{"id":807249,"date":"2020-05-08T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382895"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:45:00","slug":"summit-county-artists-make-do-with-virtual-art-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-artists-make-do-with-virtual-art-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County artists make do with virtual art night"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Alicia Clark-Fulcher\u2019s Spicy Heart jewelry can often be found at HighSide Brewing\u2019s Third Thursday Art Night. Clark-Fulcher has been making jewelry for 10 years.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Alicia Clark-Fulcher<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>FRISCO \u2014 Like many gatherings, instructional courses, book clubs, festivals, concerts and other forms of in-person entertainment, the pivot to the internet has been a crucial life preserver for events during the coronavirus pandemic. Venues have had to get creative with livestreaming platforms or video conferencing apps as a substitute for live connection.<\/p>\n<p>Frisco\u2019s HighSide Brewing joined the fray with online music and trivia even though the taproom remains closed. Another one of the brewery\u2019s events, Third Thursday Art Night, has been uploaded to the web. Rather than people mingling with artists selling their creations on HighSide\u2019s second level, participating vendors put photos of their works on Facebook in hopes of catching a customer\u2019s eye.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2565836183698499\/?active_tab=discussion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April\u2019s event<\/a> was the first to transition to the new format and the next is scheduled for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"May 21 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/229770118357857\/?active_tab=discussion\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday, May 21<\/a>. However, since it now lives online, the products don\u2019t vanish afterward unless they\u2019ve been sold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The monthly night started last fall shortly after Jessica Johnson of Dry Fly Art had <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/highside-brewing-hosts-reception-for-watercolor-artist-thursday\/\">a solo show at the brewery<\/a>. The brainchild of Johnson and HighSide owner&nbsp;David Axelrod and General Manager Kurt Zolbe, Johnson has a rotating stable of about 40 artists for the monthly event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the first virtual event had fewer participants than normal, Johnson is happy with how it turned out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response is better than I thought it would be,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe had numerous sales and people were engaged and commenting. It was pretty cool. I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect initially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Clark-Fulcher of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spicyheartshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spicy Heart<\/a> is one of the regularly attending artists. The 34-year-old from Peru has a decade of jewelry making under her belt. She has always had a creative side \u2014 enjoying painting, photography and crochet \u2014 but she studied marketing in college and didn\u2019t realize her self-taught hobby would become a business.<\/p>\n<p>She chose to make her mark with jewelry over the other mediums because of its expressive and symbolic nature as well as the fact that it\u2019s functional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-1014x1024.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-382907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-1014x1024.jpeg 1014w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-768x776.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-1521x1536.jpeg 1521w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-2-2028x2048.jpeg 2028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Originally from Peru, Alicia Clark-Fulcher incorporates textiles and designs inspired by her home. She enjoys making jewelry like earrings, necklaces and rings because they\u2019re functional.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Alicia Clark-Fulcher<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt adorns people, they\u2019re going to cherish the pieces, and it\u2019s going to be something that will last,\u201d Clark-Fulcher said. She started with earrings, moved on to necklaces and then bracelets and rings.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what metals she\u2019s bending or hammering, Clark-Fulcher is enthralled with mountainous landscapes, wildflowers and ancient cultures. An inspirational moment for her is when she was 8 years old and her parents took her to see the recently discovered burial site of El&nbsp;Se\u00f1or&nbsp;de&nbsp;Sip\u00e1n,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis tomb was amazing,\u201d Clark-Fulcher said. \u201c\u2026 There were ceramics, jewelry, huge gold plates. \u2026 That\u2019s like one of my first memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She never thought she would leave Peru, but Clark-Fulcher now honors her roots often by incorporating Peruvian textiles into the jewelry. They become a conversation starter if a customer happens to have visited Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Those interactions are one of Clark-Fulcher\u2019s favorite things about being an artist. She showcases her pieces at farmers markets such at the Breckenridge Sunday Market and loves making connections with repeat customers. The weekly shows generate more revenue for her than her website, and she likes how it fosters a community of artistic people pursuing their passion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">However, this year, the future of those markets is uncertain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Beyond events, the pandemic has affected other facets of Clark-Fulcher\u2019s life. The courthouse clerk and her husband juggle working and taking care of the two out-of-school kids along with the Spicy Heart business. She now only works on her art either early in the morning before the kids wake up or after they\u2019ve gone to bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe this year is going to be a good thing that we don\u2019t have the farmers market so I can be with my kids, but then it\u2019s going to hurt us because I\u2019m going to have to figure out a way to sell my jewelry,\u201d Clark-Fulcher said. \u201cThe farmers market was huge income for my family. \u2026 I\u2019m excited about the virtual thing though, because it\u2019s my jam.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3-1024x1017.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-382908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3-1024x1017.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3-300x298.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3-768x763.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-3.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Along with metals, Alicia Clark-Fulcher makes jewelry with stones and leather. The pieces can be found online, in local stores and at farmers markets in addition to HighSide Brewing\u2019s Third Thursday Art Night.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Alicia Clark-Fulcher<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though a vendor and not an artist herself, Kelley Wren collaborates with various creative minds for her company <a href=\"https:\/\/thumbsupbirds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thumbs Up Birds<\/a> and frequently can be found at the Third Thursday Art Night promoting women in the outdoors. Working on the brand\u2019s apparel doesn\u2019t make up the majority of her time \u2014 that would be scheduling clinics, finding guides and organizing other events \u2014 but she enjoys the expressive outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to make these really natural looking, nature-inspired graphics that aren\u2019t too feminine but still have that really feminine touch,\u201d Wren said.<\/p>\n<p>The 9-year-old company has come a long way from its old, basic T-shirts and one of Wren\u2019s favorite items is Coni Terrado\u2019s Nativa hoodie that features a stag and bird. Wren also enjoys working on hats and is planning to use Johnson\u2019s hat-making skills for a collaboration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-4.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-382909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-4.jpg 904w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-4-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-4-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Thumbs Up Birds is a company in Breckenridge that focuses on promoting women in the outdoors. Founder Kelley Wren likes designing hats for the company with local artists.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Kelley Wren<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wren often uses Thumbs Up Birds as a channel to boost artwork. Sometimes they run contests where artists can win the opportunity to be featured on the brand\u2019s apparel. The company got involved with the Third Thursday Art Night because Wren met Johnson over the summer when Thumbs Up Birds held its own artists market at Rocky Mountain Underground\u2019s beer garden.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Wren prefers forming in-person connections, yet she\u2019s been pleased by the success and camaraderie of the first virtual art night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to see that people were still into this artistic community and supporting these small local businesses,\u201d Wren said. \u201cEverybody kind of needs it right now, whether they\u2019re an artist or an outdoor company.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-5-682x1024.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-382910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-5-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-5-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-5-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/HighSideArt-SDN-050820-5.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Though not tied to any one artist, Thumbs Up Birds can be found at various markets with its merchandise. It uses branded apparel, such as these hoodies, to help spread its message of women in the outdoors.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Kelley Wren<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It unfortunately wasn\u2019t the first virtual event of 2020 that Thumbs Up Birds took part in. Wren has had to cancel four events, including one of the company\u2019s biggest overnight backcountry courses, so they came up with the idea of a virtual waxing clinic. People could buy a bottle of wine from Rocky Mountain Underground that came with its own bar of wax and then tune into social media for a workshop on proper waxing, cleaning and storage techniques.<\/p>\n<p>As for the future, everything is still in flux, but Wren is working on adapting events to the new paradigm and likely will make them free given the economic hardships.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s Third Thursday Art Night is from 4-9 p.m. May 21 on HighSide Brewing\u2019s Facebook page, <a href=\"http:\/\/Facebook.com\/highsidebrewing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook.com\/highsidebrewing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing what we can to keep local artists going and keep some good spirit in the community,\u201d Axelrod said.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-county-artists-make-do-with-virtual-art-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia Clark-Fulcher\u2019s Spicy Heart jewelry can often be found at HighSide Brewing\u2019s Third Thursday Art Night. Clark-Fulcher has been making jewelry for 10 years.Courtesy Alicia Clark-Fulcher FRISCO \u2014 Like many gatherings, instructional courses, book clubs, festivals, concerts and other forms of in-person entertainment, the pivot to the internet has been a crucial life preserver for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 16:53:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}