New Home for Pagosa Springs Arts Council
Pagosa Springs Arts Council is proud to announce they have a new home. Evelyn Tennyson (Ghost Pines Properties, LLC) has purchased property at 197 Navajo Trail with the intent of using the property as a home for Pagosa Springs Arts Council (PSAC). The transaction closed October 1.
Ms. Tennyson, Vice Chair of the PSAC board, is co-owner of Two Old Crows Gallery on Lewis St., President of Lasso Horse Rescue, on the advisory board for Pagosa Springs Medical Center, and President of her homeowners association at Wildflower. Ms. Tennyson has been visiting Pagosa since 1995, but, after the recent passing of her husband Mike, made the decision to move from Dallas to Pagosa full-time.
“I’m embedded in this community,” Tennyson said.
PSAC president Sherry Phillips and Ms. Tennyson were at the new property meeting with a plumber on Saturday, and talked about their plans.
From left, PSAC President Sherry Phillips and Vice Chair Evelyn Tennyson at the new PSAC home.
“The name will be Pagosa Springs Arts Council Center,” Tennyson said. “We are going to use the property as the home of PSAC, as well as renting it to PSAC members and non-members. We’ll have a rate for Arts Council members, and non-members — we still need to work that out. Net proceeds received from rentals will go to PSAC.”
The walls of the 3,200 square foot building will include an art gallery. There will be a food prep area. The lot is almost two acres, so there will be plenty of room for parking.
Tennyson added, “Our future plans include breaking through the back wall, putting in double doors, and putting in a courtyard so people can go from inside to enjoy the outside without going through the parking lot.
“We have a lot of work to do to make this happen. We’re at the stage where we are still throwing ideas around – what’s going to work and what’s not going to work. What type of liquor license, for example. Our legal counsel is working with us. We want to start having events as soon as we are approved to do so.
“We want to rent to various organizations, from the hospital to private wedding receptions. We’ve already had inquiries from people who are interested in using the space as an event center.”
Sherry Phillips added, “We’d love suggestions, new members and volunteers.”
Pagosa Springs Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information on PSAC, and how you can join or volunteer, please visit their website, https://ps-artscouncil.org, or email PSAC at info@ps-artscouncil.org.
