Joellyn Duesberry

"The Covenant of Seasons: A Monotype Exhibition"

2008-06-26T10:57:00.005-06:00

After touring the nation twelve years, "The Covenant of Seasons" monotype exhibition will stop at Ucross Gallery, Yellowstone Museum and be offered for sale in March of 2009 by Gerald Peters Gallery. Also available is the book published by Hudson Hills Press called the 'Covenant of Seasons' in hard cover and regular binding. You can contact the studio to purchase this limited collection. You can view the exhibition on her site at Joellyn Duesberry Studio

The Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2008-06-26T10:53:00.003-06:00

"Joellyn Duesberry" a large group of oil panel sketched from the Western Rivers opened June 6th at the Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA and will be on view through August 17th.

The Easton Gallery, Current Show

Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood, CO

2008-06-26T10:24:00.002-06:00

April 4th 2008 opening of the Museum of Outdoor Art in Englewood, CO of "The Big Picture" a three decade survey of Joellyn Duesberry's largest paintings, in five grand rooms which attracted a great deal of Denver Press articles.

http://denverarts.org/exhibits/joellyn_duesberry_at_the_museum_of_outdoor_arts.html

http://www.denvermagazine.com/newsletters/issue-10

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/Apr/17/landscape-show-ungrounded/

http://calendar.denverpost.com/englewood-co/events/show/81836348-joellyn-duesberrys-the-big-picture

http://www.denverpost.com/art/ci_9261798

http://www.denver.org/events/detail?e=2898&t=visual_art

http://www.colorado.com/events.php?eventDo=displayEventDetail&eventId=6215

January 2008

2008-06-26T10:21:00.003-06:00

"High Spring Water on the South Platte Near the Front Range," CO, Oil on Linen, 36 x 48 in., April 2007

In January 2008 Joellyn Duesberry's painting of the South Platte River in Early Spring, CO, was hung in Governor Bill Ritter's Offices in Denver

New work included in upcoming exhibition

2007-05-27T09:44:00.002-06:00

Hogback Entry into Roxborough Park, Oil on Linen, 5/2007, 40 inches x 120 inches. $26,500.

Grand Junction Wins Governor's Arts Award

2007-05-25T12:34:00.000-06:00

Gov. Bill Ritter is pleased to announce that the city of Grand Junction is the recipient of the 2007 Governor’s Art Award, which recognizes a Colorado city or town that effectively employs the arts to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality of their community. From 1969 to 2002, Governor’s Arts Awards honored artists and organizations, as well as corporate and civic leaders, for their significant contributions to Colorado’s cultural environment. The award has been reinstated this year with a new focus on the role of the arts in community development.

The Colorado Council on the Arts, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, annually convenes a panel to review the nominations and select the recipient. The Western Colorado Center for the Arts nominated Grand Junction for this year’s award. In selecting Grand Junction as the recipient, the review panel cited several factors:

The city’s financial commitment to the arts through the Commission on Arts and Culture, including the city’s “1% for the Arts Program,” artist showcases at City Hall and the Convention Center, the Artist Directory and Event Calendar, grants to local cultural organizations, support for artist-in-residence programs in the schools, business development workshops for artists, and the Economic Impact of the Arts report every five years;

The breadth of populations served by the variety of arts events and activities offered by the city and the regions’ 20-25 cultural organizations, including the Art on the Corner exhibit, the annual Art & Jazz Festival, the First Friday Art Hop, Thursday Night Farmers Markets, the Art Mobile traveling art exhibits and lessons, the Art Center’s Summer Art Camp, the college’s Business Training for Artists program, and much more;

The vision and commitment to using the arts as a tool for community enhancement as reflected in the Grand Junction Strategic Cultural Plan;

The diversity of groups that support and participate in the arts, including the Downtown Development Authority and member businesses, the city’s economic development and tourism agencies, Mesa State College, elected officials, arts organizations, and individual artists; and

The long term commitment by all of these groups to integrating arts and cultural activities into the community.

The award will be a large painting by Joellyn Duesberry, a Colorado artist nationally recognized for her landscape paintings. Duesberry’s work has been shown widely around the country, including a recent retrospective at the Denver Art Museum. She is represented by galleries coast to coast and several private collections.

The Governor plans to present the award to Grand Junction Mayor Jim Doody and the citizens of Grand Junction at a celebratory event later this summer.

The Colorado Council on the Arts combines state funds with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and invests in communities across the state to ensure that the cultural, educational and economic benefits of the arts are enjoyed by thousands of Colorado youth and millions of Colorado citizens and visitors every day.

The Garden Party

2007-04-19T15:18:00.000-06:00

Please join Joly and Tina Susztnski at the Curtis Arts & Humanities Center on Saturday May 5 at 6 p.m. for the opening reception of "The Garden Party," an exhibition of their works. The exhibit will be on display May 5 - 31, 2007.

Covenent of Seasons

2007-03-25T11:16:00.000-06:00

Joellyn was awarded the commission to create the 2007 Colorado Governors Art Award on March 13, 2007 and she was also selected two days later by the City of Aurora Art in Public Places to show a body of work from June 4th, 2007 in two libraries: Martin Luther King Jr. Library & Municipal Service Center and Tallyn's Reach Library. The show will then travel to the Aurora Municipal Center until May 3rd, 2008.

Along with all the recognition Joly has a show coming up called "The Garden Party" together with Tina Suszynski a talented sculptor. Invites will follow.

Her work can also be viewed now on http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/ The website will be kept updated as new work is produced.

The image above is one of Joly's new monotypes, "Chatfield Winter ," that will be added to her website.

The First Posting

2007-03-25T10:53:00.000-06:00

Welcome to Joellyn Duesberry's blog featuring her new works and news of her exhibits and gallery openings.

Joellyn has just unveiled a series of new monotypes, completed during her fellowship in Maine. The image to the left, Garden on a Cloudy Day, is one of 43 images in the Covenant of Seasons series. The entire series will soon be added to her Art section of her site.

Joellyn has returned to her Denver studio and continues to explore and expand her creativity.