Chaffee Arts is proud to announce the 2021 Evelyn Gottschall Baker Emerging Artist Grant award winners Jade Baron and Loriana Cassidy of Just Adventure Art.Â
Seventeen-year-olds Baron and Cassidy live in Salida and co-founders of Just Adventure Art, a not-for-profit focused on raising money through art sales for coalitions focused on inclusivity in the outdoors.Â
Their work and mission statement can be found on justadventureart.com.
They work in mixed media art and they hope that their site becomes a great resource for other young artists to sell their work.Â
 The Evelyn Gottschall Baker Emerging Artist Grant was founded in 2019 and funds the qualifying amateur artistsâ membership in Chaffee Arts and entrance into the Chaffee Arts Open Awards Show.Â
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Poncha Springs Community Garden is accepting reservations for garden plots for this yearâs growing season. Plots are available for $40 per season (water included).
For more information call 719-539-6882.
Wednesday
6-7 p.m. â The Salida Circus will present its
St. Patrickâs Day Extravaganza. The free event will be online at https://www.facebook.com/salidacircusoutreachfoundation.Â
Thursday
Online
7-8 p.m. â The Greater Arkansas River Nature Association and Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative lead forester Andy Lerch will discuss the thinning efforts and fire mitigation on Monarch Pass during a virtual lecture. For more information and to register, visit https://garna.org/calendar/watershedhealthproject/.