October 16th, 2007 admin
We are just a mere two weeks away from the grand opening of The Gallery Underground. A gallery where artists can be artists.
Click here for more info on The Gallery Underground.
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October 15th, 2007 admin
Please join us for
“SpeakEasy”
on Tuesday evening, October 16,
at 7 p.m. at FCMOCA.
SpeakEasy is an informal conversation about the art in the galleries. This time it’s “In This Life: Reflections on War and Politics.” Artists Kumiko McKee, Felipe Echevarria, and Miguel Tio have painted pictures in response to 9/11 and the war in Iraq. Each artist brings a different viewpoint from the anguish of warfare, to the paradox of horror and beauty, to a hopeful and spiritual interpretation of events.
Jennifer Davey will start the discussion and facilitate the dialogue between people who attend. Whether you like to talk or just listen, you’re bound to learn a lot from the insights of others. It’s a great experience whether you are a novice just beginning to enjoy looking at art, or an experienced museum patron.
Feel free to invite a friend…we hope you will attend!
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October 10th, 2007 admin
I am not even sure how to introduce this article by the Wall Street Journal. Kids not old enough to watch PG movies are buying priceless art. You just have to read it for yourself.
Click here to read the article.
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October 9th, 2007 admin
Art21 is proud to announce the following premiere screening of Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century Season Four in Fort Collins:
Movies with MOCA @ Lincoln Center Mini-Theater
Screening of Episode 2: Protest, featuring artists Jenny Holzer, Alfredo Jaar, An-My Le and Nancy Spero
Wednesday, October 10, 7p.m.
417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins, CO 80524
Free!
Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century is an award-winning PBS television series introducing broad public audiences to a diverse range of contemporary visual artists working in the United States today and to the art they are producing now. The series presents artists speaking directly to the audience and encourages viewers to find their own innate abilities to engage contemporary art and explore creative thinking and self-expression.
These screenings are part of Art21 Access ‘07, an international celebration of contemporary art and creativity, presented in partnership with Americans for the Arts during National Arts and Humanities Month.
season 4 of art in the twenty-first century
Premieres Sundays, October 28 and November 4, 11, and 18, 2007 at 10p.m. (ET)
In the United States – nationwide – on PBS.
find out more
For educational materials & public programs: http://beta.art21.org
For updates on Art21’s artists, blog with us: http://blog.art21.org
Locate a screening event or exhibition near you: http://calendar.art21.org
For more on the PBS television series: http://www.pbs.org/art21
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October 9th, 2007 admin
(Found this post on Craig’s List)
PAINTING & DRAWING INTENSIVE:
The Portrait Model
With Felipe Echevarria
October 4 - November 15, 2007
Thursdays - 6:00 - 9:00pm
All levels, beginners welcome!
$200 + $35 model fee - or $40 single class drop in rate.
Competent drawing skills are critical for sucessfully creating a quality work of painted art, and a lack of drawing skill can keep a student’s painted work from becoming a masterpiece.
This intensive is designed to heighten both your drawing and painting skills so they may complement one another. This will allow every picture you make to be consistent and of high quality, no matter what style or subject you do. The creation process can then be more effortless and enjoyable. You will accelerate your ability to perceive and render the solidity of physical form in deep space, and correctly apply perspective to the picture elements. You will then combine the above with fine art techniques for rendering form and dealing with edges and values. Further practice includes defining personal vision and style, doing more with less, and adding to your arsenal of techniques for making drawings and paintings.
50% of the time will be drawing and 50% painting. You can paint in the media of your choice. Because this intensive is on a drop in basis, each student will receive helpful individual attention designed for their own level of skill. Most sessions will start with a brief lecture/demo by the instructor.
Felipe Echevarria has 17 years painting and drawing experience and over 10 years experience teaching. Visit www.felipeechevarria.com for examples of Felipe’s work.
http://www.coloradoartist.org/wildsartcenter.htm
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October 8th, 2007 admin
On September 28th I posted Robert Genn’s “Success Course of the Arts.” The Art News Blog created their own list to answer Genn’s:
Do or Die List for Artists
What would you add to either list?
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October 3rd, 2007 admin
On October 27th finger style guitarist Trace Bundy will be playing in Fort Collins at Everyday Joe’s. Seeing Trace play live is indeed a treat. This man knows his way around the six strings. Take a peek at this video to get a glimpse at what I am talking about:
Or this one:
This show will sell out, so buy your tickets early. Best $10 you’ve spent in a while.
You can buy tickets by clicking here.
And you can check out Trace’s website by clicking here.
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September 28th, 2007 admin
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 and supplies.
Set short- and long-term goals and keep track of progress.
Think of your work as exercise, not championship play.
Explore series development and exhaust personal themes.
Work alone with the benefit of books and perhaps tapes.
Replace passive consumption with creative production.
Use your own intuition and master your technology.
Feel the joy of personal, self-generated sweat.
Fall in love with your own working processes.
Be forever on the lookout for the advent of style.
Try to be your own person and claim your rights.
Don’t bother setting yourself up for rejection.
Don’t swing too wildly and damage the well-being of others.
Don’t jump into the ring until you’re feeling fit.
What works for you? What advice would you offer to other artists?
Click here to check out more words on art from Robert Genn at the Painter’s Keys Community.
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September 27th, 2007 admin
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 p.m. to 9 p.m). This exhibition is a three-artist show relating to the topic of the Iraq war and current political events. Each artist will exhibit 5 paintings for a total of 15 paintings and most of them are quite large in size. The Museum will arrange several events related event to the show, which is very exciting.
Opening Reception: October 5, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Gallery Talk with the Artists: October 6, from 1:00 p.m.
Lecture with Executive Director, Marianne Lorenz
Note: 10% of sales from the show will be donated for orphans in Iraq who lost their parents in the war.
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September 26th, 2007 admin
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 your thoughts? Do artists have a responsibility to homogenize their art and experience to make it safe for all? Or do we need to restrict certain art? Thoughts?
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