John Lawson and Grace Heath

First Friday ArtWalk is February 3 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. We will be featuring mixed media painter, John Lawson and quilling artist, Grace Heath.

New works added to the Passages collection by John Lawson.

“My newest series, Passages, is inspired by images seen in abandoned garment district warehouses frequented by myself and fellow art students. A deserted dress factory loft, soft amber afternoon sunlight through vaulted, age worn window panes. Dust specked swirls of light rays catching shadowed hints of old lace, yellowed cotton formed gowns, bits of fabric drifting in semi-dark tableaus of decaying, mysterious evidences of another time and space. It all invoked in me a kind of sad nostalgia for lives somehow tied in memory to these buildings. The discarded, ignored invisible markers of moments spent and forgotten. These are the poetic ghosts that haunt the creative inspirations of my new work.”

Grace Heath creates beautifully crafted cards using the ancient art of quilling.  Quilling is the art of rolled, shaped, and glued paper that results in creating a unified, decorative design. Learn more about this medium while you watch Grace create during the event.
First Friday on the Avenue Creative Circuit offers FREE access to monthly cultural events at museums, galleries, boutiques, artisan shops, restaurants, performance venues, and more. Events take place on the first Friday of each month, 5-8 p.m. year-round in the districts of Manitou Springs, Downtown and Old Colorado City.