Jul 26 Friday
Downtown Paonia sparkles with creativity during Final Friday Frolics. The last Friday of each month, year-round, visit galleries, studios, boutiques and restaurants. Enjoy our tasty local food and wine, mingle with the community and find the perfect treasure to take home. You never know what you might find…wine tasting, farm-to-table dinners, live music, exhibition openings and more!
Participating Venues (venues vary month-to-month; please check venue websites for current offering):- Big B’s Delicious Orchards- Blue Sage Center for the Arts- Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer- Cirque Boutique & Gallery- Elsewhere Studios- Grapevine Gallery- Horse Cow 57- Louie’s Loft- Lucille Lucas Gallery- Paonia Books- Paonia Clayworks- Paradise Theatre of Paonia- Pollinate Paonia- PUB- Refinery Paonia- Robin’s Nest (formerly Trader Mags)- Root & Vine Market- The Hearth by The Learning Council- The Looking Glass Gallery by Shannon Richardson
2023 Dates:- Friday, January 27th- Friday, February 24th- Friday, March 31st- Friday, April 28th- Friday, May 26th- Friday, June 30th- Friday, July 28th- Friday, August 25th- Friday, September 29th- Friday, October 27th- Friday, November 24th- Friday, December 29th
Jul 27 Saturday
Visit the Delta Library to view art by Heidl Hasenauer. Hasenauer is a Colorado based artist who was technically trained in 3D sculptural arts. Her desire to create quickly and with little to no plan led her away from long-drawn out techniques and toward fast drying acrylic paint. The focus of this series is based on understanding the effects of experience and phenomena on the human psyche. This art exhibit will be on display at the Delta Library until July 27. For more information, visit deltalibraries.org.
Whether Patterns in the Starr Family Gallery
Carve a block of your own design and print it!
This introductory workshop will teach you how to design and carve your own small blocks for printing onto archival paper using simple tools such as a baren, or a wooden spoon. The inks will be water based and archival.
Bonus: A hand press called a Woodzilla will be available for your use to collaborate and print with.
All supplies, tools, inks, and paper will be provided.Walk-ins accepted if there are available spaces
If you're having issues with registration, please email lexi@weehawkenarts.org
Introduction to Block PrintingCarve a block of your own design and print it!
Performances | July 26-29th, 7pm
Sherbino Theater | Ridgway, CO
Can’t tell you how excited we are about this mystical tale of humanity and transformation: Dragon Play by Jenny Connell Davis
On a lonely farm in northern Minnesota, a husband and wife’s peaceful existence is shattered by the appearance of an unexpected visitor. On a hot stretch of highway in central Texas, a boy befriends a wounded dragon.
Spanning two moments in time and space and blurring the lines between each, The Dragon Play explores what happens when reality and fantasy converge, when desire and duty conflict, and when our deepest secrets show up breathing fire.
Jul 28 Sunday
Join Us |
For an intimate art showing & performance by Alyssa Pinkerton & Mike Finders.
Sunday, July 28th beginning at 11am through 1:30pm at Blue Sage Center for the Arts.
Please come and enjoy time with friends, light beverages and snacks, and some colorful inspiration that will last.
Music will begin at noon with an informal presentation sandwiched in between songs.
Hope to see you there!
For the month of July, Mike & Alyssa have been supportively nestled in Paonia, making art. They look forward to sharing what they've created.
*There is no charge for this event. Paintings will be for sale*
Jul 29 Monday
Black Bear Pass is an incredibly gorgeous wildflower site. This is a unique opportunity to access the 13,000’ saddle and see unique flowers of the San Juans. Ridgway writer Mary Menz and Montrose photographer Jim Pisarowicz will share their extensive plant knowledge and photography tips as participants stroll through open meadows and skirt around alpine lakes. Carpooling via 4 x 4 vehicles. Registration includes a copy of their book Common Wildflowers of the San Juan Mountains.
Participants will meet and carpool—specific directions and more information will be provided via email prior to the event.