Ah Haa School for the Arts
AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
LOCATION: 155 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride
Maker's Market Pop Up from 4-7pm with featured local artists:
Arline Baker, Heather Bell, Tara Carter, Michele Foote, Andrea Holmquist, Kate Howarth, Greta Neumann and Wendell Thompson
Jessica Langley Solo Exhibition
“Mushroom Magic: Spells for Collective Hope”
Jessica Langley presents Mushroom Magic, a solo exhibition in the Daniel Tucker Gallery created from mushrooms foraged in the Colorado mountains that are processed into a handmade paper. With textured, lumpy, and imperfect surfaces, she composes sigils, painted with rainbow colored gouache, watercolor, and ink. These intentional, and ritual-like drawings are activated by touch, attention, and context.
Jessica Langley is a multimedia artist and an amateur mycologist. She has exhibited her work internationally, and has been an artist-in-residence in programs including Skaftfell Center of Visual Art in Iceland, Askeaton Contemporary Art in Ireland and SPACES World Artist Program in Cleveland. She was a recipient of the J. William Fulbright Scholarship for research in Iceland, and earned her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. She has been published in the New York Mycological Society Newsletter, New American Paintings, NPR, Hyperallergic, and Temporary Art Review. Jessica is a guest of Telluride Mushroom Festival and will host an Artist Talk on Saturday, August 15th from 6-8pm.
Wilkinson Public Library: Bluekites
WILKINSON PUBLIC LIBRARY - CURATED BY TELLURIDE ARTS
BLUEKITES EXHIBIT
LOCATION: 100 W Pacific Ave, Telluride
BluesKites premiered at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in September 2025 and will be displayed again this year at the festival’s Blues Stage. Curated by renowned kite artist Terry Zee Lee in collaboration with Music Maker Foundation, Music Maker’s BluesKites is a celebration of American roots music featuring art kites designed by some of the nation’s leading kitemakers.
Each kite highlights an iconic blues musician from Music Maker’s roster of partner artists, including Winston-Salem bluesman Guitar Gabriel and eastern North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines (Hanging Tree Guitars). The selected musicians also appear in Music Maker’s 30th anniversary anthology, Song Keepers.
Telluride Arts HQ
TELLURIDE ARTS HQ GALLERY
LOCATION: 135 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride
Featuring the recipients of the 2026 Social Justice Artist Grant, tonight marks the launch of the small, curated traveling exhibition beginning in Telluride and traveling to select communities within the Southwest Colorado Creative District Network. The traveling exhibition format is designed to give each project meaningful visibility and allow audiences in multiple communities to engage deeply with the work.