Posted by leannegoebel on February 27, 2013 · 1 Comment
Looking back over the year that was 2012 what strikes me is the resiliency and determination of artists, makers and creators to continue doing what matters, what has meaning and follow (for lack of a less clichéd word) their passion. While Colorado seemed to spin out of control with tragic forest fires and horrific shootings … Read more
Filed under Art Criticism, Boulder, Colorado Springs, contemporary art, Denver · Tagged with Arts Incubator of the Rockies, Becoming Van Gogh, Clark Richert, Clyfford Still Museum, David Anfam, Denver Art Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, DeWain Valentine, Dikeou Collection, Ed Ruscha, Edie Winograde, Judy Pfaff, Laleh Mehran, Lordy Rodriquea, M12, Nils Folke Anderson, Richard Tuttle, Robert Mangold, Scott Johnson, Stan Brakhage, Theodore Waddell, Vochol, William Betts, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by leannegoebel on December 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Fort Collins, Colorado, tasked with creating a Rocky Mountain Regional Arts Incubator, won a $100,000 “Our Town” grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The collaborators on this public-private “creative placemaking” initiative include the city of Fort Collins’s Cultural Services Department, Colorado State University and Beet Street, a cultural programmer behind Fort Collins’s creative industry. When developed, AIR (Arts Incubator of the Rockies), plans to serve 10 states.
Filed under ART, arts journalism, Culture, Denver · Tagged with AIR, arts incubator, Arts Incubator of the Rockies, Beet Street, Colorado State University Arts, Fort Collins, Fractured Atlas, Giovanni Paccaloni, informal economy, NEA Our Town Grant, One Million by One Million, Slider, Sramana Mitra