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[Event Announcements]Boulder Arts WeekMarch 30 - April 7, 2018
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[Local Exhibits]Opening This Month:
Michelle Blade, Liz Nielsen & Dylan Gebbia RichardsApril 6 – May 12, 2018David B. Smith Gallery
Michelle Blade - Evening Routine - 2018 - Acrylic ink on paper - 14.5 x 18in. (36.83 x 45.72 cm)
About Michelle Blade Michelle Blade is a visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and installation. Driven by the inescapable qualities of the natural world, Blade’s work investigates curiosity and one’s search for meaning and place in the universe. Blade holds a BA from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and an MFA from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Blade has exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo shows at the Center for Contemporary Arts (Santa Fe), Carter and Citizen (Los Angeles), Jack Hanley (San Francisco), and Western Exhibitions (Chicago). Her work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, Gather Journal, GQ, Juxtapoz, The California Sunday Magazine, and the Blue Magazine, among others. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles, CA and Portland, OR. About Liz Nielsen Liz Nielsen is a Brooklyn based photographic artist whose works have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Paris, London, Budapest, Amsterdam and Berlin. Her photographs are printed in the analog color darkroom with handmade negatives and found light sources. Nielsen earned her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004, her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002, and her BA in Philosophy and Spanish from Seattle University in 1997. Nielsen's works have been reviewed in The New Yorker, The London Financial Times, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and ArtSlant. About Dylan Gebbia-Richards Born in 1992 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Gebbia-Richards lives and works in Boulder, CO. He received his BFA in painting and his BA in Art History at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Gebbia-Richards has exhibited widely in the Denver/Boulder area having been included in exhibitions at the Denver International Airport and McNichols Civic Center. Solo exhibitions include the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Northern Colorado Art Museum, with upcoming exhibitions at Redline in Denver, Colorado, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas David B. Smith Gallery 1543 A Wazee Street Denver, CO, 80202 303.893.4234 http://davidbsmithgallery.com Read more... Suchitra Mattai: Sweet AsylumK ContemporaryApril 7 - 30, 2018
Suchitra Mattai - "Inner light", graphite, appliques, and patterned duct tape on wood panel, 18 x 18 in
K Contemporary 1412 Wazee St Denver, CO 80202 303.590.9800 http://kcontemporaryart.com Read more... Crystal Morey & Nine Francois: A Vulnerable Paradigm of WonderApril 6 - May 5, 2018Visions West Contemporary
Crystal Morey, Entangled Wonder - Reclining Mule Deer with New Mollusk Growth, 2017, hand built porcelain, 12.5 x 13 x 7
Sculptor Crystal Morey and photographer Nine Francois will be exhibiting new work April 6th - May 5th at Visions West Contemporary, Denver. Titled A Vulnerable Paradigm of Wonder, the exhibition will highlight Morey's delicate and exacting sculptures alongside Francois's graphic, soulful and modern portraits of animals. Crystal Morey: "I hope that the viewer comes away from my work thinking and asking questions about our role as humans on the earth and our relationship to other living beings. I hope to raise awareness of these urgent issues while also showing our humanity, ingenuity, and ability to be flexible and innovate as species." Nine Francois: "I use photography to express personal versions of my own selective truths. My images start off in the objective, as all photographic records do, but frequently don't stay there. They are transformed through various techniques and processes to make them mine -- to take them out of the realm of fact and reportage and place them into the service of exploring and responding to my world." Visions West Contemporary 2605 Walnut St. Denver, CO 80205 303.292.0909 http://www.visionswestcontemporary.com Read more... |
Currently On Display:
Strange LooksFeaturing: Herman Aguirre, Theresa Anderson, David Antonio Cruz, Rashawn Griffin, Matthew Harris, Becky Kolsrud, Jasmine Little, Kyle Vu-Dunn, Didier WilliamGildar GalleryMarch 29 - April 28, 2018
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Closing Soon:
Role Reversal: Christa Blackwood, Lissa Rivera, And Jessica YatrofskyColorado Photographic Arts CenterMarch 2 - April 7, 2018
Lissa Rivera - Beautiful Boy (Study with Chairs 1)
The Colorado Photographic Arts Center presents Role Reversal, an exhibition that presents the work of three women photographers whose images challenge long-held perceptions of beauty and gender roles in visual culture. Gender disparity has long played an important part in informing the way we look at art and art history. Traditionally, men are the artists and viewers, while women have been confined to play the role of the muse: subjects to be painted, sculpted, and photographed by and from the male perspective. However, photographs taken by Christa Blackwood, Lissa Rivera, and Jessica Yatrofsky do not exist solely as a counterpoint to the male narrative. Their work is part of a larger conversation about how we see, present, and view others in society. Colorado Photographic Arts Center 1070 Bannock St Denver, CO 80204 303.837.1341 http://www.cpacphoto.org Read more... Ashley Eliza Williams: AnthropoceneBlanca Guerra-Echeverria: The Cyclical GlowGoodwin Fine ArtMarch 2 - April 14, 2018
Ashley Eliza Williams, Resonant, 2018, oil on panel, 40 x 30 in.
Two celebrated CU Boulder alumna probe the natural wonder and unnatural forces at play in the world today. Goodwin Fine Art 1255 Delaware Street Denver CO 80204 303.573.1255 Tue-Fri: 11-6; Sat: 11-5 http://www.goodwinfineart.com Read more... Brenda LaBier: Transitory RitualsSYNC GalleryMarch 16 - April 14, 2018
Brenda LaBier | Ritual of Breath, 2018 | 60 x 36" | mixed media
In my journey to comprehend and express my evolving life and identity, I have embraced the three marks of existence, inconstant, transient and evanescent. Depicted in Transitory Rituals, earth, air and water act as transitory elements, a transformation from one state of the self to the next which may be fleeting, volatile or fading. There is the belief that all things are in constant change and temporal, including the self. To understand this impermanence is to accept that people come and go, material possessions are gained and lost and moments become fragments of memories. The images themselves stretch time, holding the elements in an inert state allowing for an extended view of the pending change. Combined, the relationship between images, symbols and objects construct meaning, both intimate and universal. The essence is transformed, healed and emancipated; the cycle is an act of renewal. Sync Gallery 931 Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204 Thu: 1-4pm First & Third Fridays: 6- 9pm Sat 12-4pm http://syncgallery.org Read more... |
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[Call for Entries]Call for Entry: 4th Annual Stanley Arts FestivalApplication Deadline: Tuesday May 1, 2018
 Read more... Call for Entries: Third Annual Supernova Digital Animation FestivalDates & Deadlines:
 Supernova is the only major festival to focus solely on the latest advances in digital animation as art, presented free to the public on large-scale LED screens in the heart of Denver, Colorado, one of the fastest growing cities currently in the US. The festival returns for the third year to the Denver Theatre District with an expanded lineup of screens and exciting program activities slated to energize the city in the fall of 2018. It's an experience not to be missed!
Read more... City of Boulder Presents "Art of Data" Open CallDeadline for submission: Thursday May 31, 2018
 Laurie Frick - Walking The City of Boulder City Manager’s Office, Information Technology Department, and the Boulder Public Library are excited to announce an open call for artwork for an upcoming exhibition, Art of Data. This exhibition will be held in the Canyon Gallery of the Main Library from December 14, 2018 to February 3, 2019. The show will celebrate art created by the community, inspired by the City of Boulder’s Open Data Catalog and other public City data. Our community of Boulder has a strong commitment to creativity, a progressive and inclusive mindset, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Within the local government sector, we have a renewed focus on innovation that is being driven by a citywide effort to enhance data-driven decision-making and innovation. In order to further our innovation work and continue encouraging an open dialogue about important issues in our community, the City of Boulder is seeking artwork that has been inspired by our city’s data. Submit your artwork idea that is inspired by Boulder data and showcase what the City’s progress and priorities mean to you. Read more... |
[Regional Exhibits]Yoshitomo Saito: millionyearseedsColorado Springs Fine Arts CenterFebruary 3 - April 29, 2018
 Born in Tokyo, Japan but residing in the United States since 1983, Yoshitomo Saito finds inspiration in the minutia of the natural world, drawing out details of the environment surrounding us and elements of everyday experiences that most would miss or take for granted. In 2006, Saito moved to the Rocky Mountain region in search of a new and affordable live/work situation to pursue the lifestyle of a fully engaged independent artist. Utilizing the Italian lost-wax process of bronze casting at his Ironton Studios foundry in the RiNo Art District of Denver, the artist freezes delicate, organic objects in time and assembles them into immersive, meditative, thoughtful and sometimes humorous installations. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 30 West Dale Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719.634.5583 http://www.csfineartscenter.org Read more... Trine BumillerCentenary: Selections from 100 Paintings for 100 YearsGallery 81435 (Telluride)March 1 - April 30, 2018
 Trine Bumiller’s 100 Paintings for 100 Years is a series of 100 paintings that were inspired by a residency during the centennial year of Rocky Mountain National Park, but evolved into something much greater, an immersive experience, both in practice and in installation, that points to our human need to record, remember, and reflect. The works are meditations on our relationship to nature, and, through various perspectives, present a deconstructed portrait of the landscape. They advance the dialogue between abstraction and representation, resting somewhere between the two; as if between experience and memory lies true reality. The oil paintings are painstakingly created with the application of fifty transparent oil glazes, over a year’s time. The soft edges of the paint layers add an additional level of organic form, balanced against the overriding geometric structure and arrangement of the panels. The process itself is a study in abstraction through iterations of focus. The sheer number is an exercise in obsession and perseverance and relates small parts to an infinite whole in many ways: a step becomes a mile, becomes a journey; a moment becomes an hour, a year and 100 years; and a brushstroke becomes a painting, becoming a series of 100 paintings. Trine Bumiller explores the relationship between memory and experience through paintings and installations that balance on the edge of both abstract and environmental concerns. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and studied in Rome with the European Honors Program. Trine has had many exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Solo shows include the McNichols Building in Denver, the University of Wyoming Art Museum, the Las Cruces Museum of Art and most recently at the International Arts Festival of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has received grants from Colorado Council on the Arts and Colorado Federation of the Arts and been an artist in residence at Yaddo, Denali National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park. Her work has been reviewed in Art in America, artltd., ArtNews, the New Art Examiner, the Christian Science Monitor, the Denver Post, and Westword. She is on the board of Denver Art Museum’s DAM Contemporaries. She is represented by Robischon Gallery, Denver, Markel Fine Arts, New York and Zg Gallery, Chicago. Telluride Arts District Gallery 81435 is a project of Telluride Arts. Telluride Arts promotes a culture of the arts within the Telluride Arts District, which contains a remarkable concentration of arts and cultural activity that engages artists from around the region and across the globe. For more information find us online at http://www.telluridearts.org Gallery 81435 230 S Fir St Telluride, CO Open daily from 12-6 pm
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First Friday at the Art District on Santa Fe
