Salida Artworks Events
Monthly Creative Mixer
Join us every Second Thursday for the Creative Mixer.
5:30pm, Salida Steamplant
Designed as a “Not a Meeting Zone” the Creative Mixer provides a chance to socialize and catch up with fellow creatives in a relaxed atmosphere without an agenda. A soapbox is provided and each month participants are free to climb up and announce their news. It’s the place to be… ie: to be in the know! Snacks are served. Cash bar.
NEXT MIXER: Thursday, Sept 9, 2010
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See ArtWorks 2010 Events Below
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Poetry Workshops
Saturday March 13th 7:00 pm Paquette Gallery: Aaron A. Abeyta of Antonito. Colorado Poetry Book Award winner and professor at Adams State College.
National Poetry Month – April
Saturday April 24th 7:00 pm Rosemerry Wahtola-Trommer of Placerville near Tellluride. She is the Poet Laureate of Telluride and is the consummate poetry performer.
Sunday, May 16th 3:30 to 5:30 – Chris Ransick of Denver. He was the Poet Laureate of Denver as appointed by Mayor Hickenlooper.
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Colorado Art Ranch Residents and Artposium
ArtWorks hosted seven Colorado Art Ranch artists and writers for a month-long stay in Salida away from their day-day- lives to focus on their work. In return they shared their work with us by presenting programs and an open studio to our community.
Catherine Bouzide worked near a pond west of town creating a mandala of corn ears made from the local soil and left to naturally degrade.
Mary Beth Ellis shared her experience of working in education at the Kennedy Space Center by presenting slides from the center and relating them to contemporary writings.
Michael Frels expanded his work in photography using the van dyke method of exposure and created collages of the resulting prints. His installation at the open studio also included the wrappers of over 6000 pennies strewn all over Salida by Michael on his bike.
Sarah Hensen’s exquisite handmade paper celebrated the earth with ingrained local soils and seeds
Hyeon Jung Kim incorporated a washing machine overflowing with a watery appearing collection of laundry tickets sewn onto fabric.
Wendy Pabich came to work on her painting but was frequently distracted by requests to share her vast knowledge of water.
C. Maxx Stevens created beachball sized orbs from found objects and also smaller versions as totems next to photo images of some of our beautiful spots in nature.
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May 21, 22, 23 2010. Salida SteamPlant
Wade in the Water was Colorado Art Ranch’s seventh Artposium, and began their fourth year of programming. It was also a milestone for us: a return to Salida, the location of Colorado Art Ranch’s first Artposium in 2007 produced in collaboration with Salida Artworks. Since then twice a year attendees walk away from a weekend where their perceptions and beliefs about the subject are so expanded they are awestruck. Speakers Craig Childs, Greg Hobbs and Basia Irland each presented their unique perspectives. In between multiple workshops gave participants opportunities to contemplate and play with water. Overall a resounding success.
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Junque Sale
Saturday, June 5th Riverside Park 9am-noon
With almost double the number of participants this year’s sale was deemed a big success. Participants gleefully made money for what had become their “Junque.” The large attendance of customers kept the morning lively with visiting and joyful “Finds.”
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Farmer’s Market
Saturdays, June 19th-Oct 9th
The ArtWorks booths have been filled with a variety of artisans for this season. For the second time ArtWorks offers this great opportunity to access the growing audience of market attendees for individual weekends without the cost of an annual fee.
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Writing Workshops
July 11, 18 & 25 2-4:30 at the Salida Regional Library
Returning resident from 2009 New York writer Alex Van Ark will offer a series of workshops free to participants.
“Find Your Inner Storyteller” writing creative non-fiction.
“Create the Mythology of Your Life” transforming seemingly mundane memories into fresh myths and legends.
“Whoop It Up at a Cowboy Story Hour” sharing the works of the participant
For more info and to sign up email alex
alexvanark
com
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Riverside Fine Arts Festival
August 14th and 15th 2010. Riverside Park
ArtWorks was happy to be a sponsor of this Fine Art Festival in Riverside Park. Ninety six artists from around the country and two from the Netherlands participated and the quality of the art was superb. ArtWorks volunteers staffed the information booth and promoted our galleries and local artists _________________________________________________
Salida Studio Tour
Due to lack of participants the Studio tour was canceled this year. ArtWorks will resume a Salida Studio tour in 2011. This year you are encouraged to attend the Buena Vista Studio tour.
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Writing Workshop
from inspiration…to perspiration…to publication
Saturday Sept 11th 1-4 at Salida Regional Library
Creative exercises and simple dos and dont’s of submitting to magazines. RSVP to poetryworkshopsgmailcom
. A $15 fee will be collected at the door.
Heather is an American ex-pat, usually living in South Australia and happily on a teachers’exchange in Salida for 2010. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide where she occasionally teaches. She is also a poetry editor for the Australian literary magazine Wet Ink. Her first collection of poems, Exit Wounds was published in 2007 and her second collection, Thirsting for Lemonade will be out in 2011.
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ArtWorks Registry Show
“Valley Visions and Voices”
October 22 thru Nov 24
see home page for details
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WORDS
Watch for coming announcements for January performance.
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