Ready, set, create! Let's get the summer started!

It's almost here! I can smell summer in the air. Each day the trees get a little greener, the river gets a little higher and the beauty that surrounds us beckons us to come out to play and to create! In less than one week, the Ah Haa School will be in full swing for the summer season. This is my favorite time of year when the school is just brimming with activity and the energy here is amazing! I absolutely love to look around at the kids’ faces while they’re painting or sculpting or gluing. Whether they’re focused in concentration or smiling from ear to ear, these kids are connecting with their creative, imaginative side – and loving it.

There are so many kids and adult classes and workshops, activities for the family, visiting artist programs and monthly rotating artist exhibitions planned at the school all summer long. Of course, the don’t miss event of the summer the Annual Art Auction on July 23rd! The Ah Haa School will be utilizing every nook and cranny of its renovated space at the Depot, on the edge of the San Miguel River, to provide a great experience for kids and adults of all ages and let their imaginations blossom!

Come by and participate and explore the worlds of Ah Haa, where individuals connect to their imaginations, artists connect to our community and the community can connect to the arts!

A world of creativity and imagination awaits you this summer at the Ah Haa School! See you in a class soon.

Rachel Lee
Executive Director

Ah Haa's EGGstravaganza SATURDAY

 

EGGstravaganza Family Day

Saturday April 3 |  11AM to 1PM
Bring your parents to the Ah Haa School Saturday to create fun Easter crafts like:
bunny & chicken cups
thumb print bunny cards
face painting
feathered egg cartons friends
painting birdhouses
and the Easter Bunny will be hopping by at noon to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!
Come join the fun!

Let Your Inner Artist Come Out & Play for FREE!

The Ah Haa School is bringing art back to the people this March! 
March is Rediscover Art Month at the Ah Haa
Come  & try a samplings of our favorite classes, during our FREE open house Tuesdays from 5 - 7PM!  See where your creativity can take you and let the Ah Haa School be your guide.

Our last two Tuesdays have been a huge success! Jacey DePriest introduced budding sculptors to clay on Tuesday the 9th and Jon Hubbard's Copper & Steel Forging demonstration enticed many future artists!

Join us this Tuesday for Watercolor Postcards with Meredith Nemirov from 5 - 7PM Jump in and play with watercolors with Meredith Nemirov. Create a handmade postcard. If you like it, ask Meredith about her upcoming summer classes and Plein Air watercolor retreat on Sheep Mountain!

And on the 30th join Nancy Craft and I for Collage Crafts! Don’t be intimidated! Creating can be fun and messy without pressure. Let us give you a hands-on introduction to the wonderful and fun world of collage!

This is a great opportunity to rediscover your creative side. We all have it and the Ah Haa wants to help you nurture it!

Check out our podcast and all the other cool things happening in Telluride at www.TellurideInside.com

Ancient Korean Pottery Techniques

Join Adam in a two-day workshop and witness demonstrations of traditional coil and paddle techniques used for making massive Onggi jars and Adam’s own geometrically carved forms. Adam will also show slides and videos of his experience in Korea, and will speak about the history of Onggi and its important role as an anchor in Korea’s ancient traditions, and it’s place in contemporary ceramics. This workshop is expected to fill up quick so please register soon to guarantee a seat!

March 6 & 7  |  Saturday & Sunday  |  10AM – 2PM  |  $125

Life on Telluride

Don't miss MD Famous Artist's new work in the Daniel Tucker Gallery here at the Ah Haa. This wonderful and colorful show will transport you to a world of color and joy through the month of February.

Mountian Village's CoolSculpt 2010

The Mountain Village 2010 CoolSculpt was just this past weekend and the Ah Haa School for the Arts invaded it! Represented by the staff, Rachel, Lauren, Kathleen, Colin and Laura and under the direction and inspiration of local artist Jared David Paul, Team Ah Haa, went retro and created a giant space invader! Waiting for the results today!

5 4 3 2 1...SUCCESS

This 1st Annual Ah Haa Winter Gala was a huge success. Held on New Year's Eve at the School, this years featured artist, Bruce A Gómez, adorned the walls of the Daniel Tucker Gallery with his stunning and tranquil work. Work the reminds us all why we love Telluride. New and old friends of the Ah Haa put their best foot forward and were wined and dined beginning with a Champagne Reception and Raw Bar followed by a four course sit down dinner. Bruce and the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art kindly donated one original work as well as one private commissioned piece that were auctioned during dinner. A selection of fine wine was available during the evenings silent auction. Glasses and much appreciated funds were raised to the Ah Haa and the beginning of 2010!

Cheers to a new decade and all the creative adventures to come!