kadoya gallery

04/27/2024

On Thursday, May 2, I will be launching the second edition of The Dig: A Contemporary Speakeasy at Blo Back Gallery in the Grove. I will be talking about the Nationality of Pueblo featuring the historic images of Floyd. Tickets are available at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dig-a-contemporary-speakeasy-with-gregory-howell-tickets-885593733697?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER JOHN WILBUR CLARENCE FLOYD
As part of this 100 year commemoration, The Dig and Pueblo PopUp will showcase a collection of Floyd's photographs from May 2-5, 2024. John Wilbur Clarence Floyd was a prolific photographer in Lock Haven, Conn. After marrying Blanche Bickford (he had been widowed twice before) in 1906, the couple departed for Pueblo, where they spent the rest of their lives. Floyd continued his photographic work in Pueblo, and in 1915 began a career in silent movies. In those days, operating a movie camera was no small feat of coordination. The awkward camera had to be hand-cranked by the photographer, who, at the same time, had to move the camera to keep the subject in the frame and also in focus. "It's a q***r game," Floyd told the Pueblo Star-Journal. "In order to take a motion picture and get it correctly on the film, one must be able to make the mind and the hands perform two things at the same time. One hand must wind the film and the other adjust the machine and both hands must work constantly at their separate task." Floyd admitted the job was an acquired skill. "I have had my machine for long enough now to manage it, but at first, it seemed to me the work was about the most difficult I have ever taken." When Floyd wasn't making movies, he was taking photos. It is estimated that he took thousands in and around Pueblo. In 1925, Floyd's photo studio on Main Street was destroyed by fire. Floyd died in 1930 at age 77. His wife, Blanche, died in 1948. That's where the story of his photos becomes interesting. He took his photos on glass negatives. It is thought that after Blanche's death, those sorting through her belongings decided to get rid of the glass plates and took them to the dump. Fortunately, they were salvaged before they could be destroyed by Suhay. Source: Chieftain, Mike Spence, August 24, 2016

04/19/2024

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING: THE NATIONALITY OF PUEBLO.

DOORS OPEN AT 5:00PM. REFRESHMENTS. STORYTELLING AT 6:00PM. SNEAK PREVIEW OF PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION.

We invite you to come and experience Pueblo again for the very first time. Special thanks to Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) for their generous support of The Dig Lecture Series.

In 2014 as a member of the Board of Directors, Gregory Howell curated an exhibition at the Steelworks Center of the West titled Heritage Square | Embracing Cultural Diversity at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. Since its earliest days, the citizens of Pueblo have brought to the fabric of the community a long tradition of exploration, discovery and self-expression. The region has been at the epicenter of opportunity in Southern Colorado since it's earliest days. CF & I was the first integrated steel mill west of the Mississippi River beginning production in 1872. At one time CF&I was the largest private landowner and the largest employer in Colorado. CF&I mines and mining towns operated throughout the west and the firm owned subsidiary companies located from Massachusetts to California. In addition to its importance to the industrial and business history of the West, CF&I played a fundamental cultural role throughout Colorado. It encouraged the immigration of diverse ethnic groups to Southern Colorado by recruiting Italian, German, Slovenian, Mexican, African-American, and Asian families to move to the west to work in the mines and Mills.

At the core of this 2014 exhibition was a CF&I report called the Nationality of Employees 1923-24 (see report below) which lists the entire workforce of 10,823 individuals and identifies the workers by their nationality and where they worked in the mines and mills. The data served as the foundation for the exhibition and reinforced our understanding of how powerful CF&I was in the development of this unique melting pot in Southern Colorado. The Camp and Plant Magazine was published weekly from 1901 to 1904 by the CF&I Sociological Department. It's purpose was to inform employees about the various activities and happenings at the company's steel mill, coal mines, iron mines, and quarries. Indicative of the multinational composition of the company workforce, some articles in Camp and Plant were written in German, Spanish, Italian and Slovenian.

The open door immigration policy of the United States would close in 1924 immediately after this CF&I report was issued. The Immigration Act of 1924 or Johnson - Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and the Asian Exclusion Act was a United States federal law aimed at restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who were immigrating in large numbers starting in the 1890s, as well as prohibiting the immigration of Middle Easterners, East Asians and Asian Indians. The Act controlled "undesirable" immigration by establishing quotas. Some 86% of the 155,000 permitted to enter under the Act were from Northern European countries, with Germany, Britain, and Ireland having the highest quotas. So restrictive where the new quotas for immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe that in 1924 more Italians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, Greeks, Lithuanians, Hungarians, Poles, Portuguese, Romanians, Spaniards, Chinese, and Japanese left the United States than arrived as immigrants. The quotas remained in place with minor alterations until the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

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01/09/2024

LUCKY THE HORSE IS NOW A GUEST WRITER FOR THE PSJ
Lucky the Horse shares his turbulent journey before and after 1921 flood. Written in his voice, this editorial article shares the story of historical artifact and local legend, Lucky the Horse. While the story is true and based in fact, his story is presented as a “firsthand account.” These characterizations are fictional and based on creative interpretation.

Lucky the Horse can be found at the Pueblo Heritage Museum, located at 201 W. B. Street. He is on display, courtesy of the McConnells family, near the

12/03/2021

TODAY PSAS FULTON HEIGHTS & KADOYA GALLERY RECEIVED WORD THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE CAP GRANT FOR 2021-2022

PUEBLO SCHOOL FOR ARTS & SCIENCES (PSAS) FULTON HEIGHTS SELECTED AS AWARDEE OF COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND THINK 360 ARTS’ 2021-2022 COLORADO ARTS PARTNERSHIP (CAP) GRANT

PSAS Fulton Heights will participate in an innovative and collaborative arts education project titled FIRED UP: Making & Storytelling in Clay

SALT CREEK, PUEBLO, CO – December 2, 2021 – PSAS Fulton Heights and Kadoya Gallery today announced that it is an award recipient of Colorado Creative Industries and Think 360 Arts’ Colorado Arts Partnership (CAP) Grant. CAP Grants support Colorado schools in executing innovation and creativity surrounding their arts in education programs, and they support Colorado artists and arts education organizations through collaboration with schools.

“PSAS was founded on the idea of being Makers and our students seek the opportunity to see and think differently and use that ability to be creative solution finders. We chase wonder and in that journey we embrace our natural curiosity and seek the sparks that ignite our imagination. FIRED UP is the ideal project for our students to make these ideals a reality within our arts and science vision,” said Principal Drew Hirshon.

“Kadoya Gallery will be the lead arts organization,” said Kadoya Founder Gregory Howell. “Kadoya Gallery helps individual artists and arts organizations at every level of the cultural ecosystem, in every creative medium, through several programs. We challenge and champion artists at all stages of their careers and to foster diversity through the presentation of exhibitions and programs that inform, educate and inspire.”

In 2014, Colorado Creative Industries, a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and Think 360 Arts for Learning joined forces to launch a new collaborative grant-making program: Colorado Arts Partnership (CAP) Grants. Funded by Colorado Creative Industries, and the National Endowment for the Arts, CAP Grants are developed with several goals in mind: accessibility, building community connections, leveraging school investment, and visibility.

Colorado schools serving PK-12 students have the exclusive opportunity to receive funding that supplements and supports arts instruction for students during the school day. Schools apply for funding for a wide variety of projects including, but not limited to: arts days, installation projects, performing arts productions, and artist residencies. For the last seven CAP Grant cycles more than 100 schools have been served.

About PSAS Fulton Heights
PSAS Fulton Heights incorporates the best of what PSAS has done well for so many years with a twenty-first-century focus on creativity, communication, and collaboration through maker projects. In their maker school students are presented with real-life challenges. They solve these problems by inventing, repurposing, or customizing things in the real and digital worlds. Making has a long and storied history based on engineering, design, and problem-solving. Makers are interactive, imaginative, and thoughtful.

About Colorado Creative Industries
Colorado’s Creative Industries Division, Colorado’s state arts agency, is a division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Established to capitalize on the immense potential of our creative sector to enhance economic growth in Colorado, the mission statement for the Colorado Creative Industries, “to promote, support and expand the creative industries to drive Colorado’s economy, grow jobs and enhance our quality of life.”

About Think 360 Arts
Think 360 Arts is a leading provider of arts education programs and services in Colorado and is an affiliate of Young Audiences Arts for Learning. Think 360 Arts serves as a resource for teacher professional development, a liaison between schools and teaching artists, and a clearinghouse of best practices and research in arts integration.

About National Endowment for the Arts
Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency who’s funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the NEA supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more about NEA.

Media Contact
Think 360 Arts, Jason Diminich [email protected]
Contact: Kadoya Gallery, Gregory Howell [email protected] | PSAS Fulton Heights, Drew Hirshon [email protected]

10/21/2021

This is the promo video for the 4th Annual Fashion Show. You can enjoy the full presentation on YouTube which also includes the complete product catalog of items as they appear in the video. You can shop now in confidence without any supply chain issues. Shop Local. Buy Local. Support our local creative economy. Thank you.

10/21/2021

This promo video was created for the 4th Annual Fashion Show presented by Artisan Textile Co & Kadoya Gallery. The full fashion show video premiered this morning at 11am and is now available on YouTube. This year we made online shopping even easier with a full product catalog in the YouTube description. Each item now has a direct link to the online shopping cart. No supply issues here with all local products. Get your holiday shopping done early and support local creatives at the same time. Here is the direct link to the YouTube presentation. https://youtu.be/pun531oQa6A

10/21/2021

Join us at 11:00am this morning (Mountain Time) for the premiere of the 4th Annual Fashion Show presented by Artisan Textile Co. and Kadoya Gallery. All items are available for purchase via the online catalog in the YouTube video description. Each item is hand woven and one of kind. Now it the perfect time to purchase a holiday gift with no supply chain issues. GH

The Woven Road - "When we engage in fiber arts, we are creating something, but we are also participating in historic traditions tens of thousands of years ol...

09/05/2021

Amazing sculptures made from repurposed cardboard!

Monami Ohno creates cardboard box art. Her cardboard sculptures are a unique type of upcycled art, and each piece of cardboard art showcases her skill.