Spruce Tree Coffeehouse Presents Back in Black & White, Experiments in the digital darkroom by Janet Chanay Novemeber 3rd, 5-7 p.m.

 

 

All the images in this show were shot in digital raw color format.  My quest has been about finding a good color image and making it better in black and white.

 

 

The process has taken me on a re-examination of hundreds of image files through Apple’s Aperture program, on to Nik Silver Efex Pro, and ending with Photoshop. I don’t love all the hours behind a computer, but I’m starting to like the results.

 

 

Art Goodtimes and David Feela. October 19th, 5:00PM – 7:00PM @ STC

 

Art and David will entertain the audience with a wide-ranging selection of short pieces  from their collective collections.

Like a team sport, the smash/lob/dribble/thunk of their alternating voices will force listeners to remark, “Wow, that’s even better than professional basketball!”

Art is a father, deep ecologist, bioregionalist, Colorado Green Party co-chair, performance poet, newspaper columnist, county commissioner, rainbow, burner, spud farmer, fungophile, drummer, chanter, and basketweaver.

David is the father of a soon-to-be-released book of essays, How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes From the Four Corners, retired teacher, contributing editor and newspaper columnist, poet, book collector and thrift store pirate.

“Birds and Backroads of Montezuma County” by R. Christopher Vest.Friday, October 7Chris is a graphic designer and artist with a 25 year background in pen and ink drawing, oil painting, photography and screen printing.

In the 1990s he embraced the computer revolution and developed a way to merge painting and photography in the digital medium.

In the tradition of Alfred Stieglitz’s “Photo-Secessionist” movement, the photographic image is transformed by digital dark room techniques and intense painterly manipulation to create textures and effects that attempt to bridge the unique properties of photography and painting, a process he has dubbed the “painted photo montage.”

This exhibit is currently on display and will show through October.

Mesa Verde Mashers, a home-brewing club to which Chris belongs, will host a beer-tasting to coincide with the opening.

Website of R. Christopher Vest

Spruce Tree welcomes local author Vila Schwindt on her collaboration with “Cortez,” from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series. Thursday evening, from 5-7 p.m. at Spruce Tree. Authors Dale Davidson, Vila Schwindt, and Janet Weeth have all been captivated by the Four Corners culture and landscapes,and the enduring little city that could. Davidson and Weeth are Southwestern archaeologists, and Schwindt is a writer/editor with a background in graphic design. From the Acknowledgments page :   Captivated by the little city that sits on the edge of all that is beautiful in the American Southwest,  the authors came together with a mutual respect for a town that has struggled mightily to establish  itself in a valley with very little water but a full circle of fabulous views. 

 

A photo exhibit by Don Kirk celebrating the practical and artistic ways that we express ourselves through our hands, from playing a flute to hammering a nail. The exhibit will remain on display through September with an Opening & Reception on Thursday, September 8th, from 5-7 p.m. It’s also a re-celebrating of Don’s 65th birthday, on his 66th, because his 65th requires a do-over…

HUNDREDS OF FEET

Retired Art Educators Karen Stapf-Harris and Barbara Grist are collaborating on a fun show featuring self portraits of their feet in various locations around the world.  Bring your favorite foot photo to the show to hang on an interactive board featuring “feet in ART “, a theme that’s been used for hundreds of years.

Artist opening/ Reception : Thursday July 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Spruce Tree Coffeehouse, Cortez.

Spruce Tree Coffeehouse presents…….

Art Opening/ Reception – June 1st, from 5-7 p.m.

 

Tad Spurlock is a photographer whose goal is to capture moments in time worthy of framing. As an airline pilot, seeing many places all over the United States, Tad has truly come to appreciate the magnificient wonders and simple beauty of the Southwest. A lifetime could be spent just chasing the light around the deserts and mountains, and Tad is always trying to catch that magical moment that waits for no one.

More photos may be found at www.framingtime.zenfolio.com.

May Art Opening and Reception @ Spruce Tree

Eclectic photography and other miscellaneous pieces by local artist lsabella Vanderheiden. The exhibit will remain on display through May.

Date: Wednesday, May 4

Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Location: Spruce Tree Coffeehouse · 318 E. Main St. · Cortez, CO

Join us on Thursday April 14th, 2011 from 5PM – 7PM

Patricia Burk, April Artist

Join us at the Artist Reception for Patricia Burk, featuring scenic landscapes of the Four Corners Region, and the people and culture of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Date:   April 7 Time:   5-7p.m