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"Tricia's Weekend Picks" - Vail Daily dated 11/10/2023 Gallery Night and Benches on Broadway Head to Eagle on Friday night for the Second Friday Gallery Night and view the new benches that will be placed on Broadway Street. Head to downtown Eagle on Friday night to celebrate art and see the new benches that will be placed on Broadway Street. Tara Novak of ARTSPaCE workshop+gallery started this project years ago with the idea of bringing vitality to historic downtown Eagle. “I proposed painting the benches in vibrant motifs to show the personalities and stories of our community,” Novak said. “Starting with two benches that I painted last year, as part of a pilot program, this year EagleARTS nonprofit received more community funding from the town of Eagle to paint three more benches.” (Tara Novak/Courtesy Photo) The Eagle Public Library enlisted the help of kids and senior citizens, asking for design ideas for the benches. “We lined up four local professional artists, who all happen to be active and community-oriented Vail Valley Art Guild members, to each pick one of the design concept submissions to use as their inspiration. Margo Thomas, Mason Torry and husband/wife team Taylor and Jake Jones all started their designs on the benches,” Novak said. The reveal will be this Friday evening at ARTSPaCE workshop+gallery during its Second Friday Gallery Night from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Go to the Facebook events page to learn more. While in historic downtown Eagle, stop by the Vail Valley Art Guild Gallery in Second Street for its Second Friday Gallery Night. November’s themes are “Blue” and “Around the World.” For more information go to vvagco.org.

VVAG members Melissa Nelson, Lynn Feiger, Christine Sena, Patti Dixon, Heather Barrie and Becky Kiser attended painting workshops in Quillan, France and Algeciras, Spain, in 2022 and 2023. The workshops were hosted by Mike Snow (artist), his partner, Timothy White (photographer & gourmet chef), and Salvador Doggie (guard dog extraordinaire)! Mike and Timothy open their homes and studios to painters for weeklong painting and critique sessions. These workshops included researching subjects and using acrylic paints to complete each assignment. The exhibit at the Vail Public Library is a collection of the works created during these workshops. It is a vibrant and colorful display, so if you are up in Vail, stop by at the public library and see it for yourself. The exhibit will be on display until November 30th during normal operating hours. To find the Vail Public Library location and hours of operation, as well as, days they may be closed for Thanksgiving, please click Vail Public Library

Congratulations to VVAG members Amy Dose, Pamela Olson and Tara Novak! These talented artists were chosen as part of the Top Five Visual Artists in the Vail Daily Best of Vail Valley 2022-2023 Readers Choice for Best Visual Artist. If you would like to know more about each individual artist and their work, please click on the website link under their name. Amy Dose amydose.com Pamela Olson pamelaolsonartist.com Tara Novak taranovakart.com

In an effort to streamline our communication to our members and subscribers, we will be sending out a monthly update on what is going on in the Guild so you can mark your calendars! We will still be sending out reminders a few days before each event. You can always check out our Event Calendar if you want to find out more information about upcoming events. We hope this will be an easier way for everyone to receive information. Please let us know what you think at service@vvagco.org Photography Group Member Meeting October 26th from 7pm to 9pm Fellowship begins at 6:30 Location: Colorado Mountain College 150 Miller Ranch Road Edwards, CO 81632 Join our lively photography group each month in Room 215 for various topics. Meetings are free for members. November Call for Submissions October 26th & 27th from 1pm to 5pm October 30th from 10 am to 4 pm Drop off Location: Eagle Gallery 108 W. 2nd Street Eagle, CO 81631 We are accepting up to three works that are your interpretation of the themes Blue and Around the World. You must be current in your membership to display work. Vail Public Library Exhibit All month during normal library operating hours Location: Vail Public Library 292 West Meadows Drive Vail, CO 81657 VVAG Members Melissa Nelson, Lynn Feiger, Willow Murphy, Patti Dixon, Chris Sena and Becky Kiser will display their works from their workshop travels to France and Spain. Work Pick Up - CMC Fine Art Show November 3rd from 9am to 4pm Location: Colorado Mountain College 150 Miller Ranch Road Edwards, CO 81632 All work exhibited at CMC for the Fine Art Show is available for pick up from 9am to 4pm. If you are unable to pick up your work, please reach out to a guild member, friend or family member who can pick up your work for you. 2nd Friday Gallery Night November 10th from 5pm to 8pm Location: Eagle Gallery 108 W. 2nd Street Eagle, CO 81631 Join us to celebrate VVAG artists and photographers interpretations of the themes Blue and Around the World! EagleARTS will also be unveiling newly painted benches as part of their Benches on Broadway Public Art program. The benches are being painted by VVAG artists Margo Thomas, Mason Torry and Taylor & Jake of TJ Art Studios. It's going to be a great evening so don't miss out! VVAG Member Meeting November 20th from 3pm to 6pm Location: Eagle Gallery 108 W. 2nd Street Eagle, CO 81631 Get in the holiday spirit by pouring your very own unique acrylic pour ornaments. The cost to pour two ornaments is $10 (payable at the meeting). RSVP is appreciated so please use the link below to access the Event page. December Call for Submissions November 30th from 1pm to 5pm December 1st from 10 am to 5 pm Drop off Location: Eagle Gallery 108 W. 2nd Street Eagle, CO 81631 We are accepting up to three works that are your interpretation of the themes White and Winter Solstice. We are also looking for small, handmade gift items that are perfect for Holiday gift shopping. You must be current in your membership to display work.

Each year Jurors take time out their day to walk through the Fine Art Show and decide who has the best work in six separate categories: 3D, Abstract, Figure/Portrait, Landscape, Still Life and Wildlife/Animals. Each category is further divided into Art and Photography. Congratulations to our winners! (See list below) The Jurors this year were Sean Boggs (Photographer and Photography Instructor at CMC), Joyce Bradley (Manager of Zugor Gallery and Gib Singleton Gallery in Vail), and Bill Rey (Owner of Claggett-Rey Gallery in Edwards). Thank you to the 2023 jurors for your time! The show will be available to the public until November 3rd, so stop by during normal CMC operating hours to see this amazing collection of local works. 1st Place Awards 3D Sculpture: Neil Stewart - Cascade Functional: Raj Manickam - Self-Checkout Functional Ceramics: David Shapiro - White Crackle Vase Ceramics: Willow Murphy - Ginko Jar Abstract Painting: Andrew Pranger - I was Afraid I was going to Die and then I was Afraid I Wasn't Photography: Ken Neubecker - Peony Detail Figure/Portrait Painting: Soodi Kick - Ready to Win Photography: Raymond Bleesz - Code Talker Navajo #1 Landscape Painting: Mio Cirkovic - Cordillera Winter Photography: Norm Vogel - Church – Iceland Still Life Painting: Julie Graham - Harvest Photography: Raj Manickam - Shape and Shades Wildlife/Animals Painting: Julie Adriansen - Living His Best Life Photography: Rick Spitzer - Those Eyes Juror's Choice Willow Murphy - Ginko Jar Patti Dixon - Love is always Visible Julie Graham - Harvest People's Choice Mio Cirkovic - Piney Lake Honorable Mentions Elke Kaiser Wells - Koi in Rice Take Out Box Julie Graham - Bursting Bubbles Tara Novak - Tailing Elke Kaiser Wells - Windows to Another World Vida Kijauskas - Untitled #1 Heather Barrie - Doesn't Measure Up Amanda Quinton - Aspen Bob Will - #5 Patti Dixon - Lady Loves Red Linda Osterberg - Bird Bath Lynn Feiger - Black Kettle Renata Marshal - Self Portrait Christine Sena - Hey Norm Vogel - Net Maker Allan Finney - Mountain Gorilla Beth Levine and Ellen Stone - Go As A River Traci O'Conner - Morning Reflection Carol Cirkovic - An Italian Door Heather Barrie - Barnsdall Shoe Store Scott Brundage - Water Buffalo

The 10th Annual Vail Valley Fine Art Show opened last Friday with the Art and Jazz Reception at CMC. It was a wonderful evening with great food, wine & beer, beautiful music by Kathy Morrow and 3 for All and a spectacular exhibit of local work from VVAG members and CMC faculty and staff. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this a special evening. If you were not able to make it to the Reception, the show is open to the public until November 3rd (during normal CMC hours). It really is worth a trip if you are in Edwards. Also, if you would like to see the images of exhibited work that is in the catalog, you can do so by clicking the button below (please note, not all works at the show are in the catalog). Thank you to Rick Spitzer for putting the images in a viewable format. The VVAG would like to thank Rosalind Reed for generously underwriting this years show. We would also like to thank Chris Sena for all her hard work the week of the show - from coordinating the hanging, taking the judges through the show and providing them with coffee and sweets, to running the sales desk the night of the event, the success of the show was due to her tremendous efforts. Lastly, we can not have successful events without our volunteers! Thank you to Melissa Nelson, Beth Levine-Rosen, Carol Calinoff, Julie Adriansen, Janet Burmeister, Soodi Kick, Tara Novak, Henry Makina, and Margo Thomas. Your help was so appreciated. Now for a few pictures. Thank you to Liz Napier and Bibiana Rivero for signing up to capture the evening for us! The following photographs in the gallery below were taken by Liz Napier The following photographs in the galleries below were taken by Bibiana Rivero

We are looking forward to Friday night! The 10th Annual Vail Valley Fine Art Show, a partnership of Colorado Mountain College and the Vail Valley Art Guild, is going to kick off with the Art & Jazz Reception at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in Edwards from 5pm to 8pm. The show, presented by Colorado Mountain College ARTSHARE & the El Pomar Foundation, and generously underwritten by Rosalind Reed in honor of Marc Brennan, offers a unique look at work by local artists, sculptors, ceramicists and photographers. You can still get your free tickets to the event using the button below. It will open information about the event on our VVAG website, click on RSVP and you will be re-directed to Event Brite for the tickets. Tickets will also be available the night of the event at the Welcome/Check in Table. The evening features free appetizers, beer and wine (white wine generously donated by Riverwalk Wine & Spirits). Live music will feature Kathy Morrow and 3 For All with special guest star, Sean Flanigan, on trombone. The show is educational in nature, providing both Guild members and CMC students & instructors a chance to participate in an art show and display a wide variety of art forms to our community. The VVAG would like to thank our awesome volunteers who showed up on Monday to help hang. We could not have done it without your time and help! Chris Sena, Melissa Nelson, Janet Burmeister, Cindy Kelleher, Joann Carhart Levy, Laura Moore, Norm Vogel, Karen Shupe, Norm Bowles, Joyce Bradley, Nash Ogden, Soodi and Mark Kick, Julie Graham, Jill Harrison, Beth Levine-Rosen, Tara and Paul Novak, Bob Will, Neil Stewart, Lynn Feiger, Elke Wells and Willow Murphy.

Joann Carhart Levy and Laura Moore hosted a welcome reception Saturday, September 9 at the Avon Public Library for their "Painting Partners" exhibit. The exhibit showcased art in both pastel and oil mediums and included paintings from many shared painting excursions including Rocky Mountain National Park, Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, workshops and classes. The artists also provided soft pastels and paper, including a painting that was in progress, that attendees could experiment and discover the medium of pastel and see for themselves the vivid colors pastels produce. A great big "Thank You" to Pam O'Hara Geier for all her help at the reception. The exhibit is open to the public the entire month of September. Stop by and see this beautiful and vibrant display during normal operating hours.

By Elke Wells What a special evening in Downtown Eagle for 2nd Friday. A crowd gathered at the corner of Broadway and 2nd Street, in front of Broadway Station, for the EagleARTS Community Piano Project reveal. Some seriously talented young pianists wowed the crowd with their piano playing and as the night progressed and they traded in and out, the playing got better and better! I had never really thought about painting a piano before. Sometime at the end of July, Tara Novak asked me if I wanted to paint the piano as it had been sitting at ARTSPaCE for quite sometime. After some thought, I said "yes" because how often do you get a chance to paint a piano? It was truly a labor of love and seeing it come to life as it was being played made my heart very happy!!! Thank you to everyone who came out to see the reveal and to Tara for this amazing opportunity. I would especially like to thank Sadie Hoiland, Jackson Brookes, Samantha Maule and William Baca-Pika for sharing their talent with us. They made the reveal truly special!!! The Community Piano is currently in front of Broadway Station, next to Red Canyon Café. Stop on by and see it for yourself. Anyone who would like to play it, can and should (if covered, feel free to take the cover off and re-cover when you are finished).

Our Sponsors, Partners & Donors make an amazing difference in our community to help connect local visual artists to our community, create exhibition and gallery opportunities, provide classes and education, and build awareness of the artistic talent in the Vail Valley. Though the year is not over yet, we would like to thank the following for their generosity and support of the Vail Valley Art Guild: Vail Valley Cares, Colorado Creative Industries and the National Endowment for the Arts, El Pomar Foundation, Rosalind Reed, Colorado Mountain College, The Town of Avon, The Eagle Valley Library District, the Town of Vail Public Library, and the Arkay Foundation. We would also like to send a great big "Thank You" to all our volunteers that have made our events possible and successful.

(Edited for brevity from list serve email sent out by Raymond Bleesz - August 21st) (Pictures are a mix sent by Joann Carhart Levy, Chris Sena & Raymond Bleesz) Yesterday, at the Patti Dixon house in Eby Creek, there was a prior open invitation sent out to all Artists & Photogs, spouses & friends in the Guild to participate in a “painters Rendezvous”, a late afternoon to paint, socialize & partake of the food and spirits which people bought to the table as the sun set. There was a “birthday” amongst the gathered people. Patti’s backyard served as a backdrop for the painters for the evening and her backyard was very nicely arranged, formatted & landscaped (a la natural). Very Nice Patti & Harold! It was an enjoyable event.

The Affordable Art Event in Minturn netted some $3000 in sales which is outstanding, all going to furthering the Guild, all donated items at $100 or less. There was a lot of work in the event—the planning stages, the connection to the Bunkhouse, the staging of the event at the Bunkhouse and the list continues. This may have been one of our most successful events, ever. On Friday afternoon, at the Eagle gallery, several of us met Woody & his trailer which hauled stuff up to the garage at the Bunkhouse—chairs, tables, tent, racks, banners, and all matter of “stuff to put on the event”. At 8am, Saturday morning at Lynne’s & Woody’s shed, the massive amt of affordable art stuff, all donated items from Guild members, was loaded into cars & trucks to haul down to the Bunkhouse—Chris, myself, Bob, Lynne and Rick. Guild Ladies provide cookies in great quantities which was appreciated by those in attendance. Guild Posters* were given out, complimentary. People were complimentary and pleasant—this was no Beaver Creek event, so people seemed to enjoy the Norman Rockwellian atmosphere. (*Posters of Historic Downtown Minturn Buildings were drawn, created by and generously donated by Beth Levine). Then at the Bunkhouse, all of the material, all the stuff needed to be set up prior to the opening of the event at 10am.—Banners unfurled, colorful decorations & signs placed, art work staged according to whatever—frames, art work framed and unframed, metal structures were set up and art work hung. Those in attendance did sales work on each & others pieces of art. A paid musician & caricature artist was present for “atmosphere". At the end of the event, all had to be taken back to the gallery, less those items sold which “made the day for us”. Rick’s knowledge and technical ability to make “sales” on the wireless internet system enabled the event to have sales & be successful. The Team Work of those involved in the Affordable Art Work Sale was outstanding as it took team work to accomplish this event—and it was a long tiring day. Well done to those who made it happen. Raymond A. Bleesz Photographer/Histographer VVAG Board Member VVAGP Co Founder CPAC Member Since Since 1976 "Alumni Student”, Utah State University, ’68 & 70 Alama Mater,—Jared Ragland, Mentor & Professor, presently.