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Doug Graybeal\u2019s painting \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d draws inspiration from Hunter Creek. The piece is featured in the art show \u201cOld\u2019s Cool,\u201d which opens at the Aspen Chapel Gallery on June 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Courtesy image<\/p>\n
The Aspen Chapel Gallery\u2019s next exhibition, \u201cOld\u2019s Cool,\u201d opens on June 3. It\u2019s planned as a community celebration honoring the history, landscapes and enduring spirit of the Hunter Creek Valley.<\/p>\n
Presented in partnership with the Hunter Creek Historical Foundation, the mixed-media exhibition brings together 15 regional artists whose work reflects themes of preservation, memory and the evolving relationship between Aspen\u2019s past and present. The opening reception will be held June 3 from 4-7 p.m. The show marks the gallery\u2019s 267th exhibition of its 40-year history.<\/p>\n
Curated by Sam Louras, the show features work by Art Burrows, Judith Fox-Perry, Doug Graybeal, Gregg Hollomon, Suzanne Jackson, Corina Minniti, Jayne Mosher, Leif Mosher, Steve Mundinger, Glenn Rappaport, Fran Reither, Marty Schlein, Robin Sturgeon and Larry Yaw.<\/p>\n
The stated mission of the foundation is to stabilize and preserve historic resources in the Hunter Creek Valley to enhance the public\u2019s awareness, enjoyment and stewardship of the valley for future generations. In recent years, the foundation has focused on the preservation of W.E. Koch\u2019s 1893 original homestead and Adelaide Ranch near the entrance to the Hunter Creek Valley floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt never gets old to hike Hunter Creek and observe the restorations of old Aspen,\u201d Aspen Chapel Gallery co-curator Louras said. \u201cMany thanks to the Hunter Creek Historical Foundation for the preservation of this special place in time. Old is cool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Co-curator Graeme Means added, \u201cThroughout the ages, the arts have not only documented history but also have served to inspire and profoundly inform and influence our future. A goal of this show is to learn how history has affected these individual artists and their work.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cLayered Through Time\u201d is a painting by Suzanne Jackson, part of the art show \u201cOld\u2019s Cool,\u201d which opens at the Aspen Chapel Gallery on June 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Courtesy image<\/p>\n
For many participating artists, Hunter Creek represents both a physical refuge and an emotional connection to Aspen\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Jackson worked as a landscape architect at Design Workshop in Aspen for 25 years. During that time, she regularly spent time running up lower Hunter Creek into the upper valley. She later moved to Basalt and got disconnected from Hunter Creek, but this show allowed her to reconnect with her old stomping grounds,<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a treat to be invited to be part of \u2018Old\u2019s Cool\u2019 and become reacquainted with this special place,\u201d she said. \u201cI even camped out on a chilly April night so I could paint the historic buildings at dawn and dusk. I especially appreciated the early spring colors-the greys and buffs of Aspen trees in bud, and the warm oranges and yellows of stands of willow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s watercolor paintings combine local historic structures with impressions gathered while backpacking through Arizona, where she sketched towering saguaro cacti, which she learned could be nearly 200 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope people attending the show come away with a smile as they consider the various artistic interpretations of the theme,\u201d she said. \u201cPerhaps they will reflect on how saved remnants from the past enrich our lives today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graybeal said the show\u2019s themes immediately connected with his longtime fascination with historic Western ranch structures. His paintings focus on ranch buildings in the Wet Mountain Valley near Westcliffe, places he sees as sharing similar pioneer histories with Hunter Creek.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an old-time valley artist, it\u2019s wonderful to participate in the \u2018Old\u2019s Cool\u2019 show,\u201d Graybeal said.<\/p>\n
Mosher has enjoyed hiking up the Hunter Creek Valley for years, visiting the old buildings that William C. Koch built.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pointed out that Hunter Creek provided electricity to power Aspen in the 19th century. She hopes the show illuminates some of that history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope people realize how important Hunter Creek is to the history of Aspen and how the foundation has worked to preserve what is left of the town,\u201d Mosher said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doug Graybeal\u2019s painting \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d draws inspiration from Hunter Creek. The piece is featured in the art…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-667646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}