Beginning Oct. 1, longtime Roaring Fork Valley local Jamie Abbott will assume the illustrious role of Carbondale Arts executive director. Since the early ‘70s, Carbondale Arts, which began as the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, has imbued the town with vibrancy by fostering creativity, collaboration, innovation and artistic exploration. The organization is responsible for […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – August 25, 2022
CORRECTION: John Colson and Anne Sullivan’s farewell potluck is on Wednesday, August 31 at 6 p.m. in Sopris Park. Carbondale Arts leadership Carbondale Arts announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23 that Jamie Abbott has been hired as the organization’s next executive director. Abbott is described in the press release as “a longtime local, no stranger to […]
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Mountain Fair cuenta con eventos bilingües
Este año marcará el 51o festival anual Mountain Fair, y junto con las actividades que ya conocemos y amamos, también se unieron algunas actividades nuevas y emocionantes. Este año, la zona de Oasis apto para niños de Mountain Fair incluirá la Carpa de Artes Creativas y ofrecerá nuevas actividades bilingües. El equipo detrás de toda […]
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Youth Art Park breaks ground
After several years in the making, the ground has been broken for the Youth Art Park on the Rio Grande Trail behind Town Hall in Carbondale. This is the latest installment planned along the ARTway. A group of committed people who brought the dream together gathered on Thursday, July 7 to celebrate at the site. […]
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The not-so-secret Garden Music Series
It’s summertime in the Roaring Fork Valley. This means festivals galore, monsoonal rains (we hope) and a new tradition — the Garden Music Series. The collaboration between Carbondale Arts and MinTze Wu was born from a necessity, a “collective craving for being together and just listening to music,” in the words of Wu. In September […]
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R2 Gallery: Capturing moments in time
Ever feel like time is relentlessly rushing us by? On June 3, Carbondale Art’s R2 Gallery will host an opening reception for two solo shows allowing us to pause and reflect. The shows are by local artists: Hannah Stoll and Esther Macy Nooner. Stoll is a self-taught painter and one of many artists working out […]
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Amy Kimberly prepares for ‘rewirement’
Amy Kimberly is perhaps the best-known member of Carbondale’s eclectic community. She has been instrumental in carrying forth the Mountain Fair tradition since 2004, and her role as executive director of Carbondale Arts brought fresh zeal into the organization. (Ihacvet.com) In 2019, she was honored with the Governor’s Creative Leadership Award in recognition of all […]
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Local artist shows at the Launchpad
It took a while for The Sopris Sun to get an interview with longtime Carbondale artist John Toly — roughly three years. Polite requests would be gently rebuffed by the quiet, humble 83-year-old. But then he worked with Carbondale Arts to line up a solo art exhibition at the Launchpad in Carbondale that opens Friday, […]
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Turn on Your Love Light
Light the Night with Love brought a magnificent display of artistry and light to the Rio Grande Trail.Observers followed a path through a wonder of sight and sound that started with fire dance performances and aerial acrobats performing in rainbow lit clothes. The sound of drums lured people to the rhythm and color changing hues […]