FORT COLLINS STUDIO TOUR THIS WEEKEND!!

This weekend, Artists from all parts of Fort Collins will open up their studios for the public.  You can download a list of the Artists participating as well as maps to their studios here.  You can also visit the Facebook Page and follow the tour on Instagram @Fort_Collins_Studio_Tour

Hope to see you this weekend (My studio is stop number 32, stop by and say Hi!)

"Collectors Conversation" Recap

Laura Cofrin recaps the "Collectors Conversation" at the Lincoln Center on Tuesday.  Check out her blog here.

Youth Performers Wanted

HalfMoon Arts is looking for youth to perform at our Music in the Gallery
fundraiser on Sept 26 , 2015.  All youth will be paid. Youth can be
performing with adults. We are also looking for youth artist to display art
for the show. Youth performers and artists will be entered in a drawing for
cash prize.  We have a few slots left Call Rose asap at 970-412-4998

Coming up at the CCC in Fort Collins

Most interesting to me is the annual "Open Hang" event August 12-15 and 18-22.  A kind of 'potluck' Arts Show.  Anyone can hang anything and some of it is very good and some of it....isn't.  But, best of all is it is a Community Building event so....Get something ready to hang!

New Website for 'Entertaining Fort Collins"

Check it out here.  They are pretty good at covering the Performing Arts, let's send them our VISUAL ARTS Announcements a swell.

Dances & Folk Songs

Bikes & Art

Bike Fort Collins is hosting a celebration of all things Bikes & Art on First Friday in July at the Downtown Artery Cafe from 6pm-10pm.

Stop by for a display of local bicycle art and to vote on your favorite helmet entered in the Helmet Design Contest!

You can also bid on the helmets through the month of July at the Downtown Artery Cafe and take a locally-designed, unique helmet home with you!

There will also be live music, a visual art performance, and drinks & tapas.

Suggested donation at the door; proceeds from the event will benefit Bike Fort Collins

 

July 3
Downtown Artery Cafe
6-10pm
Suggested donation at the door, all proceeds benefit Bike Fort Collins

(You can find more details here)

Go to this Museum this Summer!

The Colorado Model Railroad Museum is so great.  I know I have posted about it before, but now that it is a few weeks into Summer Break you might be looking for things to do with kids, or out of town visitors....This is it!

Hot Dish TONIGHT!

Calling all creatives for this Thursday's Hot Dish! Local Artists Peggy Quinn will be hosting, #43 on the Studio Tour List, 1808 Mesaview Lane Fort Collins, southwest Fort Collins. 6 pm, bring something to share.  Let's get to know each other and talk about art stuff! She will have some wine too.

A BIG Thanks to Peggy for hosting tonight.  Please come!

FREE! Visit The World of Jan Brett at FCMOA

Everyone is invited to visit The World of Jan Brett FREE, this Saturday, June 20, noon to 5:00 PM.  It's Open Admission Day at the Fort Collins Museum of Art sponsored by Eye Center of Northern Colorado. Take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy these highly-detailed, vivid paintings that illustrated her books. Kids can enjoy an artful experience including a scavenger hunt and a special activities area.

Call for Artwork from Western Artists About the Land

The Land Mark Show is a juried exhibition that examines the intersection of mark-making and contemporary landscape, addressing the images, issues, and environments of our time. A large group exhibition in CCA's Muñoz Waxman Main Gallery presents works by selected artists.  Artists from AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY may submit works for consideration in the group exhibition.

Applications Available: May 15, 2015

Application Deadline: July 15, 2015

Winners Announced: August 15, 2015

Exhibition Dates: October 9 – December 27, 2015

 

For more information visit their website.

Have Your Book signed by Author/Illustrator Jan Brett

Jan Brett Book Signing - June 27
5:00PM
Lincoln Center
Canyon West Ballroom
June 27 has been proclaimed by the City of Fort Collins as Jan Brett Day! Come celebrate with us.

Jan Brett, illustrator and author of children's books, will sign her books at the Lincoln Center Canyon West Ballroom on June 27 from 5:00 to 7:00PM hosted by the Fort Collins Museum of Art.

Open to everyone!
Book Signing includes:
20-minute drawing presentation
Begins at 5:00PM
Everyone is invited
Please arrive early
Get your picture taken with Hedgie!
Admission for the Book Signing
Admission to the book signing is $1.00 for all those 13 and older, all those 12 and under as well as FCMOA members are free. Members with reservations will have FREE special section seating.
 

Drink With OST

JOIN COMPANY MEMBERS of Open Stage Theatre, SYDNEY PARKS SMITH & JACOB OFFEN, AS THEY GUEST BARTEND FOR AN EVENING AT POUR BROTHERS COMMUNITY TAVERN! ALL TIPS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OPENSTAGE THEATRE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

WEDNESDAY | JUNE 24 | 6 - 8 PM
POUR BROTHERS | 221 LINDEN ST.

Learn How to Start Collecting Art!

Education Coordinator Wanted

The Fort Collins Museum of Art is hiring (again!). We are looking for an Education Coordinator to join our team. Deadline is June 26th at 5pm. Please send cover letter, resume and references to ftcma201@gmail.com

http://www.ftcma.org/about/jobs-at-ftcma/

Be A Clown...this Saturday

Join  Heather Ostberg Johnson's "Clowning-A Beautiful Mess" workshop on Saturday June 20th 12-2 at the Backstage Cooperative Warehouse, 720 east Vine Drive, FC,  Register here.

You Know You Want To...

Czech It Out! Dvorak, Smetana and Mozart.

Thursday, June 18, 6pm

Tickets: $20 for adults, $8 for students. Includes appetizers and wine.

A House Concert featuring Miami String Quartet with special guests, clarinetist and festival favorite, Deborah Marshall and our cherished new friend, stunning New York City based pianist, Marija Stroke..….“(the Miami String Quartet) plays with sweeping authority, fluency and hushed poignancy.” Great music, great performers and the most ideal of settings.….the chamber.

Program:
String Quartet No. 1 ‘My LIfe’                      B. Smetana
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581             W. A. Mozart
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, op. 81      A. Dvorak

Please visit www.projectchambermusic.org for details and to purchase tickets.

Light and Joyous….Folk songs of the ages with special guest, mezzo soprano, Abigail Fischer

June 24, 7pm.
The Agave Room, 143 Mountain Ave, Fort Collins, CO

Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors (60+), $5 students under 18
Catered reception by The Rio Grande with cash bar.       

Versatile mezzo-soprano Abigail Fischer’s recent performances prompted reviewers to hail her as “riveting” (New York Times), and to remark upon her “throbbing low register and open-hearted performing style” (Wall Street Journal).

See one of the most brilliant and versatile mezzo sopranos on the US musical scene today - NYC based Abigail Fischer. For this light and airy, perfect summer concert this evening’s program centers on a vocal chamber music masterpiece, the Folk Songs of Luciano Berio!   Our stellar octet takes this lush and beautiful setting of 11 international folk songs for voice and instruments on the road for two performances. First to Boulder, in an exciting new partnership at The Dairy Center of the Arts, and then on to Fort Collins to an eclectic, historic downtown location — The Agave Room above The Rio Grande.

Artists:

Abigail Fischer, mezzo soprano          Brook Ferguson, flute      Ann Marie Liss, harp    
Deborah Marshall, clarinet                  Erik Peterson, viola         Judith McIntyre Galecki, cello  
Eric Hollenbeck and Michael Tetreault, percussion                         

Program:

Bruce Adolphe, Rikudim (dances) for Flute and Harp
Hector Villa Lobos, Jet Whistle
Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint for solo clarinet
Luciano Berio, Folk Songs for mezzo soprano and ensemble

These concerts are generously underwritten in Boulder by Grant & Holly Hickman and Jan & Jim Bailey and in Fort Collins by Aaron McGrew.

get tickets here 

What’s the Idea? — How science inspires my musical thinking

Monday, June 21, 7:00 pm
Old Town Library, 201 Peterson Street,
Ft. Collins.
Free event

Whether it’s neuroscience or physics, science offers musical inspiration and even provocative compositional concepts that have been the focus of many of his recent works. From Music of Memory, recently premiered at the Brain and Creativity Institute in LA, or Einstein’s Light, a new film with his score recorded by Joshua Bell, science and scientists fire up his musical imagination. Bruce Adolphe, resident composer at the Brain and Creativity Institute in LA and Lecturer at The Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center in New York, will explore the details of how this works. Samples of his works, performance from the piano, improvisational games and his highly entertaining Piano Puzzlers are all part of this engaging event. Join us for this intimate opportunity to learn more about music in general, ask those questions you’ve always wanted to have answered and meet this remarkable internationally known composer.

Music of Light Art Show: An Art Show of Introspection. Illumination. Inspiration. Reflecting Einstein’s Relationship to Music.

Music of Light Art Show:
An Art Show of Introspection. Illumination. Inspiration.
Reflecting Einstein’s Relationship to Music.

June 17 – 19 12:00 – 6:00 pm daily
June 20          closed for concert set-up
June 20          3:30pm doors open for concert

Community Creative Center, 200 Matthews Street.

We’re celebrating Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and its 100th Anniversary. PYCh joins forces with local artists in a juried art show,  posters from CSU’s International Poster Festivals  & the Rocky Mountain Woodturners. 

● Grand Opening and Closing events feature the Miami String Quartet. ● Art sales benefit our local artists and Project Youth & Chamber Music’s educational programming. ● Vintages Wine Sponsored Reception featuring food from local downtown restaurants and chefs!

Cows, Cars and Composers

Cows, Cars and Composers
June 17, 4:00 – 4:45pm
The Community Creative Center; 200 Mathews Street, FC
Tickets: Adult $5, Children Free.

This free, funny and engaging live moment with Miami String Quartet and Bruce Adolphe is the side show of the festival that makes you pull over the car and take a divergent path on your summer vacation. Come find out the true flavor of these great musicians. Here’s your chance to see the personal and light side of a world touring ‘it’ quartet of today in this brand new, intimate setting in historic Old Town Fort Collins. Meant for all ages, this concert is appropriate for 7 year olds and up.

Wizards, Wands and Words

Wizards, Wands and Words
June 17, 1:30 – 4:00pm
Community Creative Center, Front Lawn
200 Mathews Street, Fort Collins
Free Event. Donations welcome.

Learn about wood working on a real lathe - turn a pen or a wand! Kids age 9 and up, come find your power to create magic and choose to craft pen or wand. Once finished, write a letter to an overseas veteran or pen your own version of the next chapter for your favorite novel! We’ll send your pen, or one from our own stash, with your letter, to a veteran through Pens for Veterans.
Presented by the Rocky Mountain Woodturners and Woodcraft of Loveland

Fort Collins Chamber Music Society and Tango.org present… STRICTLY TANGO

Support the arts...
Dance a tango!
July 24, 2015, 7pm at Club Tico
Tickets on sale now!

Join us for an evening of live tango music, dancing, food and drink.... See More

The Watson Women A retrospective on the creative lives of a mother and her daughters.

Oil, water and ink bring to life the colors and passion of these three women. Anita Watson, watercolorist, was still painting at age 90. Daughters Paula Watson Lakamp, and Leslie Watson Fisette follow their own journeys in creative expression.

June 24-July 4

Community Creative Center
200 Mathews St., Fort Collins, CO
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays - Saturdays, noon-6 pm
First Friday Gallery Walk reception on July 3, 6-9 pm
Admission is free

Cook with Dad this Father's Day

Restaurant 415 is offering a great gift for Dad....learn to cook with your kids!  drink Beer!  Visit with the Father/Daughter chef team that runs 415!

Here is the page to sign up.

Call for "Arts on the River"

Arts on the River is a fundraiser for BCAA and the Lyons Arts and Humanities Commission, held along the North Saint Vrain Creek in Lyons at River Bend. The date for the event is Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 12-7pm.

 We are looking for artists of all mediums who want to staff a booth and sell their work at the event. For all work sold during the event, BCAA and LAHC retain a 30% commission (split evenly between the two nonprofit organizations). Tent, table, and chairs will be provided.

The entry form can be found here.

CPAC Executive Director – Applications Now Being Accepted

CPAC’s current Executive Director, Rupert Jenkins, will be stepping down in the fall, and the search for his replacement has begun. The organization is now in a sustained capacity building and growth stage as a professionally staffed nonprofit organization, fulfilling its vision of being the premiere destination in the Rocky Mountain Region for the photographic arts community. The Executive Director must be dedicated to fostering the growth and spirit of CPAC and ensuring the consistent high quality of all CPAC efforts including, but not limited to, the duties and responsibilities outlined in the job description below.
To apply for the position of CPAC Executive Director please submit your resumé, cover letter, as well as three professional references to “info@cpacphoto.org” with “Executive Director” in the subject. Applications and recommendations are encouraged by July 15, 2015, when application review will commence.
Download the job description and application instructions here.

"Mountains of Possibility" Call for Entries

The Southern Colorado Film Festival is seeking great new films for our 2015 festival, themed "Mountains of Possibility."

Held in Alamosa, Colorado in October 15th – 18th, 2015, this festival showcases short and feature length narrative, documentary, experimental and animated films that connect the cultures in our region to broader issues. So if you are a filmmaker with something to share, submit before June 15th for an early bird discount! Learn more and submit online at: http://socofilmfest.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/socofilmfest?fref=ts

Why is Public Art Important?

This is why.

Call for Bike Helmet Art

Bike Fort Collins is still looking for some artists for the helmet design contest. They will be designing a white commuter helmet into unique, wearable art. The winner will be determined by a vote tally at the Bike Art Show, and will win a gift certificate from Lee's Cyclery and Brave New Wheel. Anyone interested can contact kellym@bikefortcollins.org.

The Bike Art Show is on July 3rd, 6-10 pm at the Downtown Artery Cafe. It will feature the helmets submitted to the design contest, as well as local, bicycle themed art. All of the proceeds will benefit Bike Fort Collins.

VanCoSchool Paints the CSU Trial Gardens

Look like fun?  Visit this page to find out how to sign your kid up this Summer!

OpenStage Theatre Seeks Managing Director

ROLE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
The Managing Director reports directly to the Board of Directors and works in partnership with the Producing Artistic Director as the Theatre's executive team. The Managing Director plays an integral role in the development and execution of the organization's strategic plan in addition to day-to-day administrative activities, including:
Administration: The Managing Director exercises responsible stewardship of all resources within the organization and collaborates with the Artistic Director to ensure the optimum balance of artistic quality, financial strength, and institutional integrity.
Financial Management: The Managing Director works with the Artistic Director to develop an annual budget to support the organization's programmatic and institutional priorities. The Managing Director is responsible for monthly financial reporting, budget performance, forecasting, cash flow projections and maintenance of the accounting systems.
Audience Development/Earned Income: The Managing Director works with staff to plan and implement audience development activities including marketing strategies, public relations and promotional events for season and single ticket sales campaigns, as well as seasonal, production and program sponsorships.
Fundraising: The Managing Director works with the Board and staff to strategize and implement all fundraising activities, including, but not limited to, individual gifts, Board gifts, special events, corporate giving, government support and foundation grants.
Planning: The Managing Director works with the Producing Artistic Director, Board and staff to create and execute long-term strategic, fundraising and strategies that will sustain the fiscal and operational health of the Theatre.
Board of Directors: The Managing Director serves, with the Producing Artistic Director, as the primary staff liaison to the Board. The Managing Director assists the Board's leaders as appropriate with the recruitment, education and development of Board members and works closely with Board committees to engage the members in the service of OpenStage Theatre.
Advocate: The Managing Director helps to advance the relationship between the Theatre and various local and regional organizations, including government agencies and advocacy groups, community and local business groups and arts organizations. The Managing Director/Producing Artistic Director team presents the public face of OpenStage Theatre and the Managing Director may be called upon to speak to private and public organizations and to the press, as well as to promotes the arts in general throughout the city and region.

 ABOUT OPENSTAGE THEATRE & COMPANY
OpenStage Theatre & Company, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is governed by a Board of Directors, administered by a professional staff, and composed of a community of artists dedicated to creating excellence in live theatre.
Since its inception in 1973, OpenStage has actively produced and promoted live performing arts in Northern Colorado, making it one of the longest-practicing and most renowned theatrical producers in the state. In addition to being the foremost local producer at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, the city's primary performance space, OpenStage is a major figure in the statewide arts producing community. Citing productions that consistently garner critical and public acclaim, The Denver Post applauded OpenStage's work as ranking "among Colorado's best companies."
Recipient of the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Henry Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, and commendation by the Colorado State Legislature and the City of Fort Collins, OpenStage Theatre is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, the national association of professional not-for-profit theatres. Excellence, discipline, and artistic integrity are the principles that continue to guide OpenStage.
OpenStage Theatre produces a mainstage season of six productions, five in the Lincoln Center Magnolia Theatre and one outside in the Park at Columbine Health Systems. In addition, its second stage, openstageetc produces two intimate productions at the Center for Fine Art Photography.
Vision: OpenStage Theatre & Company will be a successful regional arts producer that consistently delivers magical and transforming experiences.
Mission: OpenStage Theatre & Company's mission is to provide exceptional theatre that captivates the heart and mind.

The ideal candidate will:
Have a bachelor's degree and a minimum of five years of experience with a nonprofit or for-profit organization in a management/leadership role. Experience in fundraising, Board relations and marketing is highly desirable, and with a theatre company or arts organization also of value;
Demonstrate experience and interest in supervising/managing fundraising campaigns and identifying new sources and increased levels of contributed income;
Demonstrate experience and capacity to lead, manage, motivate, inspire, train and collaborate with staff, artists, Board and volunteers;
Have experience and knowledge of marketing, advertising and public relations activities, particularly as they relate to growing ticket and other earned income revenue;
Have the ability to successfully develop and implement long-term strategic and annual tactical plans;
Be a highly motivated self-starter with strong communication and computer skills.
Exhibit stamina and a strong work ethic, as well as the flexibility to deal with unpredictable pressures and a variable flow of work activity with a small staff;
Have strong business skills and experience in budgeting, creating long-term budgets and goals, and financial management;
Be able to speak and write persuasively and serve as a spokesperson for the Theatre in public and to the media;
Demonstrate a passion for theatre and the arts, as well as the connection between the Company and its community.

Base Salary: $45K. Salary and Benefits Commensurate with Experience.

Application Procedure
Interested candidates are requested to submit the following application packet no later than midnight, June 19, by email at info@openstage.com (with subject title: Managing Director Search):
1. Cover letter
2. Resume
4. Contact information for a minimum of three references.

Tuesday Theater for Kids Summer Program at Rialto Theater Center

Loveland's Rialto Theatre will host a series of programs for youth during the Summer.  A higlight for me is a visit from the Missoula Childrens Theatre!  Check out the offerings here.

Fort Collins Studio Tour Hosts a "Collectors Conversation"

Greeley Unexpected Kickoff Tonight!

Lincoln Center Hosts Children's Summer Series

elsewhere at the Curfman

C4FAP Director Visits "Studio Culture" Tonight

Learn about the Center of Fine Art Photography by listening to KRFC 88.9 tonight from 7pm. The hosts, Briana and Katewill be interviewing the charming Director of C4FAP, Hamidah Glasgow.

Comedy Brewers Junebug Show this Sunday

This Sunday at 7:30 the Comedy Brewers will do their stuff at Bas Bleu Theatre.  For more info, check out their Facebook page, here.

Butterfly Pavilion at Gulley

The countdown is on to Gulley Greenhouse's big 40th Birthday Bash! Outpost Sunsport has generously helped them sponsor a live butterfly pavilion June 5th - June 21st. Open 8am - 7pm daily, stop by to educate yourselves and your family about the importance of pollinators... And to be surrounded by the beauty of butterflies!

Fort Collins Studio Tour Preview Exhibit Opens This Friday

The opening reception for the preview exhibit of the Fort Collins Studio Tour is this Friday, June 5 from 5-7.  Prizes will be awarded by this year's judge, Lisa Hatchadooria, the new Director of the Fort Collins Museum of Art.

 The Fort Collins Studio Tour is a free event June 26 - 28 showcasing local artists in their private studios, allowing the public to see and buy local art. 

NEW- this year you can download the studio tour guide to plan ahead.http://www.fcgov.com/lctix/pdf/tour-guide-web-2015.pdf

Pay What You Can this Thursday

......to see Open Stage's "Servant of Two Masters" This Thursday, June 4. It's all in the name. No reservations, just donations at the door. General admission seating begins at 7pm.

Visit openstage.com for more details.

Call for Wearable Art

ArtWear Fashion Week
Deadline for Entries: July 31, 2015
Event Dates: October 23-31, 2015
Cash prizes of $1000 for wearable art garments
$35 fee for up to 3 entries
The prospectus is here.

The City of Fort Collins Lincoln Center is seeking designers of wearable art garments and accessories for the 17th ArtWear Fashion Week. ArtWear Fashion Week is dedicated to highlighting the work of wearable art artists. The week-long event includes a fully staged fashion show, public sales gallery and fiber art and wearable art demonstrations, programs and workshops throughout the week of October 23-31, 2015.

Wearable art in all media and styles are welcome, including garments, ensembles, hats and handbags. Garments for both men and women are encouraged. Acceptance for the show is by invitation and by jury. Individuals or collaborative teams will be considered. Our goal is to present innovative and wearable work of the highest quality and provide a forum to share our enthusiasm for an exploration of techniques and materials.

Want to paint on a Piano?

The City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places (APP) Program, in cooperation with community partners Bohemian Foundation and Downtown Development Authority, seeks to involve artists/teams by commissioning them to work with the Pianos About Town Project to paint murals or otherwise artistically decorate working pianos during the second half of the 2015–2016 season. We are looking for diversity in styles and concepts with a preference for new and exciting ideas. Deadline to submit designs is July 6. For more information, visit fcgov.com/pianos

Art Play Day This Saturday

Saturday, June 27th 10:00 am at the Masonville Artist Studios.  This is an informal gathering of Artists to show off recent work and create new work.


For more information, visit their Facebook Page.

Baroque Extravaganza this Thursday!

Thursday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
Baroque Extravaganza
University Center for the Arts
Tickets: $7/CSU students,
$12/public, $1/youth (under 18)

Featuring organists Joel Bacon, James David Christie, Ken Cowan, Joyce Jones, and members of the Fort Collins Symphony, directed by Wes Kenney

Sign Up for Art Camps at VanCo School of Art

The Chef Challenge For Children

The Family Center/La Familia invites you to join us in supporting the children and families that we serve by attending our annual Fiesta, featuring an all new element, The Chef Challenge For Children!
 
This year brings 15 local chefs together with 7 local breweries to offer you a one time only tasting experience.  All chefs have been given a list of five ingredients that they must use in preparing their competition entree.  You get to be the judge by voting with your dollars in support of The Family Center/La Familia.  Kristin Mastre, writer of the local food blog Feasting Fort Collins, will be selecting the winner of the Critic's Choice Award and the chef's themselves will be voting on the Chef's Choice Award.  

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW, CLICK HERE!   
 
All participating restaurants and breweries are raising money for The Family Center/La Familia prior to the event by accepting donations at their individual locations during the month of June!  If you would like to visit them, they are:
 
CHEFS/RESTAURANTS
Andrea Ridder - Wunderjuice
Art Marquez - El Monte Grill
Billy Charters - STUFT burger bar
Brock Schermerhorn - Whole Foods
Chris Robinson - Hog Wild BBQ
Dustin Tanski - Vom Foss (Crescendo)
Gary - Island Grill
German Ruiz - Jeju Sushi
Jeff Gilchrist - Mulligans Pub
Malini Bartels - The Cooking Studio
Matt - The Garlic Knot
McKinzy Calapp - Cafe Vino
(3 spots left!  Refer a chef: 970-980-6684)

BREWERIES/DISTRIBUTORS:
Feisty Spirits
Funkwerks
Grimm Brothers
High Country Beverage
New Belgium Brewery
Odells
Zwei Brewing

We thank all of these generous local chefs and businesses for their time and talent.  Together, we are building brighter futures for local children who need our support in early education and wellness.  Read on to find out more about the event and how you can help us serve, or GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

CCI Call for Grant Panelists

Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) is seeking advisory review panelists for the FY16 Colorado Creates grant program. Panelists are integral to CCI's grants process. They review applications, provide comments, and score applications in order to recommend recipients of CCI grant awards.

Colorado Creates is Colorado Creative Industries' largest grant program. This award provides financial support to help nonprofit cultural organizations and communities produce arts and cultural activities, bringing jobs to their communities and enhancing the quality of life. In the last grant competition, 162 grants were awarded totaling just over $1,000,000 across the state.

The grant is reviewed annually in the months of July and August through a peer review process modeled after the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Selected panelists will demonstrate expertise through involvement in one or more sectors of the creative economy in Colorado. Panelists include artists, arts administrators, and community leaders who represent diverse geographic, ethnic, philosophical and aesthetic perspectives. Panelists are selected from each defined region to conduct an online review of applications which generally takes between 15 - 30 hours. Next, panel members meet at an all-day, in-person meeting in July or August to discuss and recommend applications for funding. The panel review role is a volunteer position, however, travel (meals, lodging, mileage etc.) will be covered when applicable.

NOTE: Current Colorado Creates applicants are not eligible to serve as panelists; however, applicants are encouraged to review during an organizations "sit out" year.

Residents of Colorado are encouraged to nominate themselves or their peers to serve as a panelist. To be considered for the 2016 cycle please complete the panelist interest form before Friday, June 26. Learn more and apply. 

CSU's LEAP Program Annonunces New Director

Associate Professor Constance DeVereaux has been named the new director of the LEAP Institute for the Arts, beginning July 1. DeVereaux brings a rich background in scholarly and applied studies of arts leadership, an impressive array of publications, and a host of national and international contacts to the program.

The LEAP Institute for the Arts (Leadership Entrepreneurship, Arts Advocacy, and the Public) – founded in 2012 by faculty and staff within the School of Music, Theatre and Dance, and the Department of Art and Art History – matured quickly into a Center within the College of Liberal Arts, offering both a master’s degree and a minor.

Paired with practical skills in management, marketing, planning, and communication, the LEAP master’s program produces the kind of arts leader that can make a difference in the world, preparing students for a career in the ever-changing, dynamic world of arts and culture.

The LEAP minor is designed to enhance the skills of current undergraduates that are needed to be a successful artist beyond the studio, stage, classroom, therapeutic practice, and performance hall.

“Our aim, since the inception of LEAP, is to provide opportunities for students to become leaders in their chosen communities,” said DeVereaux. “I have great enthusiasm about the prospect of leading a program designed to produce tomorrow’s leaders.”

DeVereaux joined the LEAP faculty in fall 2013, and has made significant strides in establishing the reputation of the program, and its students, on a regional, national, and international level. “I am delighted to welcome Dr. DeVereaux to this new position, and have high hopes for her leadership as LEAP continues to solidify its reputation in the arts community and build its undergraduate minor and graduate masters programs,” expressed LEAP Interim Director Bruce Ronda.

“Leadership is a collaborative effort,” said DeVereaux. “I’m part of a great team of colleagues and students, and together we are changing the face of the arts in Fort Collins and beyond.”

"The Place Between”

Artists Scott & Alicia Laumann have lived in 30 unique locations in their combined lifetimes.  They have logged 92,000 miles between locations. Their ten-year old daughter has lived in twelve different places during her short life.  This summer, in conjunction with their show at Artworks Loveland on June 12, they will move back to the Front Range with the intention of putting down roots, hoping to use their many travels to create meaning in a single place.

“The Place Between,” their first collaborative show in a gallery space, examines American attitudes towards mobility, community and sense of place through the lens of their own personal experience. Through new video works, art installations, dialogue with the community, and a durational performance on opening night, they explore their own unresolved attitudes toward space and place, examining their transient past and local future.

“This has been an extremely personal project for both of us," Scott Laumann said. "On one hand, we value the freedom of mobility and the promise of future. On the other, we long for the foundation of place, people, and community.  We’re suspended in tension between these two desires. The fact that we are physically moving as a family becomes an extension of the show, an additional “artwork” that will play out over time. We really want to have a two-way dialogue with the local community – to listen to their perspectives as much as to bring our own.”

When:
June 12 - July 3, 2015
Opening: June 12; 6pm-9pm
Live performance / sculpture making: 6-8pm
Dialogue / open house : July 3, 4:30 - 7pm, talk-back with the artists: 6:30 pm

Where:
Artworks Loveland
310 North Railroad Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 663-5555

Kiln for Sale

Never-used Skutt KM-1027 kiln for sale. The catch is the seller lives in Steamboat Springs. However this is a new kiln so it may be worth the trip.
Skutt Automatic Kiln
KM-1027
240 Volts AC, 2W
1 Phase, 48 Amps
11520 Watts
Max temperature 2350°
INCLUDES Skutt Envirovent

List price for kiln/vent at time of purchase was $2500
Asking $1700
Has never been plugged in. Packing material still inside.
Email artsydenise@icloud.com, or call 970-819-1362

Read and Seed for Preschoolers

Story time plus an educational and fun hands-on activity at the Gardens on Spring Creek. Help your child develop school readiness skills of early language comprehension and fine motor skills while encouraging creativity, curiosity and exploration of the natural world. $3 per child. Drop-in/Registration not required. This is a parent/caregiver participation class. Monday & Tues, 10-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:45 a.m.
Week of 6/8: Worm Bins ; Week of 6/15: Wind Wishes
Week of 6/22: Flower Press; Week of 6/29: Independence Day Art.

Ignite! Fort Collins

Ignite! Fort Collins is an eclectic collection of 'talks' given by community members.  There will be 14 presentations with an intermission. The presentations will be selected by the Ignite Fort Collins Team based on a number of factors including diversity of topics and speakers. Our goal is to choose talks that are interesting, educational, thought-provoking, and engaging.

The event is on Friday, June 19 from 6:00-10:00. We’ve rented out the BIG theater in The Lincoln Center… so that means more seats available!

Each ticket is $15! Don't wait, snag 'em now!

"Good Day" book authors host a Nepal Fundraiser

Local Artists Gale Whitman and Bob Komives will host a fundraiser Tuesday, June 2.  A family in their neighborhood was deeply affected by the recent earthquakes in Nepal.  For their story and details of the fundraiser at the Rio Grande Restaurant, please click here.  The event Tuesday night will feature live music and a silent auction, with proceeds helping rebuild the village of Pokhari-Chauri.  Bob & Gale are donating a Good Day book and one of our art prints to the silent auction.  If you'd like to contribute but are not able to attend the event, please visit: www.gofundme.com/nepalpc.