ASC Community Partnerships

Children's Book Art Show

A book full of colorful illustrations and an exciting story will inspire every child's imagination and fill their world with wonder. For the month of April, ASC Community Partnerships Gallery will be hosting five wonderful children's book artists. Both authors and illustrators, these artists seek to fill the minds of children with hope and wonder. Artists shown in this month's exhibit include: Emerita Romero-Anderson, a San Luis Valley Native and author of the children's book, The Milagro of the Spanish Bean Pot and winner of The Western Heritage Book Award for Outstanding Juvenile Book; Randy Pijoan, well-known San Luis artist and illustrator of Ms. Romero-Anderson's book; Judith Stone and Mark Niederquell, the author and the illustrator of Billie the Buffalo Books featuring the San Luis Valley; and Amy Cordova, talented illustrator of many award winning children's books.

These artists works are being shown together to express the importance of cultural education combined with creativity. ASC Community Partnerships continues to reach out to our community, including children; demonstrating that the arts are important to create the urge to learn, create, and grow.

The Children's Book Exhibit will be held from April 3rd through the 30th at the ASC Community Partnerships Gallery (On the corner of Edgemont and Main Street in Alamosa, CO). The exhibit will be open from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Join us for a reception and books signings with all the artists on Friday, April 13th from 4-6pm for some great art, delicious munchies, and a chance to meet with the artists.

For more gallery information please call (719) 587-8209 or email us at jolliffkg@adams.edu.

Green Home Design at Adams State

Adams State Community Partnerships and Natural Power are offering a hands-on Green Home Design Class, again, in the New Year. Through a workshop series offered both publicly and for college credit, you will learn tips and techniques of the trade for constructing an environmentally friendly building. These workshops will teach how to make a home more energy efficient, retrofit renewable energy into a building and build green from the ground up. The course format is varied with informative talks, hands-on lessons, and home tours. This class is ideal for anyone interested in getting into the green construction business, or for people who simply want a greener home of their own.

This course will cover topics such as use of solar energy, conservation of energy and water, straw bale and adobe housing, and retrofitting an existing home among many others. The class is available to both SLV community members and students currently registered with Adams State College. ASC students may take the class for credit by registering for it through the college (Green Home Design, ID 179, CRN 12347). Community members may register for the class, without college credit, by contacting Jenna Meyer at (719) 587-8227 or asc_bsc@adams.edu. Community members can take the course as a whole for the discounted price of $275.00, saving $100, or may take the classes individually. Individual courses will cost $35.00 for each lecture, or $60.00 for each hands-on lesson and home tour. Classes will be held every other Saturday, starting January 21st, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a break in March for Spring Break.

The course will be taught by Chuck Reel, owner of Natural Power. To register for the course, or if you have any questions, please contact Jenna Meyer at (719) 587-8227 or asc_bsc@adams.edu.

Sacred Ground

"Sacred Ground" is an original song by Stephen Crawford of Del Norte, Colorado expressing his views on fracking and the Oil and Gas Industry. Konnie Kennon and Robin James (Back-up vocals) Bob Phillips (Lead guitar) Stephen Crawford (Vocals, rhythm guitar) Produced by Chet Bennett

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This program is made possible through HUD's Office of University Partnerships.