Field Guide to the Roaring Fork Valley

Over the course of 14 weeks, seven local students have the opportunity to work with local visual artist, Lindsay Jones to shape a guidebook to their community. The guide will be both practical and poetic and will feature physical sites, cultural resources and displays of social realities.

Lead Artist: Lindsay Jones
Participating Apprentices: Carlos Payan, Jesus Trujillo, Camila Heurta, Gigi Rascon, Andi Bohmfalk-Perkins, Maddie Lucks

“The idea to create a ‘zine’ (a self-published, non-commercial print-work that is typically produced in small, limited batches), that was a bit of a pseudo guide to Carbondale came out of initial conversations with artist Lindsay Jones. The idea was never to create a totally practical visitors guide; but to make something that explored more obscure takes on our town from the perspective of our local youth.”

– Carbondale Arts Community Engagement Director, Michael Stout

A few of apprentices got excited about the history of Carbondale and on a visit to the Dinkel Mercantile Museum, after learning that settler William Dinkel was considered the “Daddy of Carbondale.” This conjured up a vision on how to represent the character of William Dinkel. To capture this, Gigi Rascon had the idea of placing him in a fur coat complete with a gold necklace, face tattoos and a mohawk, a true contemporary “daddy” laced in fresh drip. 

The idea to reexamine our history from a contemporary perspective also hit home with Jesus Trujillo who created a text thread with a historic photograph.

Images by Sarah Overbeck

The Creative Apprentice Program is supported by: Aspen Community Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation, Aspen Thrift Shop