Events
genuine encounters art & culture series
april, may, june 2023
The Museum of Authenticity is thrilled to introduce GENUINE ENCOUNTERS, a quarterly series of events related to arts and culture with its SPRING 2023 schedule. Held in the Museum or the Museum Annex, events will typically be held on the third Thursday of the month, with additional events scheduled when possible for the first Thursday.
An Odyssey of Your Own
22-23 October 2022
Using Thordis’, your own, and others’ stories as springboards, and employing dialogue, writing, and creative visualization, we will explore four important themes:
celebrating your accomplishments
acknowledging your fears
honoring your intuition
defining and acting on your unfulfilled dreams
For the Love of It: a reading & conversation
19, 20, & 21 October 2022
This program takes its name from an unpublished essay Thordis Niela Simonsen wrote in October 2012—almost 10 years ago to the day. It focusses on a hissing viper, a sacred precinct, and an undertaking that defied comprehension as much as it defied completion.
1–5 June 2022: MoA beginning & backstory
In an intriguing and inspiring forty-five-minute presentation with slides, Thordis Niela Simonsen reveals how a gentle yearning for an unremarkable studio/gallery/residence morphed into an intimate, but elegant museum of art & culture.
16–18 October 2020: OPEN HOUSE & ARTIST RECEPTION
With curiosity, many of you have peered—literally and/or figuratively—through the windows under the sign MUSEUM OF AUTHENTICITY now mounted on the building at 124 E 2nd Street, Salida, Colorado. The Museum is thrilled beyond measure to finally welcome you in!
Please join founder/curator Thordis Niela Simonsen and featured artist, Bernice Strawn for an inaugural open house and artist reception at the Museum Friday 16 October, 3–7pm, Saturday 17 October, 10am–5pm, or Sunday 18 October, 11am–3pm.
Bernice will be at the Museum Friday 3–5pm, Saturday10–12am, and Sunday 11–12am.
21–24 June 2018: MUSEUM PREVIEW
The Museum of Authenticity Gatehouse temporarily opened to the public on 21 June 2018, the first day of Salida’s 26th annual Art Walk. The Museum opening was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting at 4:00 pm on Saturday, 23 June. The first exhibit, “Dances in Two Worlds,” opened for viewing, and the Museum Shop opened for purchases: books, graphic notecards, and prints. (Purchases can also be made at the Museum Shop on this website.)
The Museum of Authenticity Gatehouse closed to the public when the Museum main building opened on 16 October 2020 with he exhibit “Sum of the Parts.”