At local art galleries

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — This month, Renae Taylor, artist-poet who has written and illustrated a poem telling the legend of Utah's Timpanogos Mountain, artist's reception 5-8 p.m. today (poem readings at 7 p.m.), Main Street Gallery, 817 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. Information: 945-4817

Wild Sage Studio's first open house, featuring Deb Stuart's working pottery studio, specializing in diverse styles of decorative yet functional pottery, and non-functional, Raku, Sagger, horse hair and primitive black ware pottery, 5:30-9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 3301 County Road 214, Peach Valley between New Castle and Silt. Information: 876-0839

Photography, paintings and collaborative work by The Artist's Mercantile's Artists of the Month Joel and Lili Belmont, artists' reception 6-8 p.m. today, 720 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs. Information: 947-0947

This month, "Shades of Light," lights and lampshades by 19 artists, Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities gallery, 645 Main St. Information: 963-1680

Through September, "Mapping the Form," work and pre-drawings by Ken Tuner, Lynn Smiser Bowers, Sue Kolbe, Jody Guralnick, and Nick Joerling, Carbondale Clay Center gallery, 135 Main Street. Information: 963-2529

Eddie Running Wolf, of Northern Cheyenne descent, intricately-carved sculptures and collection of paintings depicting Plains Indians of the 1880s, Toklat Gallery, 231 Midland Ave., Basalt. Information: 927-1437

Through Sept. 21, work by Carlos Cortéz, woodcut artist and political activist, Colorado Mountain College gallery, 831 Grand Ave., Glenwood Springs. Information: 947-8367

Opening Sept. 22, Redstone Art Center's Fall Exhibit, featuring watercolors by Colorado artist Kurt Isgreen, runs through Oct. 31, artist's reception 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Information: (888) 963-3790