People

: T.M. Stone; Early superintendent of schools in the Grand Valley of Mesa County, Colorado.

: TJ Smith; TJ Smith was the twelfth Mesa County Libraries Artist in Residence at 970West Studio. He served as the Artist in Residence from January 13, 2020 to April 20, 2020. TJ Smith is a multidisciplinary artist who has lived in Grand Junction for the past five years. Fostering creativity is the purpose of his residency at 970West and he states, “One who travels is one who experiences. I, TJ Smith was born between the trees of Pennsylvania, destined for a future of westward exploration. I live in the balance between art, design, freedom, and athletics. My current projects are inspired by roaming the land and blurs the line of minimalism and surrealism. I experiment with both digital and analog mediums, however my methodology for refinement is consistent. I share my work in the hopes that it inspires others to lose themselves in nature, surrendering to the simple beauty around them. Forever rooted in pleasure and aesthetics.”