Sant Ana Events

During the weekend of July 25-26 San Luis will be having their annual Santa Ana celebration. It is a celebration for the patron saint of the town. There will be a parade on both Saturday and Sunday at 10am and other events going on through out the town. Ventero will be open both days from 9am to 4pm. One of our students, Jesus Sanchez, has been organizing a car show that will take place on July 26th. Ventero is proud to be one of the sponsors for the event.

Ventero will also be hosting the National Small Print Show. The show took place up in Creede, CO and the works will now be traveling to 3 places, one being Ventero Open Press. There will be 60 pieces being shown at Ventero starting the weekend of Santa Ana. The prints come from some of the top print makers in the country. Be sure to stop by and check out the work.

Open Mic Night

Ventero will be hosting their monthly Open Mic Night on Saturday July 18th at 7pm. Come and share some poetry, music, monologues or just out a rant. Ventero will also be having a silent auction. You will have a chance to get original pieces of artwork. Hope to see you there.

Update from the Press

Summer is in full swing here at Ventero. Our next Open Mic Night will be July 18th at 7pm. Be sure to be there because will be doing another silent auction. You will be able to get original pieces and you will be helping out Ventero Open Press.

During Santa Anna we will be open both Saturday and Sunday. Santa Anna will be July 25-26 and is a festival for the patron saint of San Luis. Take a day trip down here and see all the activities.

For an update on Liberty Park, the sod has taken really well. It got it's first cutting yesterday and looks great. There will be picnic tables in place for Santa Anna. Thanks to every one who helped with bringing the dirt and sod. Also a big thank you to Jeremy Elliott who has been nurturing the park and making sure the sod took.

Open Mic Night

Just wanted to remind everyone that Ventero will be have their monthly Open Mic Night on June 20th. The fun will start at 7p.m. here at Ventero. Come and share some poetry, music, monologues, or just get up and let out a rant. Hope to see everyone there.

~Jeremy

Dirt and Sod

After a couple of years of paper work and a couple of road blocks we have been able to start the first steps of the Main Street Montage Project. We brought in a load dirt to start Liberty Park, which will be between Ventero and the Costilla County Commissioners building. It is the site of the old Liberty Theater that use to be here in San Luis. After we spread the dirt around we brought in some sod. Thanks to everyone who helped with the dirt and sod. We will having to be bring in some more sod to finish off the park. If you would like to help, email Jeremy at venteroop@yahoo.com

~Jeremy

"The Garden" Screening

We would like to thank everyone who came out for our screening of the documentary "The Garden". We would also like to thank Devon Pena for setting it up. We had a great crowd and we lucky enough to have Tezozomoc there to answer questions after the film. Tezozomoc was one of the members of the South Central Farm and played a major role with trying to keep the urban garden at the 41st and Alameda location in South Central Los Angeles.

We are working on continuing the Ventero Film Series this summer. Please keep an eye out for upcoming events. If you have a film that you would like to have shown please call us at 719-672-0557 or email us at venteroop@yahoo.com.

~Jeremy

Movie Night @ Ventero

First of all, we would like to thank every one who came out Saturday night for Open Mic Night. We had a great crowd and a lot of good entertainers.

Thursday May 21st, Ventero Open Press will be hosting a screening of the Oscar nominated documentary, "The Garden". It tells the story of a community garden and urban farm located in Los Angeles, CA. "The Garden" details the plight of the farmers who organized and worked on the farm only to see it sold to a private contractor and threatened with demolition.

What: A screening of "The Graden"
When: Thursday May 21st 8pm
Where: 316 Main Street San Luis, CO 81152

~Jeremy

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday....

Don't forget that Open Mic Night is Saturday May 16th. Things will get going around 7pm. So come on down to San Luis and have some fun.

~Jeremy

And The Winner Is.......

Recently we submitted artwork from students at Centennial to the Southern Peaks League Art Show. We are happy to report that several students picked up first place awards. Jesus Sanchez came in first and second for his two block prints. Karolyn Walker came in first place for one of her watercolor paintings. Johnny Chavez came in first place for a wood carving of a lizard.

We have also submitted Jesus and Karolyn's work to the Rep. John Salazar Congressional Regional Art show. We should be hearing about the results in a couple of weeks.

~Jeremy