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PSAC 2009 Shows April 2 – April 28  Sindey Greher, Kay Roberts and Rachel Alber April 30 – May 26  Advanced High School Art Students Exhibit May 28 – June 23 “Animal Verses for Grownup Children”: Sabine Baeckmann-Elge and John Graves June 25 – July 21 6th Annual Juried Exhibition: A Regional Art Competition July 23 – Aug 18 Lorraine Trenholm and Chad Haspels Aug 20 – Sep 15 June Jurcak, Catherine Wagner, Ann Shurtleff and Lizz Baldwin Sep 17 – Oct 13 Photography Club Exhibit Opening receptions are on the opening day of each exhibit; from 5 to 7 p.m. Additional 2009 Events Wed, May 20 Annual Meeting Sun, July 12 Home & Garden Tour (12 noon to 4 p.m.) Sat & Sun, Sep 19-20 Artist Studio Tour

Photo Club Juried Exhibit
Pagosa Springs Photo Club’s Annual Exhibit opened September 17 to a warm crowd of photography experts, enthusiasts and collectors. This juried exhibit, which runs through October 13, features twenty-five compelling photographic works created by local photographers Barbara Conkey, Bob Green, Dale Malaney, Kay McCammond, Sid McCammond, Mary Anne Nelson, A.C. Olson, Margaret Olson, Linda Pampinella, T.J. Reynolds, June Russell, Carol Sexton, and Bill Woggon. Works for the exhibit were selected by Juror, Barry Durand, President of the Durango Photo Club. Juror Durand awarded the following prizes during the opening reception: First Place $75: Big Horn by Dale Malaney, Second Place $50: Cabin of Days Past by Carol Sexton and Third Place $25: de Colores by Bill Woggon.
And, please take a look at the 2009 Photo Club Show page. You can view an image of every one of the photos that were in the exhibit. View at: www.photo-artiste.com/photoshow2009.html.

The exhibit is crisp, strong and a delight for one’s sensibilities. An excellent mix of representational and abstracted works in color, black and white and sepia-toned hues! Carol Sexton’s exquisitely manipulated color palettes create a stark, surreal, yet comfortably warm view of her world. Her “Cabin of Days Past” is stellar. The liquid fiery colors in Bill Woggon’s “Reflections” offer warmth and peacefulness as if to counter the tension of a lone water bubble about to burst on the cool calm. And one can almost hear the air flowing through the wings of geese in flight in Barbara Conkey’s “Sunset at the Bosque del Apache”. Plan to view this compelling exhibit at our Town Park Gallery. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday 12-4.

Bill Woggon’s “de Colores” third place, Carol Sexton ‘s “Cabin of Days Past” second place, and Dale Malaney’s “Big Horn” first place

Natural Expressions
Natural Expressions is a walk through an ethereal garden with semi-transparent panels separating you from nature. The unusual lightness and delicacy of this exhibit is complimented by the earthen elements of semiprecious stone jewelry. Although it was expressed at the opening reception that this is primarily a woman’s exhibit the number of male attendees enjoyed it as well. The artists honored through their Natural Expressions are June Jurcak, Catherine Wagner, Ann Shurtleff and Elizabeth Claire Baldwin. The show will run until September 17 and Town Park Gallery hours are 12-4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.  

Jeanine Malaney with artist Ann Shurtleff at the opening reception of Natural Expressions Exhibit.

Artist June Jurcak with quests.

Ann Shurtleff poses with one of her silk paintings.

Balance and Chaos in Nature
Lorraine Trenholm and Chad Haspels are teaming up for their co-exhibit of Balance and Chaos in Nature: Drawing on the Essence of Our World which opened July 23, 2009 at the PSAC Town Park Gallery. The roots of Chad’s award winning artistic background stem from an outdoor lifestyle complimented with a lifelong passion for the arts. Chad has produced multiple public sculptures for cities and communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region.  He also has hundreds of one of a kind sculptures in collections throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Lorraine’s artwork is displayed at the Elizabeth Rowley Gallery in Orleans, MA; Hope Gallery, Bristol, RI; and at her studio by appointment.
Lorraine’s paintings, drawings and pastels are in private collections, in the U.S. and abroad. The artist’s reception will take place from 5-7. 

Photo credit Dale Malaney

Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition: A Regional Competition
PSAC’s 6th Annual Juried Exhibition ran in Town Park Gallery through July 21. It inculded the work of 24 local and regional artists which included the first, second and third place winners. The Ruby M. Sisson Library and the Pagosa Springs Arts Council are pleased to jointly present Salon Supplémentaire in parallel with the Juried Exhibition. PSAC invites you to come and explore the diverse work in both of these shows.

PSAC Board President, Linda Echterhoff announced the following winners: 1st Place ($700), Linda Bennett’s  fabric art “Loyalty,” 2nd Place ($450), Sandy Applegate’s watercolor “Coop 5 Terre” and 3rd Place ($250), Jeanine Malaney’s watercolor “Spirit Ascending.” Please be sure to stop in and vote for the People’s Choice Award.

Please read President Linda Echterhoff's thoughts about this fantastic show!

Artists showing work include: Sandy Applegate, Mitch Baker, Miriam Bassart, Linda K. Bennett, Bonnie Brennan, Joseph Casalino, Jr., Cindy Coleman, Diane Davis, Ellis Eaklor, Linda Echterhoff, Heather Haupt Enos, Juanita Finger, Linda Hogan, Patricia (Pat) Howard, Alison Jeffs, Andrew Keim, Barbara Tobin Klema, Jeanine Malaney, Ken McGowan, Pierre Mion, David Montgomery, Paula Peacock and Sherry Tipton Snyder.

Sherry Tipton Snyder's 'Beautiful Man', Colorado Yule Marble

Linda Bennett's 'Koi', Mixed Media (Fabric + Stitching + Paint on Canvas)

First Place: “Loyalty”, Linda K. Bennett (Pagosa Springs, CO)
Mixed Media (Fabric + Stitching + Paint + Copper Leaf)

Second Place: “Coop 5 Terre”, Sandy Applegate (Pagosa Springs, CO) Watercolor

Third Place: “Spirit Ascending", Jeanine Malaney (Pagosa Springs, CO) Watercolor

People’s Choice Awards The winner of this year’s People’s Choice Award for the Pagosa Springs Arts Council’s 6th Annual Juried Exhibition is Alison Jeffs’ oil, “Little Living Large”, which received 14 of 110 total votes.  A new record number of votes for our People’s Choice Award! Alison, of Farmington, New Mexico and known for her imaginative and whimsical illustrations, gives her humorous take on animals and insects in “Little Living Large.” The winners of this year’s People’s Choice Award for the Pagosa Springs Arts Council’s Salon Supplémentaire, with a tie of six votes each, are Randy Albers’ oil, “Storyteller” and Mary Cruz Magdaleno’s pencil drawing, “Lápiz.” Congratulations to all of the winners.

Alison Jeffs’ oil, “Little Living Large”

John Graves & Sabine Baeckmann-Elge. Animal Verses for Grownup Children Grave’s Whimsical Animal Verses Draws Huge Crowd John Graves enjoyed reading excerpts from his newest book, “Animal Verses for Grown-up Children” at the opening reception Thursday evening, May 28, at Town Park Gallery. This blending of art and humorous verse is a first for the art community of Pagosa Springs. People chuckled and applauded at John’s animated reading. Sabine Baeckamnn-Elge proudly displayed her matted illustrations of the book. The illustrations deserve two to three glances to discover the hidden innuendos mischievously depicted by Baeckmann-Elge. Also on display is a body of work by Sabine called Animal Lines, depicting animals in a unique light. The book is available by special order as are fine art prints of the illustrations and Animal Lines. Copies of the book and prints are available in the gallery office. If you missed this fabulous opening the exhibit will run through June 23, 2009. Photo (left) by Don Long. John Graves Reading from his Book Sabine Baeckmann-Elge, Illustrator   Advanced High School Art Students Exhibit “Artifacts from the New Frontier” Left to right: Kyle Brookens, Nichole Kazarinoff. Rachel Jensen, Betsy Schur, Jacob Faber, Caleb Pringle, Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton, Visual Art Instructor Pagosa Springs High School

Rachel Jensen- "Glacier"

This exhibit by the Advanced High School Art Students opened Thursday evening, April 30, with an artist’s reception in Town Park Gallery. This is a diverse selection of work with anything from traditional oil paintings to mixed media collages and photography. Most of the students are seniors and a few of them are planning on studying art both in and out of state. Their ideas regarding art have been expanded this year and they found themselves venturing into areas where they are not totally comfortable and a lot of growth has been seen as a result. Please stop by Town Park Gallery and view the exceptional work by Kyle Brookens, Desi Ewing, Jacob Faber, Rachel Jensen, Nichole Kazarinoff, Caleb Pringle and Betsy Schur. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 12-4 pm. and the show will run through May 26. Nichole Kazarinoff- "In the Wild"

Rachel Jensen poses with her oil painting: "Coming Home" at the Advanced High School Art Students Exhibit.

Betsy Schur- "Pulse"

Nichole Kazarinoff poses with her ink and pastel drawings.

Photo Credit to Dale Malaney for the photos of the reception for the Advanced High School Art Students reception.

Jacob Faber poses with some of his photography. He also has intricate pencil drawings in the exhibit.

“Convergence - Three Women Artists”
The first exhibit of the 2009 season will feature three very talented and diverse artists. The title of this exhibit is “Convergence – Three Women Artists.” Those artists are Rachel Leigh Alber, Sindey Greher and Kay Harper Roberts.

Rachel Leigh Alber, Sindey Greher and Kay Harper Roberts
Convergence: Three Women Artists

Studio Focus: Sindey Greher By Linda Echterhoff Sindey Greher, a New York native, moved to Pagosa Springs in August 2006 and it hasn’t taken long for her artistic talents to be noticed. Greher spent some of her early years in Antigua West Indies, where she was influenced by Caribbean art, music and culture. She later earned her MFA from New York University and has painted fervently ever since. Greher has been influenced by painters such as Edouard Vuillard, Paul Klee, Mondrian, Kandinsky and Chardin. One can certainly see the influences of these great masters in Greher’s works. Her art expresses her love of color and forms, perhaps transcending from Kandinsky’s theoretical analysis of these elements as a purely subjective form of experience; letting colors and forms act on one’s own living sensibility. Greher’s abstract paintings are vibrant with highly detailed surfaces, and often incorporate mixed media such as fabrics and paper. She is truly a master of the color palette. Similar to Klee, Greher uses color in a variety of unique and diverse ways, manipulating color with great skill and passion.

Greher is a prolific painter. She paints; paints; paints. As a result, the Greher’s home is somewhat of a museum, with over 100 of her paintings displayed on the walls, packed in crates or stored in the closets. Greher’s works also dons the walls in area businesses. She has had recent showings in the Ignacio library and in Del Norte and Alamosa, Colorado. Her current showings are at House of Nine in Durango, Colorado and Higher Grounds Coffee in Pagosa Springs. One of Greher’s works in acrylic was recently exhibited in the Durango Arts Center’s 2008 Annual Members’ Exhibit alongside the works of over 40 other artists.

Rachel Alber's work will be part of the Convergence - Three Women Artists Exhibit April 2-28, 2009

Rachel Leigh Alber Creating Steel and Concrete Sculptures My work derives from taking raw building materials and shaping them into designs found in nature. The sub-concise flow that is found in nature is what I am attracted to. I look for these patterns in life and express those with man made building materials found in our construction: rebar, concrete, nails, bolts... I am striving to develop a marriage by joining natural design with materials one could see as objects that are destructive to nature.  I hope to express an alternative perspective toward a more natural and complimentary flow to nature while giving a   fresh thought to what these materials can do and the part they play in our world. I have been working as a metal fabrication artist for over 11 years. I am a mostly self taught artist and have spent many years training beside other talented artists who work with steel as their medium. I started off as a painter and wanted my work to jump off the canvas although I was unable to get the 3 dimension I desired. I then interned with an artist in Seattle, working with different types of metals. I loved the malleable quality that steel has and knew that steel fabrication was going to play a big part in my future. So I bought myself a MIG welder, angle grinder and oxy/acetylene torch set and went to work.

I had been living in Seattle, W.A. for over 12 years where I exhibited at many different venues. I now reside in Pagosa Springs, share a studio with my father and we work together on many projects. I am also fortunate to be able to work and be inspired by my mother in the amazing setting of Pagosa Springs.  

Some photos of the oopening reception:

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PSAC 2008 Shows