Pagosa Springs Exhibit Shows Off its Art from The Durango Herald
There’s no place like home for the holidays. But when home is Pagosa Springs, Colorado where people are more interested in the latest ski report, and you’re an art writer, well, home is more a place you retreat to than a place you spend a Saturday viewing art. That’s not the case thanks to Michael … Read more
The Chair at Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts in Pagosa Springs from adobeairstream.com
Chairs have been the subject of paintings throughout history. Van Gogh painted one, so did John Singer Sargent, Henri Matisse and David Hockney. Edward Hopper chose a train car filled with mostly empty dark green chairs, focusing on a blonde female figure for his painting “Chair Car.” An exhibit currently open at Shy Rabbit Contemporary Art in Pagosa Springs, called “The Chair” hearkens back to these traditions. But the subject of the work is not just the brown leather chair from the artist’s home that sits in the middle of the gallery.
Pagosa Springs Community Comes Together for New Mural
In SW Colorado the town of Pagosa Springs comes together to replace a decaying downtown mural. The new mural designed by artist Jeffry Haas and Hayley Goodman was completed with the help of local high school students.
Gallery loses home, flaunted dystopias and a virtual exhibition
Pagosa seeks new home for arts council was published December 11, 2009 in the Durango Herald. The Pagosa Springs Town Council voted unanimously Nov. 3 to demolish this log cabin that was home to the Pagosa Springs Arts Council, leaving the organization without a home. New video and drawings flaunt dystopias from adobeairstream February 13, … Read more
Pagosa actors put on Into the Woods, Durango Herald, Nov. 21, 2009
Play benefits music students’ education The childless baker’s wife (Jessica Krebs) and the baker (Bill Nobles) make a deal with the witch (Kathy Isberg) in Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for the Pagosa Springs’ Music Boosters’ production of “Into the Woods” at Pagosa Springs High School. Grimm’s fairy tales get a dose of reality in a production … Read more
‘Dialogues’ at Shy Rabbit in Pagosa elevates the conversation
Note: This was the original text I submitted for the ‘Dialogues’ article. Ceramic artists featured in Ceramics Monthly and American Craft are on display in Pagosa Springs. Jeff Pender, from Charlotte, NC is one of the artists sparking conversation in “Dialogues” an exhibit at Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts. Pender’s elegant stoneware pieces are like mystical … Read more
Spurring Dialogues, Durango Herald, Oct. 10, 2008
Pagosa Springs art show urges talk of intangibles “Bird Woman” by Carrianne Hendrickson is a ceramic sculpture featured in “Dialogues.” Ceramic artists stand out in the new show at the Shy Rabbit Gallery in Pagosa Springs. Jeff Pender, from Charlotte, N.C., is one of the artists sparking conversation in an exhibit titled “Dialogues.” His elegant … Read more
The Proof is in the Weaving, Durango Herald, Aug. 18, 2008
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series in which writers try their hand at learning new skills. Beginning basket students Glessie Drake, Leanne Goebel and Ann Jacobi get a lesson from basket instructor and artist Pat Jeffers during a wicker basket workshop in Pagosa Springs. (Photo by Judith Reynolds) It was 8:40 a.m. … Read more
The maestro and the visionary, Durango Herald, Aug. 5, 2008
Review Music in the Mountains closed its season at BootJack Ranch near Pagosa Springs on Friday with a concert by the Festival Orchestra titled “Passion and Power” with Aviram Reichert as piano soloist. Change is good. Visionaries turn their creations over to another and watch as the progeny builds upon their ideas, adding their own … Read more
BootJack Ranch hosts an Irish evening, Durango Herald, July 18, 2008
Review Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul played a Celtic Celebration on Wednesday at BootJack Ranch near Pagosa Springs. Eileen Ivers plays on the grounds of BootJack Ranch near Pagosa Springs before her Celtic Celebration concert as part of Music in the Mountains. It was an Irish evening at BootJack Ranch near Pagosa Springs. The rain … Read more
