Happy New Year from Greenhouse Arts!
We are just coming off of a fruitful day long retreat with Greenhouse leadership. We feel excited and encouraged for the possibilities this new year seems to hold for all of us as the Greenhouse community. I have been so grateful for the tremendous asset our leadership team has been to Mark and me this past year as we have had the opportunity to expand Greenhouse's visibility via the WPAA building. Darren and Rebecca, Tony and Christina, Esther and Kris, and Barry and Michelle have been change agents, helping Greenhouse make huge strides into the local community with positive impact. We are so grateful for each of them.
I also want to publicly thank the volunteers who have given their time and effort, mostly behind the scenes, to making the Greenhouse sponsored events flow these past four months: Sally, Susanne, Lara, Anne and Mike and Deb. We continue to be grateful to Ralph Holloway and the WPAA board for their belief in Greenhouse and for them allowing us to utilize their facility. Thank you to all!
This year we will be asking you for more involvement. Our growth is becoming much greater than what a few people can handle healthfully. Doors are opening to Greenhouse that we would love to walk through this year, but it won't be possible without more hands to help. The need for flexibility as we grow and change are great as we lean into the new. Our mission is still the same: nurturing artists of all media. This year we are looking at taking baby steps to expand this mission in an intentional way nationally and globally, as well as continuing locally. We would love to have more of you on board to encourage, equip and resource other artists and patrons.
Here is a schedule for January, so far. All of these events will be held at the WPAA Art School Building in Woodland Park. (Hwy 24 and Center Streets across from Seven Arrows Gallery)
January 2010 Schedule:
Monday, January 11th, Greenhouse Gathering, 7p to 9p
Friday, January 15th, Art Walk, 4p to 7p, Artist: Elizabeth Rouland, Live Music: TBA
Info about the artist:
Elizabeth Rouland is captivated by beauty, movement, and color. She has had a lifelong fascination with the figure and stories, and she is interested in portraying the figure in an unguarded moment. Gesture, the essence of movement, mysterious alternate realities, and capturing the dance in creation are all a part of the stories she strives to tell. Elizabeth primarily works with oil paint and printmaking processes including solarplate etching, monotype, drypoint, and lithography. She is especially drawn to printmaking for a love of the tactile materials and processing, the opportunity for working collaboratively, and the flexibility with creating works on paper.
Born in Belleville, Illinois in 1968, Elizabeth grew up in Denver, Colorado. She received a B.A. in Art from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1991, graduating with honors. She has continued her studies through workshops at the Art Students League of Denver (ASLD).
Elizabeth Rouland shows her oil paintings and limited edition prints in solo and group exhibitions in coffee houses and galleries around Colorado including Noa, Noa, Bella Art and Frame, Lookout Mountain Community Church, Stella’s, the Art Students League of Denver, and Open Press LTD. She has been an exhibitor at the ASLD Summer Art Market in 2006, 2007, and 2009. She was honored to be a part of the Dandelion Seed Company’s Third Exhibition inGoshen, Indiana in 2005.
Merry Wanderer by Elizabeth Rouland
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And our final event of the month:
Monday, January 25th, Greenhouse Gathering, 7p to 9p
Here's to a new year and to all of YOU. We are so honored to be on this journey together. Let us hear from you this year. ~Christi and Mark
