Don’t miss this:

a reading from Dancing Girl 
a tour of the exhibit HOMING (closes 30 June Sunday)

5:30pm tour of the exhibit & book signing
6:00pm reading from Dancing Girl by Thordis Niela Simonsen

Museum of Authenticity
124 East 2nd Street, Salida, CO 81201

Current exhibit: HOMING
closes 30 June 2024 Sunday

The exhibit HOMING was inspired by the once-roofless house in the Greek Village, Elika, that Thordis Niela Simonsen restored by hand over the course of a decade. Included in the exhibit are works by Thordis and other print-makers that evoke a feeling of home and/or the road home. Thordis purchased the ruin in 1984. In July 2023, she handed the house key over to someone new. Unexpectedly, Thordis let go of the house about the time the exhibit HOMING opened, and so the exhibit became a bookend for a 38-year relationship.

When you view the exhibit, ask Thordis, your host, what possessed her to purchase a mandri [sheep corral] in a Greek village; how did the villagers respond to the American girl; what lessons did she learn from an unpremeditated Herculean undertaking.

Admission is by reservation or by chance; please call the phone number posted on the door: 303.585.1783
$10 [cash or check] for an “invaluable” experience, we are told.

more information about the exhibit HOMING