It was one year ago I first dipped my toe into the Fort Collins art blogging pool. And looking back at those early posts it is good to see how much it has evolved. Though I still feel I am finding my blog voice and I have kept things pretty safe this far. I know [...] Read more »
Oil Painting Workshop
What: Oil Painting Workshop Where: Roundhouse Art Gallery, 116 N. College Suite 3 (Avery Building) When: January 15th, 2007, 6-9PM Who: Instructed by Heather Burger Read more »
Fort Collins Art In Public Places Board Meetings
I have been planning to attend an Art in Public Places board meeting for the past couple of months. I was going to do this so I could report to you, my ever faithful readers, what is discussed at those meetings. The website states that the meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of every month. But [...] Read more »
2008 Pedestrian Paver Project
Between the ages of 3 and 18? Interested in having your work be a small part of the Fort Collins landscape? Then you might be interested in this project… Project: The City’s Transportation Department works to provide safe pedestrian access by creating new pedestrian routes as well as improving existing areas. The City requests black [...] Read more »
Who Is Exploiting Who?
This morning Art News Blog had a post about Blocks of Poop by Santiago Sierra. The work is just as the title states, Human feces harvested from India in the form of huge blocks. Would you go see it? What kind of statement is it making? Am I giving it undo credit by even writing [...] Read more »
Fort Collins Coffee House Offers Free Music Download
Fort Collins Non-Profit Coffee House, Everyday Joe’s, has released a 19 song CD download of Christmas tunes. This is part of the statement released by Everyday Joe’s: “One part of the vision of Everyday Joe’s is to give back to the community as much as possible…whether that be monetarily, through in-kind donations, not charging for [...] Read more »
Christmas Wish
Wondering what to get your favorite Fort Collins Art Blog? How about… FCMOCA Gift Memberships FCMOCA memberships make a perfect holiday gift. We will send a special holiday notecard acknowledging your gift, along with a membership card to the gift member recipient. If you email the form below back before December 17th, recipients will receive [...] Read more »
The Writer’s Strike Continues
And bringing us new and clever forms of entertainment… Click here to see the Speechless videos. Read more »
Issue 6 Of Ruminate Literature Magazine Released
This just in from the editors of Ruminate Magazine, a literary magazine published in Fort Collins: Issue 06 is being released this week! It features exciting art from Brittney Williams and Vincent Berquez, fiction from Stephanie Dickinson and Colleen J. Clayton, poetry from Paul Willis and Sally Rosen Kindred, and nonfiction from Jessie van Eerden [...] Read more »
Bluegrass In Bellvue
What: The Fort Collins Bluegrass Trio at The Bellvue Store When: Friday December 14th from 6:30PM to 8:30PM Why: The store has over 20 artists represented over the next two weekends leading up to Christmas. The Bellvue Store will also be open the 14th from 5-9PM, the 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd from 10AM to [...] Read more »
Manage The Mundane – Create The Extraordinary
Thanks for Freelance Folder I discovered a handy little e-book called Manage the Mundane – Create the Extraordinary. A 32 page booklet with ideas on how artistic folk can better manager their time. Though geared for graphic designers and writers the book is filled with nuggets of advice that could help anyone. Find the book [...] Read more »