First Friday Art Party
October 4 @ 5:00 pm
Join us for our First Friday celebration from 5–8 p.m. Enjoy the stunning ambiance offered by the FAC’s chic, historic venue.
- Free museum admission
- Live music by Tidal Breeze Cool Energy Jazz Trio
- Featured Artist: Rob Watt
- Drinks and snacks available for purchase
- FREE downtown shuttle, THE ZEB, running along Tejon Street to downtown art galleries
About Tidal Breeze Cool Energy Jazz Trio:
The Tidal Breeze Cool Energy Jazz Quintet is known for its ‘Cool Energy’ jazz and Latin jazz, while also playing a wider variety of American Songbook, swing, New Orleans, blues, and funk. Trumpet / Flugelhorn player Terri Pederson leads the group. She has performed with singer Ernestine Anderson, singer / entertainer Clint Holmes, and jazz greats Bill Watrous, and Phil Urso. Terri’s recent composition “Ode to the Emergency Room” can be heard on YouTube and Spotify.
Featured musicians: Bassist Pat Abbott, Saxophonist / Clarinetist Chris Wojtecki
Featured Artist, Rob Watt, Biography:
“The art medium that I work in is hand embroidery using cotton DMC thread on Dupioni silk. I went to Colorado College and graduated with at B.A. in Art Studio in 1978. I went to Colorado State University and got a B.F.A. in Graphic Design in 1981. It was at CSU that I stumbled into a fibers class taught by Tom Lundberg. His enthusiasm and skill as a teacher and artist brought me into the world of fiber arts. I took a workshop with him and Connie Lehman in 1986 and have been doing embroidery ever since.
I belonged to SPARK Gallery in Denver, an artist’s cooperative, for 11 years. I have shown my work in various galleries and art centers in the Denver and Front Range area. I have been in shows such as the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C., and the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver.
I used to paint and draw landscapes – pen and ink and watercolor –
before embroidery and I now think of my work as drawing and painting
with thread. I still enjoy landscapes and a great deal of my work is
oriented in that direction.”