For Immediate Release:
August 27, 2010 Harvest of Heritage Opens at Fort Garland Museum September 2 Colorado’s rich agricultural art and traditions come to life in a new touring exhibit
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Grand Junction, CO (August 11, 2010) — Harvest of Heritage, Colorado Masterpieces: Celebrating Agricultural Life and Art runs at the Fort Garland Museum September 2 – 25, 2010. Admission to this special exhibit is free with museum admission. The museum is located at 29477 Highway 159 in Fort Garland, Colorado and open daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (719/379-3512, Rick.Manzanares@chs.state.co.us).
There will be an Opening Reception on September 2 in the museum’s Soldiers Theater at 6:30 p.m. The reception is sponsored by the Friends of the Fort and admission to the reception is free. Special gifts will be available at the reception (in limited quantities) including audio tapes presenting many of Colorado’s traditional poets, storytellers and musicians and posters featuring Barbara East’s painting “Working Landscapes.”
Harvest of Heritage is a touring exhibit honoring over two dozen of Colorado’s master traditional artists. Art work on view includes wheat art, leather and rawhide braiding, horsehair work, Mexican fabric art, and a special saddle made as a collaborative project by members of the
Colorado Saddle Makers Association. An interpretive display features
photographs and information about those and many other art forms including stained glass work, quilt making, painting and weaving. All of the artists have links to Colorado’s rich agricultural heritage and their stories bring the state’s history and geography to life.
Artists chosen for inclusion in this exhibit have met the highest standards of the Colorado Creative Industries’ Cultural Heritage Program. Many have been awarded state grants and fellowships to help them preserve and present, pass on and celebrate their traditional art form. Two have received the National Endowment for the Arts’ highest honor for our nation’s tradition bearers. Many have served as master artists who have passed on skills and knowledge to a next generation of apprentices. Photos and information are also included about local and regional projects that have been supported through Colorado Creative Industries’ various grant programs that have made wonderful contributions to the preservation and promotion of Colorado’s cultural heritage.
Harvest of Heritage Tour Schedule for 2010
Fort Garland Museum: September 2 – 25
Old Town Museum, Burlington: October 1 - 30
Museum of Northwest Colorado: November 4 - 22
Cortez Cultural Center: November 29 - December 11
Harvest of Heritage is presented by Colorado Creative Industries and the Museum of Western Colorado with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces Program.
Images are available by request.
About Colorado Creative Industries
Colorado Creative Industries is a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade and combines the former Colorado Council on the Arts, the Office of Film, Television and Media and the Art in Public Places Program. The mission of Colorado Creative Industries is to promote, support and expand the creative industries to drive Colorado’s economy, grow jobs and enhance our quality of life. For more information, visit www.coloarts.org.
About the Museum of Western Colorado
The Museum of Western Colorado inspires people to experience and value our region through the collection and preservation of historical and fossil resources. We engage our audience through exhibitions, educational programming, research and publications. www.museumorwesternco.org
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