Boots for Winning Writers

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• Jax announces their  2nd Annual "If These Boots Could Talk" creative writing contest.

Submit your fictional or non-fictional story retold through your boot's perspective. 

The top 3 entries win a FREE pair of Twisted X Boots.

Entry deadline is July 25th

Please email your story to John Sliz, jsliz@jaxmercantile.com

They will publish the winning entries on our Blog.

*Limit one submission per person, please limit word count to no more than 2500.

*Employees or family members of Jax not eligible. No purchase necessary to win.

Jan Brett Story Time & Hedgie Meeting Tomorrow

Another Chance for fun from the Fort Collins museum of Art

Story time at Old Firehouse Bookstore, Old Town Fort Collins 
Thursday, July 16th, 10:00am 

Call for Submissions

One of the missions of Wolverine Farm and our upcoming Letterpress & Publick House is to support local makers and artists. We will be hosting workshops and events that showcase our creative community and we will sell locally made goods and art in our shop. If you are interested in having your handmade items for sale at 316 Willow, please check out the following link on our website.

http://www.wolverinefarm.org/brick-mortar/letterpress-publick-house/maker-program/

A Little Bit of Missoula, right here in Loveland

 

Missoula Childrens Theatre presented by the Rialto Theater Center

 Performances: Saturday, July 11, 3 pm & 5:30 pm

Local students perform an adaptation of the tale of King Arthur. Watch as your favorite characters from Camelot (Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, Taleisin, The Raven, and Lancelot) wrestle with the challenges faced by their people. Follow the original twist on this familiar story as it weaves its way through a landscape full of surprises!

Tickets: $8

Openstage Wins Community Award!

Openstage Theatre & Company Inc has been selected for the 2015 Best of Fort Collins Award in the Live Theatres category by the Fort Collins Award Program.

Each year, the Fort Collins Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Fort Collins area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2015 Fort Collins Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Fort Collins Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Fort Collins Award Program
The Fort Collins Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Fort Collins area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Fort Collins Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

Fort Collins Colorado Creative District!?

Did you know Downtown Fort Collins has been designated as a Colorado Creative District? Yes! Plans are underway as to what this means for our community, and YOU ARE INVITED to join the conversation. Let YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! Do not stand by and let others' decide what this great opportunity will mean for your creative community. LEARN what is underway and what is yet to be decided.

JULY 27th, 5:30-7pm. Location tbd. Like or comment here so I can send you more info.

ClothRoads: Customer Service and Office Administrator Position

ClothRoads, an online retailer (www.clothroads.com) focused on global artisan textiles, is seeking a part-time Customer Service and Office Administrator at their retail studio and office in old town Loveland, CO. Typical duties include processing orders both online and in store, inventory management both physical and online, and office administration responsibilities both clerical and financial.
This job requires a very detail-oriented person with strong clerical and organizational skills, multi-tasking ability, and must work independently. Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and beginning Excel and QuickBooks required. Interest and basic knowledge of artisan textiles is required. This is a 20-hour/week (Tues-Fr 5 hours/day; occasional Saturdays possible but not required); hourly pay, in-office position. Send resume and inquiries to info@clothroads.com

Donate your stuff to Global Village Museum's Tresures and trinkets

Summer Tent Sale ~ International Treasures & Trinkets  July 16 - 18
Every year The Global Village Museum in Fort Collins participates in the July Summer Sales in Downtown Fort Collins.  If you have "aged" or new international art or artifacts you would like to give GVM for our summer fundraiser, please contact Dawn or LaVon before July 10.

What Do You Have to Say About Yourself?

ATTENTION ARTISTS OF FORT COLLINS!!
* Do you have an awesome idea for a future show?
* Do you know an artist or group doing something cool that the rest of us should hear about?
* ARE YOU YOURSELF AN AMAZING ARTIST OF ANY KIND?

We bet you are. And we want to talk to you.
Theatre folk, dance folk, visual artists of all ilk, musicians: come talk to us. Contact us about your work, your project, so we can share your ideas via KRFC  for an artsier Fort Collins!

Let us help you GO FORTH AND CREATE!

Jazz in the McMorris' Garden

The Fort Collins Symphony will host Jazz in the McMorris’ Gardens in Timnath, Colorado. The evening will feature the nationally known Carol Frazier Band, tours of the breathtaking McMorris home, and a silent auction of award-winning artist Ellie Weakley’s amazing “Yellow Iris” oil painting.  Proceeds will benefit Fort Collins Symphony educational programs.  For more information, visit the event website.

Greeley Arts Picnic!

Lincoln Park 802 10th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631
Saturday, July 25 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 26 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Every year on the last weekend in July, The Greeley Arts Picnic draws thousands to historic Lincoln Park. Festival attendees shop from over 175 artists’ booths selling everything from pottery and paintings, soap to sculptures and gourmet food to garden art! Folks can take a break in the beer garden or enjoy mouth-watering cuisine from around the world including French, Greek, Mexican, Middle Eastern and Italian, plus good old American BBQ in the food court. Colorado performers entertain on two stages throughout the weekend while clowns, magicians and balloon artists rove through the park. Creation Station’s kids’ hands-on area keeps the little-ones busy with projects that encourage creativity and excite the imagination. The Arts Picnic is truly a feast of fun for everyone!

"Miscast" Caberet at Pour Brother's

"Miscast" Cabaret is one of the most unique theater events in town. FoCo's hottest stars perform songs from roles in which they would NEVER be cast!

Join The Fort Collins "Miscast" Cabaret for our FIRST Monthly Cabaret Series, hosted each month at Pour Brothers Community Tavern! Join performers from around Northern Colorado's Arts Community for night of song, theater, comedy, and who knows what will grace our cabaret stage!

Two Hours, 10 performances, and FREE! Interested in performing, email us at focomiscast@gmail.com to get on the list.

We'll have two sets, starting at 6:30pm, with a quick break, and return for the second set at 7:15pm. We hope you'll join us for what is to become the next Northern Colorado Arts Community tradition!

Food and Drink is available for purchase through Pour Brothers!

Scavenger Hunt this Weekend!

The Fort Collins Museum of Art is sponsoring a Scavenger Hunt this Saturday, July 11, 1-3 p.m. Kids from toddler to 12-year olds are invited to take part in the fun walk with Hedgie starting at the Fort Collins Museum of Art.  Participation is open to 15 family groups. Reservations are a good idea; everyone is welcome to join the hunt; museum members have first-in-line status. Email us at info@ftcma.org to make a reservation.

Form/Function at Gallery Nine-Seventy

1015 S Lincoln Ave
Loveland, CO 80537

Exhibit Runs: July 2-August 15
Opening Reception with food, music and more: July 10 6pm-8pm
Gallery Hours:Thursday-Saturday 11am-6pm

Exhibit Statement:
As stated by American Architect Louis Sullivan,
"Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight, or the open apple-blossom, the toiling work-horse, the blithe swan, the branching oak, the winding stream at its base, the drifting clouds, over all the coursing sun, form ever follows function, and this is the law."

For example; a chair has a certain form because it serves a certain function. The saying goes that when form follow function an object is more desirable, more successful. But when does that object become a work or art? This happens when its form---its materials, concepts and processes--and its function--its purpose of use--are so skillfully coordinated and presented that the piece transcends strict functionality it enters into the realm of art. Form/Function presents artists who have become so skilled in their practice with functional materials (wood, clay, metal) that their works need to be under the lens of observation and appreciation

Featured Artists
Haley Bates
Anne Bossert
Brooke Cashion
Justin Donofrio
Ryan Embry
Matt Kaufman
Kelsey Leppek
Jessi Maddocks
Jacqueline Mckinny
Brad Reed Nelson
Joe Norman
Katie Smith

Local Authors Sign New Book at FCMOA

Mark you calendars for a very fun evening of exploring Andrew Michler's  book Hyperlocalization of Architecture hyperlocalarch.com at the official Fort Collins book signing 6-8pm, Friday, August 14th at the Fort Collins Museum of Art!! It will be a fun community event at an ideal location.

Quilts!

The Fort Collins Lincoln Center is excited to present the 33rd Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts Exhibition. Opening on Friday evening, July 10, 5-7 p.m., the exhibit features quilts by some of the best artists in the country. Not your grandmothers quilts, these works of art will dazzle your eyes and confound your brain as you wonder how they did that?! New Legacies is recognized as one of the premier art quilt exhibits in the nation. A treat for all members of the family, you won’t want to miss this!

Help Fort Collins Chamber Music Society Create Concerts for Kids

The  Fort Collins Chamber Music Society is raising money for their children's concert series, "Melody of Our History", based on stories that local students will recognize from their learning in elementary social studies.

Featuring dramatized performances of “A Life Between”, with music by Greeley Philharmonic conductor Glen Cortese, we will bring history to life this summer in our family-friendly concert series “Melody of Our History: FoCo Concerts for Kids.” Based on William Tremblay’s book The June Rise, “A Life Between” tells the story of Antoine Janis and his wife, First Elk Woman.
With text and direction by Actors’ Gym Collaborative Theatre Resident Playwright Briana Sprecher-Kinneer, this inspiring tale reminds us that families come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.
Additionally, University of Wyoming student composer Nathan Otto Beutler will serve up his newly-commissioned piece about local legend, "Annie the Railroad Dog." The concert series will delight audiences also with dramatized performances of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and “Little Red Riding Hood” by Bruce Adolphe.

FCCMS is a non-profit organization of 
classically-trained professional musicians dedicated to performing chamber music in non-traditional settings. We make classical music 
accessible to new audiences, cut down production costs, and get musicians out of concert halls and into popular venues such as bars and breweries, restaurants and cafes, and schools and museums.  

Artworks Loveland JULY/AUGUST 2015 EXHIBIT: Creators/Makers/Innovators

Artworks Loveland presents the exhibition, Creators/Makers/Innovators, which explores the process of combining art and technology.  This theme allows for unique works to be made using a wide variety of ideas and mediums. The exhibition also reveals the unseen “creative process”, the experimentation, trials and failures that serve as the ultimate teacher on the way to realizing a finished product.   

Technology and art serve as great partners.   Both areas, whether focussed on the technical or the creative, can be appreciated for their imaginative reaches as well as their utilitarian functions.   Entrepreneurial makers are inquiring and exploring, building innovations that change the way we interact with the world.   For contemporary artists, technology is a tool, both a medium and a subject to explore.  

What we share in common is a penchant for problem solving; we seek  to innovate and improve over what currently exists.  Through thoughtful collaboration, research and analysis, we can bridge the gaps that exist between the two fields of technology and art, for the betterment of both. As Albert Einstein best said, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. “

Exhibition Participants:
Artworks Loveland artists and CreatorSpace members have teamed up to collaborate on projects using art and technology.  The following is a list of participants:  Jonathan D’Silva, Denny Haskew, Zachary Heil, Tedi Jensen, Carrie Johansing, Mac Juneau, Jamie Lebon, Joe Norman, Christine Nossoughi, Veronica Patterson, Kayo Peeler, Dena Peterson, Abbie R Powers, Ronda Stone, Andrew and Summer Svedlow, Marcio Teixeira, and David Young.

Opening Reception Friday, July 10
6:00-9:00 pm during Night on the Town

Whew!

Sorry for the lack of posts, folks.  Studio tour kind of wiped me out!  Ready to post a few things...