Columbine Gallery Art Happenings

April Showers??!

4/11/2019

Sometimes the showers involve snow.
What a difference a day makes! The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is looking really different today from what it did on Tuesday.

We can't wait to see how this big wet snow helps the flowers coming up... the forsythia didn't fair well.

#SpringInColorado #PoorForsythia #AprilBlizzard

4/9/2019

4/11/2019

April Showers??! Sometimes the showers involve snow.
What a difference a day makes! The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is looking really different today from what it did on Tuesday.

We can't wait to see how this big wet snow helps the flowers coming up... the forsythia didn't fair well.

#SpringInColorado #PoorForsythia #AprilBlizzard

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Artist Demonstrations in the NSG Sculpture Garden

8/12/2018

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Our artists have loved the roses in the #sculpturegarden this year. Stop by to #smelltheroses and see the beautiful artwork.

Join us for our final garden party day of our 26th Annual. Show continues through the end of August.

#ArtistDemonstrations are happening now until 4. The garden will be open until 5. .
The gallery and garden are looking phenomenal with all the new work ready for your home collection.

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Ba-Nom-A-Nom

6/25/2018

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Columbine Gallery is really excited to have Ba-Nom-a-Nom join us during our August Sculpture Show. They'll be at the southeast entrance of our parking lot Saturday (August 11th) only, So, stop by to enjoy a refreshing, healthy treat while you peruse all of the Loveland Art Shows. #FeedYourCreativeSpirit

This is Nature's Ice Cream!
The Ba-Nom-a-Nom Treat Truck serves "Soft Serve Frozen Fruit". Our treats are 100% FRUIT, but fluffed and whipped like soft serve ice cream.

Since the only ingredient is fruit, our treats are DAIRY FREE, GLUTEN FREE, VEGAN, FAT FREE, have NO ADDED SUGAR, are HEALTHY and DELICIOUS! You won't believe your taste buds!

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Snow in the NSG Sculpture Garden

11/7/2017

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We are loving the first heavy snow of the season for Northern Colorado. It's always fun to see how mother nature adds her touch to the sculpture in the National Sculptors' Guild garden.

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New Shachtman Sculptures

6/30/2017

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The National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden is filling up for summer with new sculpture and blossoms. We are pleased to have three new pieces from Stephen Shachtman. click the images below to shop online.

Sculpture in the National Sculptors' Guild garden by Jane DeDecker, Stone Forest, and Stephen Shachtman. Shachtman is constantly seeking to find something new and stimulating in either a physical or cerebral sense. The sculptures he creates circulate with aesthetics in contemporary forms with influences and inspiration from, science, architecture, and techniques. These inspirations inform him to create series’ with specific dialogue due to process', dimensions, material usage, and overall presence. Depending on the sculptural forms and concepts, a few primary materials employed are; copper, glass, and steel. Some of the elements in Stephen’s work range from; hammered surfaces which have an organic aesthetic while overall forms tend to have clean lines with a minimalist approach yet are monolithic in presence. Some aesthetics are large-scale filigree in the metal that allows a viewer to see through the organic forms, while similar manipulation of glass elements are stacked to create positive and negative spaces. All pieces are affected by the orientation of light to unveil the personality of the sculptures, which create a 4th dimension of shadows and reflection as they emerge to produce an element of surprise.

Stephen Shachtman's Lunar series placed throughout the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden

Stephen Shachtman is constantly seeking to find something new and stimulating in either a physical or cerebral sense. The sculptures he creates circulate with aesthetics in contemporary forms with influences and inspiration from, science, architecture, and techniques. These inspirations inform him to create series’ with specific dialogue due to process', dimensions, material usage, and overall presence.
Depending on the sculptural forms and concepts, a few primary materials employed are; copper, glass, and steel. Some of the elements in Stephen’s work range from; hammered surfaces which have an organic aesthetic while overall forms tend to have clean lines with a minimalist approach yet are monolithic in presence. Some aesthetics are large-scale filigree in the metal that allows a viewer to see through the organic forms, while similar manipulation of glass elements are stacked to create positive and negative spaces. All pieces are affected by the orientation of light to unveil the personality of the sculptures, which create a 4th dimension of shadows and reflection as they emerge to produce an element of surprise.

Lunar Acorn

Lunar #5

Lunar #4

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Springing Forward

3/14/2017

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Forsythia blooming is always the first sign of Spring in the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden. Artwork pictured is by NSG fellows Mark Leichliter, Sandy Scott, Jane DeDecker.

Forsythia blooming is always the first sign of Spring in the National Sculptors' Guild Sculpture Garden.
Artwork pictured by NSG fellows Mark Leichliter, Sandy Scott, Jane DeDecker.

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Celebrating 25 Years

1/5/2017

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Columbine Gallery 25 years of dedication to the Arts, Artists and Our Patrons. Colorado's largest fine art source and home of the National Sculptors' Guild. Specializing in significant public art.

As we enter the New Year, we have great anticipation of fun, artful moments as we Celebrate our 25th Anniversary of dedication to the Arts, Artists and our Patrons.

Columbine Gallery and the NSG sculpture Garden are full of great paintings and sculptures ready for your collection by our 50 represented artists. In honor of our 25th, we've traced back information on the building that houses all this beautiful artwork by getting in touch with the architect. See what we discovered. We also have our annual shows to look forward to this Spring, Summer and Fall. We hope to see you at any and all, plus a few times in between.

JK Designs and the National Sculptors' Guild have a number of large-scale projects already in the works this year. We look forward to sharing these exciting art statements with you as we complete and install them. We are finalists in other placements, and designing other concepts that we hope to also see actualized this year.

We wish you a wonderful 2017 & look forward to continuing to assist you in the practice of Living with Art.

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Glanz's Tree Top Stretch added to Benson Park

8/18/2016

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We are pleased to share that National Sculptors' Guild Associate Dan Glanz's Tree Top Stretch bronze monument was one of the select new additions to Loveland's Benson Sculpture Garden this year. The park continues to grow each year through the proceeds generated from each annual Sculpture in the Park show now housing over 150 sculptures. We urge you to experience all of Loveland's Public Art collection during your next visit to Columbine Gallery.

National Sculptors' Guild Associate Dan Glanz's Tree Top Stretch bronze monument was one of the select new additions to Benson Sculpture Garden Loveland, Colorado

"For many years we lived in the beautiful Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir forest outside Loveland, Colorado, surrounded by wildlife we would see on an almost daily basis. We were always excited to see the wildlife; deer, black bears, elk, bobcats, coyotes, wild turkeys, and many more animals. However, it was the elusive mountain lion, while only occasionally spotted on the mountain, we knew was always close by.
On many occasions, we found tracks in the snow at the edge of the trees and half-eaten prey on our walks around our ridgetop. I would make it a habit, especially in winter, to go out in the early morning darkness to see if there were four-legged visitors nearby before letting our dogs outside. One snowy morning, with my headlamp illuminating the darkness, I discovered fresh mountain lion tracks in the snow on our steep drive only to realize that less snow had fallen in the lion’s tracks in front of me than the track I made behind me just 3 minutes earlier. I followed them back toward the house and discovered the lion had been watching me not 50 feet away. I’m sure it wasn’t the first time, nor the last, we had been closely watched.
“Tree Top Stretch” began as a commissioned piece that gave me the opportunity to describe the powerful stealthy, yet reclusive, feline in a more relaxed manner. The big cat is beginning the evening’s hunt, limbering up on an old treetop, more than likely a daily ritual." -Daniel Glanz

Tree Top Stretch is available as a monument or maquette through Columbine Gallery click here to order online

Tree Top Stretch by Dan Glanz

Mountain Lion Bronze Sculpture by Daniel Glanz available at Columbine Gallery home of the National Sculptors' Guild

bronze available in maquette or monument sizes

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Spring has Sprung in the Sculpture Garden

4/21/2016

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The National Sculptors' Guild sculpture garden at Columbine Gallery is starting to emerge from the snow cover with colorful blossoms.

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FAQ

11/30/2014

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Commission Something Unique

Many of our artists will paint or sculpt to your specified needs. This may include portraits, certain size, etc. Depending on the commission, we may provide multiple proposals for you to choose from. The initial design is complimentary. If the design phase is extensive a design fee will be incurred. Please let us know your wishes and we will connect you with the artist(s) that meet your request.

Garden Rental

Rental Agreement

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The National Sculptors’ Guild and Columbine Gallery owned byJK Designs Inc. provide spaces for events such as anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, receptions, celebrations, award ceremonies, reunions, non-profit fundraisers, and meetings. Availability of space is limited and determined by our program schedule. The grounds and building are available after hours (4:00pm to 10:00 pm Monday through Friday; 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm on Saturday; and 11:00 am to 10:00 pm on Sundays), unless special arrangements are requested. Please contact us for additional information on renting our space for your next event.

Hours and Location

2683 North Taft Avenue, Loveland, Colorado 80538 970.667.2015
May-October open Monday thru Saturday 10-5 or by appointment
November-April open Tues thru Saturday 10-5 or by appointment

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Layaway

If you need time to build funds for that perfect artwork, we allow up to 6 months of interest-free payments. With your deposit you ensure the piece is yours until you've paid in full. All artworks are retained until fully paid. Please call us to order in this method as it is not currently available online.

Maintaining Your Art Collection

Need a Bronze Cleaning Kit? click here Need Professional Help? click here
For all other materials, please contact us. We can help establish best practices that you can implement to clean your artwork yourself, or connect you with trained professionals and conservators that can work on-site to help maintain your collection on a regular basis, or help with highly distressed pieces that need major work.

Pricing and Discounts

The pricing is set by the artist based on their costs and level of experience. We are an artist-driven organization and take a smaller commission than most galleries. We do not adjust the retail pricing, nor do we bargain as this will only devalue of the artist's entire body of work. Valuations are based primarily on the last sold price of a piece. It behooves you as a patron to not buy art that has been severely discounted. Instead support artists you admire and watch your art investment continue to appreciate as your favorite artists climb in acclaim.

Past patrons of Columbine Gallery receive 5% off or free shipping to show our gratitude but not devalue the artwork. This discount does not apply with any other offers, nor for custom commissions. If you have purchased from us in the past, please make us aware of this at the time of your purchase. Should you purchase online, we will refund the discount prior to shipping your order.

On occasion we use coupon codes in advertisements or newsletters for free shipping or a % off. You can look for these specials here.

Selling Your Artwork

Sorry, we don't purchase artwork. All the artwork on display at Columbine Gallery is consigned by the artists we represent. You may find your collection has out grown your space. We unfortunately cannot consign every secondary market piece. We are happy to list it on our online store, but we recommend you attempt selling the artwork on your own. Be sure to have your artwork appraised by a certified appraiser. Here are a few resources to consider: Sell Your Art. Artsy Consign, Larsen Gallery, Sotheby's, Ebay, Art Appraisal, Colorado Appraiser. Once you make room for more art - please check our online store.

Submit Your Work

3D Artist Form

2D Artist Form

We are currently at capacity of represented artists. You may send us your qualifications for future consideration by emailing your website or qualifications. Do not bring artwork to the gallery for review.

What's with all the Angles on this Building?

Columbine Gallery was opened in 1992; the 4,500 square foot building housing the gallery was designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wrights’ last students. Click here to find out more about the Gallery's architecture.

Why Loveland?

Why is the National Sculptors' Guild headquartered in Loveland, Colorado?
Loveland is home to over 300 artists; and over 8% of the total labor force are employed in the arts and design related/cultural occupations. There are workers in fine art, literary art, including publishing, design, art related retail heritage (museum) and the performing arts. This makes for a Art-centric city and has become a destination for art appreciators from all over the world.

What Else Should I See/ Do in Loveland?

We've put together a brief listing of our favorite Loveland, CO spots. We hope you enjoy them all! click here
Be sure to check out our neighbor Plenty Pharma while you're here.