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April 30th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

Received this post card in the mail the other day:

So I had to check out her website at www.laurabrent.com. And it looks like Laura has been working hard. Her site has plenty of work to explore. I really like the stuff she has under her “current project” page.

But the best part will be checking out her studio this Friday at Fort Collins MOCA. Yes, it is First Friday already. Where did April go?

Hope to see you out there,

www.zaf622.com

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Art Benefit Show For Alzheimer’s Association At Roundhouse Gallery

April 28th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

Palette Show& Silent Auction

A benefit show for the Alzheimer’s Association

Roundhouse Gallery will have on display 30 original art palettes created and donated for the silent auction by local professional artists. 100% of the proceeds from the silent auction will go to the Alzheimer’s Association. This show is in conjunction with Memories in the Making® Art Auction, Thursday, June 5, 2008 from 6:30 pm at Dan Ostermiller Studio, Emcee Mike Hooker.

May 2nd – May 30th

Come join us for a special opening
May 2nd from 5:00pm – 9:00pm

www.RoundhouseArtGallery.com

(970) 689-3290

116 North College Ave., Suite 3,
Fort Collins, CO 80524

Three doors north
of Beau Jo’s, upstairs.

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This American Life In A Theater Near You

April 27th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

I have to give a lot of credit to Ira Glass and This American Life for inspiring me to create ZAF622.com and ArtPalaver.com. I’ve been listening to the NPR radio show for years and I would jump at the chance to be an unpaid intern for the show. What I am trying to tell you is I am a big fan. I like the idea of talking to everyday people and hearing their story. And I hope one day to be able to do it half as good as Ira Glass.

That is why I am excited about This American Life Live! You see for one night and one night only Mr. Glass and company are going to be broadcasting live from New York to select theaters around the county. This from the web site:

On Thursday, May 1st acclaimed radio and television host Ira Glass will bring the wildly popular show This American Life to the big screen for a one-night only event. Glass debuts never-before-seen extraordinary, funny and true stories from everyday life, shows outtakes, and answers audience questions. This exclusive theatre event will be broadcast LIVE from New York via satellite to select movie theatres nationwide.

This one-night event features special guests and is presented in HD and Cinema Surround Sound.

And thankfully one of those select movie theatres is in Fort Collins. Cinemark on Timberline will be showing it at 6PM Thursday night. Tickets are already on sale and can be bought here.

Hope to see you there.

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Tonight Is Casual Friday With Articulate City

April 18th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

Ever want to "kick the tires" of Articulate City? Casual Friday is your chance. This dispatch came from Articulate City’s HQ:

Just a quick reminder that tonight is Articulate City’s “Casual Friday” (third Friday of each month). That’s where we get together to have cocktails and chit-chat, and generally have a good time together. No RSVP necessary, no membership or jacket required, no strings attached, no guilt involved, art optional, laughter probable. Everyone is welcome to meander up to the bar and say goodbye to the week that was.

This Friday, 4/18, we’ll gather at Choice City Butcher & Deli, 104 W. Olive St., from 5:01pm - 7:00pm(ish). We’d love for you to join us. We hope to be out on the patio, where Russ claims he’ll be our personal waiter, so pray for some good warm weather! Oh, and they’re doing something horrifying to the street over there, so if you don’t ride your bike, we suggest maybe parking in the public lot off of Remington St., between Oak and Olive.

Go, have fun, meet people. Wish I could be there but at 5 I should be setting up camp somewhere in Southern Colorado.

Just let em know I sent you.

Have fun,

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www.zaf622.com

"O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives."
- Jim Morrison

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An Auction Of Great Functional Art

April 8th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

The Matthews House, a 501(c)3 organization that serves at-risk youth ages 16-21 that lack significant family support in their lives, is currently holding a silent auction of flower pots created by local artists. The auction is part of the event Cultivate Hope which is this Saturday, the 12th at The Hilton Garden Inn.

The pots have been created by artists such as Rachel Herrera, Kathi D Dougherty, Abbey Rothenbuehler, Angela Hopkins, and Cynthia O’Neill just to name a few. You can check out some of the pots here.

And bidding has already begun at The Hilton Garden Inn, 2821 E. Harmony Rd., Ft. Collins, Colorado.

But the real fun is at the Cultivate Hope event. Wednesday the 9th is the last day to buy tickets so do that now by clicking here. Did I mention Dave Beegle will be performing live?

I hope to see you there.

Daryle

daryle@zaf622.com
www.zaf622.com

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The Post Secret Project Comes To Fort Collins

April 7th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

Do you have a secret? The postcard asks. I know the question is rhetorical, we all have secrets. Frank Warren, the creator of PostSecret.com knew that too, so he is asked us to share. Starting in 2004 he asked people to put a secret on a homemade postcard and mail it to him with only two rules. The secret must be completely truthful and it must have never been revealed to anyone before. Since he started he has collected more than 150,000 postcards. This month he is coming to Fort Collins to talk to us about them.

Thanks to Beet Street Mr. Warren will be at the Northside Aztlan Community Center April 26th from 7 to 9 PM.

The concept of Post Secret is so simple but the project itself is powerful. Check out this short video to get an idea of what people create:

Check out the Post Secret site here: www.postsecret.com

Buy tickets for the Fort Collins talk here: www.fctix.com

This is also a great chance to take part in Post Secret. Send your homemade postcard with your secret to Beet Street by April 20th and it will be included in a public art exhibit April 22-26 in The Gallery Underground. The address for that is:

Beet Street
19 Old Town Sq, ste. 234
Fort Collins, CO 80524

For more information check out www.beetstreet.org/social-media.

While your there read up on all the other events going on with Beet Street’s Social Media events.

Thanks for reading another Art Palaver post,

Daryle

daryle@zaf622.com

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My New Studio

April 2nd, 2008 Daryle Dickens

It is late and I really am not in the mood to post. But my little schedule tells me I need to. I did not get to posting earlier because I was working on my new studio space. You may have caught that in yesterday’s post. I am now a resident artist in The Gallery Underground.

This is a new adventure for me. I have never thought of myself as a studio artist but I wanted to be more involved in the art community in Fort Collins. Sharing a space in a great gallery like The Gallery Underground should help me do that to say the least. By renting a space surrounded by great established artists who are further up the road than me I am bound to learn a thing or two as well.

The first big opening is this Friday the 4th and I am not feeling prepared. But I have only been there about two weeks now so I have not had time to produce. I will have a few pieces up and a few works in progress. By the First Friday in May I should have more work up and my space more defined as mine. I’ll keep you all posted.

If your in the neighborhood Friday night it’d be great to meet you. Stop on by.

Thanks,

www.zaf622.com
www.myspace.com/zaf622
www.twitter.com/artpalaver

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The Gallery Underground Done Got Bigger

April 1st, 2008 Daryle Dickens

The best art gallery in Fort Collins (according to the readers of The Rocky Mountain Chronicle.) is now 800 square feet bigger. The gallery took over the space left vacant by a neighbor that moved out in February to create artist studio space. The new resident artists are Rachel Hererra, Kirsten Savage, Colleen Ford, and Daryle Dickens.

This Friday is Gallery Walk, a perfect time to check out the new expansion.

Thank you Beet Street for sponsoring another post:

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Artists Book Party

March 24th, 2008 Daryle Dickens

Author Alyson B. Stanfield, an internationally recognized art-marketing consultant, will kick off her nationwide studio tour and book signing for I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion in Fort Collins, Colorado, at Moon-Lily Art Studio & Gift Gallery, 4032 S. College Avenue, Suite 7, on Wednesday, March 26th, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Ms. Stanfield has helped thousands of artists develop their careers through her online classes, publications, workshops, and free weekly Art Marketing Action newsletter—all available at ArtBizCoach.com. She used the self-promotion tools she describes in the book to launch her art-marketing consulting business and Web site in 2002. Prior to that, she counseled artists informally throughout her ten years as an art museum curator and educator in the Midwest.
I’d Rather Be in the Studio! teaches any artist—sculptor, painter, metalsmith, glass artist, fiber artist, or woodworker–how to take advantage of traditional self-promotion techniques, as well as how to expand their reach into Internet marketing. For each book sold at this event, Ms. Stanfield has pledged to give ten dollars to Fort Collin’s community arts organization, Arts Alive.

Click here for more information.

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