Summer Events

June 2011

We are celebrating the beginning of our second decade in Blanca and we'll have a summer full of happy events. This is actually year thirteen in the San Luis Valley. We fondly recall the first years in Fort Garland at our little Willow in the Valley shop. The huge wreath on our west wall once hung there and we just had to bring it with us. My fiesty Mamasita sits in our garden. We pay tribute to her this summer.

Please join us June 17 for a day of art and activiites. Our guests will enjoy music by Palmas in the evening and dancing by Ila with a dancing partner, Manuel Montaño, during the afternoon. Check back here for times. The rest of the day will be filled with workshops and demonstrations. A booth will be on hand for some fun photos.

July

The garden will be filled with flowers for our first ever Folk Art Weekend July 23. Artists and artisans are invited to set up their easels and workbenches. All art will be prejudged. Stop in for details.

August

Joyce always celebrates her birthday month by giving away a work of art, surprising customers with a special sale and just having fun. This August she invites other August birthday artists to join her in painting a mural to be donated to a San Luis Valley business chosen by vote. Mural panel will be unveiled at a reception at the end of August.

Forest Tango will also be open late on Thursday evenings during August for end of season gatherings of whatever strikes the fancy of the many artists who wind up their summer with wine, song and poetry.