{"id":803658,"date":"2020-01-30T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T23:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378253"},"modified":"2020-01-30T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T23:55:18","slug":"new-make-frisco-arts-collective-debuts-frozen-frisco-ice-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/new-make-frisco-arts-collective-debuts-frozen-frisco-ice-installations\/","title":{"rendered":"New Make Frisco arts collective debuts \u2018Frozen Frisco\u2019 ice installations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Todd Powell and Diane Harty work on an ice installation at Third Avenue and Main Street in Frisco on Wednesday, Jan. 29, part of the \u201cFrozen Frisco\u201d installation that coincides with Eat, Ski and Be Merry on Saturday, Feb. 1.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

FRISCO \u2014 Art, the elements and the outdoors come together for a temporary exhibit Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Frisco Nordic Center. Titled \u201cFrozen Frisco,\u201d it is the first event hosted by Make Frisco, a new group of artists focused on implementing more public art throughout the town.<\/p>\n

The group and event started thanks to $25,000 in seed money from town government, spearheaded by Councilor Melissa Sherburne.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a personal interest of mine,\u201d Sherburne said. \u201cI\u2019m not by any means a professional artist. I enjoy the art and really value artists. I\u2019m a professional community planner and developer. I\u2019ve worked in mountain communities all over the West, and I\u2019ve really seen how art elevates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherburne saw that art galleries and exhibit space have been disappearing from the town and that Frisco lacks the same vibrancy as places such as Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Aspen and Salida. She hopes Make Frisco will maintain the community\u2019s character, celebrate the town\u2019s uniqueness and bring people together.<\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of the group have said it\u2019s much more than arts; it\u2019s about providing an outlet for people to really feel connected to one another beyond just going to bars,\u201d Sherburne said. \u201cWe\u2019re limited in what we can do, especially young people, in our town at nights in the wintertime. Art provides a really healthy, wonderful outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The diverse group of more than 15 people \u2014 which contains painters, a photographer, a milliner, a coffee roaster, a landscape architect, musicians, a guitar maker, a carpenter, sculptors and illustrators from Frisco \u2014 has been meeting since November.<\/strong> The artists joined mainly by word of mouth, with the group growing bit by bit each meeting. Sherburne said the roster isn\u2019t set in stone and that Make is open to all artists in the Frisco community.<\/p>\n

Much of the collective\u2019s roots can be traced back to the Red Crayon Studio. The studio was owned by Tim Adrian, painter and owner of Rocky Mountain Coffee Roasters, and was located behind Greco\u2019s Pastaria. It was a gathering space in the early 2000s that had regular open mics and collaborations of various kinds. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe would get 60 people to each one of those events once a month,\u201d said Andy Held, a carpenter who has left his mark on the gazebo in the Frisco Historic Park and fixtures in establishments like Fifth Avenue Grille, Frisco Prime and the Coffee Roasters. \u201cIt was all local people who would come out of the woodwork that you would never expect, incredible minds out here in this area. That solidified the group as a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet eventually the artists each took their separate career paths, such as Held now working in outdoor gear sales, but the communal desire was still there.<\/p>\n

Make therefore is a spiritual successor of sorts, now with the support of the town. It hopes to resurrect the Red Crayon\u2019s Art Bike event, where creative minds come together to create wacky and wild bicycles and ride them throughout town. Other community art projects include having a float at the Fourth of July parade and Sail Frisco \u2014 an opportunity to tap into the marina-side of the town\u2019s identity with discarded sails. The goal is to have about four events a year, one per season, but there could be more or less. In the future, Make might eventually commission and purchase art, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will help create the community that we need, that we are, that we can make again,\u201d Held said.<\/p>\n

For now though, Make is focused on Saturday\u2019s exhibit and reception. The group isn\u2019t necessarily constructing ice sculptures, but they\u2019re using ice as a medium. For instance, graphic and interior designers Patti and Jamie Callahan are contributing their skills to a frozen \u201cliving room\u201d and making an illuminated piece based on geometric Islamic patterns.<\/p>\n

In addition to working on the living room, Held is creating a model wave machine seen in a physics classroom with ice swinging back and forth like pendulums.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a medium that\u2019s uniquely Frisco and artists of all shapes and sizes can participate and create something cool,\u201d Sherburne said.<\/p>\n

Given the nature of ice, the exhibit won\u2019t last more than a day. However, that impermanence excites Adrian, who is freezing items like CDs and flowers.<\/p>\n

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Diane Harty and Patti Callahan work on an ice installation at the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street in Frisco on Wednesday, Jan. 29, part of the \u201cFrozen Frisco\u201d installation that coincides with Eat, Ski and Be Merry on Saturday, Feb. 1.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll do it, and it\u2019ll live on in people\u2019s memories,\u201d said Adrian, one of the minds behind the Make Frisco name and the idea to use ice. \u201cSo we\u2019re trying to create some sort of short-term experience for visual stimulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photographer Todd Powell, who has lived in Frisco and taken pictures in the High Country since the \u201980s, is excited to branch out and work with the ice. Rather than take a photo of a natural landscape, he\u2019s constructing one by freezing twigs and leaves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want it to be thin and transparent, so you see through it. And ideally the light will shine through it, too,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n

Like the other artists, painter Cordell Crosby hasn\u2019t worked with ice before. But he also is intrigued by the possibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll we\u2019re bringing to the table is confidence in unknown territory,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cThat\u2019s like what I learned in school. Don\u2019t panic. Do what you do and make sure you have a skillset to work with and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Artists work on an ice installation at Third Avenue and Main Street in Frisco on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The work is part of the \u201cFrozen Frisco\u201d installation that coincides with Eat, Ski and Be Merry on Saturday, Feb. 1.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

While the unveiling isn\u2019t until the afternoon, the public is invited to watch the artists install their pieces and create spontaneous works around the site throughout the day. There also will be food and beverages along with an interactive kids area at the reception \u2014 be sure to bring extra gloves when working with the cold, wet ice. To get a sense of the art, visit the clock tower in front of the Frisco Information Center at Third Avenue and Main Street for a teaser display.<\/p>\n

Eat, Ski and Be Merry<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFrozen Frisco\u201d is only the beginning of Saturday\u2019s entertainment at the Frisco Nordic Center. After checking out the art, the VIP reception for the Summit Nordic Ski Club\u2019s Eat, Ski and Be Merry begins at 5 p.m. Those who purchase the VIP ticket can enjoy drinks and snacks an hour before the general public starts the 2K loop on skis and snowshoes that features more food and beverages, bonfires and luminaries.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t stay out too long because the candle lit trails and bonfires will close at 9. Once the loop is completed, head back to the Frisco Adventure Park Day Lodge, which will be open from 7-10 for a party with soup, drinks, live music and a silent auction. <\/p>\n

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