News and Upcoming Events
2020 Schedule
I will be updating my event schedule as show announcements continue to surface. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be further cancellations and postponements. Stay healthy everyone!
Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival
Albuquerque, NM
3/13-3/15 Cancelled
Fiesta Arts Fair
San Antonio, TX
4/18-4/19 Cancelled
Cottonwood Arts Festival
Richardson, TX Cancelled
5/2-5/3
Denver Potters Association Spring Sale
First Plymouth Congregational Church
3501 S. Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO Cancelled
5/7-5/10
Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market
Denver, CO Cancelled
6/13-6/14
Cheesman Arts Fest
Denver, CO Cancelled
7/25-7/26
Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte, CO Cancelled
Online Art Auction-August 8th
7/31-8/2
Affordable Arts Festival
Littleton, CO
8/31 Cancelled
Denver Potters Association Holiday Sale
First Plymouth Congregational Church
3501 S. Colorado Blvd
Denver, CO
12/3-12/6 TBD
2020 Workshops & Classes
Healing Through the Arts
The Gunnison Art Center has paired up with The Center for Mental Health to offer a mindful art series focusing on creatively working through emotions.
Drop That Pot ~ (Young Adults and Adults 16+)
Participants will be shown how to throw a basic form on the wheel, most students will struggle to find the perfect pot but, with the help of our instructor, will discover that you can succeed with help. Once the cylinders or bowls are thrown, the stress of wheel throwing them will be released by dropping them, allowing us to see the form in a different way and build from what we now have. This practice is freeing and would present itself to be a foundation of “failed” expectation that grows into something else, something uniquely yours.
CLASS SOLD OUT, stay tuned for fall offerings.
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Tuesday, September 15. 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Virtual Clay Classes
Gunnison Arts Center
Whimsical Houses ~ Live Virtual Clay Class
Wednesday & Thursday, April 8 & 9. 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
Switch up the quarantine routine and join us for a live virtual course with local artist, Kristin Gruenberger. Build small birdhouses and gnome houses from clay while you follow along from the comfort of your own home. Each student will be able to complete two to three houses. Registered students will receive instructions to pick-up the supplies from the Gunnison Arts Center, as well as a link to join the live demo online.
Drop-off completed pieces and all tools on Monday, April 13, from 1 – 6 pm. Please write your name under each piece with the date. A follow up 3 hour class to glaze your work will be scheduled once Covid-19 restrictions have been lessened and class can meet in person at the GAC.
Instructor: Kristin Gruenberger.
$60/student, $51/members includes supplies, glazing and kiln firing.
Virtual Clay Hour From the Studio
Coming Soon
Gunnison Art Center
September 15 – October 16, 2020
Main Gallery:
“Down the Rabbit Hole: A Collection of Whimsy and Wonder” by Kristin Gruenberger
This exhibit includes a collection of ceramic tableware and sculpture that will take the viewer down the rabbit hole and into a storybook. This collection will feature a variety of whimsical tea sets, drinking vessels, centerpieces, totem sculptures and ceramic toys. Picture a table of the Mad Hatter or Dr. Suess. Through playful use of form and color, each piece creates its own narrative and personality, evoking a sense of childlike wonderment. Navigating through form and function with playful curiosity opens the mind of not only the maker, but the viewer, seeing the limitless possibilities of the basic wheel thrown form. The magic of this exhibit is that each piece acts not only as a vessel of function, but an object that connects one to their inner child and world of wonder.