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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. The plays’ authors used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play Harold Bryant: Western...
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Rachel Campbell-Osborne, the fifteenth artist-in-residence at the Mesa County Libraries 970West Studio, talks about using art to make sense of the world and her hope that her art brings happiness to her audience. She speaks about teaching classes on plein air painting through Mesa County Libraries and the value of being prepared to paint on the go. She discusses roller skating and how this hobby functions as a welcome reprieve from her art. She talks...
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Artist Cecilia Cardman talks about her struggles with the English language and her experience in public schools as a young immigrant from Italy, and about her higher education in both Italy and in Boulder at the University of Colorado. She speaks about teaching art at early Mesa College and what the college was like at that time. She describes the “topnotch” teachers she had at Grand Junction High School. She discusses leaving her teaching career...
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In a retrospective video covering her period as Artist in Residence at 970West Studio in Mesa County Libraries, Devan Knapp talks about her work with letterpress printing and her love of paper art. She speaks about the inspiration for creation she gets from the artistic community and about the importance of collaboration across artistic disciplines. She discusses the rewards of teaching art, of guiding people’s artistic efforts during her residency...
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Steve Friesen, longtime director of the Buffalo Bill Museum in Golden, Colorado, speaks to an audience at the Museum of Western Colorado about American folk art. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Helen Johnson talks about helping teach a WPA-funded dance class during the Great Depression. She speaks about other government programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, and how they helped the people of Mesa County, Colorado during the Great Depression. She describes working for Douglas Aircraft in Los Angeles to manufacture airplanes during World War II, where she became the lead in her section. She talks about her brief career teaching...
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Local artist and former director of the Art Center of Western Colorado Dave Davis talks about his beginnings as an artist and his move to Grand Junction, Colorado from Boulder. He speaks about his role in creating Art on the Corner, Grand Junction’s outdoor sculpture exhibit, in 1984. He discusses his directorship of the Art Center, which began in 1986, and his role in helping the organization gain financial solvency and regain regional relevance...
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In a retrospective video covering her period as Artist in Residence at 970West Studio in Mesa County Libraries, Jessica Scriver talks about her use of encaustic painting to illustrate the story of an orphaned, baby yak (in collaboration with a local author). She discusses the encaustic painting workshop that she gave as part of her residency, and the experience it gave to attendees who might not otherwise have access to an involved artistic process....
