art supplies small pottery items, large matt cutter, jewelry, Christmas items and baskets. [...] Read more »
It’s All Part Of The Process
Cole Thompson is a local photographer who produces amazing black and white images. In his recent newsletter he told a story about this photograph: The following is a glimpse into the artistic process we don’t often see: Sometimes people think, including photographers, that great images come from extensive planning, great hardship and long waits. While [...] Read more »
Fort Collins MoCA Upcoming Events
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art Upcoming Events at FCMOCA: Lecture with FCMOCA Executive Director, Marianne Lorenz – Historical Perspectives on Politics & Art November 13 at 7:00pm FCMOCA invites you to an Evening with Bret Price November 15th 5:30 – 8 pm generously hosted by Jim & Wendy Franzen at [...] Read more »
Amelia Caruso Could Use A Little Help
Amelia Caruso is a beacon in our community, supporting and encouraging new and established artists and building our art community in Fort Collins for years. She has given so much, and now she is in need of a bit of help battling uterine cancer. Pay if forward for Amelia Caruso a Benefit and Silent Auction, [...] Read more »
Why Do They Buy?
Selling art is often the goal. So it is worth asking why people buy. Robert Genn has some good thoughts on that in his latest post on The Painter’s Keys website. In the post he quoted Shaw as saying “When you know the artist you think less of the art.” Is that true? I disagree [...] Read more »
Folk Music Has “Bad Boys?”
Who knew that folk music had a duo that are considered “bad boys?” The documentary film The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose is about those bad boys, Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber. Why am I tell you this? Because the film is coming to Fort Collins. What: The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose [...] Read more »
National Novel Writing Month
Grab that blank notepad, pick up a pen and start writing because today begins National Novel Writing Month. Here is a statement from their website: What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month’s time. Who: You! We can’t do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let’s write laughably [...] Read more »