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New Manitou Springs Art Gallery Displays Colorado Crafts

Manitou Springs - Manitou Springs’ newest art gallery is selling work representing at least 83 different Colorado artists. Mountain Living Studio, 741 Manitou Ave, appears deceptively small, but once inside visitors can view various art divided among seven rooms.

The owner, Manitou Springs resident Bianca Codiga, displays the work of artists from Colorado’s mountain communities. Codiga travels to towns such as Salida, Breckenridge and Telluride to find work that conveys a sense of life in a mountain town.

“If it fits along theme of mountain living I try to find a space for it,” Codiga says. The gallery displays watercolor and oil paintings, photography, wood sculptures, crocheted handbags, hand painted silk scarves, clocks and much more. “To live in the mountains you really have to really love the mountains, and that shows in these artists’ work,” Codiga said.

The art gallery has been open since October. Codiga opened the new gallery in Manitou Springs to be closer to her father, who works at the Valhalla Trading Post & Gallery just below Mountain Living Studio. Codiga said local artists interested in displaying their work should contact the gallery. Ph. 685-0225.

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Come see what’s new in Manitou! The mountain town of nearly 5,000 residents is home to dozens of new and unique restaurants, shops and art galleries. Manitou Springs first earned the reputation as one of the most popular vacation destinations in the West as early as the 1880s. The town’s mineral springs originally attracted people seeking cures to their ailments, and it soon became a town of doctors and healers. Today, visitors enjoy the mountain vistas and a chance to take a walk off the beaten path.