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Winter Wonders
November 1 - January 31

Join us for Cultural Center of Cortez is hosting Winter Wonders, Works of Art for Holiday Giving, with an opening reception for the artists to be held at First Friday, November 1st from 4 PM to 7 PM.

Artists include Milt Beens, Cindy Coleman, Susan Dees, Amy Grogan, Marilyn Kroeker, Janice Reich, Mary Rodman, Ann Sciba, Glen Shoemaker, Jan Wright, and Anne Worthington. All are local artists with work in galleries in Montezuma County.

There will be a wide range of items available, including paintings, pottery, works in glass, prints, pastels, and ornaments at affordable prices. All would make unique gifts for friends and family members.

Places I Remember Exhibition

Running through September

Read Brugger /Artist Statement

I started taking photographs in the early 1970s while living in Chicago. From then until 2015, when my wife Heidi and I moved to Cortez, I always had a full B&W darkroom to work in. Early in my career (1977-1983) I documented Boston’s community gardens and natural areas for various local and national non-profits, with my photos appearing in many books and periodicals. After moving to Maine in 1983, I joined a coastal town’s artist co-op and showed work there regularly and at other mid-Maine venues. My photographs are in both private and publicly accessable collections in the US and Europe.

The images in these photographs were created by exposing silver halide crystals imbedded in film and paper to light. They are truly archival and have a range of light and depth unequaled by ink-jet or other computer-generated images.

The photographs in this exhibit, Places I Remember, are the best of my best. You will see that many are singular images and the remainder have very few copies (and those have different dimensions).

I feel honored to have this opportunity to share them with you. I hope you enjoy them.

Art a la carte
Call for Entries

Submission Deadline September 27

An art exhibit to accompany the Everybody Eats, Celebration of the Harvest event at the Cortez Cultural Center in the month of October. Submission Deadline September 27, 2024 This competition invites artists to explore the theme of food in all of its textures, colors, flavors, and cultural significance, encouraging you to create artworks that celebrate food, drink, and the culinary arts and their impact on our lives and senses.

Open to artists from all backgrounds and mediums in the Four Corners area. Whether you specialize in painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media or any other form of visual art, we welcome your submissions. Works made out of food (non-perishably-preserved or cast) and food/beverage packaging materials are especially encouraged.

There will be awards for Best in Show for the Most “Delicious” Looking Piece and the Most Ingenious Use of Material, voted on by viewers of the exhibit. The artwork may be for sale and we will be promoting works featured in the exhibit to our followers, subscribers, fans, and art appreciators once entrees have been selected.

See flyer for more details

Erny Zah & Benton Yazzi Art Exhibition

August 2024

Erny Zah is Jicarilla Apache, born for the Black Streak Wood people. He is originally from Sawmill, Arizona and currently resides in Farmington, New Mexico. He has been capturing the Native American world through his lens for more than 20 years but just recently has started to show his photos to the public. As complex and diverse as Native American life is, Zah’s intention is to highlight a realistic portrait of life today for Native Americans which blends the lang standing traditions and customs juxtaposed against modern reality.

JULY 2ND-27TH
BRAD GOODELL
THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION

Brad Goodell is a professional artist from Mancos, Colorado with strong artistic ties to the local region with five murals spread across the Four Corners. Brad has worked for over 30 years as a freelance illustrator specializing in magazine and book covers. Illustration is a versatile and endlessly creative field that emphasizes visual storytelling for the broader public.This one-of-a-kind exhibition for Southwest Colorado features over 40 original concept sketches, magazine and book covers. Brad Goodell’s bold, graphic style brings to life over 3 decades of trends in American illustration. Expect to see a variety of techniques and mediums from his signature industrial style to highly crafted airbrush work and more.