Events

 

JUNE 23 & 24, 2012

This free, self-guided tour of local artist studios reveals the mysteries of the creative process to families and individuals in and around Fort Collins. Through art demonstrations and educational displays right in the artist’s studios, visitors will meet the artists personally, and learn about how and where artists create pottery, jewelry, photography, painting, sculpture, fiber arts and more! These artists reflect the amazing creative talent available right in our own community.

It’s FREE! Pick up a map to the studios in May and June at the following locations, or view it online in May, 2012.

• Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia, Fort Collins, 80521
• Senior Center, 1200 Raintree, Fort Collins, 80526
• The Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, 80526
• Northside Aztlan Center, 112 E Willow Street, Fort Collins, 80524
• Edora Pool and Ice Center, 1801 Riverside, Fort Collins, 80524

Visit the Studio Tour Sampler Exhibition, June 8 – 24^th, at the Lincoln Center’s brand new Art Gallery, to see a sample artwork from each of the participating artists.

The opening reception is scheduled for Friday, June 15, 5-8 p.m. – meet all the artists before the tour!

Bike it or walk it:  All Fort Collins bike routes, paths and trails are on the map, encouraging ‘tourists’ to do the tour in a more sustainable fashion. With artists working in most Fort Collins neighborhoods, it’s a short ride or stroll to your neighborhood studio! (Artists will be happy to make arrangements to deliver any purchases made on foot or by bike.)

It’s family friendly and educational with artist demonstrations, the chance to meet each artist personally, and even buy art directly from the artist.

The Lincoln Center is seeking Event Sponsors to support the presentation of the event for free to our community, and offer support for promotion and advertising, printing the brochure and map, the artists’ reception and more. Please contact us () and we’ll be happy to discuss the benefits and opportunities available to our Event Sponsors.

This year’s artists:

• ART342, multiple artists
• Chris Bates, painting, drawing
• Amelia Caruso, painting, sponsored by Gary Hixon Designs
• Bob Coonts, painting, sculpture
• Louise Cutler, painting
• Jennifer Davey, painting
• Kathi Dougherty, fused glass
• Diane Edwards, painting
• Del Harrow & Sanam Emami, ceramics
• Nanci Erskine, painting, sponsored by Legacy Land Trust
• Pam Furumo, painting
• Thane Gorek, painting
• Hanna-Hooly Studio, fiber arts & sculpture
• Gwen & Charlie Hatchette, fiber arts & mixed media
• Gary Hixon, jewelry
• Carole Hossan, painting, calligraphy
• Maggie Kunze, sculpture/farkling, sponsored by Fort Collins Nursery
• Bonnie Lebesch, painting
• Kari Lennartson, painting
• Joan Mangle, painting
• Robert Martino, photography, painting
• Kumiko McKee, painting, drawing
• Northern Colorado Pottery Guild, multiple artists, ceramics
• Cabin Press Studio, letterpress printmaking
• Poudre Studio Artists, multiple artists and media, sponsored by RideKick
• Peggy Quinn, painting
• Stan Scott, drawing, printmaking
• Marcy Silverstein, painting
• Mary St. Peter, painting
• Susan Sternlieb, ceramics, sponsored by Hixon Interiors
• Sibyl Stork, painting
• Cole Thompson, photography, sponsored by Weston Distance Learning
• Rita Thornton, painting
• Eldon Ward, painting, sponsored by First Bank
• Stephen Willard, photography

For more information contact Jeanne Shoaff at 416-2737 or .

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KnitWear announcement & Reg form 2012

This one day Fiber Arts Experience is a whirlwind of activity with fibers artists, vendors and demonstrations going on all day. Do you love knitting, crocheting, spinning weaving and all things yarn? See the latest in yarns, techniques, tools, supplies and equipment. Gather with your yarn-loving friends to "Sit and Knit," pick up a few new patterns, or find a solution to those pesky problem projects.

Want to have an ARTIST or VENDOR booth? Click here for the application (PDF). Sign up by June 30 for a discount on registration!

Check back on this page in August for a list of our vendors and artists, and a demonstration schedule.

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Gary Hixon and Lincoln Center Presented the
15^th annual

 
on September 16^th through 25^th, 2011
in the newly renovated Lincoln Center Art Gallery and Magnolia Theatre

 

Our goal forArtWear Fashion Week  is to present innovative and wearable works of the highest quality and provide a forum to share our enthusiasm for an exploration into wearable art techniques and materials.
 
The brand new Lincoln Center Art Gallery was funded in part by the biennial ArtWear Fashion Week event. We are particularly grateful to Gary and Carol Ann Hixon for their tireless support, volunteerism, and artistic vision in making ArtWear a success since 1992.
 
This year’s ArtWear Fashion Week was a great success! Presenting the Fashion Show in the Magnolia Theatre was a thrill and offered new creative challenges and possibilities. We opened our new Art Gallery with a featured exhibition by Horst Couture, and established the elegant sales gallery in the space as well. We had a exciting week with opportunities for many of you to see the fabulous wearable art through the Preview Event Fashion Show, a week-long Sales Gallery, Jewelry Trunk Shows featuring Gary Hixon Designs, Flying Anvil Designs and Pam Caidin Jewelry, and finished off the week with the 5^th Annual KnitWear: Fiber Arts Experience with artist and merchant booths and three demonstration tables running all day!

 
Thank you to all who participated and donated their time and talent toward these events!
 
SALES GALLERY
ArtWear Fashion Week highlighted the work of 43 artists from the United States and Canada through the week-long Sales Gallery and the Preview Event Fashion show. Money from garment sales will benefit the Lincoln Center Visual Arts Programs, allowing us to provide outreach to the community, Colorado State University, Poudre School District and other area schools. It also allows the Visual Arts Department to purchase needed equipment and provide support for special events and continue to provide the community with quality visual arts exhibitions.

We are pleased to report that over $28,000 in wearable art was sold this year through the Sales Gallery!

KNITWEAR: A FIBER ARTS EXPERIENCE
This year marked our 5^th annual KnitWear event. We expanded into both of the Lincoln Center’s Conference Center rooms, with demonstrations, Sit ‘n’ Knit community tables, and our Knit Knot Help Desk in the Columbine Room, and artist and vendor booths filling the Canyon West Ballroom.

The event provided over 14 free demonstrations throughout the day, the opportunity to get to know local and regional vendors from Colorado, Wyoming, and California, to purchase supplies, learn new techniques and participate in community crafting.
 

The Horst Couture ArtWear Fashion Week Runway Collection

FEATURED ARTIST: HORST COUTURE
Trunk Shows and Outreach

Horst visited from the Akron, OH area to speak with nearly 100 CSU Fashion Design and Merchandising students, presented a Gallery Talk at the Lincoln Center, and offered a trunk show during his weekend visit.

In addition, we invited three jewelry artists, Gary Hixon, Julie Jerman-Melka and Pam Caidin, for Trunk Shows during the final weekend of the event.


AWARD WINNERS

ArtWear Fashion Week Award
Hans Christensen
“Hand Painted Silk Organza Jacket”
Sarah Bashore-Imhoff/Hixon Interiors Award
 
Sharon Cahn
“Hungarian Anticipation”
Gary and Carol Ann Hixon Award
Deborah Murphy Designs
“Dark Blue Fiori Cape”
Marilyn Murphy & Robert Medlock Award
Jacquelyn Rice and Uosis Juodvalkis
“Hand-dyed boiled wool jacket with leather trim”
Juror’s Award

Maggy Pavlou
“Black and White Bark Jacket”
Handweavers Guild of America Award
 
Josette Luyckx & Marie Payne
“Ring of Fire Cape”

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

• Alexis Abrams
• Ileana Andruchovici (Digital Couture
• Robin Bergman
• Sharon Cahn
• Hans Christensen
• Lauren Dreiling (Hopestone)
• Wendy Franzen
• Fritelli and Lockwood
• Elizabeth Garver
• Krista Gorrell
• Ann Haile-Carson
• Hanna Hall
• Wildrose Hamilton
• Lee Anne Hoff
• Teri Inman
• Jackson Friedman
• Marjorie Johnson
• Chun Pil Kim
• Joanne Kleijunas
• Phillippa Lack
• Josette Marie
• Mary Mortenson
• Caryne Mount
• Deborah Murphy
• Lori O’Neill
• Loretta Oliver
• Michele O’Reilly
• Marylou Ozbolt-Storer
• Sharelle Pankey
• Gina Pannorfi
• Maggy Pavlou
• Guild the Lily
• Trudie Roberts
• Lauri Schafer
• Alexandra Shoaff-Bembry
• Elaine Sipes
• Carter Smith
• Vicki Square
• Genie Stewart
• Celia Stapleton
• Anne Vickrey-Evans
• Beverly Westra

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

ArtWear Fashion Week would not have been successful without the donation of time and talent from the many volunteers. We would like to thank the following people:

Gary and Carol Ann Hixon

• Producers/Directors:  Gary Hixon, Ellen Martin
• Exhibit Design: Jack Curfman
• Stage Manager: Lesli Tanski
• Lighting Designer: Gina Cochran & Gene Younkin
• Board Operators: Joey Luck and Hannah Brooks
• Hair and Make-up: Buzz and Bliss Salon and Spa
• Dance Choreography and Performance: Impact Dance Company
• Rental Space Coordinators: Robin Stitzel & Dave Dale
• Poster Design: Bob Coonts & John Schiller
• Volunteer Coordinator: Carol Ann Hixon
• Award Jurors: Gary Hixon, Marilyn Murphy
• Award Sponsors: Gary and Carol Ann Hixon, Sarah Bashore-Imhoff for Hixon Interiors, Marilyn Murphy and Robert Medlock, Handweavers Guild of America
• KnitWear Event and Sales Gallery Coordinator: Jeanne Shoaff

Additional in-kind sponsorship provided by: Mama Said Sew, Paul Wood Florist, The Light Center, American Furniture Warehouse, Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandise, CSU, Fiona’s Delicatessen, Republic National Distributing Co. Inc.

Models:

• Nicole Baker
• Sarah Bashore-Imhoff
• Happy Bennett
• Mary Buchholz
• Terri Burke
• Justine France
• Debbie Gentry Gee
• Cori Hixon
• Melissa Katsimpalis
• Sandra Lundt
• Tracey Ryk
• Molly Speck
• Vicki Square
• Donna Stroh

Backstage, Sales Gallery, KnitWear and additional volunteers:

• Sylivia Ashley
• Mary Pat Aukema
• Megan Baker
• Natalie Barnes
• Gary and Marge Brodahl
• Gail Budner
• Ren Burke
• Gretchen Carney
• Andrea Carney
• Nola Catlow
• Monica Christen
• Libby Colbert
• Madeleine Collinson
• Sallie Coonts
• Mackenzie Dotson
• Jane Folsom
• Beverly Gast
• Jan Gilligan
• Stacy Grant
• Gwen Hatchette
• Vance and Erica Hermanson
• Cathy Hettleman
• Pat and Bob Hollinger
• Pam Huss
• Maryanne Ingratta
• Selina Karim
• Leslie Kucera
• Mary Lacock
• Bonnie Lebesch
• Dawn Mallette
• Gentry Moellenhoff
• Elizabeth and Clementine Morisette
• Carroll and Jan Morony
• Carrie Newman
• Jessica Palmquist
• Myra Powers
• Michelle Reynolds
• Margery Richmond
• Trudie Schade
• Jean Schaefer
• Sue Shannon
• Allison Sheldon
• Ruth Skogerboe
• Lois Smith
• Kate Stieben
• Robin Stitzel
• Cheryl and Emma Sullivan
• Lesli Tanski
• Amanda Tate
• Rachel Tojar
• Kim Trionfera
• Sharon Weaver
• Sherri Wera
• Lois Winegarner

Additional thanks to KnitWear vendors and participants, Lincoln Center Staff, and many other volunteers who donated their time to help make ArtWear Fashion Week a success.