Author: Jessica Newens

Martin (Marty) Wollesen has been appointed by Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts Board of Directors to succeed Judy Kohin as Executive Director. Go here to learn more about Ah Haa.   [caption id="attachment_92436" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Martin Wollesen is the new Executive Director of Telluride's Ah Haa...

T’is the season. That is the season of bright sunshine, river music, and tourists wandering through our streets, jaws agape. Summer also means Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts is fully geared up to launch 10 weeks of youth summer art camps and Fabulous Fridays for ages 4 – 18. To...

Ying Li to Share Her "Dionysian Orgy of Painterliness" with Telluride Painting School students, Oct. 12-Nov. 19. Registration Still Open here. In fall, the Ah Haa School for the Arts  turns its attention to the changing colors too – but not just in the landscape, on the canvases...

Seven talented women writers reveal vulnerability through Literary Burlesque. "Close to the Bone," Friday, May 15, 7 p.m. at the Ah Haa School. What’s beneath the language of poetry? What does it mean to be vulnerable, to be a woman exposed? How much is too much...

Lucy Perutz is on a mission. Telluride’s vegan chef and food-for-change activist, known for the outrageously delicious organic foods coming out of her pop-up Rabbit Rabbit restaurant kitchen, is determined to convert all food enthusiasts into “fooditarians.” “Food is medicine,” says Perutz. “My style really started...

Inspiring creativity on the deepest level [caption id="attachment_44808" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Pinkney, Wave Hill[/caption] When Robert Weatherford, board member and director of the center’s Telluride Painting School, Ah Haa School for the Arts, talks about painting, he doesn’t speak about technical skills. Instead the emphasis  is on the important journey that...

From painting to fabric arts, visiting artists share their talent The Ah Haa School for the Arts is proud to announce its roster of visiting artists for the upcoming summer schedule of classes. The nine artists who will make Telluride their temporary home bring with them...

"Raising the Dead: A Walking Celebration of Landscape and Literature," Saturday, May 17 [caption id="attachment_40751" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Amy McHarg by Susie Grant[/caption] Writers, readers and lovers of books are invited to a workshop with award-winning Colorado authors Amy Irvine McHarg and Craig Childs on Saturday, May 17,...

First Literary Arts Festival in Telluride features eclectic events for book lovers. Come get “Lit” in town, Thursday, May 15 – Sunday, May 18.  “This is an opportunity for everyone to get together and party about reading," says Between the Covers Bookstore co-owner Daiva Chesonis, the originating force...