Category: News Releases

  • Dan Young teaches two-day plein-air workshop in Rifle

    Noted plein-air artist Dan Young, who attended the Colorado Institute of Art, is committed to capturing the landscape on canvas. He will be sharing his expertise in a special two-day painting workshop at Colorado Mountain College in in Rifle Oct. 3 and 4. The first morning will include a short lecture, and the remainder of the…

  • Certified wedding and event planner course offered at CMC

    Colorado Mountain College has partnered with Lovegevity’s Wedding Planning Institute, a nationally recognized training program for the wedding and event planning industry, to offer a Wedding and Event Planning Certification course. Classes will be held on Mondays from Sept. 29 through Dec. 8 at the college’s Edwards campus and taught by Hollie Johnson Hawkins, an…

  • A cappella group brings ‘wow’ sound to Rifle

    17th Avenue Allstars cover songs from 50s doo-wop to today The 17th Avenue Allstars have been trendsetters in a cappella musical performance for more than two decades. From their earliest gigs in 1989, standing by a jukebox at Acappella’s restaurant in downtown Denver, winning the national Harmony Sweepstakes, to twice being named the official anthem…

  • Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees meets in Leadville

    [LEADVILLE] – Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees held its September 2014 meeting Monday at the college’s campus in Leadville, one of CMC’s three residential campuses. During the meeting the board unanimously voted to approve: Articulation agreements with the Colorado Department of Higher Education, for two dozen associate degrees with specific discipline designations Accepting the…

  • CMC in Edwards celebrates inaugural student art show

    On Friday, Sept. 12, the Colorado Mountain College campus in Edwards will come alive with art and music. To celebrate the campus’s inaugural student art show, CMC ArtShare and the recently formed Vail Valley Art Guild will be hosting a free, public opening reception in the auditorium from 5 to 8 p.m. The evening will…

  • Colorado Mountain College offering bachelor’s degrees in nursing

    First two-year college in Colorado to offer BSN degree This summer, when Colorado Mountain College made public that its accrediting body had approved a Bachelor of Science in nursing, a number of Colorado nurses’ lives changed. Instead of wondering when and how they’d ever be able to advance their education, working registered nurses suddenly were…

  • Chevron Summer Science Institute teaches the teachers

    CMC expands science education program, nearly doubles enrollment While many of their students were enjoying summer break this past June, more than 40 regional elementary and middle school teachers were at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle, learning how to keep those same students engaged and excited about science. The Chevron Summer Science Institute has nearly…

  • Colorado-based photographer to exhibit work at CMC-Steamboat

    An exhibit of Basalt, Colo., photographer Gayle Waterman’s abstract work will be on display at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs beginning Aug. 28. Through use of color and interpretative design, Waterman’s work shows an affinity for 20th century abstract painters Wassily Kandinsky and Georgia O’Keeffe. Waterman says she has a passion for taking an…

  • Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College launches new name, season

    Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, formerly known as CMC Theatre, is preparing another new season of dramatic fare for audiences up and down the valley. The season, produced by Jim and Connie Calaway of Carbondale, consists of four productions that will run from Oct. 17, 2014, through April 19, 2015. All performances will…

  • Painter Andrea Kemp comes home to Glenwood

    Exhibit at CMC ArtShare Gallery showcases local artist now making impact on Front Range, internationally The next featured artist at the CMC ArtShare Gallery in downtown Glenwood Springs will be coming from the Front Range to open her new solo show on Sept. 5. But for this figurative painter – Andrea Kemp – Glenwood Springs…