‘Paperboy Omnibus’ exhibit spans six decades of art, news and cultural history

Opening reception Oct. 1 at Colorado Mountain College Carbondale

CARBONDALE — Posters, album covers, newspapers and other printed pieces documenting more than six decades of cultural history will be on display Oct. 1-29 at Colorado Mountain College Carbondale.

“Paperboy Omnibus,” drawn from the extensive personal collection of longtime local Terry Glasenapp, includes materials representing the arts, politics, education, entertainment and social movements in the Roaring Fork Valley, western Colorado and beyond.

An opening reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at CMC’s Carbondale campus, where Glasenapp works part time. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public and the exhibit will be up through Oct. 29.

Glasenapp began collecting baseball and other cards as a child and added album cover art, posters, newspapers and other visual materials during his teenage years in the mid- to late 1960s.

He estimates that he has collected about 350 posters and plans to exhibit a selection of the best, along with event programs, flyers, album covers, newspaper pages, graphic art and several of his own collages.

‘A nod to paperboys and papergirls’

The exhibit’s title has its roots in Glasenapp’s childhood in Rochester, Minnesota, where Glasenapp delivered newspapers as a boy.

“‘Paperboy Omnibus’ is a nod to paperboys, papergirls, writing and journalism,” Glasenapp said. “Omnibus roughly means many, all at once.”

Glasenapp purchased some of the posters at concerts and festivals. Others represent events in which he was involved or came from bulletin boards in communities he visited — almost always after the event was over.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he began organizing the collection in large binders, making it possible to share materials that had previously been stored in boxes, drawers and file folders.

“Viewers will have the opportunity to time travel and re-remember events, activities and people they have experienced through the visual prompts in the exhibit,” Glasenapp said.

CMC, Carbondale Arts, KDNK and more

Among the pieces on display will be “100 Years of Front Pages,” a book featuring Los Angeles Times front pages published from 1881 to 1981. Materials connected to Colorado Mountain College, Carbondale Arts, the Glenwood Springs Arts Council and KDNK will also be prominently represented.

Glasenapp has also assembled clips from The Sopris Sun, The Glenwood Post Independent, The Aspen Times, the Aspen Daily News, The Rocky Mountain News, The Denver Post, The Crystal Valley Echo, the Valley Journal and prominent papers from New York, the San Francisco Bay area, Minneapolis and many others.

The exhibit offers visitors an opportunity to see changes in poster and album art, graphic design and visual language while reflecting on the work of artists, teachers, activists and journalists.

CMC Carbondale, also known as the Lappala Center, is at 680 Colorado Ave., Carbondale. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday. More information is available at Terry Glasenapp, 970-379-6926 or visit CMC Carbondale.