The 2010 Fra Angelico Celebration will include the following events:

WINDOWS TO THE DIVINE® PAINT OUT IN EVERGREEN
EVERGREEN FINE ART GALLERY & SCULPTURE GARDEN
AUGUST 26-28, 2010

Enjoy the beauty of the Rocky Mountains while you watch 41 award-winning artists from 10 states paint outdoors on location in Evergreen, Colorado. From August 26th to August 28th, the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation (CDVF) and Evergreen Fine Art Gallery will host the Windows to the Divine® Invitational Paint Out which is co-sponsored by Southwest Art Magazine and Larson Juhl Frames. The Paint Out will consist of the following events:

Thursday, 8/26 and Friday, 8/27/10:

From approximately 8 AM to 4 PM, artists will be painting at various public and private sites in Evergreen. To obtain maps to the public sites, the public should check-in at Evergreen Fine Art Gallery (the Gallery) located at 3042 Evergreen Parkway in Evergreen, Colorado.

Ballet Dancers: (Free Admission)

On Friday, 8/27/10, during a special session from noon to 4 PM, the public is invited to come to the Gallery to watch a few of our figurative artists paint ballet dancers from the Colorado Ballet Studio Company.

Saturday, 8/28/10: 9 AM to 1 PM

Quick-Draw: (Free Admission)

From 9~10:30 AM, the invited artists will paint works in and around Evergreen Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden from start to finish in a 90-minute Quick Draw.

Champagne Brunch, Dueling Paintbrushes & Auctions:
(Ticketed Event - $25 Admission)

In the culmination of the three-day event, after the Quick Draw, at a ticketed event under tents outside the gallery, guests will enjoy champagne brunch from 10:30~11:30 AM while they watch "Dueling Paintbrushes" with renowned artists, Kathy Anderson (CT) and Stephanie Birdsall (AZ). Anderson and Birdsall are members of the famous Putney Painters Group in Vermont founded by renowned master artist and mentor Richard Schmid (recipient of John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). The unique "Duel" in which both artists paint to music on the same canvas will not only educate and entertain guests, but will produce a one-of-a-kind painting that will be auctioned for the benefit of the CDVF. Dueling Paintbrushes will be followed by the announcement by Southwest Art Magazine of the winning artist awards and prizes. The Finale of the Paint Out will be the Auction (live and silent) of the Dueling & Quick Draw works.

In addition to the 40 works to be auctioned from the Quick Draw, more than 100 Paint Out works by the invited artists will be exhibited for sale in the Gallery.

Tickets for the Dueling Paintbrushes, Brunch and Auction are $25 and must be purchased in advance on or before August 23rd online (below) or by sending names of attendees with a check made payable to the CDVF at 3005 W. 29th Avenue, Denver, CO 80211. The event is a fundraiser for the Colorado Dominican Vocation Foundation (CDVF), a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that supports the vocations of the artist and the Dominican Order. $15 of the ticket price should be tax deductible.

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Participating artists include:

Kathy Anderson (Connecticut), Mitch Baird (Oregon), Nikolo Balkanski (Colorado), Dan Beck (Colorado), Jim Beckner (Colorado), Kathy Beekman (Colorado), Joshua Been (Colorado), Stephanie Birdsall (Arizona), Susan Blackwood (Montana), Stephen Datz (Colorado), Marin Dobson (Colorado), Pem Dunn (Colorado), Howard Friedland (Montana), Jake Gaedtke (Colorado), Bruce Gomez (Colorado), Ron Hicks (Colorado), Carol Jenkins (Colorado), Tom Lockhart (Colorado), Karol Mack (New Mexico), Kit Mahoney (Colorado), Andi Mascarenas (Colorado), David W. Mayer (Colorado), Anita Mosher (Colorado), John Poon (Idaho), Terrie Lombardi (Colorado), Hadley Rampton (Utah), Nicholas Reti (Colorado), Don Sahli (Colorado), Dave Santillanes (Colorado), Dan Schultz (Colorado), Jean Shom (Colorado), Sallie K. Smith (Colorado), Steve Songer (Utah), Jill Soukup (Colorado), Robert Spooner (Colorado), Cydney Springer (Colorado), Carol Swinney (Wyoming), Clive Tyler (New Mexico), Teresa Vito (Colorado), Lani Vlaanderen (Colorado) and Kevin Weckbach (Colorado).

WINDOWS TO THE DIVINE® ART SHOW 2011

The focal point of the Fra Angelico Celebration is the Windows to the Divine® Exhibition & Sale; the most comprehensive juried exhibit of spiritual art in the country. The Exhibition features more than 100 original works of art by emerging and known local, regional and national artists. In 2009, the show included works by Kathy Anderson, Kim English, Scott Fraser, Tammy Garcia, Albert Handell, Ron Hicks, William Hook, Quang Ho, Ramon Kelley, Lynn Kircher, Ray Knaub, Emilio Lobato, Karol Mack, Kim Mackey, Andi Mascarenas, Ben McPherson, Laura Merage, Ron Richmond, Don Sahli, Daniel Sprick, Nancy Switzer, Karen Vance, and Kevin Weckbaugh. The content of the juried show is not confined to explicitly religious or sacred subjects, but also includes landscapes, still life, figurative, contemporary and traditional ethnographic. Many spiritual paths are represented, including artists from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Native American traditions. See Art Catalogue 2009. Event location and participating artists for 2011 are TBD.