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Home on the Front Range
The Prairie Scholars Grow Longmont’s Music Scene
FRESH COLLABORATION
Aug 22nd
30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
May 13th
Muse Gallery Summer Lineup / Music In The Creative District
Longmont Studio Tour Artists / Arts & Entertainment Calendar
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Spring has sprung and so has our Spring Supporter Drive. With our new vision to
Incubate, Advocate and Inspire the community, we need your support to make it a
lasting reality. Our Arts Education plan is in full swing starting with the Arts Longmont
District Art Awards. A committee of artists and arts professionals selected 1st , 2nd
and 3rd place from the St. Vrain Valley School District Art Show in the the K-2, 3-5,
6-8 & 9-12 categories. The winner’s art will be exhibited at the Muse Gallery, May 7-16
with an awards ceremony on May 7th from 7-8pm.
Our Arts Incubation task force has been working on developing our incubation plan for
2016. Our eight programs continue to flourish with Friday Afternoon Concerts & Art
Shows opening its 2015/2016 season in October in the Longmont Museum’s new
auditorium. The move to the new auditorium will allow us to take an already high quality
program and make it better by improving the audience experience. We are very excited
to partner with the Longmont Museum this year and in the future.
In celebration of our 30th anniversary, we are collaborating with the Firehouse Art
Center on FRESH - Art + Farm = Unique Culinary Experience. This joint exhibition
and fundraiser celebrates our past collaborations with the Firehouse Art Center and
our agriculture history and looks to the bright future of all three. We hope you will join
us on August 22nd for a FRESH new way to raise money for the arts in Longmont.
We continue to count on your support because together we can Incubate, Advocate,and
Inspire for the community. New this year is our “Green Supporter.” By making a recurring monthly donation you become a Green Supporter. No paper renewals or remembering to write a check and mail it. For just $10/month you can be a Best Friend of
the Arts supporter. Go Green with us today!
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Celebrating 30 Years!
Join us as we celebrate 30 years of inspiring
the arts in Longmont. We were born in the 80s
so come dressed in your best 80s outfit.
DJ ShackO’love will be spinning the best of the
80s and 300 Suns will donate 10% of sales
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BELOW: ART BY KEVAN KRASNOFF, JAYMIE ACKERMAN, KERNA BERRY
MUSE GALLERY
Summer Lineup
JOANNE KIRVES
This summer the Muse Gallery brings a wide variety of exhibitions and amazing collaborations for the community to experience. May starts with 3, an exhibition featuring local artists
Anne Shutan, Cha Cha and Kevan Krasnoff. It is three artists,
three mediums in one amazing exhibition. May 8–June 27 in
the Muse’s WESTend.
The May featured artist is Silver Creek High School senior
Jaymie Ackerman. The window will showcase her Senior
Capstone project. Jaymie’s project shines a light on the 276
Nigerian girls who were kidnapped last year by the Boko Harem.
She has worked with several community groups including the
girl scouts to create a handmade dolls, one for each girl. There
will be a public display followed by an exhibition in the Muse window. The dolls are available for a small donation with proceeds
benefiting Rooms to Read.
July we turn our attention to a more serious subject with
Through Their Eyes. Local artist Kema Berry dedicates
her newest series to the victims of human trafficking in order
to shed light on this crime and a call for urgent action. Kema
uses the faces of the victims, but more specifically their eyes
to depict the anguish and suffering. The series focuses in on
the eyes leaving the rest of each subject more obscure. “In this
juxtaposition of clarity and illusion we become transfixed and
are compelled to imagine their story. We begin to fully absorb
the magnitude of their misfortune, their pain and anguish and
begin to integrate it into our own.”- Kema Berry The exhibition
runs July 10 – 25 with an opening reception on Friday, July 10th
from 6-9pm.
FRESH! Farm inspired art – The FRESH Art + Farm =
Unique Cullinary Experience is a collaborative art exhibition and
benefit celebrating the culture of agriculture in Longmont during
the month of August. “It’s a fresh take on the traditional farmto-table perspective that brings the rich history of farming in our
community to life through art while supporting the future of the
arts in Longmont,” says Joanne Kirves, Executive Director, Arts
Longmont. The art will be Garden fresh, never frozen or
canned. Creatives from across the Front Range will produce
FRESH art inspired by, and in collaboration with, local farms
and farmers. The joint exhibition will feature juried artwork in
a diverse range of mediums from painting to poetry and photography to music to capture the essence of each participating
farm. Local chefs will then create scrumptious recipes using
product supplied from local farms, with the winner announced
and featured at the August 22nd benefit. The exhibition runs
August 7-29.
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La Vita Bella hosts Potluck Bluegrass every week. Every Sunday,
Modena Wine Café brings you happy hour and live music. New
businesses like The Roost, Rosalee's Pizzeria, 300 Suns and
Longs Peak Pub and Taphouse support live music.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ARTIST -MARGARET JOSEY-PARKER AT LYONS HIGH
SCHOOL. BELOW MEAD MIDDLE SCHOOL
But the sounds aren’t just limited to restaurants downtown.
Music-stores-turn-music-venues. Our music stores, Miller Music,
Guitars Etc., and Jensen's Guitars showcase the talents of both
professionals and students. And every Thursday night concerts
at Larry's Guitar showcase our best local musicians.
Mark your calendar, too, for May 8 when our partnership with St.
Vrain Valley School District features Music, Art & Youth, showcasing student music and art groups. The Downtown Summer
Concert Series runs every Friday in June featuring local favorites
and opening acts by local music stores. On July 11, 2015 300
Suns Brewery will be host to the first Longmont Songwriter
Festival. Festival on Main in August will have a quinceanera celebration with three music stages. ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
This year Arts Longmont sponsored three Artist in Residence
programs at Fall River Elementary, Mead Middle and Lyons
Middle/High School.
Fall River Elementary - Quilt Project with Sara Broers Brown
Mead Middle – Mural project with Mary E. B. Diamond
Lyons Middle/High – Ceramic mosaic mural and ceramic
house project with Margaret Josey-Parker.
Music comes alive in
the Creative District
KIMBERLEE McKEE
Local artists and business owners embraced the Longmont
Downtown Development Authority's (LDDA) recent call to create a more vibrant nightlife through live music to downtown
Longmont.
Now we can point to two key corners on Third and Main as the
gateway to where live music isn’t just alive, it’s thriving. The second
floor Dickens Opera House hosts regional music acts in a beautifully restored historic building. Across the street, the Speakeasy
features DJ mixes, burlesque and jazz shows. Further up Main,
music-lovers can spend Friday evenings at Sun Rose Cafe always
offers a winning combo of great food and local music.
As we continue to fulfill the community’s vision, we hope to have
more music in the alleys, breezeways and outside gathering
places. As always, let us know your thoughts – who you would
like to hear, where you would like to hear them. Send thoughts
to Kimberlee.McKee@longmontcolorado.gov
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A Broadway Salute
PETER ALEXANDER
The Longmont Concert Band will end its 12th season with a free
concert Friday, May 8 celebrating A Broadway Salute with music
from some of Broadway’s biggest hits.
The concert, under new director Gary Lloyd, will be at 7:30 pm in
the Silver Creek High School Auditorium. Among the Broadway
shows featured on the concert will be Jersey Boys and Into the
Woods, both of which were made into hit movies in the past
year. Also included are Chicago, Man of La Mancha and Cabaret,
other Broadway hits that have been adapted to film. The concert also includes individual selections from a wide variety of
other musicals, including Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie,
Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, Wicked and Spamalot.
Additional concerts in the spring and summer will be in Erie on
May 21 and Estes Park on June 18.
The Longmont Concert Band is a non-profit organization
composed of volunteer musicians from (continued next page)
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LONGMONT CONCERT BAND
Longmont and surrounding communities. Comprised of amateur
musicians from Longmont and the surrounding area, the band
provides a forum for area musicians to work together as a team.
In the past year, the band has broadened its community outreach
by inviting students from Altona Middle School—where the band
rehearses every week—to join the band on one piece. In the coming year, Lloyd hopes to expand the outreach to other local schools,
and starting in the fall students at Front Range Community College
can participate in the band for elective credit.
ARTS EDUCATION
SVVSD Teacher’s
Film Carries the
Tune of Music’s
Lifelong Gifts
careers. Through interviews with students, educators, and amateur and professional musicians, as well as footage of people
participating in community ensembles, Carry the Tune beautifully
demonstrates the enormous positive impact of music and music
education in everyday life.
The film’s co-director is Silver Creek senior, Elizabeth Potter,
who plans to major in violin performance at college. She and Mr.
Trapkus were recently featured in a Colorado Public Radio interview. The film has received national critical acclaim, including
a 2015 San Francisco Film Award, and numerous screenings
have already happened. To learn more about the project, view
the film trailer, and find options for streaming, DVD purchase, or
hosting a screening, go to carrythetune.com.
BY PEGGY BRUNS
Even though ongoing debate has ensued regarding the presence of music in the U.S. public school curriculum ever since the
1800s, the intrinsic, intangible value of music and music education found champions in the earlier 20th century, when there
was a greater concern for the development of the whole person
and overall life skills preparation. That philosophy has given way
to the current focus on “core knowledge” with STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math), and poses a challenge for all
arts educators.
Paul Trapkus, orchestra director at Longmont’s Silver Creek High
School, has created a documentary film, Carry the Tune, that
explores the significant ways in which music-making supports
a more balanced life, reduces stress, and increases socialization
and a sense of community. Trapkus was intrigued by research
showing that 75% of students who participate in public school
performance ensembles quit after they graduate, rather than
continuing in college or community groups. The film also takes
a look at how high school students with a passion for music
wrestle with the pressure to go into more “serious” or lucrative
CARRY THE TUNE CO-DIRECTORS: PAUL TRAPKUS AND ELIZABETH POTTER
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
WINNER
COLLEGE TOWN
FILM FESTIVAL
THE SAN FRANCISCO
FILM AWARDS
2015
2015
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
JULIEN DUBUQUE
INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
2015
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LST artists
LONGMONT STUDIO TOUR
LYDIA POTTOFF
PAINTING
KATHEEN REILLY
PAINTING
PEGGY PULLING
STAINED GLASS
YUKI MIKLE
PAINTING
“Creating art is a deeply personal experience for me. Being a student of curiosity
has instilled in me an endless fascination
with the natural world. I seek inspiration in the beautiful patterns, colors and
designs of my surroundings and seek to
interpret it in a fresh, new perspective.
I balance my pieces between studio and
plein air. Working in nature forces me
to capture the essence quickly, while
a studio environment allows a deeper
exploration of the subject allowing me to
reinterpret what I see in nature.“
“What to say about my art? I am sure it
has all been said by many artists before,
and probably in better prose than I can
produce. I simply want to capture the
essence of what I am looking at - the
feelings I have looking at what is around
me and the beauty I see in it. Previously I
worked mostly in my studio but now I am
also working on many of the paintings
outdoors. I hope to give the viewer a feel
for what I have seen and felt while painting on location in this beautiful state we
live in. Plein air painting is a new thing
for me and I am really enjoying it.”
“Expressing nature and color through
stained glass is still exciting after
many years. I have been at it for over
thirty years. Originally from upstate
New York I moved to Colorado in the 70s
and remained here for fifteen years. At
that time I was introduced to the art of
stained glass. Two years ago I returned
to Colorado after many years and it once
again feels like home. My artwork is often
inspired by nature and its beauty. I now
include a bit of fused glass to my work
which has been a fun new aspect. Still
enjoying it and being inspired daily by
stained glass.”
Yuki is originally from Tokyo,
Japan. Shewas introduced to oil painting
in 2005 in Longmont Colorado, from the
landscape painter Jake Gaedtke. "I discovered painting as the way of expressing
what I can't describe in words. I seek to
capture the moment, with light and my
heart. I enjoy finding inspiration from the
places near where we live, which amaze
us with beauty." Besides painting, Yuki
enjoys activities including hiking, biking
and skiing among the mountains in the
west.
Clockwise from upper left: “Evening Glow, Rabbit
Mountain” by Pottoff, “Twilight Coming” by Reilly,
“Eruption” by Mikle and stained glass by Pulling.
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BY KYLE K I RVES
PHOTOS BY TI M E LLIS
The
Prairie
Scholars
Dig Deep,
Plant Roots,
and Grow
Longmont’s
Music Scene
was touring Colorado in 2007
and pretty much
living out of our car, staying with friends. That whole bit,” Andy
Eppler of the Prairie Scholars explains. “I played a few gigs at
some local venues and it felt starkly different from the bars
I knew from where I grew up.” He leans in a little closer and
smiles. “People actually clapped after songs. I mean, I thought
someone just scored a touchdown on a TV behind me or something. But it was for me. It was an incredible and strange feeling.
I knew this was where I wanted to be.”
The seed was planted and the move was on.
Thankfully, Eppler’s wife and collaborator, Jess agreed that
Colorado made sense. “Andy came back from that tour and
Colorado had just permeated him. It manifested itself in his art,
his writing. Everything. He came back to Texas and made big
colorful paintings of mountains I’d never seen. I was moved. “So,”
she says, “I toured up with him a couple times, then we moved.
And we love it here. It’s become home, and we hope it will be for
a long, long time.”
Fertile Ground Texas natives, the Epplers settled in Longmont in 2009. Jess
speaks of the town glowingly, like it is that rare place that is on
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the cusp of great things, but still small enough for artists and
performers of all kinds to live, work, and create affordably.
Jess cites key contributions, co-promotions and local sponsorships from a host of businesses and organizations in fostering that atmosphere. It almost reads like a “Who’s Who” of
Longmont: Coffee and Connections, Miller Music, Larry’s Guitars,
local restaurants (including Subworks, Mac’s Place, and Georgia
Boys), the craft beer industry (including 300 Suns, Left Hand
Brewing, Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel, and Vindication Brewing),
and the Left Hand Artist Group and Arts Longmont.
“Longmont,” she says, “is fertile ground for the kinds of collaborative artistic projects we’re interested in growing and cultivating. I
love the ‘how can we help?’ embrace of every person and business we’ve talked to. And the music community? It’s incredible.
There is a spirit here that as musicians, we are all in this together.
That when one succeeds, we all do. We give, the community
gives, and we all win. It’s unlike anyplace else.”
“It’s true,” Andy chimes in. “It’s a trust-based relationship. It’s a
relationship between the musicians, the venues and the city
itself. In order for there to be opportunities for musicians and
businesses to work together, in order for Longmont to grow as
a destination for music-creators and music-lovers, first our own
community has to know what it has here. As artists in the community, that’s the message we’re trying to get across, the spirit
of the place and this moment. This moment in time in Longmont
is beautiful and that is what we want to highlight.”
The spirit of the place and the moment may be what best describes
The Prairie Scholars’ artistic direction right now. Small wonder that
their most recent album – an eclectic double disc whopper of 20
songs well worth checking out – is called The Good Old Days Now
and is dedicated to the Longmont community.
“The outpouring of support from the people, from local businesses, and the artistic community just blows us away. The
community is very receptive to the notion of local performers
they know playing in our local venues,” Jess says. “Over time –
and not a long time, either – businesses have seen the benefit
of hosting Longmont songwriters. People have started going
from venue to venue following the performers and bands they
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enjoy, and are excited to see new music in the venues that they
frequent regularly. It brings in good business for the venues and
gives the community something to be excited about.”
All I Want for My Birthday
is a Songwriters’ Series
The best ideas sometimes start simply. A household need that
can’t be met by something at the hardware store. A notion
scribbled on a cocktail napkin. A recipe that, for lack of a better
phrase, combines two great tastes that taste great together.
Or a gift that gives to the recipient, the giver, the whole family,
and, over time, becomes a tradition.
“The Songwriters’ Series & Festival originated out of a surprise
birthday party,” Jess says of the story behind this year’s inaugural
program, and eagerly anticipated culmination event at 300 Suns
Brewery in Longmont. “Last year, Andy talked about how much
he loved that we are in such an excellent music community and
how cool it would be to have a big family jam with a bunch of local
musicians, just getting together at a brewery, playing music and
going wherever the mood took us. Secretly, I talked to musician
friends months in advance so we could surprise him. I even had
a great friend that we call our ‘Sound Scholar’ agree to beat us
there by a couple hours and set up the sound equipment and run
the night. It was a great community effort to make the party happen and it was overwhelming to experience the love in that room.”
When Andy entered Vindication Brewing last July 11th, he was
greeted by some of Boulder County’s finest home-grown and
transplanted talent for a “family jam.” And just like the best parties anywhere, everyone left wanting just a little more.
Enter this year’s Songwriters’
Series & Festival.
The Songwriter Festival will take place at 300 Suns Brewery on
Andy’s next birthday. It was conceived from that first birthday
celebration and has been organized into a more structured and
purposeful show. Instead of the rotation of a few dozen performers, open mic-style, Andy and Jess picked five Longmont
singer/songwriters to showcase. “Music and community are two
of the things we love most about living in Longmont,“ says Andy,
“Rallying around these two things on my birthday is the best gift
and celebration we could think to have.”
In building momentum to the big event on 7/11, the Epplers
decided to create a series leading up to the festival so the community could really get to know each songwriter. At each event
one of the five songwriters that will play at the festival is featured
in a song-trade and Q&A style show hosted by Andy. The series
takes place at 300 Suns Brewery (335 1st Avenue, Longmont)
every 3rd Sunday of the month, February-June, 5pm-7pm.
“Each event in the series is a performance,” Jess says, “but
these are shows with a story and a purpose. Our series, and
events like them, showcase the great music we have within our
own community. You don’t need to go to Denver or Boulder or
stay up ‘til midnight to hear great music. The talent that is right
in Longmont’s backyard is moving to Longmont’s front stage.
Downtown is a destination for people who love great, live, local
music, for people who live here and people who don’t. A great
side-effect of the series and fest is that it helps promote our
local musicians to the surrounding communities and within our
city. The musicians will sell more CDs, find new listeners and
venues to play and be able to stay here in Longmont as working
artists. If you’re a songwriter, Longmont is really the place to be.”
The final event will be the not-to-be-missed roll-up show of all
five songwriters from the series on July 11th (Andy’s birthday,
no coincidence) from 2 pm to 7 pm at 300 Suns Brewery. Two
Longmont-based food trucks, Bumbu Bali and Bodacious Eats
will be setup at the brewery all day. The event is free to the public
and sponsored by Coffee and Connections, Miller Music, 300
Suns and Arts Longmont.
Scholarly Wisdom, the Last Word
“Craft as an ideal, as a goal, is becoming an important value here
in this city,” Andy says of Longmont. “It is part of Longmont’s
identity. Craft beer, made here. Genuine, original art, created right
here. Locally harvested and marketed produce. Music written
here and performed here by people you know in places owned
by people you know. That’s really what it comes down to: we
make it here, we love it here.”
More information and details on the series and fest can be found
at www.prairiescholars.com
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MUSE GALLERY
356 Main St
303 678-7869
Hours: Tues-Sat 11-5
ARTWALK
LONGMONT
Saturdays 4-8pm
MAY 16
JULY 18
SEPTEMBER 19
ArtWalkLongmont.org
FIREHOUSE
ART CENTER
667 4th Ave/ 303 651-2787
MAY 8-JUNE 27
3 – Featuring Anne Shutan, Cha Cha and Kevan
Krasnoff. Wood, paint and sculpture.
MAY 27-JUNE 21
Rick Stoner: Still Lives, Landscapes & Figurative
Paintings
Visit ArtsLongmont.org
for exhibition details for upcoming exhibits:
JULY – TBD, AND AUGUST - FRESHFARM INSPIRED ART
400 Quail Rd / 303 651-8969
LONGMONT LIVE
JUNE 14, 1-4PM
Stewart Auditorium Grand Opening
Visit longmontcolorado.gov/museum
for information on
KCP Gallery
364 Main St
JULY 25, 7-10PM
Antonio Lopez,
Eric Adrian and Hannah Isom
More at ArtsLongmont.org
For more details on these events Visit
Firehouseart.org 2nd Friday Receptions
• Open Studios & Pop-up Art Sales,
• Pecha Kucka Nights
• First Friday Films
• Saturday Art Experience classes for kids
• Artists classes in Studio C
ARTS & ALES
Left Hand Brewing Tasting Room, 1265 Boston
Ave. Meet Arts Longmont artists, see live demonstrations and original art for sale while enjoying
Left Hand micro brews.
MAY 21SHAWN SHEA
June 18- Katherine Homes July 16-Lydia Pottoff
August 20-Kathleen Reilly
LONGMONT
MUSEUM
• Summer Concert Series
• Film Series
• Best of Pecha Kucha
• and TEDxSalon
KIDS SUMMER ART
CLASSES
DOWNTOWN
LONGMONT
CREATIVE
DISTRICT
528 Main St / 303 651-8484
Festival on Main- Quincenera Celebration!
AUGUST 28, 6-10PM
For more details on these events visit
DowntownLongmont.com for details on
• 2nd Fridays
• Clean and Green
• Downtown Farmers’ Market
• Summer Concert Series
CRACKPOTS
505 Main St / 303 776-2211
DO THE DISHES POTTERY
PAINTING CAMPS
MULTIMEDIA CAMPS:
Meet the Masters Multimedia Theme, Animals
Galore & Under the Sea Multimedia Theme, Around
the World Multimedia Theme
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For more details on classes visit ecrackpots.com
LONGMONT MUSEUM
400 Quail Rd / 303 651-8969
MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE – THE
WIZ OF THE WEST
Story Time Art
Art Exploration: Using Line and Shape in People
and Animals
335 1st Ave, Unit C • Longmont, CO
300sunsbrewing.com
INSPIRATION ART ACADEMY
457 Main St / 720 273-2477
METROPOLITAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
July 4, noon
INDEPENDENCE DAY
CONCERT IN THE PARK
Details at LongmontSymphony.org
PRAIRIE SCHOLARS
prairiescholars.com
STILL CELLARS
A distillery and Arthouse, 115 Colorado Ave, Ste C
720 204-6064 / stillcellars.com
Downtown Galleries
KCP GALLERY
TASTING ROOM HOURS:
Mon-Thu 2pm-9pm
Fri-Sat noon-10pm • Sun noon-8pm
former turkey plant
cheese
importers
Main Street
For more details on classes visit longmontcolorado.
gov/museum
1st Avenue
enterprise
rental
cars
buy 1 beer, get one free
Pints or 10 oz. pours only. 1 coupon per customer, not valid with other
discounts or offers. Free beer will be of equal or lesser value. Exp. 6/30/14.
364 Main St / (720) 378-3292
Summer
Day Camps
Each day includes an art projects and art centers.
Full day campers will picnic with a sack lunch in
a downtown park and visit a downtown gallery to
explore and discuss what we see.
A community arts co-working space with a gallery,
art and music studios plus workshop space.
GREAT FRAME UP
430 Main St, / 303 772-7293
For more details on Exhibitions and 2nd Fridays
visit longmont.thegreatframeup.com
DARKROOM GALLERY
BROSS STREET ASSISTED LIVING
537 Bross St: Alecia Jensen, Almyra Richards
BURLINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
5515 Main St, Suite A / 303 485-7191
thedarkroomlongmont.com
205 S Main St: Joe Beakey, Ana Maria Botero, Becky
Everitt, Bob Maynard, Judy Sprague
Full days and half days.
JOHN TAFT
525 3rd Ave - Entrance on Main.
Open 2nd Fridays, 6-9pm.
CARROLL & LEWELLYN
For more details about camps visit inspirationartacademy.com
THE ELEANOR STUDIO & GALLERY
MUSIC
717 Main St. / 303 818-0830
Open Thursday - Friday 5-8pm and Saturday
12-6pm.
LONGMONT CONCERT BAND
Pops Concert: “Salute to Broadway!”
7:30 p.m., Friday, May 8, Silver Creek High School
ARTS LONGMONT PROGRAM
LONGMONT MUSEUM
Summer Concert Series
Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm
LONGMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, 600 E Mt View Ave.
303 772-5796
Performances at 7:30. Adult-$19, Senior (60+)
$17, Youth (-18) $14. Call for information and
tickets.
MAY 9, 7:30PM
THE ARTIST
REGISTRY
Displays artists’ work through rotating exhibitions
at area businesses.
1ST NATIONAL BANK OF COLORADO
915 South Hover: Bruce Shaver
503 Terry St: Diane Wood
HIGH PLAINS BANK
600 Kimbark St: Hanlie Wessels
LONGMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
528 Main St: Roger Kopman, Francie Thomas, Tess
Tubbs
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL
Art Walk Way 1950 Mt. View Ave: Kema Berry, Tina
Davis, Connie Garcia, Alecia Jensen, Laura Lass,
Lisa Nesmith, Lydia Pottoff, Jerry Tidd, Gretel
Wolniewicz, Jackie Young
NORTH VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
2017 100 Year Party Ct: Delcia Litt, Greg Marquez,
Elizabeth Shoeman, Matthew Spencer
NORTH VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
3601 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder: Nancy Champion, Jon
Clarke, Dot Pecina
30 YRS
NON-PROFIT
POSTAGE PAID
LONGMONT, CO
80501
PERMIT #117
incubate. advocate. inspire.
356 Main Street
PO Box 208
Longmont, CO 80502-0208
ArtsLongmont.org
Dr. Peter M. Schmid
DEL’S
Cosmetic Surgery
Reconstructive Surgery
Head/Neck Surgery
masonry
303.651.6846
TheAestheticSurgeon.com
BRAND DESIGN & SUPPORT
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ART +
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AUGUST 22ND, 2015, 5-9PM FRESH is a collaborative benefit teaming
local artists and farms with local chefs to celebrate the culture of
agriculture in Longmont.
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NOW THAT’S FRESH! Local chefs create recipes using products
from local farms with the winner announced at the benefit.
RIPE FOR CREATIVITY: Local artists will produce creative
inspired by, and in collaboration with, local farms and farmers.
FRESH, NOT CANNED: Silent & Live Auctions, Music & Tapas.
TALK ABOUT ARTISTIC GROWTH: Winning artwork will be
displayed at the Muse Gallery & Firehouse Art Center:
August 7- 28.
FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR TICKETS VISIT freshlongmont.org
OR CALL 303-678-7869 or 303-651-2787. GET FRESH
WITH US August 22nd in Downtown, Longmont, CO
PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY: Arts Longmont & Firehouse Art Center