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Colorado
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TIMMY BY LU CONG |
Masterful Group Show
DENVER • Gallery 1261 presents a 16-artist group show with works by Carolyn Anderson, Nancy Switzer, Quang Ho, Bill Starke, Burton Silverman, and Dan McCaw, among others. The exhibition, which runs May 30-July 19, also includes Lu Cong’s haunting, large-scale portraits, which often feature subjects staring directly at the viewer. For more information: 303.571.1261 or www.gallery1261.com.
Idaho
New Schmid Works on View
COEUR D’ALENE• West Wind Fine Art Gallery features new paintings by Richard Schmid, Nancy Guzik, and Timothy R. Thies this month. Included in the presentation are five landscape and still-life paintings by Schmid, who is known for what he calls “The Grand Manner,” a synthesis of virtuosity and joy in art. Guzik paints florals and figurative works with the artistic intent of revealing the extraordinary elements underlying even the most ordinary of things. Thies, Schmid’s protégé, renders still lifes, figures, and landscapes that are inspired by nature’s brilliant light. The show runs May 3-18. For more information: 208.765.3878 or www.westwindfineart.com.
Colorado
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TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN DANCING
AT TESORO FOUNDATION EVENT |
Wow of a Powwow
MORRISON • The Tesoro Foundation’s eighth annual Indian Market and Powwow brings the spirit of the West to life May 17-18. The market, which is juried by a panel of experts, features works by the nation’s premier Native American artists. The event occurs in conjunction with a competitive powwow with traditional dances and regalia—a vibrant display of cultures that includes competitions in Traditional, Shawl, Fancy, Grass, and Jingle dancing. For more information: 303.839.1671 or www.tesorofoundation.org.
In the News
Museums West, a consortium dedicated to advancing the study, exhibition, publication, and interpretation of the art, history, and cultures of the West, has welcomed two new members: the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, GA, and the Denver Art Museum’s Petrie Institute of Western American Art. Museums West, founded in 1991, includes premier western museums in the United States. Participants collaborate to expand the awareness and appreciation of western art…. The Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters group has added new signature members: Pang Yen Chou, Lanny Grant, Anita Louise West, and Lani Vlaanderen. New artist members are Stephanie Birdsall, Douglas Morgan, Wes Newton, Cydney Springer, and Sallie K. Smith.
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