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OTHERWORLDLY COMMUNITY IN FRUITA
ORBIT ART SPACE Words + Photos by Julia Cavalieri
“I
At first, he thought about making it a wine t’s just a love of art thing,” says Garrett
bar. Originally from Wisconsin, Day fell in love
Day, owner of Orbit Art Space, which opened in
with the subject of wine while living in Aspen,
September. “There was a huge need for this, but
and then worked as a buyer in Napa Valley for
I didn’t fully realize how much.”
two decades, tasting upwards of 15,000 wines a
Day had meandered past the space many
34
year before landing in Fruita.
times since he moved to the Grand Valley 10
“I’m encyclopedic about the things that I
years ago, peeking into the windows, drawn
love, so in that way, there’s just endless amounts
toward its energy. “I’ve spent a lot of time going
of information and beauty to enjoy about the
to art galleries, and this room was screaming
art world, just like in the wine world,” Day
‘gallery,’” he recalls.
continues.
