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 […]
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2019 in Review

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 […]
2018 Season Highlights

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 […]
WHAT WE’VE DONE SO FAR
Here’s a slideshow of all the work that’s taken place between our 2013 Kickstarter and the end of 2015.
We have done it!
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 […]
