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"Art Shakes the Tree, the Monkeys Fall Out" I

have always considered myself an artist and have stuck up for freedom of expression. Especially my own! My fourth-grade teacher sent me to the principal’s office for mulishly refusing to draw a horse’s ears the way she directed. Like many of our contributors, I work in more than one artistic realm: I’m a writer, watercolor painter, mosaic sculptor and garden designer. In my view, being an artist has more to do with how one relates to the world than it does with using a particular medium or set of tools. Recently, when I met Olivia Pevec, a writer who is new to this magazine, I was happily surprised to recognize her as a singer/songwriter for the local musical group “Let Them Roar.” No one-trick pony, she’s also a musician, sculptor and writer! Artistic director Lon Winston of the Thunder River Theatre Company, one of the many creative spirits profiled in this issue, is an actor, set designer and director. That enables him to create a total experience, awakening our humanity through word, gesture, intonation, staging and music. His holistic vision becomes our theatrical experience. Too often, artists are pushed to choose between creative disciplines. While working in ad agencies, I was often told “you can’t be both a writer and a graphic designer.” I resisted, ultimately becoming a creative director, someone responsible for the unity of words and images. It’s similar to what I do in assembling this magazine. Still, the arts can be disheartening. As unsold canvasses collect in my closet, I sometimes think, “There’s no market for creative work!” There’s good reason that the phrase “starving artist” remains in our vocabulary and that arts so often get cut from what’s taught in schools. Art is often seen as elective, unnecessary. Then again, I think the arts are absolutely essential. In a 2014 TED talk called “Why art is important,” Katerina Gregos, former artistic director of Art Brussels, said that "Art shakes the tree and all the monkeys fall out.” Gregos maintains that art is key to our cultural health, that it says to us, “I make this world, I don’t simply inherit it.” Creative works give the artist a voice. In a world where too many people commit suicide saying, in effect, “my life has no meaning,” art gives us a way to make sense of senseless events, to make meaning of our lives. Because of that, the arts are as necessary as food and water, shelter and companionship. I offer this issue as a toast to our local artists. May we continue to feed their bodies as they feed our souls, and for years to come.

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Parting Thoughts

22 The Dance of Sacred Fire

Lighting Up the Night at Mountain Fair

30 The Found Art of Jes Sanderford

Mad Assemblages Seek the Spirit of the Piece

32 A Change of Cast at Thunder River Theatre

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’m sitting at my patio table with my cup of coffee early Saturday morning, trying to get focused on my publisher’s letter. My editor’s threats echo distantly—she wants me to write something about the arts. But my mind is buzzing around like the hummingbird that’s hovering three feet away, staring at me as my wife works her magic with flowers on our backyard berm. The morning sun is filtering through the collage of colors created by trees and shrubs I hand-planted 10 years ago. The breeze is gentle and cool, the day sunny and warm. I had no real plans today, with the exception of writing this letter. I thought I might try to get a few swings in at the local driving range. Others are planning on loading their picnic baskets and coolers then heading to their favorite campground. Yesterday, I drove by a little league baseball game and could not resist the temptation to stop and watch an inning of ball. Listening to the parents shout words of encouragement to a son or daughter brought back a flood of memories of times that I sat in the bleachers doing the same for my kids.

The river is busy with kayakers and river rafting. Yesterday, the White Water Park in West Glenwood had kayakers and surf board enthusiasts lining up for their turn to challenge the waves. Their goal was a few minutes of maneuvering with twists and turns on the wave's crest before the current sent them shooting them downstream. As I sit here, I can hear the rumble of motorcycles heading up Highway 82. Destinations? Who really cares? Isn’t the thrill of the ride really the ride itself? The freedom you get on the journey is enough reward for any rider. Another sound catches my attention—paragliders circling overhead. I can hear the crackle of the canopy and the sound of their voices shouting “Yahoo!" to no one in particular. You’re probably thinking I must have the greatest backyard in the area, and you would be right because my backyard is the Roaring Fork Valley. We are some of the world’s luckiest people! Every day, any day, we can experience outdoor recreational activities that most folks can only dream about. But all of this is in our backyard, every day of our lives! Oh yeah, the arts around here are pretty great too. But maybe our scary Roaring Fork Lifestyle editor will tell you about those.

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Sheryl Barto’s horse, Adobe, on left, is wearing a breast collar donated by the Roaring Fork Valley Co-Op. The Co-Op was also an event sponsor.

Megan Holmes, lead volunteer, and Sheryl Barto, executive director of Smiling Goat, lead the way with the Glenwood Springs High JROTC Color Guard.

Sisters Stella and Sadie Shoemaker, regular volunteers at Smiling Goat, walk the ranch’s An autism dad from Target poses with Barto and Jay Volunteers from Target in Glenwood Springs. Swan, on right. three goats, Lester, Hubert and Nellie.

The walk proceeded from the Carbondale The Glenwood High School JROTC Color Guard. Nery Torres leads her family, wearing blue t-shirts in Rodeo Grounds to the Rio Grande Trail into downtown Carbondale. honor of their son, Alex, at her left.

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BASALT HOSTS MOVIES IN THE PARK THIS SUMMER

Foodsheds class at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) has resulted in a new vegetable garden growing on the MFHC grounds in Glenwood

This summer, Basalt will premiere its own version of an outdoor

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how to introduce her young patients to more vegetables. Illène Pevec,

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The first in the 2016 series will be a modern classic, the middle a warm

gardeners planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and squashes

and fuzzy shoutout to small-town survival and the last a double-feature

to add to the abundant salad greens. This garden makes history as the

tribute celebrating artistic legends of our time. The July line-up includes

first clinic garden serving as a health intervention in our valley.

the Princess Bride on July 9 and Rocky Horror Picture Show on July 23. The program continues in August with Local Hero and Dirty Dancing, and on September 10th, the series will finish up with Labyrinth and

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a song or two, student projects, virtual reality demos, you name it.

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BLUE-CAPPED WAYFINDERS SERVE AS GUIDES IN GLENWOOD

repeated this year as a fundraiser to aid the growth and development of Scavenger Industries, a well-rooted and budding Creative Re-use enterprise.

The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association’s summer-

The second annual Y'art Sale and 24 hours of art will run from 10

time Grand Avenue Bridge Wayfinding Guide will help you find your

a.m. to 5 p.m. July 5th to 9th at the Launch Pad in Carbondale. The

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The Chamber’s team of enthusiastic guides, locals who know and love Glenwood Springs, will walk throughout zones on the north and

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south sides of the temporary Grand Avenue pedestrian bridge to assist

The week culminates in the 24 Hours of Art: a collaborative work

visitors in navigating to attractions, restaurants and shopping. In blue

completed in a 24 hour period by 12 artists. (For an idea of what might

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“We are very excited to be able to offer an extension of our visitor information services,” said Marianne Virgili, president and CEO of the Glenwood Springs Chamber. The Glenwood Springs Tourism Promotion Board sponsored the program to ensure that visitors

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fter more than five years, the City of Glenwood Springs is reviving the town’s annual Fourth of July Celebration. “It's such a beautiful sight, and I love the community aspect of it,” said Glenwood Springs resident Kimberly Hendrie, who has lived here nearly 20 years. “It brings back childhood memories of getting the extended family together for fireworks, with a safer environment.” Glenwood’s historic tradition will be reignited on July 4th, kicking off at 7 a.m. as runners bound into the Glenwood Springs

Lions Club’s 4K FireKracker Run, starting at Two Rivers Park and running along the Rio Grande Trail. The celebration is being planned for 3,000 community members, and the day’s activities will include a dunk tank, a bounce house, a cornhole tournament, a patriotic selfie-booth, face painting and, of course, a pie-eating contest! The evening’s activities include games, music and food, then a grand finale performance by Symphony in the Valley and a 20-minute fireworks show. "The Fourth of July fireworks display, the music and vendors have always been a big social event for families in the Roaring Fork Valley,” commented Roaring Fork Lifestyle’s publisher Rick French, a long-time Glenwood Springs local. “A picnic with

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friends and family as our kids play in the park is socially one of the happiest days in the summer." The evening patriotic celebration begins at 4 p.m. with the National Anthem sung by Patricia Fahler, followed by classic games and crafts, sponsored by Bighorn Toyota, plus a community barbecue and live music. Courtesy of Glenwood Center for the Arts, local artists will teach face painting techniques to event-goers and host a kid’s craft table. In addition to Symphony in the Valley, a local band called The Missing Link and a five-person New Orleans Jazz Band will add to the day’s soundtrack. “This is a way to stand by the city we love, support the community we love and honor the country we love,” said Stacey Novak of FirstBank, the Fourth of July Celebration’s presenting sponsor. Multiple community organizations came together to put on the Fourth of July celebration. Gary Broetzman, Glenwood Springs Lion Club’s membership chairman says, “We’ve recruited the entire club to help out. We are so excited to bring back this event, and we have more than 15 volunteers assisting throughout the day.” “This patriotic event is a way to thank the community for its support as the city undergoes this period of transition,” Glenwood Springs City Councilwoman Kathryn Trauger said. “With multiple construction projects underway, we thought this would be the perfect time to slow down and bring everyone together for an evening of fun to honor our country.” Fireworks will be kept low-level to make sure that there won’t be any need to cancel due to fire season restrictions. However, because they will be launched at a low proximity, residents will need to be within

Two River Park’s vicinity to watch the show. Event goers are encouraged to walk or ride their bikes to the park. Pets, smoking and glass products are not permitted in the park, and no alcohol will be served. “I love the anticipation of the fireworks here in town,” said Glenwood resident Elizabeth Malloy. “It's so festive as everyone waits for darkness, so magical when the fireworks begin, so happy as everyone makes their way home after, with many people walking and biking to get there.” “I, personally, was thrilled to hear that the fireworks are back here where they belong. Get the lawn chairs and picnic baskets ready for a great day in Glenwood!” Rick French said. For more information about the celebration, visit GWSCO.gov or call Kathleen Wanatowicz at 970.618.5114.

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“I took some friends down to Cruise-A-Thong in Pagosa Springs,” Allen recalls. “They loved it so much that they said, ‘You’ve got to bring this to Glenwood.’” Katy Joy Knapp is one local who jumped onboard to assist when Allen reached out for volunteers. “Tamra asked if I could help out, and I’ve been doing this every year since,” she says. “It’s an event that attracts all walks of life, where anyone can have a great time. The goal is to be average—not ‘the best’.” Indeed, “average” is king at Cruise-A-Thong. Participants must check inflated egos and lofty ambitions at the registration table because at the end of the day it is the participant with the most average time—literally— who will claim top honors and take home a cruiser bike to prove it. “This is why you don’t want to be the first one to cross the finish line,” Allen says. “People have devised all sorts of strategies to achieve the most average finishing time, intentionally slowing themselves down before completing the race.” Although the 2016 course will take an altered route due to ongoing downtown bridge construction, Cruise-A-Thongers can expect all the silly thrills of years past. On July 23, the event will commence in Veltus Park and participants will compete in each leg of the race at a decidedly relaxed pace, stopping at comfort stations along the way for fun refreshments and snacks of the high-caloric variety. “We’ve done bacon before, Little Debbies, fries, ice cream,” Knapp notes. “Plus, at some stations you’ll get squirted with water or hit with a wet sponge—we try to mix it up.” As if the revelry of the don’t-try-athlon wasn’t enough, the event

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PLAYING WITH FIRE AND FLOW ARTICLE GENEVIÈVE JOËLLE VILLAMIZAR | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

aciej Mrotek recalls mopping up after a structural fire as an 18-year old firefighter. While on the hose, dousing flames, his headlamp kept going in and out. A fellow firefighter was chopping at the ceiling ahead. Each time Mrotek’s failing lamp gave way to darkness “the embers were a falling shower. It was gorgeous.” Soon after, Motrek, who is also a videographer, filmed a couple fire dancing at a Rainbow Gathering. (Rainbow Gatherings are temporary, countercultural communities.) Motrek had never seen fire dance like that before. “This was good fire dancing. It absolutely blew my mind. I was almost speechless. It inspired me.” Fire dance is one of the flow arts, body-movement disciplines in which artists explore kinetic play. Some also call them circus arts. Whatever these artists call it, they’re in it; it’s a full-on lifestyle. A common response is “I wanna do that!” The pursuit of skills, intensive training and the high associated with being “in” the body—inhabiting it beautifully, joyfully, sensually and in a state of flow—is addictive. In the tightly knit flow arts community, artists share and teach one another through YouTube videos, workshops and festivals. For centuries, Polynesians used fire dancing as a form of training for battle or hunting, and eventually, for storytelling. Stateside, it exploded in the nineties, with the advent of subterranean raves, beach parties, festivals and the many offspring of Burning Man. Curious, driven and playful, fire dancers have moved beyond using the traditional bow staff and poi (long flaming sticks and fire balls on tethers) that the Polynesians used to twirl images and stories into the night. These days, one might witness 30-foot fire launchers, flaming hula-hoops and elaborate headdresses and costumes set aflame. Between the allures of fire and filming, it’s easy to imagine the tug that the dance exerted upon Motrek. “The destruction [of fire] is terrifying and horrible,” he says, “But when you’re able to harness its non-violent, non-destructive aspects, it’s beautiful. Putting them out was fun, but you couldn’t really play with them.” Motrek built his own first bow staff and filled his free time by practicing on a beach in Florida. He formed a drum circle that gathered there regularly; he got noticed. His first

official performance was the opening party for the Juggling Wing at the Ringling Brothers Mansion. That was 12 years and perhaps 400 performances ago. “In the circus arts community, you get hooked!” he enthuses. Today, Motrek ’s troupe, Dance of the Sacred Fire (DSF) has grown into a loose collective of performers. Known throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, DSF performs all over Colorado. The Aspen Skiing Company has retained DSF for about 40 performances over the years. DSF has headlined several of Carbondale’s First Fridays, and they will perform their eighth Mountain Fair this year. “When I first started doing this, I was happy with five people," says Motrek. "As I got more into it, I needed more people. It turns out, if you want to be in front of a lot of people, you need to be an organized business. Now we can play in front of 5,000 people. My mom was self-employed. I have a business sense. The income gives me the opportunity to perform in front of all these people and it gives me the ability to develop flame throwers.” Motrek is now 32, and knowing the business aspects of fire dance position him as a go-to consultant. This brings him more income and allows him to explore and push further, upping the danger and need for safety measures. Because Motrek has strong ties with fire authorities and has mastered the permitting process, he often marshals fire dances at festivals such as Telluride’s Fire Festival or Costa Rica’s Envision Fest. At times like these, other dancers, such as Dominic Turtle, a younger fire dancer who hails from Paonia, step in to take the lead for local performances. Turtle, who is 26, has been with DSF for two years. CONTINUED >

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Flow arts and fire dance infuse his being. He doesn’t stop moving or playing. During the interview Roaring Fork Lifestyle did with him and Motrek, Turtle continually floated a two-inch rubber ball between his fingertips, palm and the top of his hand, moving it in a hypnotic manner that seemed to defy physics and logic. Claiming to have a passion for flow arts, Turtle says he lives to share that experience with others. “People see me juggle and they say ‘I could never do that!’” He shoots back, “Yes, you can! Let me show you how!” In 2015, Turtle opened The Lonely Toy Shop in Grand Junction. The shop sponsors clubs associated with various flow arts—yo-yoing, juggling—where people learn and practice together. Turtle’s shop will be vending at festivals all over Colorado and he plans to staff an interactive booth. “You don’t have to be buying to engage,” he says. “We’ll have performances and workshops. We’ll be a portal to move people past ‘I could never do that!’” Given the allure of flow, the mystique of the exotic and the community of beautiful, fit people it attracts, it’s easy to romanticize the lifestyle. Says Turtle, “It requires a very honest evaluation with where you’re at and what you want to do with it. To have the tenacity to endure the process—the pain, the struggle that comes along with following your passion… those things don’t come along with significant monetary gain. Do you have the discipline to keep at it? Because there are going to be times it doesn’t seem like it’s working. Fire dancing is a go-getter kind of job. Some people do Las Vegas or earn a lot busking. Others travel around teaching workshops. It’s not easy.” Adds Motrek, “It’s not like climbers—Monster [beverages] isn’t sponsoring us!” Fire dancing performances are sometimes choreographed, sometimes a spontaneous response to music. Once a dance is memorized and performed over and over, does it get old? Is it hard to stay inspired? Turtle leans in, excited at this question. “That’s the whole other art, the performing! You get the opportunity to play with people and have interpersonal communication with your body. You get a lot of the same situations, so you can experiment: What happens when you do this? Or this? You try not to drop your props, but you

do. It’s an opportunity to creatively pick it up, or make eye contact with someone. There’s always a way that you can challenge yourself!” Turtle has started cyr wheel (Google it!) and Motrek dreams of directing around the world. Ride their vibe at Dance of the Sacred Fire’s Mountain Fair performance this summer. It will take place on July 30, at the main stage at dusk. Be sure to sit on a front row patch of grass because when darkness falls, fantasy and excitement fire up. Flaming balls rip flowers, arcs and infinity through the veil of black. Pyro towers sear the stars, illuminating the enthralling pleasures of flow. Bring on the night!

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"Roundabout"

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A Stitch in Time Can Last for Years ARTICLE NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT | PHOTOGRAPHY FRANK NORWOOD

the Brits say, “Look sharp as you enter the roundabout.” And you will—the curves in Terry Lee’s Roundabout are so sharp you could almost cut yourself! As shown in the detail at the left, the boundaries between contrasting shades of orange and blue, green and purple in this complex composition of circles and diagonals are so intense they throb like a hotrod’s engine.

Any seamstress will tell you that sewing curves is mind-bogglingly difficult; it takes patience,

superb hand-eye coordination and yogic concentration. Because the sewing machine’s needle bobs up and down in place, a seamstress must wheel the entire fabric smoothly around it in order to create an arc. Take a breath at the wrong moment while handling a heavy hunk of fabric and the curve will skid off course. The seam will be crooked—nothing like the seams that radiate in patterns like ripples or seashells within the large turquoise circle at the top of Roundabout. The mastery of machine and medium demonstrated in this 24.5 by 36.5-inch art quilt marks its maker as an artisan of the first order. Terry Lee also has the kudos to prove it. A Carbondale resident, Lee teaches quilting classes at the Glenwood Sew Shop. She’s a member of Grand Junction’s Art Quilt Association (AQuA), and her quilt Secret Garden was exhibited by AQuA at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, California. Another Lee composition, Rayna’s Challenge, is featured in

a book titled “Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts” by Rayna Gillman, a New Jersey fiber artist.

Lee first learned to sew as a child. “It was my mother who taught me,” she reminisces. “It’s funny, but I clearly remember my first project! It was a pair of flannel PJ bottoms in a bright blue.” Lee continued making clothes through high school and college. It was her mother’s love of collecting fabric from bolt-end remnant stores that ignited Lee’s passion for building a fabric stash. Lee began traditional-style quilting in 1993, later progressing into landscape pieces and finally designing her own work. Locals can see examples of many of Lee’s pieces—rendered in styles ranging from traditional patterns to landscapes and abstracts—hung around the Glenwood Sew shop on Grand Avenue. Lee says that she had a lump of apprehension in her throat for days when, in a class, she began creating her first art quilt. “I was creating a landscape,” she says, “and there was always a monkey on my shoulder saying ‘you can’t do that’.’” On the third day of the class, the instructor told her to step back from her work and look at what she had created so far. “Then the fear went away and the creativity flowed,” she recalls. Lee experiences a sense of mindfulness and flow when she’s sewing. “It puts me in a head space where time disappears. It’s also like that when I’m gardening. It brings me a vacation from the things of everyday life—things like paying bills and washing dishes.” 28

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Lee draws inspiration for many of her pieces from nature, and she sometimes designs scenic quilts from photographs. Those realistic images are translated into shapes and a distinctive color palette but not necessarily reproduced in detail. Gesturing to Secret Garden, Lee says, “I didn’t cut every leaf. That was so much—too much!—greenery. England is always so green and lush, so I had to come up with different fabrics that would represent different foliage. I made different plants with different shapes.” One of Lee’s techniques, a trick that she teaches quilting students, is how to use fusible webbing to fix complex edges, freeing the quilter from having turn detailed curves and corners under to prevent them from fraying. She enjoys adding multiple textures and embellishments to her quilts; these include paint, beads, yarns and synthetic fibers. Some of her fabric is commercial—like many quilters, she’s partial to the batik fabrics carried by the Glenwood Sew Shop—and some of it is hand-dyed fabric that she makes herself. “I resisted learning to dye fabric for years,” she says. “I kept thinking that’s just more stuff to accumulate and store! But finally, I took a class in fabric dyeing. And then, of course, I was hooked.” Lee holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and she finds echoes of music within her fiber art. “I believe no one art form lives in isolation of another. Vibrations are color; harmonies and keys indicate

Carbondale resident Terry Lee's quilt "Secret Garden" received special recognition from a juror and will be on display at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara, California.

dark or bright. Melody and rhythm provide patterns,” she explains. “I love the interconnectedness I feel when working creatively with music and with fibers. There’s a vibration to color, and both arts are very tactile; the sensation flows through the fingers. It’s a good activity for the brain, but it’s also creative.” After retiring in 2006 from Colorado Rocky Mountain School, where she served as director of development, the owner of Glenwood’s Sew Shop asked Lee if she’d like a part-time job at the shop. Lee, a frequent customer, had no particular qualifications for the job, other than her personal sewing and quilting experience, but found the work fitted her to a “T”. When Sandy and Bob Boyd, 39-year owners of the Glenwood Sew shop retired in 2015, new owner Elizabeth Axthelm asked Lee to stay on. Lee says she loves the job, and she's stimulated by both giving and continuing to take classes. “I get to fondle fabric. I get to help people with their projects. I love to help people make the transition from traditional quilting to art quilting. What’s not to love?” she enthuses. “There’s something special about creating with fabric,” Lee muses. “With music you do it and it's gone. With art and fiber, it’s lasting. If I don’t

Art quilter Terry Lee; photo by Bill Parish,

sell the piece, then it’s around for me to enjoy for years.” "Sixth and Main"

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Finding a Way Into the Heart of the Material The Mad Assemblages of Sculptor Jes Sanderford ARTICLE GENEVIÈVE JOËLLE VILLAMIZAR PHOTOGRAPHY KIM REIL

ulling up to the home of sculptor Jes Sanderford, there’s an immediate sense of the unusual. It’s not just the oil drums of sand along a daunting dirt road that hint at fringe living. It’s not the massive, breathtaking view of Mt. Sopris in your lap. It’s the totality of it all. Sanderford’s boneyard, ubiquitous to rural properties, is right in one's face, next to the parking tucked in the oaks. Myriad lengths and gauges of chain hang in order. Patinaed sticks of pipe, sheets of metal, bone parts, driftwood and industrial scrap are all organized and placed just so—so he knows what he has and where it is. There’s whimsy in the half-finished pieces waiting for another day, more time, or a new idea. The passive solar home rising above it is built into the mountain. The mere fact of having to look up to see it creates a sense of awe. Tiered gardens hold several sculptures that have calved off from the boneyard. From the patio, wide steps flow down to greet a guest. The gate, even the latch, is original. Everything you touch, everywhere you look, there’s art. Soft music floats comfortably in the air like cottonwood fluff: Micah P. Hinson. Uncle Tupelo. Americana and roots, the kind of music that feels like the first slow sip of bourbon. Time slows. It’s always a peaceful place. This home is people-sized; single story. On top sits a grassy roof, often bearing a dog, bearing a ball, urging you to play catch with her. The burnt-orange of the home’s single wall might raise some eyebrows, but

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Jes Sanderford and son.

here, in this space and this moment, it makes perfect sense. It’s all wild and crazy and cool, like a scene from the ‘70s There’s even a serene, smooth, hippie of a wife and a ragamuffin child with a husky voice, running about, playing big. It’s family here. Chill time, sweet digs. Sanderford’s work threads through home and land, mingling with creative touches from his wife and the primary color splashes of his child. It all gives rise to a sense of the mystical—not in some fairy tale way, but in a backwoods, backin-time, intriguing way. This must all be described to get a sense of Jes Sanderford. He reads like any other Colorado-bro: good looking, rough at the edges, overtly athletic, alive. His demeanor is light and warm, but time and conversations reveal a mind and soul on fire, seeing and being in the world full-throttle. “I’m from the hills,” he says, Carolina roots loading his accent. “We grew up outside of town. My parents were vegetarians.” He laughs as if to explain it all. “Mom would let us order whatever we wanted at restaurants, but then she’d say something like ‘How’s Miss Piggy taste?’” “My mom had a wood shop; I’d always play around there. I’d make guns and stuff. Being "Blu Man". Photo by Genevieve Villamizar.

raised by hippies, we weren’t allowed to have guns.” Even as he jokes, describing his mom and dad, you can hear the appreciation creep into his voice. “She did really fine woodworking: furniture, picture frames. My dad is a scientist. He’s pretty creative too—and hilarious. He’s weird and eccentric in his own right. He always took [building stuff for us] to the extreme. He built us a zip line and it was like 300 feet! He pulled it tight off of a tree with his backhoe. We ended up putting a huge soccer net under it so we could live when we got to the end.” “We asked for a [skateboarder's] halfpipe, so he got these plans out of Thrasher Magazine and built us a 14-foot halfpipe. We were like 10 and 13 years old! We never were able to even drop in on it! We took it apart and reused the lumber to build a wood shop,” he says, shaking his head, laughing. Recognizing a need for some expansion, Sanderford’s mom sent him west to the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. In the summers, he worked at Flying Dog Ranch. Mountain climbing fleshed out his days. “Anytime I went back home, I would break out the chainsaw, or find their junk piles and make stuff,” he recalls.

And he’s never stopped. Much of Sanderford’s work defies definition; you can’t pigeonhole him. His sculptures are at turns odd, clean and spare, or some mad assemblage. “I rarely have a goal in mind,” he says. “If it starts to go in one direction, I just go with it, and I don’t care. I do it because I want some time outside, time with the welder. If I don’t like it, it sits on the junk pile a little longer. If I like it, I put it in my yard.” Sanderford tends to work the spirit of the material, feeling into it, moving beyond its past use or its rusty patina. “I’ll really like the shape of something. Part of me knows it’s old and it’s cool, yes, but I don’t like to think of that too much, because if I use some incredible old yoke or old wheel that maybe should be preserved, and I’m turning it into ‘art’…” That’s humility speaking. What makes Sanderford’s work fascinating is the new meaning and relevance to he brings to cliche. How cool is an iron hoop? There’s little magic aside from the romanticism we apply to it; nothing new is evoked. But consider—how wild is that twenty-pound steel ring floating at the heart center of bone wings? Or even more intense, how is that as a triptych, a series of three, floating in the wilds of nature?

In addition to plays, Thunder River puts on numerous community events; here Valerie Haugen and Lon Winston are costumed for Carbondale's annual Day of the Dead ritual.

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on't be hard on yourself, it takes you out of character." That’s Lon Winston’s advice to an actor in Rashomon, the last production of Thunder River Theatre’s 2015-16 season.

It’s also the theater’s last season with Winston at its helm. In an early rehearsal, Winston is animated, engaged. He looks like the biker he is, wearing

a Sturgis T-shirt and jeans, his ubiquitous leather jacket tossed nearby. He paces the theater, observing the actors and stage from all over the room, adjusting blocking and discussing technical details in whispers. He’s lanky, his face somewhat gaunt, his eyes intense and narrowed as he

Lon Winston Handing Over Leadership

coaxes the actor to reach a little deeper, to make the audience remember "that satisfaction you get from suffering over something again." In August, Winston will hand over the title of executive artistic director to Corey Simpson, a 44-year-old with an extensive theater background. Rashomon, a thousand-year-old tale from

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It has been quite a run. Since its founding, TRTC has put on 67 stage productions. Winston

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“DON’T BE HARD ON YOURSELF, IT TAKES YOU OUT OF CHARACTER.”

Jaime Walsh with Lon Winston, playing King Henry II, in "The Lion in Winter."

CCAH’s executive director, Thomas Lawley, wanted more. One morning he and Winston met with CCAH board members Chris Bank and Nancy Becker to discuss ideas. Drawing on the Mountain Fair funding model, Winston sug-

gested that CCAH would play the role of "producer" to a roving theater company; the theatrical troupe would get paid for its work and the profits would roll back to CCAH. Winston even had a name picked out: Thunder River. The moniker came from a sheepskin trading empire that Lon and Debra had started to fund their Aspen theater exploits. The roving theater proved a golden fleece. Working out of an 18-wheeler in venues all over Rehearsal for "Hamlet"

the valley, the company brought in $80,000 for CCAH in its first five seasons. Then in 2004, the theater sought its independence.

was artistic director for most of them, as well as

intellectual I have ever known." After Winston

Although Winston has played Greek char-

playing key roles as fundraiser, set designer and

directed Haugen in 50 plays, Haugen directed

acters on the boards, it’s the King Midas he’s

stage director. He’s played roles ranging from a

him in American Buffalo. The two have written

played offstage that has been a leitmotif for the

hair-raising portrayal of Lee, the alcoholic thief

original pieces together, fostered emerging play-

theater: TRTC began fundraising in February,

in Sam Shepard’s True West, to the comedic

wrights and explored the classics. Their Greek

broke ground in May and opened on New Year's

Shards series, which included Lysistrata, Medea

Eve with a completely paid-for building!

Under Winston’s direction, TRTC won

and Antigone, took pieces of classic Greek plays

Teach in David Mamet’s American Buffalo.

"You make your own luck," he comments,

the 2012 Henry Award for regional theater

and stitched them together with new

from the Colorado Theatre Guild, which

writing, bringing an entire myth cycle

of brought in more than half of the

commended TRTC for "raising the bar" for

to a single show.

money while more than a hundred

theaters across the state. Winston credits much of this "bar raising" to

TRTC’s roots reach back into the Carbondale Council for Arts and

Valerie Haugan, his creative partner of 20 years

Humanities (CCAH). In 1995, Winston

and the actress who played opposite him in a

was CCAH board president.

noting that a core group supporters

donated in more modest ways. The new theater’s black box design and wrap-around seating offered a versatile canvas. The produc-

2012-13 production of Passionate Collaborators:

Winston and his wife, Debra, had moved

tions Winston has staged there draw on what

George Burns & Gracie Allen. TRTC has been a

to the Roaring Fork Valley three years earlier,

he learned from environmental theater pioneer

labor of love for both of these passionate col-

leaving behind an intellectual life as professors

Jerry Rojo, who taught at the University of

laborators; for the first 11 years, the two ran the

at Villanova University outside Philadelphia.

Connecticut, where Winston earned his grad-

operation for no money. For the next five, they

Winston quickly became involved in theater in

uate degree. Under Rojo, Winston learned to

worked for a combined salary of $15,000.

Aspen and beyond.

design, draft and build both traditional sets as

Winston describes Haugen, TRTC’s only

CCAH was mainly concerned with giving

other "lifetime" board member, as "an incred-

grants and scholarships from coffers fueled

ible writer, a brilliant actor and the smartest

by Mountain Fair and private donations. But

well as multilayered, and sometimes mechanical, interactive environments. CONTINUED >

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THUNDER RIVER THEATRE

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While Winston’s recent stage designs have tended more toward the traditional, they exude an aesthetic intimacy. Hamlet as adapted, directed and designed by Winston in 2014-15, drew extensively on Winston’s experimental theater background and his understanding of ritual. Winston used masks as ever-present representations of ego and death, and he drew attention to the language and the humanity of Shakespeare's play with a minimalist stage. These days, off stage, Winston, like King Henry II—a role he played to much critical

Getting ready to receive the Henry Award for outstanding regional theatre. Robert Johnson and Valerie Haugen and Lon and Debra Winston

acclaim in TRTC’s 2014-15 season—is much concerned with succession and the health of

of both of their wills. Also in the group is

his theatrical kingdom. Like Shakespeare’s John

Carbondale’s

of Gaunt, who declaimed, “Oh how that name

Calaway, who taught Winston that one must be

befits my composition! Old Gaunt indeed, and

prepared to "give until it hurts." Winston takes

gaunt in being old,” Winston is counting his days dear. He’s aware that time flies. “I am handing over the reins because I turned 70 on June 16

end of his finger to a table saw while building sets in the middle of the night.)

Winston knows he’s leaving a legacy, and

sis of succession. Corey Simpson, who studied

he's standing on strong shoulders. He describes

theater at CU Boulder and worked with the

a ritual the company upholds: "Before each per-

Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Illusion

formance, we each look each of the others in the

Theatre, as well as for the National Geographic

eyes and say, ‘I'm here for you.’ He adds, "If you

Society, is a worthy successor and has spent

know everyone is there for you, then you don't

the past year working with Lon. remain on TRTC’s board for life, ensuring that

group of core funders who will be there for the

Thunder River continues “to challenge the

theater. Lon and Debra, his wife of 42 years,

audience and [the players] through communal

are in the group; TRTC is the main beneficiary

dialogue about our world.”

C O U N T E R T O P S

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While supporting Simpson, Winston will

TRTC has deep local roots and devoted

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Unlike Henry II, the character Winston played in Lion in Winter, Lon is not facing a cri-

have to worry about you."

Jim

truly learned it in grad school when he lost the

fun with Debra,” he says.

C A B I N E T S

philanthropist

this lesson quite literally. (Though perhaps he

Lon Winston and Valerie Haugen as George and Gracie Burns in "Passionate Collaborators," their original play.

and it’s time to do more traveling and have more

Scene from "The Gin Game."

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JULY 16

walk in historic downtown Basalt. Refreshments, appetizers, music and good company hosted by the businesses of Riverwalk. A benefit

LEMONADE DAY ROARING FORK VALLEY

networking event for Basalt Chamber members and guests of the

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event's co-hosts. RSVPs required. See BasaltChamber.org to RSVP

Budding entrepeneurs open up locations throughout the valley on

and for Chamber membership info. For details, write info@Basalt-

Lemonade Day, an experiential learning program for grades K-12.

Chamber.com or call 970.927.4031.

Register your kids at RFV.LemonadeDay.org; pick up free materials at local Alpine banks. In Basalt, the town, ArtBase and YouthEntity

JULY 25

will sponsor arts projects, face painting and music and more from 9

MINDFULNESS BOOK SIGNING

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REDSTONE MAGICAL MOMENTS CONCERTS

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Come to Redstone, relax on the lawn and enjoy our free Saturday concerts. On July 6, 6-8 p.m., it's singer/songwriter Kraig Kenning, an incredible slide

JULY 29-31

key guitarist, along with Wes Engstrom. Enjoy Beatles tribute band Doctor

MOUNTAIN FAIR

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SOPRIS PARK, CARBONDALE

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More than 145 vendors offer unique, diverse homemade wares.

JULY 20

Enjoy live music ranging from Tango Alpha Tango, Pigpen Theatre Company, Atomga, Jarabe Mexi-

STORYTIME ON THE ROAD

can and the Black Lillies to fire dancing. The Oasis

GLENWOOD VAUDEVILLE REVIEW

provides interactive experiences for kids. There’s a

Join the Glenwood Springs Library for songs, stories,

world of food plus competitions ranging from pie

and finger-plays around town! Parents and caregiv-

baking to wood splitting. Free, Friday noon to Sun-

ers, take this opportunity to enjoy and interact with

day at 9 p.m.

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Parting Thoughts

Love Letter

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few years ago, in a very different season, I went to a Christmas caroling party where many people had highfalutin jobs. They were numbers people. Something I most certainly was not. They'd saved lives, designed buildings. They were from further flung places, big cities. Their children spoke several languages and giggled at their own striking accomplishments. At the party, my brother told one of the caroling women a seemingly embarrassing story from my youth. He turned red, already feeling sorry for me in front of the small crowd that gathered around us. The story goes, when I was four or five years old I used to pretend I was a cat named Samantha. I'd lap milk from a bowl and rub my eyes with my "paw" and skirt around the house on all fours. Thinking about this time reminds me of other instances: building jumps out of couch pillows and sailing up and over these "fences" like a horse. I wrote stories from animal perspectives and ran to the bottom of our sloped driveway whenever my dad washed his car so I could let my horse figurines "swim" in a pothole lake. The woman laughed and covered her mouth in disbelief and began telling us about her own daughter, who had recently held a plastic play phone up to her ear and said, "Ring, ring, ring." The woman told us of her concern when this happened, how she hesitantly took the phone from her daughter and asked her if she knew that no one was really calling. I remember a small part of my heart breaking that day, not for her futureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sure to be brightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but for the unanswered phone that held the possibility of other worlds. I was in college at the time, studying literature and journalism. I made things up and got A's for imagination. I wrote essays and articles about music, art, and community happenings. Some could argue that I spent four years practicing how to lie and how to tell the truth, and learning how to distinguish one from the other when the world tries to blur those lines. Then I got my first real-world job, where I wrote countless love letters to writers about how their work moved me and, at times, 50

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