PRISM Workspaces Open Studios

Friday November 2, 2018 from 5:30-9pm

• PRISM Workspaces is opening its doors on Friday, November 2 for its semi-annual event featuring open studios and entertainment
• Over 50 artists and creative businesses display their new work
• Come for a chance to meet creators and see their behind the scenes process and creative spaces, all under one roof
• http://www.prismworkspaces.com
• PRISM is located at 999 Vallejo, Denver, just off I-25 at the 8th Avenue exit

Meet PRISM’s creatives as they open their studios, offering their artwork and artisanal goods for viewing and for sale. In addition to open studios, the entire complex will showcase work of the PRISM community and guest artists. An added collaborative group exhibition titled GREEN explores fresh interpretations of this harmonious color of the PRISMatic spectrum. Scott Saari will provide acoustic music for the evening.

PRISM is a unique, creative community comprised of emerging and established artists, designers, and creative businesses of all types. With 63 units of workspaces designed for individuals and businesses to make their own, PRISM provides a collaborative environment and is open to the community daily as well as during select open studios and special events.

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The Art of Brunch on Santa Fe Drive

November 25 from 11am-3pm

• Participating Galleries & Creative Businesses: Artists on Santa Fe, Bitfactory Gallery, Candelaria - Maker's Studio, Carol Mier Fashion, Copper Door Coffee Roasters, Core New Art Space, Denver Art Society, Grace Gallery Fine Art, Grace Noel Art, Georgia Amar's Habitat Gallery & Studio, The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Joe Maxx Coffee Co. Denver, Kanon Collective, Kat Payge Art, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Michael Warren Contemporary (October only), Neo Art Studios, Ninni & Foffa's, Niza Knoll Gallery, Spark Gallery, Sync Gallery, Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW Post 1

The Art of Brunch is back! Join us for gallery hopping and complimentary brunch bites at over 20 galleries and creative business in Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. No ticket necessary. Simply come down and enjoy a free day at the galleries!

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First Friday at the Art District on Santa Fe

Santa Fe Drive between 6th and 10th Ave

Every First Friday from 5-10pm

• Check gallery websites and DenverArts.org for details on individual gallery exhibits
• Parking information:
• Adco General — 801 Kalamath St — Park any day of the week after 5pm
• The Bolt Factory at 2nd and Kalamath St.
• Alliance Francaise — 6th and Galapago: Just East of Santa Fe Dr. — First Friday Art Walk Only
• West High School — 10th Avenue and Galapago St. — First Friday Art Walk only. Cost is $5 which funds students’ cultural programs
• Kitchens at the Denver — 8th and Kalamath: 1 block west of Santa Fe Dr. — First Friday Art Walk Only
• The Knife Guys at 11 Kalamath St. and W. Ellsworth Ave. — after 6pm
• Image Complete Lighting Gallery, Kalamath and 2nd Avenue — after 5pm
• Su Teatro lot at Santa Fe Drive and 2nd Avenue
• Street parking along Santa Fe Drive, 5th, 7th, 9th and 10th Avenues

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Not Even Human

RedLine Contemporary Art Center

November 10 - December 9, 2018

• Featuring: Bradley Benedatti, Coleman Mummery, Colin Ward, Cows, Jessica Langley, Justin Beard, Margaret Neumann, Neal Agarwal, Porscha Danielle, Sarah Gamble, Tucker Marder / Sharks
• Curated By: Alicia Ordal
• Opening Reception: Saturday November 10, 6-9pm

Not Even Human explores fundamental connections between other living creatures and our comprehension of existences beyond ourselves. Local and regional contributors from various fields offer their unique perspectives through images, humor, and performative collaborations with animals. This collection of work considers other life forms through a multi-species lens informed by experimentation, appreciation and curiosity.

This exhibition runs concurrently with esteemed artist Margaret Neumann's retrospective What Lies Between at RedLine through December 9th.

RedLine
2350 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.4448
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Sat/Sun: 11am-5pm
http://www.redlineart.org

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Kim Harrell Solo Exhibition: Back to the Garden

Mai Wyn Fine Art

November 1 - December 1, 2018

• Special Preview Reception: Thursday, November 1st 6-8pm
• 1st Friday Opening Reception: November 2nd 5-10pm
• Practicing Collecting​: Friday, November 9th 6-7pm
• Third Friday: Friday, November 16th, 6-8pm
• Art of Brunch​: Sunday, November 25th, 11am - 3pm

Mai Wyn Fine Art presents ​Back to the Garden, ​a solo exhibition of sculpture and functional silver works by Kim Harrell. A celebration of our connectedness to Earth, this exhibition showcases Harrell’s signature minimalist style emphasizing texture, line and material. Meet the artist at a Special Preview Event on Thursday, November 1st from 6-8pm or during the 1st Friday Gallery Walk, November 2nd from 5-10pm. ​Back to the Garden​ continues through December 1st, 2018.

Kim Harrell is a silversmith and jewelry artist based in Aurora, Colorado. Harrell studied at London Metropolitan University, Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design in Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel where she obtained her B.A. in Silversmithing, Jewellery and Allied Crafts under the guidance of Britain’s most prestigious silversmiths. Harrell’s work can be found in private and corporate collections in the USA, the UK and Norway.

Mai Wyn Fine Art
744 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver, CO 80204
303.893.4182
http://maiwyn.com



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Sharon Brown: "Trumped II: Teasin' Treason"

Pattern Shop Studio

November 2 - December 7, 2018

• Opening Reception: Friday, November 2nd, from 6-9pm

Sharon Brown continues her satirical portrait series of Trump administration officials and sycophants with new oil paintings at The Pattern Shop Studio. Sharon is the artist in residence at The Pattern Shop Studio, 3349 Blake Street, in Denver, Colorado. Her work can be seen at websites sharonbondbrown.com and patternshopstudio.com. The gallery is in the heart of the RiNo Art District, three blocks from the RTD light rail stop at the 38th and Blake station, surrounded by restaurants, craft breweries, cideries, wineries, and other art and music venues.

Pattern Shop Studio
3349 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80205

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Natural Persuasion: Jamey Stillings and Greer Muldowney

Colorado Photographic Arts Center

October 19 - December 1, 2018

• Gallery Reception: Friday, November 2, 2018 6-9pm; Remarks by artists at 7pm

In Natural Persuasion, two photographers explore how renewable energy development is affecting landscapes and communities on opposite sides of the United States. In his series, The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar, Jamey Stillings documents the construction of a massive solar power facility in California’s Mojave Desert over four years. Meanwhile, Greer Muldowney investigates the growing presence of wind turbines in coastal New England in her series, Urban Turbines.

Colorado Photographic Arts Center
1070 Bannock St
Denver, CO 80204
303.837.1341
http://www.cpacphoto.org

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Out of Hand: Tommy Coleman & Sarah Esme Harrison

Gildar Gallery

October 27 - November 30, 2018

• Curated by Arielle M. Myers

Gildar Gallery is pleased to present Out of Hand, an exhibition of works by Tommy Coleman and Sarah Esme Harrison curated by Arielle M. Myers. This exhibition will present the collaborative drawings and individual works of these two New York based artists and recent graduates of Yale University’s MFA program together for the first time.

Vulnerable and genuine, the works in this exhibition are willfully youthful in appearance, utilizing a visual language rich with personal references, and often taking the form of collage-like drawings and paintings. Sarah Esme Harrison’s paintings such as Blue Diary, and Tommy Coleman’s text-drawings such as It’s Because I’m Scared, draw the viewer-reader close with the intimate hyperbole of semi-private self-expression. Like reading old notes passed between friends, or the pages of someone else’s diary, their works look back at moments of coded vulnerability and earnest expression, at times laughably romantic, awkward, and slightly tragic. Both artists are interested in the isolation and interiorization of memory, in contrast to practices of collaboration, where we share the generative processes of thinking and making. Nonetheless, self-consciously mysterious, their large-scale collaborative drawings vibrate with the idiosyncratic qualities of memory. While some images stand out in vivid color and clarity, others lurk on the fringes, verging on obfuscation. In all their works, Coleman and Harrison confront that which is inexpressible, inconstant, and incommunicable. Presenting their audience a window into a relatable yet unreliable past, they also offer a mirror with which to examine our own memory, intimacy, and anxiety.

Gildar Gallery
82 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
(303) 993-4474
Wed - Sat / 12 - 6pm
http://www.gildargallery.com 


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The Water Within: New Works by Etsuko Ichikawa

Peter Olson: Photo Ceramica

Michael Warren Contemporary

October 16 – December 1, 2018

• First Friday Art Walk, November 2 (6-9pm)
• Third Friday Art Reception, November 16 (6-8pm)

Michael Warren Contemporary
760 Santa Fe Drive
Denver CO 80204
303.667.2447
http://www.michaelwarrencontemporary.com

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Don Stinson: Sky Wide

1801 California

August 30 - November 9, 2018

• https://www.artsbrookfield.com/event/sky-wide-major-works-by-don-stinson

Arts Brookfield brings works by Don Stinson to their gorgeous lobby gallery in the upcoming free exhibition SKY WIDE which opens on August 30 at 1801 California with a free reception from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Running until November 9, these paintings featuring pop culture and its reflection on the landscape will be on display through Denver Arts Week. Stinson’s panoramas of endless skies and sweeping fields serve as both detailed documentation of a changing landscape as well as commentary on a culture fixated on progress. In his works, Stinson nods to conventions of the Western painting tradition while adding a decidedly modern twist—often with a nod to pop culture.

Don Stinson is a nationally acclaimed artist with works in numerous public and private collections, including the Denver Art Museum, The Phoenix Art Museum, the Art in Embassies Program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the Whitney Museum of Western American Art, among others. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Colorado Council on the Arts Director's Grant, and the Best of Show at the Coors Art Exhibit at the National Western Stock Show. Stinson received a BFA from Colorado State University and an MFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University. Stinson currently lives in Evergreen and is represented in Denver by David B. Smith Gallery.

Lobby of 1801 California St in Downtown Denver

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Full Circle: Virginia Maitland

Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy

Connected by Color: Featuring Patricia Aaron, Jennifer Ivanovic, Sue Oehme and Jodi Stuart

Wes Magyar and Jonathan Saiz: 7000 Reasons Pop Up

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

September 13 - November 11, 2018

Full Circle: Virginia Maitland
Virginia Maitland Retrospective 1965 - Present

The Arvada Center is proud to present a career retrospective by acclaimed Boulder painter Virginia Maitland. Maitland, long considered one of the region’s premier abstract colorists is featured in a 53-year retrospective, highlighting the evolution and determination of her art practice.

Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy (through December 23, 2018)

Laura Merage’s soft sculpture installation takes over the Arvada Center’s Theatre Gallery with vibrations of color. The title, Nausy Nausy, is meant to evoke the words we coo to children when they pet an animal or touch something fragile, to be nice, to be gentle, to be considerate.

Connected by Color
Featuring Patricia Aaron, Jennifer Ivanovic, Sue Oehme and Jodi Stuart

Connected by Color explores color’s limitless possibilities through the work of four artists. Aaron works in encaustic, Ivanovic pours acrylic paint straight into her composition, Oehme is a master printmaker, and Stuart creates ethereal sculptures using 3D printing pens. Each of these artists take vastly different approaches to color to expose its many different facets.

Wes Magyar and Jonathan Saiz: 7000 Reasons Pop Up

7000 Reasons is your chance to have a portrait of someone or something you love in the place you love - the Arvada Center. Wes Magyar and Jonathan Saiz have teamed up with the goal of creating 7000 one-of-a-kind paintings for the price of just $143 each.

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
6901 Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada, CO 80003
Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sat: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 PM
720.898.7255
http://arvadacenter.org

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Four Concurrent Solo Exhibitions

Robischon Gallery

September 13 – November 3, 2018

• John Buck: New And Recent Work Carved Wood And Mechanical Sculptures
• Paco Pomet: New Work Paintings
• Fred Stonehouse: Certainty Of Doubt Paintings And Works On Paper
• Walter Robinson: Magic Thinker Recent Sculptural Works

Robischon Gallery is pleased to present four provocative solo exhibitions by national and international artists John Buck, Paco Pomet, Fred Stonehouse, and Walter Robinson. The work on view borrows from the visual vocabulary of Magic Realism, the Neo-Surreal, Folk Art, and the satirical cartoon to open a new dialogue within today’s charged socio-political context. With the astounding, massively-scaled, kinetic sculpture of John Buck; the fantastical canvases of Paco Pomet; Fred Stonehouse’s paintings of strange and mythical figures; and Walter Robinson’s deconstructed societal symbols – each artist tells a distinctive story as they fuse the past with the present into something poignant, humorous and altogether unexpected.

Robischon Gallery
1740 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
303.298.7788
Tue-Fri: 11am-6pm; Sat: 12-5pm
http://www.robischongallery.com

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Call for Entries: Bibelot Show 2018

Kanon Collective

Entries due Saturday, December 1, 2018

• Details at: http://www.kanonart.com/bibelot

This year's Bibelot Show will be the last one at our Santa Fe space and it will be juried by Kanon owners, Kym Bloom and Elizabeth Licence Mahler

The 2018 Bibelot show, as always, will feature the beauty of small works. Pieces must be no larger than 14” wide, and we encourage multiple small pieces by the same artist. Artists may submit multiple pieces — $20 for three entries, $5 for each additional. Because this show is focusing on providing affordable artwork for the holiday season, all work submitted must be for sale.

Kanon Collective
766 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
http://KanonArt.com

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Grants for Artists Available from Boedecker Foundation through the Dairy Arts Center

Applications are currently open for 2020 Grants

The deadline for submission is December 15, 2018

• Anyone interested in learning more and applying can go visit: https://pages.thedairy.org/boedecker-path-to-excellence-grants

The Boedecker Foundation is excited to announce their continued support of the Boedecker Path to Excellence Grant in collaboration with the Dairy Arts Center. According to Sophia Boedecker, the Chair of the Grants Committee, “Our mission is to expand the arts opportunities available to all people in Boulder through new experiences offered at the Dairy Arts Center. Our goal is to bring new and unique offerings to Boulder in performing arts, cinematic arts, and visual arts that can engage new audiences, expand the horizons of existing audiences, or create new opportunities for emerging artists and arts organizations to present quality work.”

The program will award up to $25,000 in grants this year at a minimum amount of $5,000 per grant. To be considered for funding, all programs must be presented at the Dairy Arts Center. Please refer to the online application on the Dairy Arts Center’s website for detailed information. The program, now in its fifth year, will result in a total of $150,000 in grants. Since the beginning of the program in 2016, more than thirteen artists or organizations have been supported. Although the artist or arts organization must present their program at the Dairy Arts Center, the grants are available to artists from all over the country. Furthermore, artists from Denver and throughout Colorado are especially encouraged to apply.

“The Boedecker Foundation is taking a leading role in supporting the arts in our community and enhancing the ability of the Dairy Arts Center to offer new and exciting artistic programming to Boulder,” said Melissa Fathman, Executive Director of the Dairy. “The Boedecker Foundation should be recognized for not only supporting the arts, but also seeking to foster a new level of excellence,” she said.

Last year, the grant recipients included:

• The Pavlova Project
• AscenDance, “New Heights... Dancing on the Walls that Divide Us” ● Ginga, “Americana Meets Brazil”
• Museo de las Americas

About the Dairy Arts Center

The Dairy Arts Center, a nonprofit arts organization, was founded in 1992 to provide cooperative workspaces for local artists and venues for live performance in Boulder County. Originally owned by the Watts-Hardy Dairy, the building’s transformation from a former milk-processing facility to a thriving multi-disciplinary arts hub for Boulder and beyond is a nationally recognized example of constructive urban development and renewal. With its 42,000 square foot facility, the Dairy is Boulder’s largest multidisciplinary art center, housing disciplines ranging from visual arts, theater, and film to dance, comedy, and music, complete with award-winning art galleries, performance venues, teaching studios, offices, rehearsal spaces, dance studios, and a 60-seat art-house cinema.

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Denver Public Art calls for qualified artists for new 39th Avenue Greenway and Open Channel project

Entries due by Monday, November 12, 11:59pm Denver time

• More information: http://DenverPublicArt.org

Denver's Public Art Program, now in its 30th year, seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create multiple artworks for the 39th Avenue Greenway and Open Channel Public Art Project.

Applications will be accepted at http://CallforEntry.org through Monday, Nov. 12, 11:59 p.m. The budget for this project is $400,000 and the commission is open to all local, national or international artists.

The selection panel is seeking one-of-a-kind two- and three-dimensional artwork(s) in any media, materials and formats including interactive art, environmental art, sound art and/or landscape art. The artwork will be located in the new 12-acre recreational greenway between Franklin and Steele streets which will serve as a safe community gathering space as well as reduce flood risks to nearby homes and businesses.

The artwork should celebrate the Clayton and Cole neighborhoods and help instill a sense of continuity throughout the Greenway by providing a progression or a narrative to unify the public spaces.

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