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Aspen’s arts and culture organizations are asking city voters this fall to lift a $100,000 cap on grants from the real estate transfer tax that funds the Wheeler Opera House.
James Surls, “Spot On.” Courtesy image The internationally renowned sculptor and artist James Surls, based in the Roaring Fork Valley, will open a new exhibition in his home community. His “Complete Fragments” opens Friday at the Art Base in Basalt. The show features 30 new drawings by the artist, who calls them “sketches of psychological being.” The exhibition will be on view through Sept. 27. The gallery selected the pieces from a series of 56 vignettes that Surls completed during a 20-day water fast earlier this year. Surls attended a health retreat in Santa Rosa, California, t...
SUMMER IN … This feature was originally published in the 2021 edition of “Summer in Aspen/Snowmass,” which is on newsstands now around the Roaring Fork Valley. It as well as other 2021 visitor guides are available anytime at http://www.aspentimes.com/magazines. If you haven’t made the rounds in Aspen art galleries lately, you’ll find many new players and programs on the scene following an unexpected boom during the pandemic. Galleries were able to open quickly after the spring 2020 lockdown, providing sanctuary for people seeking solace or inspiration when most every other cultural...
The Art Base in Basalt will open an exhibition of nearly 50 watercolor paintings of animals by Aspen artist Leah Potts on Friday. The show marks Potts’ first solo exhibition. “The pure elegance of nature’s palette, textures and wildlife has become a constant source of inspiration for my watercolor paintings,” Potts said in an exhibition announcement. Her original cards and prints also will be on sale at the exhibition, running through July 31. The Art Base will celebrate Potts with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. The artist was paralyzed from the chest down in a debilita...
With all the craziness in the world, artist John Przonek wanted to share a little love through his mural in Basalt.