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Heart Of Expression: Art That Connects At Snowy Peaks Winery
Patti Glasgow’s “Gaia’s Heart.”
Heart of Expression: Art that Connects and Snowy Peaks Winery are pleased to announce an art event benefiting the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies, Friday evening, June 24th, from 4-7 p.m., featuring the incredible works of Tom Blaue. Other artists include Gail Johnson Giron, Elijah Holmes, Austin Holmes, Dave Rusk and Patti Glasgow. Displayed amongst the barrels in the Snowy Peaks’ wine cellar and their new Riverside Dr. outside wine garden, with the beautiful music of Great Blue, 20% of art sales and 10% of wine sales will be donated to the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies Youth Theatre Camp. Tom Blaue uses a variety of media to create his images, including watercolor painting, pencil and silverpoint drawing, and various methods of intaglio print making. He has recently been exploring his ideas in wood sculpture. He transcends the beauty of nature to explore a more basic relationship between the
blowing Elijah expresses his passion for love, life, and the light in a way unique to him. (enlightenedlotusarts.com) Austin Holmes - a local artist, born and raised in Estes Park. Growing up with the freedom to adventure and admire the stunning beauty within Estes's natural forests; Holmes takes his admiration and love of nature as an unlimited source of inspiration for his fine artwork and highly intricate pen illustrations. CurPark. (tomblaueart.com) rently working as both a student and an artist, Holmes continues to evolve his Gail Johnson Girón - Gail's Designs creates unique, elegant jewelry and cher- artistic ability in rendering surreal and mysterious atmospheres of mountainous ished rosaries. Gail had never forgotten the impression made upon her when she landscapes in unity with human & animal figures. “I love to have people look held her grandmother's antique Euroat my artwork and tell their own story,” pean rosary. Gail’s jewelry is beautiful Trail Gazette. (likeclockworkarts.com) and inspirational. (gailsdesigns.net) Heart of Expression is about expressing Patti Glasgow - Acrylic Paintings and Photography. Patti's work is about One- our hearts as ourselves in whatever way each of us does that. We are creating an ness, Nature, the Heart, and Being. She teaches Expressive Art and her paintings event in which each person has the opand photography come from this orien- portunity to experience the joy of extation of each of us living our true nature pression and participate in the creation of prosperity and community. In a joyful and bringing that into our life and relaand magical way, our events strive to tionships. support artists, restaurants/spirit-makDave Rusk - A landscape, nature and ers, nonprofits, and the community as a wildflower photographer traveling the whole. back trails of Rocky Mountain National Snowy Peaks Winery carefully handPark. (rockymountaindayhikes.com) crafts all of the wines at their winery in Elijah Holmes - a Colorado glass artist Estes Park, using handpicked, Coloradois dedicated to providing the most artisgrown grapes. “We love being a part of tic and innovative pieces of art. Elijah our guest’s lives and that extends out to was surrounded by glass from birth, usour surrounding community. Part of our ing the traditional Murano style glassheart, mind and eye. He does not create the image as much as he articulates an idea. His nature based work frequently reflects Tom's deep attraction to the freeflowing wild streams of his native Colorado. Tom works from his studio in Estes
Closing In On The Dream: Rocky Mountain Performing Arts Center Moves Forward The long-awaited dream of building a performing arts center in Estes Park gained momentum with the recent decision by Town of Estes Park trustees to transfer about $460,000 in private donations to Estes Performance, Incorporated (EPIC). The funding will enable EPIC to hire an executive directive and to initiate the major capital campaign. “You are it.” With these words, Town Trustee Patrick Martchink charged the governing board of EPIC to get the performing arts center built. “Get it done because this is something that will benefit our community for decades to come.” The town board’s decision to release the fund of private donations from past performing arts center fundraising campaigns was based on significant progress in 2016 by EPIC which included amending building plans in light of the 2013 flood, securing required building code variances, and refining the innovative business plan model. EPIC had previously secured the prime downtown building site on Elkhorn Avenue. “We’ve assembled a strong team on our board, bringing diverse leadership and financial expertise to build the Rocky Mountain Performing Arts Center,” said
Stan Black, president of the EPIC board of directors. “We’re now starting a nation-wide search for an executive director with an established track record in fundraising. I can’t understate the importance of this key milestone or our excitement in taking the project to this next level,” he said. The latest performing arts center model differs greatly from earlier efforts based on the innovative business plan. The nonprofit performing arts center will be paired with a commercial development of a boutique hotel and restaurant and bar operations. The passive income stream from leasing the commercial space will underwrite the day-to-day operational costs for the theater. “Our vision has always been to build a performing arts center that would be home to Estes Park’s performing artists and theater groups as well as bringing in performances by nationally acclaimed acts,” continued Black. “This pairing of a commercial venture to support our nonprofit makes this vision financially viable.” The Rocky Mountain Performing Arts Center project and business model was
recently selected by the University of Denver to be included in their inaugural Colorado Impact Day initiative. Nonprofits across the state competed for the opportunity to meet with philanthropic foundations and investors to assess fundraising and investment potential. EPIC was one of 60 organizations (out of almost 300 applications) invited to participate. “The philanthropists and investors we met with were impressed with our business model and validated the strength of our plan and ability to attract donors and commercial partners,” said Tom Dority, EPIC’s vice president. “Naming rights will be particularly valuable because of the visibility to the more than three million visitors who travel Elkhorn Avenue annually to stay enjoy Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.” The Rocky Mountain Performing Arts Center will include a state-of-the-art 751seat theater capable of hosting shows ranging from solo acts to nationally touring theatrical productions. The building design includes completing the river walk along the Big Thompson and a glass enclosed “winter garden.”
Tom Blaue’s “Water Roots.”
vision as a business is to help support local nonprofit organizations in their missions to create stronger communities. We subscribe to the idea of giving Time, Talent and Treasure by volunteering in our community.” The Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies, founded in Estes Park, Colorado, in 1958, is a non-profit organization directed by a volunteer board. The board represents members of the community who support the arts in Estes Park. Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies is committed to building on its tradition of excellence by providing experience in the performing and visual arts through participation, education, and outreach. Heart of Expression: Art that Connects is a collaboration of Rocky Mountain Day Hikes and Enlightening the Living Heart. We hold four seasonal events each year. Our next event will be held in September. We welcome artists to contact us about participating.
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