ROX & STONES

One of Seven Stones Chatfield’s most popular events returns this year bigger and even better.
 
ROX & STONES: A Festival of Art, Music and Nature, showcases local artists on Seven Stones’ ever-changing grounds at 9635 North Rampart Range Road. The free community event, noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, August 25, will host over 20 talented area creatives, with work in a variety of mediums on display and for sale. 
 
A joint effort of the Roxborough Arts Council (ROXArts) and Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, the festival will also feature live entertainment, food trucks, beverages, yard games and other attractions. 
 
ROX & STONES will serve as an opportunity to celebrate four public sculptures installed among the stunning flowers, trees and water features at Seven Stones: “Garden Pop by Suzanne Kane, “Growing” by Charlotte Zink, “Way” also by Charlotte Zink, and “Low Poly Open Heart” by Matthew Duffy. These dramatic pieces are on display until June 2019 as part of Art Encounters, a yearlong outdoor sculpture exhibit provided through Douglas County and made available, in part, with SCFD funds.
 
Local Artist Tents:  Jim Bennett, Landscape & Nature Photographer; Stacy Robinson, Painter; Steve Sorensen, Traveler-Fine Art Photographer; Donna Trunz, Abstract Acrylic & Mixed Media Painter & Jeweler; Collette Brooks, Representational Oil Painter; Pat Greener, Glass Fusion Artist; Tony Lazzari, Landscapte & Nature Photographer; MaryAnn Baisley, Oil & Watercolor Painter; Leah Hendricks, Acrylic & Mixed Media Painter; Teri McCans Contemporary Illustrative Watercolor Artist; Patricia Jenkins; Mixed Media Painter; Priscilla Wohl, Jeweler; Wendy Seebohar, Mixed Media Painter & Jeweler; Julianne Will, Wearable Art from Local Universe, Tracy Eagle, Art Rocks Painter, Andy Marquez, Photographer.    
 
Local Non-Profit Tents:  Hands Across Roxborough, Roxborough Area Historical Society, ROXArts Council, Roxborough PTIC, DC Library, The Voice.  Opportunity to contribute to these charities. 
 
Local Musicians:  Dos Locos Amigos / Guitar Duo Act Featuring Steve Bonner & Craig Meadows performing 60-70’s Cover & Original Music; Brad LaFay / On Piano & Guitar Covering Elton John and Classic Rock & Country; Kelly Nichols / Guitar & Vocals Classic Country & Country Rock; Craig Meadows All-Star Rox Band / Covering Classic Rock & Roll from the 60’s - 80’s; Jack Gelley & Grains of Sand Covering Acoustic Hits from the 70's Through Today!
 
FOOD TRUCKS:  Woodhill Small Batch BBQ, Gramma Shorty's, & Cold Smoke Ice Cream.
 
The Roxborough Arts Council is a nonprofit organization and member of the Colorado Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. RoxArts promotes art and art appreciation in the Roxborough community, Douglas County and the state of Colorado by bringing artists and others together through advocacy, education in art, a storefront in Aspen Grove for member artists to exhibit works, forums for artists to share information, and by community service to increase the presence and appreciation of art in our area.
 
Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery is uniquely conceived to celebrate lives well lived, cultivating a sense of peace and hope that thrives in gathering spaces with fire pits and comfortable seats; memorials inspired by nature and art; and plants, paths and vistas that encourage family and friends to visit often and remember together. Discover the Seven Stones difference: see www.discoversevenstones.com.
 
If you’d like to preview the new 2018 Art in the gardens, please come by–gates are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.  We encourage you to visit all the pieces in Douglas County and vote for your favorite before Labor Day 2018:  http://www.douglas.co.us/artencounters/vote4art/.