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Coming soon to Ivywild: ModboCo School of Art

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:50:00 -0600

Today, Brett and Lauren Andrus announced they are starting an art school in the Ivywild School.

The co-owners of the Modbo and S.P.Q.R. galleries will offer classes for adults (which Brett already teaches in S.P.Q.R., one of which I attended), as well as teens and elementary-age children.…

Rockey paintings leave Adam's

Edie Adelstein — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:59:00 -0600

Over the years, the food at Adam's Mountain Café hasn't been the only artful element of the restaurant. Over 50 original pieces of art by renowned Manitou Springs artist Charles H. Rockey also adorned the walls.…

Making Colorado seeks Youth Ambassadors

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:33:00 -0600

In an effort to effectively rebrand the state, Making Colorado isn't playing around. The initiative, launched just last month, wants to incorporate as much public input as possible.…

Art: Your First Friday playlist

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:56:00 -0600

From the listings desk: There's more than enough art to go around, even more than we've got listed here, but here's some of what's happening tonight.

• Events

Big Arts Night, live music, art demonstrations, art exhibits and dance and theater performances; with free food and drink.…

More from artist Lorelei Beckstrom

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:39:00 -0600

In this week's cover story we spoke to local artist Lorelei Beckstrom, whose solo show opening Friday at S.P.Q.R. marks a significant change in the course of her artistic career.

Beckstrom has worked in multimedia, mainly, and started painting seriously a few years ago.…

Household art, the redux

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:59:00 -0600

We wanted to post pictures of this unusual art event happening tomorrow (Saturday), but we can't. To find out what artwork was created in a handful of homes throughout downtown, you'll have to be there in person.…

Saturday is Slow Art Day

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:49:00 -0600

According to numerous sources, including Blake Milteer, museum director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the average person spends about three to 10 seconds with a piece of art. Some estimates go up to 15 seconds, but nothing exceeds a minute.…

Show your art at Cottonwood (or the Moon)

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:14:27 -0600

From the listings desk: If you're an artist who loves steampunk, you may want to be a part of Cottonwood Center for the Arts' upcoming Wily and Wonderful Things show, opening May 31.

But you have to apply to enter, and the jurors overseeing Wily have high expectations: they're none other than our own Phil Lear and Denver's Timothy C. Flood.…

Coming tomorrow: Manitou's Third Friday ArtWalk

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0600

Tomorrow, there's plenty of artwork to see in Manitou Springs as part of the town's Third Friday ArtWalk, starting between 5 and 6 p.m. Here's a preview of what you'll find.…

You can help design Colorado's brand

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:00:00 -0600

Last week, we attended the Governor's Arts Award Luncheon at the Colorado Creative Industries Summit in Pueblo.

As you may already know, Pueblo, along with Aspen, each won the Governor's Art Award, a new and distinctive honor bestowed upon towns that have truly made a concerted effort toward funding and fostering creative development.…

Bee Vradenburg hires David Siegel as new ED

Edie Adelstein — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:51:00 -0600

Today, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation announced its new executive director, David Siegel, a Manitou Springs native who many already know from his music gigs about town either solo or with the jazz group Mango Fan Django.

Siegel, 23, will take up the job vacated by Susan Edmondson, who left earlier this year to lead the Downtown Partnership.…

Honorees from the 2013 Arts in Business and Education Luncheon

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:47:00 -0600

Wednesday, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, with help from other organizations like the Pikes Peak Arts Council, hosted the 34th Annual Arts in Business and Education Luncheon, which honors arts education advocates and businesses that support culture in the Pikes Peak region. Those recognized spanned teachers, school administrators, businesses, individual artists and organizations.…

Heard of Louvre Abu Dhabi?

Edie Adelstein — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:14:00 -0600

The Louvre in Paris may be a one-and-only in the world, but no longer just by name.

With hopes to open in 2015, Louvre Abu Dhabi will be the first "universal" (sometimes called "encyclopedic") museum in the Arab world, planted on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi's high-end cultural center, in the United Arab Emirates.…

Christo's keeping busy, with the largest indoor sculpture ever

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:38:00 -0600

Even though Over the River is on hold (or "temporarily postponed due to pending litigation," goes the press release), Christo is doing far more than sitting on his hands.

In fact, the 77-year-old just unveiled the world's largest indoor sculpture, "Big Air Package," in Germany.…

Art cars starting up in Trinidad

Edie Adelstein — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:13:00 -0600

Artists, start your engines.

Trinidad artist and one-time local (legend) Rodney Wood announced today that he's heading up the first of what he hopes will be an annual celebration of culture in Trinidad: ArtoCade.…

FAC's Arthur Dove is a USPS 2013 forever stamp

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:25:00 -0600

Thanks to a late-afternoon tweet from the Broadmoor, I found out that the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center now has another claim to fame: one of its pieces is part of the United States Postal Service's Modern Art in America 1913-1931 2013 forever stamp collection.

The work is Arthur Dove's 1929 painting "Fog Horns," which belongs to the FAC's permanent collection.…

Archie Musick in the house

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:35:00 -0600

OK, there's no real huge point to this blog, just an interesting story.

Last week, I went to San Antonio (or more specifically, Boerne) to visit my family.…

Peak Arts Fund launches Wednesday

Edie Adelstein — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:59:00 -0600

The second year of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region's annual art organization fundraiser kicked off today, with 18 nonprofits slated to receive the money.

Last year, the Peak Arts Fund pulled in $35,995 to 15 orgs, with hopes to hit a goal of $50,000 in 2013.…

Winners from Sangre's Representing the West

Edie Adelstein — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:03:00 -0600

Last week, the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center announced the winners from its annual Representing the West Art Exhibition & Sale.

We're obviously, um, late on this.…

What you can expect from the non-Rembrandts

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:23:00 -0700

From the listings desk: Saturday is the third installment of We Are Not Rembrandt, happening at Zodiac. To give you a better idea of what the show is — since the title's all about what it isn't — take a look at some of the art going up:

Plus jewelry like this:

Now let's just hope the show doesn't get snowed out.…

Bee Vradenburg Foundation seeking new ED

Edie Adelstein — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:33:03 -0700

Today, the Bee Vradenburg Foundation announced that it's officially seeking a new executive director, after longtime ED Susan Edmondson departed for the Downtown Partnership last week.

In the interim, trustee Kathleen Fox Collins will serve in Edmondson's old spot, and be reachable via voicemail at 477-0185 or directly at 660-1010 or 473-4738, or via e-mail at susan@beevradenburgfoundation.org.…

Checking in with Range Gallery

Edie Adelstein — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:22:46 -0700

Colorado Springs is full of amazing photographers, one of which is Kathleen McFadden, the artist and owner of Range Gallery in Old Colorado City. She's had the shopfront for a few years now, but decades of shooting experience, capturing the most Americana corners of Texas to California.…

Rothko coming to the Denver Art Museum

Edie Adelstein — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:06:21 -0700

Thanks to TheatreWorks, the artist Mark Rothko has been on a lot of minds lately.

Its production of the 2009 play Red was simple but powerful.…

Lamborn to attend local art opening tonight

Edie Adelstein — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:17:00 -0700

Doug Lamborn is a man of many letters. That is, he inspires a lot of strong feelings from people, who write letters to the Indy and other publications talking about how pissed off they are at the congressman.…

Local custom bike maker to appear at Denver handmade bike show

Matthew Grieson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:14:09 -0700

On the west side of downtown Colorado Springs, across Bijou Street bridge, tucked away off of Manitou Boulevard you will find local artist, Eric Baar, diligently working in his secluded shop, Ground Up Designs (1516 Manitou Blvd.).

Eric is a custom handmade bicycle designer who has developed a very unique style of his own.…