The Hilton's are starting their Audio Visual Arts Nights again tomorrow night. There will be wonderful music by "Tight Like That" and Lynnea Godfriaux and April Hilton will have their artwork for sale. Buy your Christmas presents locally and enjoy some great music, too!

Odds and Ends...

Don't forget the Fraser Valley Recreation Holiday sale is tomorrow. You'll find a lot of unique gifts made by local artists.



I've been meaning to post congratulations to Mark Abusamra for having his photograph chosen by a blind jury for the cover of the next Names and Numbers phone book.
It's the third year his photography has graced their cover!

Today is opening day for Nest.artistic home in Winter Park in Cooper Creek Square. Carolyn is having a soft opening today and a Grand Opening on December 4th. Stop by, she has a lot of interesting artwork. You can also schedule paint your own pottery parties. Call Carolyn at 531-8625 for more information.

Here's an interesting link I came across: http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/profguidelines/profguide.html
She covers a lot of ground and I haven't read all of it, but I found the ideas about art donations to be of particular interest - both for the artist and the groups looking for donations. I know a lot of us donate our art - I came across a great statement the other day: Every time an artist gives their art for free, there goes another person who thinks art is worthless. Food for thought.

With the holidays upon us, we've decided to do a November/December get-together on Wednesday, December 2nd at 5:30pm at Maverick's in Granby. We'll meet in the regular section of the restaurant this time. If you're something new, please bring it! It was fun sharing what we were working on at the last meeting.

Hope to see you there!

Patty

Grand Lake Elementary flyer

Here's the flyer for the kid's artwork sale. Show your support and show up this weekend!

Support the Grand Lake Elementary Art Department

To celebrate Halloween and All Souls Day, the children at Grand Lake Elementary have produced art work depicting the legends of Spirit Lake. Their work will be on display at the Spirit of the Lake Gallery on the boardwalk in Grand Lake on Friday October 30th from 4-6pm and Saturday and Sunday from noon - 5pm.

You can support the Grand Lake Elementary School art department b purchasing one of the children's pieces. Each $5 purchase will go to the art department.

Janet Day is the FV Library artist for November

Janet's fiber textile art will be on display for the month and there is an opening reception on Thursday, November 5th from 6-7:30 pm. You can meet Janet, enjoy some refreshments and enter a drawing to win one of her unique pieces. Ten percent of each sale benefits the library.


This is from the library publicity flier: "Janet Day is a textile artist in Fraser who incorporates vintage postcards, travel posters, labels and other images into contemporary textile art, including pillows and decorative wall quilts. Her unique art work uses historic images of Grand County, from Berthoud Pass to Rocky Mountain National Park. Her pieces will be displayed inside the Urban Community Meeting Room throughout the month."

Her work is original and really depicts life in Grand County - both past and present.

Janet also makes gift bags for the Tabernash Tavern to hold bottles of wine, a baguette, or a pound of their custom coffee, etc.

There are still openings...

...for the Fraser Rec holiday craft fair.

This is a popular event and a lot of locals do their Christmas shopping here. They have room for about 10 more people - if you're interested, contact Michelle Lawrence at 726-8969 or michelle@fraservalleyrec.org.