Support The Art Center

 

Take Part In The Arts

There are a variety of ways to help support the Western Colorado Center For The Arts. You can Be A Volunteer, Make A Donation, Become A Member, Attend A Workshop, Visit The Gift Gallery, and even Take A Class.

 

The Western Colorado Center for the Arts is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote the enjoyment and understanding of the arts through educational programs, exhibits, and the acquisition and display of a permanent collection.

 

 


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There is no rest for the artistically passionate in ceramics.  Board President Robbie Breaux mixes glazes, Artist in Residence Terry Shepherd and Art Center member Jack Riggs build a kiln, and  up-and-coming potters Ashtonn Means throws a vessel while Jessica shoots some attitude.

 

 

 Donate to The Used Book & Supply Store

Funding the Teen and Young Adult Scholarship and Intern Program (13-29yrs of age)

  

Right to left:  Brett White 2010 scholarship recipient and Book Store manager Sharyn Carter

The Art Center bookstore has been a huge asset.  The center has given out 9 class scholarships and an intern stipend through this program for young adults and teens.  Most recently a young teacher from Gateway was granted a scholarship to attend a hand building with Nina Williams on Monday evenings.  Brett White hopes to learn about clay and firing so that he can build a ceramics program at Gateway School.  This scholarship in particular will not only build this instructors range of personal teaching skills, but effect a whole community of children. 

 The bookstore is now running low on inventory, we would so appreciate artists and art lovers to revisit their collections and see what books and materials would be better used by others and help fund an amazing program like the “Young Adult Teen Intern and Scholarship Program.  This bookstore provides books  and supplies to artists at an affordable cost and raises funds for young deserving upstarts in our community..  We are very happy to be a vehicle to give a second life to such wonderful books and materials.   

Because of this well received enterprise The Art Center will continue to sell and receive used supplies in the little class room off the Atrium Gallery, we have installed four shelving units and display a vast assortment of books for our members, students and visitors to look through. 

 Books are bridges from generation to generation.  This recycling of knowledge and bringing in new approaches from the areas youth is part of the mission of a living center for the arts.   We hope that artists and patrons will continue to feed the inventory of books and add to their own libraries.  To drop off books call or stop by and see Carolyn or Max at our front desk.  All donations are appreciated and tax deductible.  

We would also like to acknowledge the ceramics department at The Art Center for it’s funding of teens through their annual pottery sale and Interiors Ect. for the framing of eighteen year old Matzle Perez’s work in “Permanent Collection: plus Four”.