Name: Psychedelic Elder Mycogourds Interview with Art Goodtimes and Special Guest Dr. Michael Myhre (Limited Capacity Seating Space, Bring your own Chair)
Start: 2026-08-13T10:00:00-0600
End: 2026-08-13T12:00:00-0600

SCHEDULE LAUNCH IS JUNE 21st, 2026

Welcome to the largest wild mushroom happening in North America, the 46th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival! This program of the Telluride Institute, a 501c3 non-profit, offers a plethora of events ranging from foray and mushroom ID sessions, to hands-on demonstrations and lectures—all led by regionally, nationally, and internationally-known experts, (and we cannot forget the wide variety of social and cultural events offered, along with the famous Mushroom Parade!) there is plenty for everyone, every day.

On this website, you can filter your search by events, venues, presenters, etc. Each year the Mushroom Festival features many wonderful presentations on “all things fungi.” Presentations on similar topics are grouped together at the same venue so that attendees interested will be able to spend more time learning and interacting, and less time walking between venues. See who else is interested in each event and interact with our extended Mushroom Family.

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Psychedelic Elder Mycogourds Interview with Art Goodtimes and Special Guest Dr. Michael Myhre (Limited Capacity Seating Space, Bring your own Chair)

Thursday August 13, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT

Telluride Historical Museum Amphitheater @ 201 W. Gregory Ave. Telluride, CO 81435

Limited Capacity, First Come First Serve Seating. Bring a comfortable folding chair.

Psychedelic Elder Mycogourds Interview with Art Goodtimes and Dr. Michael Myhre at 10am-12pm at the Telluride Historical Museum courtyard

Modeled after the peer-to-peer sharing of graduate seminars, the MycoGourds concept was inspired by the work of Colorado deep ecologist Dolores LaChapelle and Brazilian socialist educator Paulo Freire. Dolores was a strong advocate of sharing circles for information-sharing -- as used in many traditions, both ancient and new (such as Indigenous Councils and the Rainbow Family Gathering’s talking stick circles).

Co-sponsored by the Telluride Institute's Telluride Mushroom Festival and the Telluride Historical Museum, this MycoGourds will be a variation of the passing of the gourd format. After a brief sharing from everyone, Art as facilitator will open the circle to questions of ethnobotanist Kat Harrison who will be our featured guest.

Speakers

Art Goodtimes

Telluride Mushroom Festival Co-Founder. Festival Cultural Coordinator, Steward and Poet-in-Residence, Telluride Institute

Art Goodtimes is an Italian-American poet, activist, basketweaver, non-profit administrator and politician in Colorado, as well as a driving force of the Telluride Mushroom Festival since its beginnings in 1981.

He grew up in California where he was a member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary for six years but graduated from San Francisco State University in 1970, doing post-graduate work at UC Berkeley Extension where he obtained a lifetime California... Read More →

Thursday August 13, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Telluride Historical Museum Amphitheater

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