by Thordis Simonsen | May 21, 2022
JULY 2022–JUNE 2023 The exhibit P L A N [E] T includes a range of mid-20th-century landscape prints, primarily by Colorado and New Mexico artists; a selection of recent monotype prints depicting plants imagined by MoA’s founding director and curator, Thordis...
by Thordis Simonsen | May 21, 2022
a restaurant closing mid-afternoon a stream of postcards sent from the American West an article by a Turkish Noble prize-winning author a basket that answered a challenge a dream that became a reality In an intriguing and inspiring forty-five-minute presentation with...
by Thordis Simonsen | Jul 7, 2021
JULY 2021–JUNE 2022 overview and backstory The exhibit DANCES IN TWO WORLDS features early- to mid-20th-century paintings by Native American artists and prints by Euro-American and American artists. Recent monotypes by MoA’s founding director and curator,...
by Thordis Simonsen | Oct 7, 2020
OCTOBER 2020–JUNE 2021overview and backstoryShortly after purchasing a small commercial property in Salida, Colorado in 2013, I bought an assemblage sculpture by Deborah Jang at the Art Students League Denver’s summer art market. The combination of unusual...
by Thordis Simonsen | Oct 5, 2020
With curiosity, many of you have peered—literally and/or figuratively—through the windows under the sign MUSEUM OF AUTHENTICITY mounted on the building at 124 E 2nd Street, Salida, Colorado. The Museum is thrilled beyond measure to finally welcome you in! Please join...