September 2010

Going green may be the trendy way to live now, but artist Maya Avina has been a friend to the earth's materials her entire life. To Avina, sustainable living is just common sense. As a college undergrad at Humboldt State University, Avina began to reestablish a connection with nature. Her current artistic interests still remain with the earth and she is an advocate of using local, nontoxic materials.

July 2010

Visitors to the Dav3 Kurz exhibition at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center will discover images that are direct beneficiaries of the history of the portrait in western art. But will the same visitors recognize these images' love/hate relationship with photography? Think about it.

July 2010

In 2013, Colorado could be hosting a captivating and unique art experience. Over the River by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude was started in 1992. Jeanne-Claude's passing has not stopped Christo from moving forward on the Over The River project involving the Arkansas River. Over The River is a project that will showcase the beauty of the Arkansas River in a series of fabric panels to be suspended high above the water of the river. In May, Christo hosted two receptions in Colorado, to show his support and appreciation for the efforts of the Friends of Over The River, a grass roots organization. Christo continues to push forward with the project as his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, would have wanted. There is much work still to be done before the project can be exhibited to the public.

July 2010

When she cut the ribbon at the opening celebration of the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center on June 4th, 1972, Ann Love (wife of then-governor John Love) remarked "Isn't Colorado lucky to have Pueblo?"