Plans are underway for the construction of a new art gallery in the city of Grand Junction.
The gallery will be named in honor of long-time and legendary artist Jac Kephart, who was widely regarded for his landscape and abstract paintings and died after a more than 50-year career in 2019.
What will officially be called the Jac Kephart Gallery will be a part of the existing one-story Art Center of Western Colorado, located at 1803 N. 7th Street.
The non-profit Center, which was inaugurated in the 1950s, opened its current one-story location in 1970. Over time, the Center has expanded from its original 7,800 square feet to nearly twice that size today.
The facility is made up of four galleries as well as a gift shop and courtyard, and regularly hosts art classes, a concert series, and other events.
A capital campaign is now underway with a goal of $600,000 to build the new gallery. Center officials are hoping that the fund-raising effort will also help pay for updates to the facility’s Gould Gallery, as well as the installation of a fire mitigation system.
A construction schedule for the new Jac Kephart Gallery has not yet been announced.
Kephart, whose works have been featured in art collections around the world, was not only known for his paintings and other works of art, but also his mentorship of would-be artists of all ages.
By Garry Boulard
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