The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department is accepting applications for the 2012 Artist-in-Residency Program at Caribou Ranch Open Space. Host Steve Miller chats with Pascale Fried to find out about the program that provides an opportunity for artists to pursue their work in the inspiring landscape and history of Caribou Ranch. By sharing their art with Boulder County, artists can add to residents’ enjoyment of their open space lands and create a legacy of art preserved for future generations. Musicians, painters, illustrators, photographers,visual/film artists, sculptors, performers, poets, writers, composers and crafts/artisans are all welcome to apply.
Each year, July through September, selected artists stay in the historic DeLonde Barn at Caribou Ranch Open Space for up to seven days. The open space property offers a variety of landscapes to explore including streams, waterfalls, forests, and beautiful vistas. Moose, elk, black bears, beavers, bats and nearly 90 species of birds live within or pass through the area. Also found on the property is the Blue Bird Mine complex where miners from the 1870s to the 1960s extracted silver ore. In the early 1900s, the site was a whistle stop for the Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad.
