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Anderson Ranch Arts Center hosts Huma Bhabha as Featured Artist Lecturer

Curse Word (2010)

Snowmass Village, CO – As part of the 2011 FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is proud to host Huma Bhabha. Bhabha will present a lecture on her work and the inspiration behind it on Thursday, July 21 at 12:30 pm in Schermer Meeting Hall.

The FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES is free and open to the public; seat reservation is required. To reserve seats email info@andersonranch.org or call 970/923-3181.

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Huma Bhabha

Huma Bhabha is a Pakistani-born artist who lives and works in Poughkeepsie, New York. Though originally trained in two-dimensional mediums, Bhabha is best known for her sculptures that address universal themes of colonialism, war, displacement, and memories of home.  Since she began exhibiting her sculptures in 1993, her works have evolved from vaguely biomorphic floor pieces into assemblage-based masks, heads andfull-length figures that often reside on elaborated plinths.  Bhabha constructs her work from discarded construction materials, found objects, and inexpensive media such as clay, chicken wire, leaves, Styrofoam, metal chains, paint, and wood.  Her meticulous figurative fabrications are grotesque and often entropic, evoking mystery as well as a sense of suspended creation and decomposition.

Bhabha was included in the 2010 Whitney Biennial and was a recipient of the 2008 Emerging Artist Award at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Connecticut).  She has exhibited internationally in Europe, Mexico and Pakistan.  Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Saatchi Gallery (London), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas).

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Anderson Ranch is proud present to the 2011 Featured Artists Lectures Series featuring an exceptionally exciting schedule of world-class, internationally recognized artists and leaders in their fields to speak in public lectures at the Ranch. The Featured Artists Lecture series is sponsored in part by Citi Private Bank.

Throughout its history, Anderson Ranch Arts Center has hosted many leading contemporary artists, distinguishing itself as an international center for critical discourse and creative discovery. Acclaimed artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Viola and the Starn Twins come to the Ranch as faculty, visiting artists, visiting critics and/or lecturers to participate in the exceptional Anderson Ranch community and programs that generate open and passionate exchange.

COMPLETE 2011 FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 23, 12:30 pm

Enrique Martínez Celaya

Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm

Wangechi Mutu

Thursday, June 30, 12:30 pm

Enrique Chagoya

Thursday, July 7, 5 pm

Laurie Simmons & Carroll Dunham

Wednesday, July 13, 7 pm

Judy Pfaff

Thursday, July 14, 12:30 pm

Shana & Robert ParkeHarrison

Tuesday, July 19, 7 pm

Ross Bleckner

Thursday, July 21, 12:30 pm

Huma Bhabha

Wednesday, August 3, 7 pm

Fred Tomaselli

Wednesday, August 10, 7 pm

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Friday, August 12, 12:30 pm

Theaster Gates Performance

2011 Featured Lecture Series Sponsored in part by Citi Private Bank

This activity is supported by funding from the Colorado Creative Industries Division, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency

Anderson Ranch Arts Center hosts Judy Pfaff as a Featured Artist Lecturer

Wild Rose (2008-2009)| Installation at the College of St. Rose

Snowmass Village, CO – As part of the 2011 FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES, Anderson Ranch Arts Center is proud to host Judy Pfaff. Pfaff will present a lecture on her work and the inspiration behind it on Wednesday, July 13 at 7 pm in Schermer Meeting Hall.

The FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES is free and open to the public; seat reservation is required. To reserve seats email info@andersonranch.org or call 970/923-3181.

On the Artist

Judy Pfaff

Judy Pfaff is an English-born American artist best known for her installation work.  Dubbed a “a collagist in space” by Roberta Smith of the New York Times, Pfaff has been a pioneer of site-specific art installation since the 1970s.  She uses steel, fiberglass, and plaster as well as salvaged signage and naturalelements such as tree roots in her work.  The results are sprawling sculptures, assemblages, and installations that weave landscape, architecture, and color into a tense yet organic whole.

Pfaff received her M.F.A. from Yale in 1973 and has received numerous awards including the Barnett & Annalee Newman Foundation Award, the McArthur Fellowship Genius Award, two National Endowments for the Arts, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.  Pfaff currently co- chairs the Studio Arts Program at Bard College, and lives and works in Kingston and Tivoli, New York.  Her work is included in prestigious museum collections around the country including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

MORE ON THE FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES 

Anderson Ranch is proud present to the 2011 Featured Artists Lectures Series featuring an exceptionally exciting schedule of world-class, internationally recognized artists and leaders in their fields to speak in public lectures at the Ranch. The Featured Artists Lecture series is sponsored in part by Citi Private Bank.

Throughout its history, Anderson Ranch Arts Center has hosted many leading contemporary artists, distinguishing itself as an international center for critical discourse and creative discovery. Acclaimed artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Viola and the Starn Twins come to the Ranch as faculty, visiting artists, visiting critics and/or lecturers to participate in the exceptional Anderson Ranch community and programs that generate open and passionate exchange.

COMPLETE 2011 FEATURED ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 23, 12:30 pm

Enrique Martínez Celaya

Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm

Wangechi Mutu

Thursday, June 30, 12:30 pm

Enrique Chagoya

Thursday, July 7, 5 pm

Laurie Simmons & Carroll Dunham

Wednesday, July 13, 7 pm

Judy Pfaff

Thursday, July 14, 12:30 pm

Shana & Robert ParkeHarrison

Tuesday, July 19, 7 pm

Ross Bleckner

Thursday, July 21, 12:30 pm

Huma Bhabha

Wednesday, August 3, 7 pm

Fred Tomaselli

Wednesday, August 10, 7 pm

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Friday, August 12, 12:30 pm

Theaster Gates Performance

2011 Featured Lecture Series Sponsored in part by Citi Private Bank

Spring 2011 Resident Artists Arrive at Anderson Ranch

Spring 2011 Resident Artists Arrive at Anderson Ranch

Snowmass Village, CO – Anderson Ranch welcomes 13 artists from around the world for the Spring 2011 Artists’ Residency program (a 10-week intensive residency that runs February 1-April 13, 2011)

Awarded annually to 28 artists, finalists are chosen by an independent jury of notable working artists from a highly competitive pool on the basis of artistic merit. The Residency Program is offered in the fall and the spring, during which time residents live and work at Anderson Ranch for approximately 10 weeks each term. The Anderson Ranch Artists’ Residency Program is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and personal growth of emerging and established visual artists. While in residence, all residents share in an established community of interaction, conceptual development and intense production of work.

A mix of both emerging and established artists, the residents consist of visual artists working in one or more of the following media: ceramics, digital media, photography, furniture design, woodworking, painting, drawing, installation, mixed media, printmaking and sculpture. Residents are encouraged to pursue a multidisciplinary approach toward their work while at the Ranch. 

The Spring 2011 residents represent a diverse collection of artists and are comprised by the following individuals:

CERAMICS

Jimmy Eddings, jimmyeddings.com

Bela Kotai

Lauren Mayer, laurenmayerstudios.com

Gwendolyn Yoppolo, gwendolynyoppolo.com

PAINTING/DRAWING

Eleanna Anagnos, eleanna.com

Katherine Mann, katherinemann.net

PHOTO/DIGITAL

Jason Nein, jasonnein.com

Mariana Vieira

PRINTMAKING

Johanna Mueller, johannamuellerprints.com

April Vollmer, aprilvollmer.com

SCULPTURE

Nicole Beck, nicolebeck.com

WOOD/FURNITURE

Eliot Park, eliotcpark.com

Justin Richards, coroflot.com/jrich

Click here to view a PDF file with the bios and photos of the Fall 2010 Resident Artists. 

ANDERSON RANCH ARTISTS’ RESIDENCY PROGRAM

There are no specific educational qualifications for entry into the program; finalists are chosen on the basis of artistic merit by an independent jury of established working artists and will live and work at Anderson Ranch for approximately a 10-week residency period.  The resident artists are provided with studio space, housing, meals, studio support, and are required to pay only a nominal residency fee of $100. 

The application deadline for the residency program is February 1, annually. To apply online please visit: andersonranch.slideroom.com

For more information on the Anderson Ranch Artists’ Residency Program please visit the Artists’ Residency section of our website at andersonranch.org/residencies for a complete description, guidelines and online application or contact Doug Casebeer, Chair of the Artists’ Residency Program at dcasebeer@andersonranch.org or 970-923-3181 ext 238 for more information.

SPRING 2011 RESIDENCY-RELATED EVENTS AT ANDERSON RANCH

February 7

Resident Artists and Staff Slide Show, 5 pm

Spring resident artists and Anderson Ranch artistic staff present images of their work and discuss the inspiration behind them. Presented in Schermer Meeting Hall, free and open to the public.

Dinner at the Ranch Café, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, $20

Throughout the fall, winter and spring seasons, evening lectures are followed by dinners at the Ranch Café with the purpose of inspiring continued discussion and discourse on art and art making practices and to enrich the artistic community. Join us for the lecture and dinner and come meet and welcome the Fall Residents. Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

March 15

Allan Wexler slide lecture, 5:30 pm

Artist, architect and designer Allan Wexler’s work mixes the language of architecture and furniture in his sculptural meditations. His work explores the place of man in a world of mechanisms. Presented in Schermer Meeting Hall, free and open to the public.

Dinner at the Ranch Café, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, $20
Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

March 29

Kenny Scharf slide lecture, 5:30 pm

As one of today’s most exciting artists, Kenny Scharf rose to prominence in the New York art scene in the ’80s as part of a dynamic and influential group of artists that included Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Kenny’s work exemplifies the playful Pop aesthetic for which he is internationally renowned. Presented in Schermer Meeting Hall, free and open to the public.

Dinner at the Ranch Café, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, $20
Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

April 5

Annual Spring Open House, 5 - 7 pm

The community is invited to a reception and to tour the campus and open studios of our spring resident artists and staff. Free and open to the public.

Dinner at the Ranch Café, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, $20
Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

Please visit andersonranch.org/events for all upcoming events, lectures and exhibitions.

Nan Phillips in the Mizel Museum in Denver Colorado

One of Nan Phillips mezuzahs won a national mezuzah contest sponsored by the Mizel Museum in Denver.  The mezuzah will be permanently affixed to the main entry doorpost of the Museum’s new exhibition space.Nan – nan@nan-art.com

 

        

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2011 Wintersculpt and Kidsculpt - Ice Sculpture Artistry & Competition, January 13-15

2011 Wintersculpt and Kidsculpt
Ice Sculpture Artistry & Competition, January 13-15

Snowmass Village, CO – Equipped with designs, buckets, shovels, an array of tools and their imagination, six determined Wintersculpt teams and five local middle schools will compete in an intense snow sculpture contest in conjunction with Aspen’s Wintersköl 2011.

The Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s Wintersculpt competition officially starts at 4 pm on Thursday, January 13th on the Mill Street Mall running 48 hours straight until 4 pm on Saturday, January 15th.

Teams will often work around the clock, night and day, to transform an 8’x 8’ x 8’ snow block into freestanding creations.  A combination of creativity, teamwork and grit will define the winning teams.   Each Wintersculpt team receives a $200 participation fee and cash prizes are awarded to the top three sculptures.

Saturday evening at 5 pm, the completed Wintersculpt sculptures will be judged by a panel of independent community members based on creativity, technical execution, and compliance to rules. Ribbons will be placed on the winning sculptures by 6 pm on Saturday, January 15.

This year’s teams are comprised of 24 sculptors and the entries are:

Team Australia (artists: Danika Davis, John Smollen, Sean Smollen, Petunia Davis and Dewey Davis) will be producing a larger than life Aussie inspired sculpture, “King Kang”. 

The Frozen Chosen (artists: Jason Schneider, Emily Fannon, Elizabeth Ferrill, Erin Dinsmoor, David Stassi and Jason Speich) will craft a creative creature in a sticky situation aptly named, “Diamonds Are a Squirrel’s Best Friend”. 

Team Metta (artists: Yayoi Wakabayashi, Mary Ballow, Kathy Sovich, Patty Lecht, Jennifer Long, Misheel Chuluun) will tap into their spiritual side as they create, “Compassion: Humanity’s Jewel”.

Team Thomas Barlow (artist: Thomas Barlow) will construct a sophisticated and beautiful sculpture in, “The Gem”.

Team Relish (artists: Andy Curtis, Ryan Truettner, Jeff Wistler and Charlie Curtis) will produce a playful carving sure to bring a smile in, “Hot Dog’N Aspen”.

Lastly, Team Sno-Shoe Rabbit (artist: James Rabbit Thomas) will produce a design that encompasses the fundamentals for lovely anniversary toast.

In addition to the adult Wintersculpt, nearly 50 middle school students will be participating in Kidsculpt, with teams representing Aspen Middle School, Aspen Country Day School, Aspen Community School, Carbondale Middle School and Carbondale Community School.  Their sculptures will be in front of McDonald’s on the Aspen mall and they will sculpt on Friday, January 14, from 9 am-12:30 pm. Kidsculpt judging will be at 1 pm on Friday.

Stop by the Mill Street Mall on either Friday or Saturday to support the teams and for a great photo opportunity.

Wintersculpt is generously sponsored by Claudia Potamkin, Mary and Pat Scanlan, Karen and Bayard Hollins, Nancy and Bruce Stevens, and The Thrift Shop of Aspen. A special thanks to the City of Aspen and Aspen Chamber Resort Association for their support.

Contact Sonya Taylor at 970-923-3181 x204 or email her at staylor@andersonranch.org  for more information about Wintersculpt and Kidsculpt. 

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Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents: FOSSILS FOUND AT THE RANCH, December 13-15, 2010

Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents:

FOSSILS FOUND AT THE RANCH
December 13-15, 2010

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO – FOSSILS FOUND AT THE RANCH is an Anderson Ranch fall resident artists and staff exhibition inspired by the recent Snowmass Village fossil discovery, curated by resident artist J. Morrison.  The exhibition features “modern fossils” as art objects presented as an interactive, display site to be handled by the public.

The exhibition will be on view in the Painting Studio Project Space, December 13, 4-6pm and during the Anderson Ranch Holiday Open House on December 14, 4-6:30 pm—free and open to the public. The exhibition will close December 15.

Exhibition Overview by J. Morrison

My recent visit to the fossil site in Snowmass Village left me contemplating modern conventions of archiving and presenting artworks. During the day of my visit, 2,600 visitors had already waited approximately an hour to get into the local town Conference Center, to view one table of about 7 small fossils. It was amazing to ponder the actuality that the bones are no less than 43,000 years old. However, despite this remarkable historic discovery, they were treated with less professionalism and care than a children's science fair. For instance, the bones were sitting on several unevenly conjoined office tables, displayed haphazardly on a piece of ripped foam that barely covered the table, and laid out in plain view without any archival protection whatsoever. In addition, camera flashes were constantly going off, people were touching them despite the "do not touch” sign, and "attendants" around the age of high school students were randomly spraying the bones with water to supposedly preserve them amongst the chaos of people trying to enter.

As I concluded my visit, I thought about the similarities between how we preserve our prehistoric history, and the methods that artists care for their artwork in the present. My feelings of bewilderment turned to my own practice—I often handle my work with dirty hands, store it without proper protection, and even create it without archival materials. As the current verbose debate continues of how to preserve and store the fossils, I wanted to ask my fellow Anderson Ranch colleagues and community, "How do you feel about the current state of preservation and archival care within your own practice? Do you treat your work any better than a found mastodon bone?"

Inspired by the Snowmass Village fossil discovery, I am pleased to present an exhibition modeled as an excavation site. I visited all of the Anderson Ranch residents and artistic staff’s studios and collected what they considered to be a "modern fossil" of their work. Thus, the presentation of these artworks mimics that of the fossil site—the work is displayed as a collection of objects, placed on tables in a tent for the viewers to walk around and engage with, and the signage and placards further this concept of discovery. As the residents will be present for the opening and then will leave shortly after, the conceptual idea is to leave something behind—like a fossil left for future generations to enjoy.

Participating Artists

Tyler Adams

Tom Alward

Alex Blau

Doug Casebeer

Jessica Cerise

Paul Collins

Lisa Conway

Emily Fannon

Elizabeth Ferrill

Carey Hill Smith

Joe Kievitt

Lawrence LaBianca

Alice Leora Briggs

Rebeca Méndez

Michael Mocho

Brian Molanphy

J. Morrison

William Rogers

Nicholas Stawinski

Jason Schneider

Trish Shepard

Jason Speich

David A. Stassi

Yun Woo Choi

Koichi Yamamoto

*Special thanks to Paul Collins, Elizabeth Ferrill, Emily Fannon, and Carey Hill Smith.

Images available on request.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Holly Bornemeier, Director of Marketing/Communications

970.923.3181 ext. 216

hbornemeier@andersonranch.org
www.andersonranch.org

Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents James Surls, Joe Cornett and Jacquelynn Woodley exhibitions, December 14, 2010 - February 25, 2011

Anderson Ranch Arts Center presents
James Surls, Joe Cornett and Jacquelynn Woodley exhibitions
December 14, 2010 – February 25, 2011

 

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO – Anderson Ranch Arts Center is proud to present the following exhibitions James Surls: The Black Arts, Joe Cornett, Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same and Jacquelynn Woodley, In a Nutshell, December 14, 2010 – February 25, 2011.

Anderson Ranch will host an opening reception on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 from 5-6:30 pm— free and open to the public and concurrent with the Anderson Ranch Holiday Open House. The reception will take place in the Patton-Malott Gallery located on the second floor of the Dows Barn administration building.

James Surls: The Black Arts

James Surls: The Black Arts which will showcase the incredible artwork of Carbondale, CO-based sculptor James Surls. The exhibition will feature significant recent works which will include sculpture, drawing and the monumental woodcut print, Through it All, recently printed for the first time.  To commemorate the groundbreaking continuous drawing, To Touch the Center, made by Surls 20 years ago at Anderson Ranch, a similar large wall drawing, created on-site, will be on view in the Patton-Mallott Gallery.

In 1986, Surls cut a woodblock called "Cut Hands, Hurt Eyes" while working with printer Chip Elwell at Anderson Ranch. Chip unexpectedly died a week after the block was cut and so the block was never printed. This wood block was six foot by three foot and was the parent block for Through it All, which was cut in 1988.  This block was four feet by eight feet and due to its large size and inherent printing difficulties, the block went dormant and has been in storage for the last twenty-three years.

John Smither, print publisher from Huntsville, Texas and Surls have collaborated to bring this wood block back to life. They have printed an edition of 12 on Kochi Mashi Japanese paper at 52” x 100.”  The print is signed with a notation that the block was cut in 1988 and printed in 2010.  This print will make its debut in James Surls: The Black Arts exhibition at Anderson Ranch.

The exhibition will extend outside the gallery onto the Ranch campus to include large-scale sculpture on the grounds. On view December 6, 2010 - February 25, 2011.

For inquiries into artwork sales please contact Paul Collins, Chair of Exhibitions, at 970/923-3181 ext. 236 or email pcollins@andersonranch.org.

Joe Cornett, Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same - Gideon Gartner Project Space Solo Show

Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same is a chronicle of travels throughout the Southwest, shooting basketball backboards and nets. This body of work is a collection of some his favorite basketball hoops and courts that he discovered traveling with his brother and father. Each hoop is aesthetically different and extraordinary in its own right, yet they all symbolize the love for the game of basketball. Joe describes his attraction to the subject matter in this way: “The players who play there still have their favorite sweet spots to shoot from and each court is shaped differently by the space that consumes it. Whether playing basketball in a gym, in an alley, on the desert floor or in a barn, the reason we all play is universal. The courts we play on will change, but as far as the game goes, it’s all the same.”

On view December 14, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Gideon Gartner Gallery.

Jacquelynn Woodley, In a Nutshell - Julia and Edward Hansen Gallery Solo Show

In a Nutshell features multiple delicate and poignant collages utilizing a combination of fey designs and figures in poignant combination. Jacquelynn is inspired by the flat pattern, bright color, whimsical designs, elegance and humbleness of folk art. In these fanciful, colorful and spirited compositions she uses the language of Folk Art to address the weighty truths of life and death in an unblinking straightforward manner.

On view December 9, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Julia and Edward Hansen Gallery.

MORE ON THE EXHIBITING ARTISTS

James Surls

James Surls is one of the most preeminent sculptors in the United States. His wood-and-steel sculptures are in many major art museums throughout the country including the Museum of Modern Art, Albright Knox, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum. Surls has been the recipient of an NEA Grant and was given the Living Legend Award by the Dallas Visual Art Center in 1993. For more visit: jamessurls.com

Joe Cornett

Joe Cornett is a photographer from Flagstaff, Arizona. He received his BFA from Arizona State University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Joe now lives in Flagstaff, AZ where he is the Program Coordinator at Coconino Center for the Arts and teaches at Coconino Community College. For more visit: JoeCornettPhotography.com

Jacquelynn Woodley

Jacquelynn Woodley is a mixed media visual artist and a native of Colorado. She has studied and traveled extensively across the United States, Europe and Caribbean including the Rhode Island School of Design and the RISD European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. She currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. For more visit: jacquelynnwoodley.com

Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Holly Bornemeier, Director of Marketing/Communications

970.923.3181 ext. 216

hbornemeier@andersonranch.org
www.andersonranch.org

GIANT SNOWY MAMMOTH INVADES SNOWMASS VILLAGE Anderson Ranch Arts Center Creating Giant Snow Sculpture

GIANT SNOWY MAMMOTH INVADES SNOWMASS VILLAGE

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Creating Giant Snow Sculpture 

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO – (December 8, 2010)  If you’re in Snowmass Village don’t be alarmed when you see a giant snowy mammoth in front of the Arrival Center at the bottom of base village.  A snowy mammoth sculpture will be created out of an 8'Hx8'Wx12'L rectangular snow block that was built compliments of the Snowmass Village Public Works Department for the Anderson Ranch Arts Center staff members and resident artists.

“We wanted to get creatively involved with the incredible Ice Age Ecosystem discovery in Snowmass Village,” said Sonya Taylor, Children’s Program and Outreach Coordinator, Anderson Ranch Art Center. “The entire staff is getting involved in the fun project.  Not only will our resident artists be involved, but staff from our development department, administration, studio coordinators and artistic directors are all working together to create the snow sculpture.”

The mammoth snow sculpture is part of the Snowmass Tourism’s Ice Age Discovery short-term marketing opportunities happening this season while winter guests are here.  Snowmass Tourism is coordinating with Anderson Ranch Arts Center to create a visible statement at a prime location in Snowmass Village. "We appreciate partners like Anderson Ranch who are reaching out to help communicate and celebrate this exciting find in unique ways," said Sue Whittingham, Guest Services Supervisor, Snowmass Tourism. 

The Anderson ranch staff will work in three shifts on Thursday and Friday at 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  “We will continue to work on Saturday if we need to,” said Taylor.

In addition to snow, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center staff will also use wood, metal and chicken wire to make the giant tusks of the mammoth.  And just how long will the Snowy Mammoth last?   “We hope the sculpture lasts through the season depending on the weather of course,” said Sonya.  So don’t miss your chance to see the Snowy Mammoth this season. 

For more information on the Snowy Mammoth sculpture or Anderson Ranch Arts Center, contact Sonya Taylor,  Anderson Ranch Arts Center at 970-923-3181 or go to www.andersonranch.org.  For more information on Snowmass Village and the Ice Age Ecosystem Discovery, go to www.snowmasstourism.com.

Media Contacts:  Patsy Popejoy, Public Relations Manager, Snowmass Tourism, 970-922-2285 or ppopejoy@snowmasstourism.com, or Holly Bornemeier, Director of Marketing/Communications, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 970-923-3181, X216 or hbornemeier@andersonranch.org.

 

Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

Anderson Ranch Holiday Open House and Auction Snow Mass Colorado

Anderson Ranch Arts Center Holiday Open House & Live Auction

Tuesday, December 14

Snowmass Village, CO – To celebrate the holidays the community is invited to follow candle-lit pathways and tour open studios to view the extraordinary work that has been created this fall at the Ranch. Bring your family and friends and join us for the evening’s events and activities. Free and open to the public!

Some of the great activities for this year’s event include Children’s Ornament Decorating, ArtWorks Store Jewelry Trunk Show, Live Auction, and Dinner at the Ranch Café. Additionally, we are hosting opening receptions for James Surls: The Black Arts, Joe Cornett’s Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same and Jacquelynn Woodley’s In a Nutshell exhibitions. (See schedule of events outlined below).

During the Open House there will be many opportunities to view and purchase original artwork as wonderful holiday gifts or to build your own personal collection. Fall resident artists and Anderson Ranch artistic staff will offer a variety of their work for sale including ceramics, prints, photography, painting, sculpture and more… As always, Artworks Store will be offering a great selection of high quality, well-priced art supplies, books, artwork, prints, gift items, Anderson Ranch branded merchandise and a terrific children’s section with art gifts for your creative little ones.

2010 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

CHILDREN’S ORNAMENT DECORATING, 5 - 6 pm

Children are invited to participate in a free holiday ornament decorating activity. Located in Schermer Meeting Hall.

OPEN STUDIOS, 5 - 6:30 pm

Follow candle-lit paths leading to the studios of our staff and resident artists.

JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW at ARTWORKS STORE, 5 - 6:30 pm

ArtWorks store will be hosting personal appearances by jewelry designers Susan Walker of Susan Walker Design and Colby June of Colby June Jewelry.  

Susan Walker, who exhibits her work internationally, combines various materials such as metals, loose cut stones, pearls, semi-precious beads and found objects from both man and nature to create true works of art.

Colby’s most recent collection, Compose Decompose, is a study of two basic elements: sticks and stones. Colby uses a variety of metals including silver, bronze and gold, in subtle and surprising ways. Weighty rock forms are carefully integrated with delicate stick forms. The juxtaposition parallels nature’s cyclical process of growth and pairing away.

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTIONS, 5 - 6:30pm

James Surls: The Black Arts

This exhibition will feature drawings and large-scale sculpture and commemorates the 20th anniversary of Surls’s groundbreaking wall drawing, To Touch the Center, created at Anderson Ranch. On view December 6, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Patton-Malott Gallery.

Joe Cornett, Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same - Gideon Gartner Project Space Solo Show

Basketball Hoops: It’s All the Same is a chronicle of travels throughout the Southwest, shooting basketball backboards and nets. This body of work is a collection of some his favorite basketball hoops and courts that he discovered traveling with his brother and father. Each hoop is aesthetically different and extraordinary in its own right, yet they all symbolize the love for the game of basketball. Joe describes his attraction to the subject matter in this way: “The players who play there still have their favorite sweet spots to shoot from and each court is shaped differently by the space that consumes it. Whether playing basketball in a gym, in an alley, on the desert floor or in a barn, the reason we all play is universal. The courts we play on will change, but as far as the game goes, it’s all the same.” On view December 14, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Gideon Gartner Gallery.

Jacquelynn Woodley, In a Nutshell - Julia and Edward Hansen Gallery Solo Show

In a Nutshell features multiple delicate and poignant collages utilizing a combination of fey designs and figures in poignant combination. Jacquelynn is inspired by the flat pattern, bright color, whimsical designs, elegance and humbleness of folk art. In these fanciful, colorful and spirited compositions she uses the language of Folk Art to address the weighty truths of life and death in an unblinking straightforward manner. On view December 9, 2010 - February 25, 2011 in the Julia and Edward Hansen Gallery.

LIVE AUCTION, 6:30 - 7 pm

Join us for a special live auction featuring select artwork by nationally and internationally renowned artists. Wine & beer and light snacks will be served. Proceeds benefit the educational programs at Anderson Ranch.

DINNER AT THE RANCH CAFÉ, 7 pm, $20

Call 970/923-3181 to make reservations (required).

The 2011 Holiday Open House is hosted by Susan Beckerman, Lee Eagle, Carolyn Hamlet, Sunni McBride and Tom O’Connor.

MORE ON THE EXHIBITING ARTISTS

James Surls

James Surls is one of the most preeminent sculptors in the United States. His wood-and-steel sculptures are in many major art museums throughout the country including the Museum of Modern Art, Albright Knox, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum. Surls has been the recipient of an NEA Grant and was given the Living Legend Award by the Dallas Visual Art Center in 1993. For more visit: jamessurls.com

Joe Cornett

Joe Cornett is a photographer from Flagstaff, Arizona. He received his BFA from Arizona State University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Joe now lives in Flagstaff, AZ where he is the Program Coordinator at Coconino Center for the Arts and teaches at Coconino Community College. For more visit: JoeCornettPhotography.com

Jacquelynn Woodley

Jacquelynn Woodley is a mixed media visual artist and a native of Colorado. She has studied and traveled extensively across the United States, Europe and Caribbean including the Rhode Island School of Design and the RISD European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. She currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. For more visit: jacquelynnwoodley.com

Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a world-class learning community dedicated to creativity and growth through the making and understanding of the visual arts. We promote the personal and professional development of artists of all levels of expertise through year-round workshops, artists’ residencies, exhibitions, lectures, public events and community outreach. The facilities feature fully-equipped studios, galleries, café, dormitory and ArtWorks store. Anderson Ranch programs and activities attract thousands of artists, art-lovers, students, faculty and patrons annually to this historic and beautiful 5-acre mountain ranch near Aspen.

For more information on our programs, call 970.923.3181, email info@andersonranch.org, write Anderson Ranch Arts Center, P.O. Box 5598, Snowmass Village, CO 81615, or visit our web site at www.andersonranch.org.

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