The panels will eventually be donated to the towns of Superior, Louisville and Lafayette, with one panel submitted to the Governor’s Art Show in Loveland. She will facilitate a community felted quilt project for Marshall Fire survivors called “Memories for the Future.” (Suzanne Connolly-Howes/Courtesy photo) “Dreaming,” a felt artwork by Suzanne Connolly-Howes, one of the co-owners of Particulars Art Gallery and Teaching Studio. Throughout the project, donations will be collected to provide funding for Marshall Fire victims. The four quilt panels will be displayed at the gallery. Those who contributed were encouraged to donate $10, which was then given to Sister Carmen Community Center.Ĭonnolly-Howes is excited to host an upcoming collaborative felted-quilt project - “Memories for the Future” - to foster healing and to help those impacted by the Marshall Fire process their trauma and grief. In 2021, Particulars created a community art project called “Tree of Hope” where visitors could add to an evolving collage mural. Artists will receive 100% of the proceeds from their sold pieces. The gallery plans to sponsor up to 10 Marshall Fire survivors to participate in the shows. It was nice to feel pleasure in a dark time.”įrom May to June and from November to December, Particulars will hold community shows where artists submit work done on 6-inch-by-6-inch boards. Somehow the fact that there was still beauty in the world, despite my intense feelings of loss, helped me through a difficult time. “In my own case - when my mother passed away 10 years ago - I found myself sitting in my studio painting tulips. “Art provides the artist with an outlet for emotions that may be hard to deal with and overwhelming,” Hargarten said.
Some art materials will be available to use.
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Those taking free classes can also come to the drop-in studio time should they want to practice outside of scheduled sessions. on May 7, May 22, June 18, June 19, July 23, July 24, Aug.
Mondays and one Saturday and Sunday a month, from 10:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. The drop-in studio times are 12:30-3:30 p.m. In addition to allowing folks time to tap into their own self-expression and explore different mediums with an instructor, Particulars is also offering free studio space and time for artists who lost supplies and studios in the Marshall Fire. “Beauties,” an oil painting by Molly Hargarten. Other instructors participating in the free classes are Laurie Adams, April Christenson, Scott Roebuck, Jeanne Hougen, Jeff Becker and Colleen Tucker. “I want to give something of myself to them.” “It’s the least I can do for my community,” said artist Molly Hargarten. When the Marshall Fire happened, we decided that offering free classes and free studio time was something we wanted to do for our community.” “Over the years, we have done different fundraisers and community art projects. “When we started Particulars 14 years ago, we built into our mission that we would look for opportunities to support our community,” said Suzanne Connolly-Howes, one of the cooperative center’s owners. Teachers at Particulars Art Gallery & Teaching Studio in Lafayette are offering the gift of free art classes until 2023 to those impacted by the recent Marshall Fire. Jeff Becker, of Particulars Art Gallery and Teaching Studio, will work with Marshall Fire survivors to craft leather journals at no charge. Local creatives are hoping to help combat the emotional stress brought on by the destructive blaze by letting folks join in on painting sessions, leather journal making and more at no charge. Hougen is one of the Particulars Art Gallery teachers who will provide free classes for Marshall Fire survivors into 2023.
In the far back, center, Jeanne Hougen stands by her easel and instructs a painting class in 2016. The physical devastation caused by the Marshall Fire will likely take years to repair.
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