Twenty years ago this spring, Newcity launched its first Breakout Artists edition, working with no mandate other than to champion emerging creative forces before the culture-at-large.
The Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellowship provides a mentored professional development opportunity for six artists (from emerging to established) working in the Roaring Fork Valley and includes the communities of Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, El Jebel, Basalt, Old Snowmass, Snowmass Village, and Aspen.
Through the lens, photographer Matthew Pevear sees life and motion in scenes that appear inertly every day in nature a gift he passes on to viewers looking for meaning in the ordinary panorama they view from a bedroom window, a mud puddle or a plate of kiwi slices on the kitchen table. He’s that subtle, yet full of life as an artist, catching the glow of a simple life lived. It’s a shame he’ll be leaving Colorado soon for grad school in Ohio, but we still hope to see more from him (and his talented partner, artist Marsha Mack) in Front Range galleries.