Launch of the Silverton Powerhouse Kickstarter!

Here goes nothing! We have officially launched our first Kickstarter. This is a huge and important step for the trajectory of the Silverton Powerhouse. The founding artists of the Powerhouse have drained their bank accounts to keep the Powerhouse alive this year. The potential of turning the Powerhouse into a healthy business is astounding, however, we need money to renovated the building to make it warmer and therefore usable throughout the whole year.

Our goal is stout, but reasonable. Therefore, we greatly depend on your help to spread the word about this project. We have until April 2, 2023 to meet our goal of $19,437 dollars. Wowza!

Below is a template that you can copy and paste into your email, messages, Facebook, Instagram, & beyond to share the Kickstarter with those important connections you have. Thank you so much for taking the time to support this project.

Share the Silverton Powerhouse Kickstarter Template

Hi ________,

I hope you are doing well! I’m sharing a project with you that means a lot to me, and to the community of Silverton, Colorado. The Silverton Powerhouse is a reclaimed spaced in an old power transformer building. It has studio spaces for artists and makers, and is an excellent venue for live music, workshops, events, and other community engagement.

I believe there is great potential for this space to become a healthy, year-round business in Silverton that would benefit both the local economy, and the wellbeing of the Silverton community. They have launched a Kickstarter project and have until April 2nd to reach their goal of just under $20,000 for improvements to the building. Currently, this building is 40x50x30ft open-floor plan with no insulation at 9,470ft elevation. The building needs improvements to retain heat so that it is usable year-round, and therefore creates a steady source of income for the Powerhouse via studio rentals and event space rentals.

The Kickstarter is all or nothing. The project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by the deadline. This is an ambitious style of fundraising, but the Silverton Powerhouse is determined that this project is an asset to Silverton, and is something worth having big dreams about.

I hope you can find time to look over the Kickstarter page linked below, and consider backing this project. I am really excited about this project and I think it is a worthwhile investment.

Silverton Powerhouse Kickstarter

Thank you so much,

- your name

Meet the Makers of the Silverton Powerhouse

The Silverton Powerhouse is a makers’ space and currently houses the creative endeavors of four Silverton local artists. Come and visit to see their work in person.

Hannah Green

Powerhouse spear-header, photographer, writer, and runner Hannah Green of the Silverton Powerhouse.

Hannah grew up in a family of artists, but it wasn’t until a couple years into college that she took art classes. Photography in particular caught her attention. Hannah says, “My mom used to say that creativity is like matter or energy, it is only the rearrangement of known material. Whether it’s ephemeral images or making my own route across a vast landscape, creativity for me is a way to translate experiences inside and out that can’t always be described with words.”

Julian Hood

Julian Hood is a multi artist whose focus at the Powerhouse is on printing and designing t-shirts and event posters. After witnessing the magic of screen printing at a skate shop in Texas, he began printing t-shirts for his band in 2013 and has slowly trodded toward a working craftsmanship of the art. He printed for years in the basement of the Avon Hotel before moving into the Powerhouse in 2022. His art is loosely based on psychedelic concert posters and old school surf and skate culture. He also loves to promote local artists by printing their work on various garments.

Hillary Cable

Hillary is a Colorado born and raised multi-media Construction Artist. Growing up, her father nurtured and encouraged adventure, problem solving and endurance skills. Her mother, a painter, illustrator and fiber artist herself, taught her to create. After gaining a Bachelor’s degree in Adventure Education from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, Hillary pursued experience in grounds/ facility maintenance and construction trades which she explains was a limited outlet for her creative maker energy. She started a hobby business, Ski Pole Plunger LLC. Now the hobby is growing a mind of its own and gaining momentum with the added resource of the Powerhouse. Across mediums, Hillary’s work focuses on repurposing materials. She has been working with epoxy resin pour painting on single pane windows, skulls, antlers, and epoxy resin inlay in wood and metals. You can browse her work at the Powerhouse, or on her Etsy.

Anne Chase

Anne is a landscape artist working both physically and digitally. She works closely with mountains and experiments with colors, shapes and perspectives - bending the line between realistic and abstract. Her style is charismatic, neutral colors, and sometimes humorous. She creates fine art to hang on the wall, send to a friend in a greeting card, or to wear on apparel.

She grew up in Durango, CO and calls the San Juan Mountains home on a deep level. Since she started painting, her relationship to landscape expanded. She says each piece is a puzzle of trying to transmute the relationship between light, landscape, and emotion that lives in these mountains.