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A short film byStar Rosencransand Joshua Hill Music by Bill FrisellRecorded in the TANK on April 28, 2019 For the Winter Solstice, this song of hopeplayed by Bill Frisellin a film of momentsfrom Rangely, Colorado. Wishing you the peace and joy of the season. At his 2019 residency at the TANK, guitarist and composer Bill […]
Our 2019 Season started in April with the Karbank Residency, a four-day gathering that truly showed us the future of the Tank. Guitarist/composer Bill Frisell and filmmaker Bill Morrison came to Rangley for this open-ended residency and decided to create music and images to tell the history of the Tank as a way of […]
In May, the Colorado Children’s Chorale came to The TANK and made this lovely video of their visit. Solstice Festival, June 21, 22, 23 Our Solstice Festival culminated with a concert by the great jazz trumpeter, Ron Miles. In July, Temple Grandin visited The TANK, to advise us on programming for children on the autism […]
Here’s a slideshow of all the work that’s taken place between our 2013 Kickstarter and the end of 2015.
The TANK is now Legal as a Public Space. Thank you for your generous support and endless encouragement. After three years of hard work, The TANK Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, Colorado has a Certificate of Occupancy. We transformed an abandoned water tank that no one could enter legally, into a permitted assembly hall, […]
Big news we are very happy to announce! Friends of The TANK has been awarded Federal 501(c)(3) non-profit status by the IRS. This means any contributions after July 31, 2014 are tax deductible! Our non-profit application team worked really hard on this for weeks – gathering loads of information and filing paperwork. It came through much more quickly […]
What a whirlwind in slow motion…. 13 months after the end of our Kickstarter campaign, The TANK has been approved for what is called a Conditional Use Permit. Without this important but unforeseen step, we would not be allowed to have anyone in the tank in the future! We never would have guessed that our […]
The history of the TANK is populated by many unique experiences, experiments, and educations, which until recently had existed almost exclusively under the radar. While I have only had one occasion to visit the tank, the access I was granted on my visit made it obvious to me exactly how important and influential this space […]
We are in the midst of taking our dream public – turning the TANK, an accidental sonic wonder, into a Center for Sonic Arts. We want you to be part of it. There will be a public meeting with the Rio Blanco County Planning Commission Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 7:00 PM in the County Annex […]
