Mancos Common Press

09/05/2026

Half the tickets have already scampered off into the wild. 🦊 Gather your favorite humans, curious kids & fellow weirdos and GET YOUR TICKETS before the foxes take the rest. ✨
Sunflowertheatre.org
Wonder is better together!

09/05/2026

Duhon James’ artwork visualizes Navajo life through a rotating cast of imagery, including stars, corn, water, teeth, textiles, hogans, and the universe. Drawing from observations of the cosmos through the seasons and stories shared by their grandmother and parents, their prints reflect their culture and explore the roles of women, prayer, and time. For them, time is a never-ending cycle. Their work also honors the elders who have brought each generation into the world and continue to teach through their knowledge, stories, and the traditions they pass on.

Festival Kick Off - Artist Talk: September 18, at 5:30, Mancos Commons
Print Festival & Print Market: September 19, 10 am - 7pm

Celebrate all things PRINT! From hands-on workshops to a print market, steamroller printing, a community print project, a kids’ printing station, and so much more—there will be something for everyone to explore, make, and enjoy.

We’re kicking things off on Friday, September 18 with a special keynote author talk featuring artist Chip Thomas, setting the stage for an inspiring day on Saturday the 19, celebrating printmaking, creativity, community, and the power of the printed image.

Whether you’re a seasoned printmaker, a curious beginner, an art lover, or just looking for a fun weekend in Mancos, come celebrate with us!

For more info and to register for workshops, visit: mancoscommonpress.org/mancos-print-festival

Print Market Vendors - Saturday, September 19:
Cory Minkah Montalvo (Denver, CO)
Gabriele Teich (New Mexico)
Tony Holmquist (Durango, CO)
Duhon James (Arizona)
Laurie Hall (Mancos, CO)
Deb Jojola (New Mexico)
Kate Achinson (Bluff, Utah)

09/04/2026

Don’t wait to get tickets to this magical event!

Mancos is about to get wonderfully weird. 🦊✨ Get your Golden Fox Paradox tickets before they disappear down the rabbit hole.

09/03/2026

We are very excited to be a part of this magical, wonderful, production!

🦊 SOMETHING STRANGE IS COMING TO MANCOS…

For two weekends this October, Mancos will not be quite Mancos anymore.

Hidden doors will open. Alleys will become stages. Strange characters will appear.A vintage school bus will become something else entirely. And somewhere along the way… you may encounter a Golden Fox.

THE GOLDEN FOX PARADOX is a wildly imaginative, immersive theatre adventure that unfolds through the streets, businesses, hidden corners and unexpected spaces of downtown Mancos.

You won't sit in a theatre and watch the story.

You'll enter it.

Follow the trail. Meet the characters. Discover extraordinary art installations. Listen closely. Make choices. Wander into places you didn't know were waiting for you.

Think Alice in Wonderland meets Meow Wolf meets a wonderfully weird, magical Mancosland.

And this thing is BIG.

25 performers.15+ visual artists.8 local businesses transformed into pieces of the story.A vintage Silverton school bus.A mysterious little red cottage by the river.And an entire town becoming part of the adventure.

All built around one delicious question:

What does wonder know that certainty doesn't?

🦊 OCTOBER 2–4 & OCTOBER 9–11

Only 14 Intrepid Travellers enter the experience at a time.

That means every individual departure has a very limited number of tickets—and once your preferred time is gone, it's gone.

This isn't something we're planning to recreate every year.

This is your chance to experience it.

🦊 GET YOUR GOLDEN FOX TICKETS NOW: SUNFLOWERTHEATRE.ORG

Choose your departure time before the most popular slots disappear.

09/02/2026

Laurie Hall of Bluebird Dye Gardens grows flowers and make dyes from them (and other dye plants) at her family farm outside of Mancos. She'll bring her collection of naturally dyed upcycled, and eco printed garments, each hand dyed and one-of-a-kind.

Artist Talk: September 18, at 5:50, Mancos Commons
Print Festival & Print Market: September 19

Celebrate all things PRINT! From hands-on workshops to a print market, steamroller printing, a community print project, a kids’ printing station, and so much more—there will be something for everyone to explore, make, and enjoy.

We’re kicking things off on Friday, September 18 with a special keynote author talk featuring artist Chip Thomas, setting the stage for an inspiring day on Saturday the 19, celebrating printmaking, creativity, community, and the power of the printed image.

Whether you’re a seasoned printmaker, a curious beginner, an art lover, or just looking for a fun weekend in Mancos, come celebrate with us!

For more info and to register for workshops, visit: mancoscommonpress.org/mancos-print-festival

Poster Artist: Denton Watts
Thank you to the Town of Mancos for their support of this event!

Print Market Vendors - Saturday, September 19:
Cory Minkah Montalvo (Denver, CO)
Gabriele Teich (New Mexico)
Tony Holmquist (Durango, CO)
Duhon James (Arizona)
Laurie Hall (Mancos, CO)
Deb Jojola (New Mexico)
Kate Achinson (Bluff, Utah)

09/01/2026

Our Print Festival t-shirt crew has our festival t-shirts ready-to-go! Thanks to Clint Grounds, Amelia Welden, Sara Sinclair, Katherine Dobson and Teri McKay for printing, and of course, Denton Watts for the awesome design for our first festival.

For all the details, schedule, and to sign up for our MONOTHON! workshops, visit: mancoscommonpress.org/mancos-print-festival

08/30/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Vandercook poster making evening! It’s hard to print backgrounds, set the wood type, and print all in a short time but this crew did it with enthusiasm, creativity and a good amount of patience.

For more printmaking fun, check out our Mancos Print Festival on September 18 & 19. There will be an artist talk with Chip Thomas, workshops, a print market, a community project, kids printing and steamroller printing! Check it out at mancoscommonpress.org/mancos-print-festival (link in bio)

08/27/2026

MANCOS PRINT FESTIVAL FEATURED MARKET ARTIST

Kate Aitchison is an artist who uses printmaking and hand paper making to explore themes of changing environment and place. She lives in Bluff, UT where she works in her studio, is the director of the Bluff Arts Festival, and curates contemporary art projects at the Glass House Gallery at Cow Canyon Trading Post and Coffee. She gets out on the landscape as often as she can.

For more on the Mancos Print Festival, visit: mancoscommonpress.org/mancos-print-festival

Kate is also teaching a plate monotype class in the afternoon during our MONOTHON! Learn how to make expressive and colorful monotypes. No experience necessary!

To register visit: mancoscommonpress.org/community-classes

08/26/2026

🖼️ CALL FOR ENTRIES!

The Mancos Visitors Center is calling for entries for a Fox & Rabbit art show to be displayed during the Mancos production of the Golden Fox Paradox and throughout October and November.

Any 2-D medium, any size, just foxes, rabbits, or foxes and rabbits.

For information on how to enter, please email [email protected].