NORTH FORK VALLEY CREATIVE COALITION

Learn how to use shamanic journeying to overcome procrastination and enhance creativity in the supportive atmosphere of this shamanic experience. Designed to open your mind to alternative ways of thinking and creating continued study will yield many benefits particularly enhanced creativity in all areas of your life. The current instructors include – Dr. Robert Sullivan (Chi), a Choctaw Indian who specializes in the study of archetypes and the Kabbalah, Winter Ross a shamanic artist & writer who holds a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and is expert at removing creative blocks, and Julia Widdop the director of the Shamanic Arts Center who will be working with students on shamanic collage. We may add guest instructors when we have a Traveling Shaman visiting. Each week on the website we will list the instructor for that week.

Dave Smith / Singer Songwriter

High and Lonesome Country Music

Recently moved to Paonia, Dave brings with him over 20 years of musical experience. Having spent much of his twenties touring and recording in bands while living in Boston MA, and most recently living in Nashville TN were he played the Honky Tonks of Lower Broadway learning the ins an outs of traditional country music. As a solo musician he offers a unique blend of Country, Americana, and Rock and Roll. As a songwriter he speaks to ideas of redemption, forgiveness, loss, and the trials of everyday life.

He will play a combination of original songs and covers at this upcoming performance.

The focus of this salon is shamanism & art. We’ll have a different facilitators each meeting (and we’d love to add new facilitators) the focus will change slightly depending on the current leader. Encounters are held on the 2nd & 4th Thursday each month. Encounters are held at Widdop House – the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Current Facilitators – Julia Widdop, Winter Ross, & Dr. Robert Sullivan (Che). Seating is limited – please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/julia-shamanicartscenter-399256367.

Blue Sage is excited to present our first Final Friday of 2019 with the exhibit “Lines.” Our featured artists are: accomplished clay artist Sara Ransford with her unique paper clay style, talented Tom Calenberg who uses mixed media to “celebrate the process of creation that gives my soul its voice,” and Chris Gentry who makes a spirited collection of weavings and sculptures using locally gathered, organic materials. There is a meet and greet with the artists January 25^th from 5-7 pm in the Blue Sage Gallery in Paonia. Contact us at info@bluesage.org or call us at (970) 527- 7243 for more information. The show will run through February 16^th.

This body of work​ ​focuses​ ​on​ ​the​ ​relationship​ ​between​ ​human existence​ ​and​ ​ecological crises.​ In fact it is our very existence​ ​that can​ ​be​ ​viewed​ ​as​ ​the​ ​reason​ ​there​ ​are so​ ​many​ ​environmental​ and ecological ​concerns. ​Hence​ ​most of my​ ​work​ ​focuses​ ​on​ ​the​ implied ​presence​ ​of people​ ​within​ ​landscapes.​ ​I want to place ​​us​ ​directly​ ​into​ ​these dystopian​ ​worlds which I see as our potential future.​ ​The viewer ​has the freedom to interpret how overconsumption​ ​and​ ​over​ ​indulgence​ ​has​ ​led​ ​to​ ​ecological crises​ ​on​ ​land​ ​and​ ​in​ ​water.​ ​
These ​works​ ​are​ ​a​ ​hybrid​ ​of​ ​realism​ ​and​ ​abstraction because I want people to feel these images represent a real possibility, yet remember to have hope since we can always change the future. It is important that the​ ​imagery​, ​along​ ​with​ ​the​ ​colors​, be ​lushly​ ​seductive​. I want viewers to be​ ​easily ​drawn​ ​in. The work should ​push​ ​us​ ​to​ ​consider​ ​what​ ​we​ ​can​ ​do​ ​to​ ​help​ ​slow​ ​and​ ​eventually stop​ ​the​ ​rate​ ​at​ ​which​ ​we​ ​are​ ​destroying​ ​our​ ​planet.​ ​While the​ ​​earth​​ ​will​ ​not​ ​cease​ ​to​ ​exist​ ​due​ ​to​ ​our actions;​ ​​people​​ ​will.

Learn how to use shamanic journeying to overcome procrastination and enhance creativity in the supportive atmosphere of this shamanic experience. Designed to open your mind to alternative ways of thinking and creating continued study will yield many benefits particularly enhanced creativity in all areas of your life. The current instructors include – Dr. Robert Sullivan (Chi), a Choctaw Indian who specializes in the study of archetypes and the Kabbalah, Winter Ross a shamanic artist & writer who holds a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and is expert at removing creative blocks, and Julia Widdop the director of the Shamanic Arts Center who will be working with students on shamanic collage. We may add guest instructors when we have a Traveling Shaman visiting. Each week on the website we will list the instructor for that week.

The focus of this salon is shamanism & art. We’ll have a different facilitators each meeting (and we’d love to add new facilitators) the focus will change slightly depending on the current leader. Encounters are held on the 2nd & 4th Thursday each month. Encounters are held at Widdop House – the Shamanic Arts Center in Hotchkiss.  Current Facilitators – Julia Widdop, Winter Ross, & Dr. Robert Sullivan (Che). Seating is limited – please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/julia-shamanicartscenter-399256367.