Tag: commonwheel art festival
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‘A Colorado legacy’: Commonwheel Art Festival celebrates 52 years in Manitou Springs
Hundreds of art lovers converged on Manitou Springs over Labor Day weekend to celebrate an institution that goes back more than half a century. The 52nd annual Commonwheel Art Festival, held in Memorial Park, hosted about 90 art vendors including painters, potters, jewelry makers, photographers and other creators from Colorado and across the country. In…
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Commonwheel Art Festival celebrates 50th anniversary Labor Day Weekend
The year was 1974, it was summertime in Manitou Springs. A group of about 40 artists, including macramé weaver Julia Wright, gathered together at Memorial Park to show and sell their work. “The booths looked every way that you could imagine,” Wright joked. “Way back — 50 years ago — there weren’t tents in the…