Join a converstaion with Michael Garman about his 50-year career as America's Storyteller Sculptor.  Learn how and why this vagabond artist decided to Break the Mold--sculpting working-class people and unsung American Heroes, choosing to reproduce his work instead of create one-of-a-kind sculptures for elite clientele, and live by his own rules in the wino districts of North and South America.…See More

As many of you know, small, locally-owned businesses gear up for a fight every holiday season.  How can we compete with big-box stores, Black Friday deals and national ad campaigns that begin running commercials the day after Halloween?  The truth is, we can’t.  And thanks to the growing interest in Small Business Saturday—we don’t have to.It began as a marketing campaign created by American Express in 2010 to help its merchants deal with the economic recession.  But the idea to shop locally,…See More

The Michael Garman Museum & Gallery hosted a food drive to help restock the depleted shelves of the emergency pantry at Silver Key Senior Services.  Donations came flooding in.  For three weeks, friends and neighbors brought cases of food—time and again overflowing the 38-gallon container we displayed in the Museum.  We stored excess food under sculpture displays, in storage rooms, just anywhere we could find.  And still the donations kept coming. We collected a total of 591 pounds of…See More

A few days ago, Michael Garman learned of the desperate need at Silver Key Senior Services.  Due to the tremendous local need and a reduction in recent donations, the emergency pantry shelves at Silver Key are depleted of all but a few boxes of cereal and bottles of salad dressing.  This local nonprofit…See More

If you visit The Michael Garman Museum, you will find over 500 sculptures paying tribute to everyday American Heroes--the brave men and women who pull us out of burning buildings, stand on the front lines of war zones, protect our communities, teach our children, and inspire our imaginations.  This cornerstone of Old Colorado City can make you feel like it has always been here, telling the gritty, honest story of who we are and how far we have come.But behind the sculptures, behind the hundreds…See More

If you visit The Michael Garman Museum, you will find over 500 sculptures paying tribute to everyday American Heroes--the brave men and women who pull us out of burning buildings, stand on the front lines of war zones, protect our communities, teach our children, and inspire our imaginations.  This cornerstone of Old Colorado City can make you feel like it has always been here, telling the gritty, honest story of who we are and how far we have come.But behind the sculptures, behind the hundreds…See More

12-year-old Michael Martinez has decided to give up his own Christmas gifts this year in order to raise money to distribute over 4,000 holiday cards to soldiers, firefighters, law enforcement and other American heroes.  So far he has sent over 700 cards to soldiers serving in Afhanistan.    Michael Garman learned of this young man’s generosity and wanted to thank him personally.  Young Martinez and his mother will be delivering hundreds of holiday cards to firefighters and police in Colorado…See More