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Colorado Art Ranch

Colorado Art Ranch is a nomadic arts organization founded on the belief that the arts are an agent for change. We travel to two or more Colorado towns each year to sponsor one-month residencies for visual and literary artists from around the world. During each residency Colorado Art Ranch hosts a public forum to promote conversations on how art, and science intersect with land and social issues.

A Unique Arts Organization

Nomadic. Colorado Art Ranch owns neither land nor buildings. We bring the residencies and Artposia to Colorado towns where housing, studio space, and conference facilities are rented or donated. In 2007 we traveled to Salida and Durango. In 2008 it was Steamboat Springs and Denver.

Interdisciplinary. Every residency mixes literary and visual artists to promote the exchange of ideas. Each Artposium explores how the arts intersect with life and the land from myriad viewpoints.

Boundary-crossing. Because Colorado Art Ranch is nomadic, it connects artists, writers, and supporters from many communities across the state. Because it is interdisciplinary, the Artposium fosters collaboration among artists, writers, scientists, and policy makers.

Community-building. Colorado Art Ranch serves communities across the state, requires artists-in-residence to donate time to the towns that host them, recruits local ambassadors to serve as “Art Buddies” for the visiting artists and draws on local experts for some of the presentations at the Artposia.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saloon Salon Ridgway, September 19, October 17, November 21, 2010

Carpenter Ranch Artposita 2010 Hayden, September 25, 2010

Salida Artposium 2011: Dwellings Salida, May 27-29, 2011

HardRock Revision. Lake City Summer 2011

Things we're thinking about:

A new Center for Creative Connection

Immigration, By Wing or by Foot

Sustainability and the arts

The arts in agri-tourism

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