Fireworks Gone? Move on to Flowers

Open Studio on Bastille Day! (Happy Revolution, France!)

9 am – 1 pm, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at Valkarie Gallery & Studio, 445 South Saulsbury Street, Lakewood. Bring your projects, your sketch ideas, artistic problems and solutions, new materials you are trying out, frustrations you need to vent re:same, and so forth.

 “Wicked” Deadlines Imminent

Sharon Eaton, tender of the “Wicked” entries, again reminds entrants that entry forms and fees are due August 1, 2015. Check your e-mail for pertinent forms. Describe the wickedness your plant manifests, so it can be noted on your artwork’s ID plaque.

You may hand-deliver your completed forms and fees: bring them to our July 28th meeting at Hudson Gardens. For any questions, contact her by e-mail at racereaton@aol.com, or call 571-225-1617.

They’re Heeere…

Wildflowers, including Castilleja and Alpine Lily, abound on the Continental Divide, but if you can’t get to Berthoud Pass or Trail Ridge Road or Pikes Peak, visit a mountain town today. The cemeteries in and near these towns are carpeted with native wildflowers: the many varieties of Penstemon and Astragalus and Helianthus are just all over the place, and two color phases of Sego Lily can be seen in Empire. Take that stroll…