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Three decades of community art markets Colorado poll
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Housing affordability also worries state’s residents BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN
focus on ceramics. “Coming back to clay for me has been a direct result of my sobriety — and coming back to myself and getting back to what does inspire me and excite me,” Campbell said. Today, Campbell is in the midst of a year-long ceramics apprenticeship under the supervision of John Hamilton, who runs ASLD’s ceramics department. The two will share a booth at this year’s Summer Art Market, which is
Cost of living and housing affordability are the top concerns of Coloradans this year, according to a poll released by the Colorado Health Foundation. In an open-ended question asking participants what they thought the most important issue facing Colorado is right now, 16% answered cost of living and 15% answered housing affordability. Other issues in the top five were government and politics, public safety and crime, and homelessness. About 10% of respondents said that homelessness was their top concern for Colorado, with 79% calling the problem “extremely serious” or “very serious.” The results from the 4th annual survey arrived as Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, declared a state of emergency around homelessness, during his first full day in office. Polling is conducted over one month through phone, email and text invitations, in English
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Artist Behnaz Ahmadian at the Art Student League of Denver’s Summer Art Market last year. Ahmadian will also have a booth at PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER this year’s market, which takes place Aug. 26-27.
she made a living working in Art Students League of years, the restaurant industry and “didn’t anything with art,” she said, adDenver’s Summer Art Market do mitting to a battle with alcoholism at the time. returns for 30th year She moved to Denver in fall BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
It took two decades for Jill Campbell to decide to start working with clay again. Campbell, who is now 44, earned an arts degree in college, but for 14
2015 “in hopes of rejoining the real world,” she said. In July 2017, Campbell chose to get sober for good. Campbell got involved with the Art Students League of Denver, and eventually received a $10,000 grant from Studio Potter Magazine. So she quit her job at Trader Joe’s to
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