Category: Pagosa Springs
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Making a Handmade Difference in Pagosa Springs
Living in Pagosa Springs, a small town in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, I have participated in lengthy community debates about how to develop our local economy, which is primarily based on tourism. There is lots of talk about importing companies, both small manufacturing and big box retail, as ways to drive growth.…
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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…
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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…
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What’s missing from Colorado’s “Best of…” lists when it comes to visual art
I’m more interested in what is unique to Colorado and not just some rehashing of the latest trends in contemporary art. Art happens everywhere in the state, not just on the Front Range.
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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.
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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,…
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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…
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A Midsummer Night of Laughter in Pagosa, Durango Herald, July 15, 2008
Lovers in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” fall under the spell of Erica Curnutte as Puck in the rear of the picture. They are, left to right, Jessi Hampton (Hermia), Andrew Evans (Lysander), Chris Budreau (Demetrius) and Rachel Morgan (Helena). There is nothing better than a night of theater that transports one from a theater…
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Pagosa Arts Council Show a Step Up, Durango Herald, June 24, 2008
“The Flock” by Lorraine Trenholm won first prize at the PSAC 5th Annual Juried Show Review Pagosa Springs Arts Council’s fifth annual Juried Art Exhibition, Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m., through July 8, 315 Hermosa Street (in Town Park), Pagosa Springs, 264-5020. The Pagosa Springs Arts Council opened its fifth annual Juried Show on Thursday and took…
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Theater takes center stage in Pagosa, Durango Herald, June 20, 2008
Variety of genres featured during busy summer schedule Actors Nick Hoenshell of Tyler, Texas, left, and Andrew Evans of Chica go, Ill., rehearse outdoors for the Square Top Repertory Theatre’s produc tion of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” June 20, 2008 By Leanne Goebel | Special to the Herald This summer, Pagosa Springs is filled with…
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