2019 "This is Colorado" Show
"This is Colorado" started around 1974 and is Heritage Fine Art Guild's annual, statewide, juried art exhibit. It is hosted by Arapahoe Community College and open to all members and to all Colorado artists, 18 and older.
The 2019 "This is Colorado" Show is on display from December 3, 2019 - through January 16, 2020 at:
Colorado Gallery of the Arts
Arapahoe Community College
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80160
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Tuesdays 9am - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 3pm
The 2019 "This is Colorado" Show is on display from December 3, 2019 - through January 16, 2020 at:
Colorado Gallery of the Arts
Arapahoe Community College
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80160
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Tuesdays 9am - 7pm
Saturday 12pm - 3pm
Pay Online for Show Entry:
This is Colorado Entry - HFAG Member -- $35 for 1-3 entries
This is Colorado Entry - Non-HFAG Member -- $40 for 1-3 entries
Important Dates:
- Sept 1 - Oct. 31, 2019 -- Submissions accepted online
- Oct.31 (via email) -- Artist notification of acceptance
- Dec. 2, 2019 9am - 11am -- Art Drop off
- Dec. 5, 2019 5pm-7pm -- Artist Reception
- Gallery Hours Monday-Friday 12-5pm and Saturday December 7, Noon-3pm
- Closed December 23- January 3
- January 17, 2020 9am -- Art Pickup
JUROR - Steve Griggs:
Steve's love of art started early in life. While other children would lament field trips to the art museum, that was his favorite day of the school year! Steve’s mother bought his first ‘real’ watercolor set of six tubes of paint, when he was in elementary school and his love of watercolor was born. Growing up in a large family made finding time and space for painting difficult. Whenever possible, Steve would steal away to the basement of his childhood home where he would paint but never show anyone what he had done. Steve remained a ‘closet artist’ until he attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Studio Art. He later attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Although Steve occasionally dabbles in other media, watercolor is his artistic first love. He has always been drawn to watercolor painting and appreciates the unique flow of paint, the melting color, the way light takes shape and comes alive on the paper. Watercolors are a bit free-spirited. As an artist, Steve has had to learn that he will never master the paint, but rather he will work with it. Steve has learned several life lessons from watercolor painting such as acceptance and perseverance, letting go and pushing through, and how to be freer.
Steve likes to think of his paintings as a love letter to the people, places, and moments that make up the human experience. A single painting might speak a thousand different stories to a thousand different people. Nevertheless, a painting can remind us that, though our stories might differ, we are all connected. The experience of being human makes us one.
Although Steve occasionally dabbles in other media, watercolor is his artistic first love. He has always been drawn to watercolor painting and appreciates the unique flow of paint, the melting color, the way light takes shape and comes alive on the paper. Watercolors are a bit free-spirited. As an artist, Steve has had to learn that he will never master the paint, but rather he will work with it. Steve has learned several life lessons from watercolor painting such as acceptance and perseverance, letting go and pushing through, and how to be freer.
Steve likes to think of his paintings as a love letter to the people, places, and moments that make up the human experience. A single painting might speak a thousand different stories to a thousand different people. Nevertheless, a painting can remind us that, though our stories might differ, we are all connected. The experience of being human makes us one.