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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
 "Best of Show" artists from the Denver Modernism Show juried gallery exhibit (left to right): Mel Ristow, Kelton Osborn, Juror Leanne Goebel, Rebecca Peebles
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Call for Artists
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Artist Call For Entry: Talking to the Dead
Ouija Board Juried Art Show
The MacSpa
Design submissions due by September 7th, 2010
- Exhibit runs October 2 - 30, 2010
Submission Details:
- All artists must submit designs for Ouija Board and Planchette (A planchette is the piece you use to communicate with) by September 7th to
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- Designs should fit within Board size 14” x 20” Planchette size 6” x 4”
- Approved artists will be notified by September 9th 2010 and will have from September 13-15 between 10am-5pm to pick up their blank Board and Planchette and pay all material fees at the MacSpa 1738 Wynkoop, Suite 103 Denver, CO 80202
- "Talking to the Dead" is a juried art show
- Cost for design entry is free. Cost for a Board & Planchette is $20. Please make checks payable to the MacSpa. Material fees are non-refundable.
- OUIJIA BOARDS & PLANCHETTES must be finished and returned to the MacSpa September 30th - October 1st between 10am-5pm.
- THE MACSPA & ART PIMP PRODUCTIONS reserves the right to use photographs of artwork submitted for advertising and promotional purposes related to the “TALKING TO THE DEAD”OUIJA BOARD JURIED ART SHOW.
- THE MACSPA & ART PIMP PRODUCTIONS retains 15% of all art sales at “TALKING TO THE DEAD”OUIJA BOARD JURIED ART SHOW.
The Ouija board, or as some call it the "wee-gee" board has been around since the 1800's. During the late 1800's, and into the 1900's the Ouija board made it around the world being sold as a novelty item. However, history dates similar boards, and devices used for communicating with the dead as far back as 1200 B.C. Ouija boards are used to help communicate with spirits, which some refer to as a seance. While some people believe that the Ouija board doesn't work, others fear it for good reason. Scientifically the Ouija board can not be proven to either work or not.
Suggestions for your Ouija board: At the top left hand corner you will need the word" Yes" and the word "No" will be in the top right corner. In middle of the board you will need the entire alphabet in one straight line. By curving the alphabet like a rainbow the letters will fit better. Under the alphabet you will need to put the numbers 1 - 0. The the bottom of the board, in the middle you will need the word "Goodbye". The shape of your board doesn't matter, and you can add personal designs of your likings. The Ouija board should be sanded, and a coat of polyurethane applied. The planchette will also need felt on the bottom of it. The combination of the polyurethane and the felt will allow the planchette to move more easily around the board.
Other examples of boards: http://www.williamfuld.com/ouija_boards.html
The MacSpa
1738 Wynkoop, Suite 103
Denver, CO 80202
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Local Exhibits
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
The Spirit of Peru Invitational Exhibition
Art Students League of Denver
September 3 – October 27, 2010
- Curators: Guido Loayza, Cónsul General of Perú and Maria Elena Kaplan
 Carlos Palma at the ASLD
(from the press release)
In partnership with the Consulate of Peru, this exhibit will feature the work of Peruvian guest artist Carlos Palma, whose newest paintings focus on issues of immigration; a Peruvian-American painter and Art Students League member, Maria Elena Kaplan; Hover Montes, a narrative Peruvian weaver; and Kim English, faculty member at the Art Students League. This exciting and contemporary exhibition reflects the culture of this colorful country of the Americas.
Hosted by Guido Loayza, Consul General of Peru, the celebratory opening of the exhibition The Spirit of Peru will showcase Peruvian art, traditional music, dance, and food.
About the Artists:
Carlos Palma is a noted painter who has exhibited his work extensively in South America, Europe, and Mexico. Palma’s art is known for its monumental figures within deep space, in the traditions of Di Chirico and Picasso. The masterful body of work on exhibition combines the human figure with abstract painting. This most recent series is both personal and universal and addresses issues of immigration and identity.
Hover Montes is considered the best representative of Peruvian tapestries of our time. Influenced by Inca and Spanish ascendency, his modern yet rustic picturesque sceneries helped establish San Pedro de Cajas as the leading Peruvian village for decorative tapestries. His work can be seen at the National Geographic Headquarters, the National Museum of Peru, the World Bank, and other noted international venues.
As a native of Peru, Maria Elena Kaplan’s oil paintings capture the character and color of her native land. She has lived in Colorado for the past 26 years where she has found a connection between the Southwest – its light, indigenous people, and spirit – as reflected in her paintings of the Americas. Her art has been shown in galleries in Peru, Chile, Guatemala, Spain, and the United States. She has been associated with the Art Students League of Denver for over 17 years.
Kim English is a graduate of the Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. As a professional artist, he has received numerous awards, including the Joseph Hartly Award at the Salmagundi Club in New York. English has been published in Southwest Art, Figure Drawing Workshop Magazine and Art Talk. His world travels have taken him to Peru where he captured the people and sights in his internationally recognized oils. Kim is a faculty artist of the Art Students League of Denver.
Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
303.778.6990
Mon-Thu: 8:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Fri: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
http://asld.org
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Lessons Learned – A Denver Pop-Up Store
PlatteForum
September 2 - 23, 2010
- Opening Reception: Thursday, September 2, from 5:30 – 8:00pm
- Featuring work by PlatteForum’s ArtLab and the Metropolitan State College of Denver, Communication Design Concentration students
(from the press release)
On Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 5:30-8:00 pm join the youth from PlatteForum’s ArtLab, who collaborated with Metropolitan State College of Denver, Communication Design students, as they open their new exhibition Lessons Learned – A Denver Pop-Up Store. This is a short-term retail exhibition that houses products—found objects—designed and packaged by the high school and college students. Personal narratives of each youth were woven into the design process, re-conceptualizing the products for the pop-up store. The interactive exhibit invites the public to experience the products on display, share their own life stories, and offer lessons of their own. With multiple products ranging from vials of patience and “formitables”—oven mitts and chop sticks to help you take the hard road; there is a lesson for every one to learn. This is the second year ArtLab interns have collaborated with Metro State as part of the national initiative, Design Ignites Change. Proceeds from the sale of these products will support next year’s design partnership with Metro State.
Lessons Learned is a Design Ignites Change Youth Mentoring Initiative that challenges students to use design thinking to explore and create solutions for pressing social problems. After nine weeks of working side-by-side the thirteen high school youth and six college mentors are prepared to share their own life lessons. Starting in June and culminating with this exhibit, Lessons Learned will leave a strong imprint on the Denver Metro Community. The Design Ignites Change Initiative gives ArtLab interns the experience to work with Communication Design students and professors from Metro State.
With this real-world experience, the students use design thinking to communicate their ideas, exhibit their potential, and take action in their communities. Students learn to visually represent their ideas and beliefs in the form of tangible products, culminating with this exhibition of the pop-up store. Through this experience students gained a strong foundational knowledge of design process and applied this knowledge to the creation of their products. Each Metro State Communication Design student mentored two high school youth, resulting in six powerhouse teams that are ready to be heard.
About ArtLab:
Based on best practices for youth development programs, ArtLab is a nationally recognized, innovative year-round out-of-school program for underserved high school youth incorporating the creative arts with academic, personal and professional skill development. As an intensive program, we are limited to 15 students who go through a competitive application and interview process. Youth do NOT need to have an arts background. This program is targeted to youth who do not have access to learning through the arts and would benefit from structured immersion in the creative process.
About PlatteForum:
PlatteForum’s mission is to create, provide, and advance arts and cultural opportunities to people of all ages in the Denver area, including performances, exhibitions, workshops, and presentations, that serve to enlighten and entertain the public, especially at-risk youth and low-income families. To this end, PlatteForum will engage in the following objectives in meeting its mission: (i) to be an urban laboratory for the creation of art where master artists of all genres work side-by-side with youth and people of all ages incorporating both traditional and experimental art forms; (ii) to collaborate with other arts, cultural, and educational organizations; (iii) to provide opportunities for the public to observe and participate in the process of making and presenting works of art; and (iv) to be an advocate for the advancement of new artistic genres.
PlatteForum
1610 Little Raven Street
Suite 120
Denver, CO 80202
Tue-Sat: Noon - 4:00 PM or by appointment
303.893.0791
http://www.platteforum.org
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Local Exhibits
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Penney Bidwell: Geeks and Girls
Abecedarian Gallery
September 2 – 25, 2010
- First Friday Artwalk Reception: September 3 from 5-8pm
(from the press release)
Come see a sword swallower, a snake charmer, a bearded lady, magician and more in an exhibition of figurative terra cotta sculpture by Penney Bidwell.
Denver artist Penney Bidwell uses the carnival as a metaphor for the family and self in an ongoing body of work that will be on exhibition at Abecedarian Gallery. Bidwell’s family finds its lineage in the carnival clan as her great-grandmother was the tattooed woman in the side show and her mother a chorus line dancer in the carnival.
Well suited to her style of handbuilding with terra cotta, then building up rich and colorful surfaces with a blend of slips, stains, glazes, oxides and found objects through multiple firings, Bidwell is using this work to explore an individual’s struggle for individuation while still belonging to a family or group. By using the Carnival Clan as her cast of characters, she introduces characters such as the beauties, the born freaks, the self-made geeks, the tricksters and the gypsies. She invites viewers to see these characters as universal archetypes that can better help us understand parts of ourselves.
In addition to the free-standing sculpture Bidwell will have on display a toy-vending machine where original artworks can be purchased for only $1.
Abecedarian Gallery
910 Santa Fe, Unit #101 (just south of Swift's diner)
Denver, CO 80204
303.340.2110
Thu-Sat: 1:00-5:00 pm
1st & 3rd Fri: 1:00-8:00 pm
http://www.abecedariangallery.com
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Kevin Hennessy and Jarell Shields: Landfill
Illiterate
September 3 - 24, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 3rd at 6pm
(from the press release)
Collaborators and co-conspirators Kevin Hennessy and Jarell Shields unload the weight of their cooperative and individual artworks for their dual gallery debut with Illiterate, entitled Landfill.
Immersed in urban culture as young teens, the two discovered illicit art forms and develop ed their abilities through the craft and crime of public art without permission. Unapologetic about their roots, these two artists have taken what they learned from the large letters and characters of graffiti and brought it off the wall to be applied as pop mythology. Within the tradition of contemporary American folk art, their work evolved out of the rubble, as both a reaction to and a result of the legalized visual pollution which clogs the modern American landscape as advertisement. From classic cartoons to playing cards, illustrated alphabets to sign painting, found objects to do-it-yourself tattoos, in the Landfill anything goes.
Illiterate
82 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
Tue-Sat: 11am-7pm
303.993.4474
http://www.illiteratemedia.com
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Daniel House Kelly: Old Things and New Works
Kanon Collective
September 3 - 25, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 3 from 6-9pm
- Third Friday Artist reception: September 17 from 6-9pm
Artist's Statement: "Collecting abandoned artifacts is how my work begins. A child's homework assignment from years past is discovered and I gently unfold it. Someone throws their parking stub on the ground and I grab it. An old sign gets thrown in the dumpster and I eagerly take it home. Mundane remnants like these have long sparked memories for me, and so I work to make art that preserves the feeling of memories. Juxtaposing these remnants of people's lives with landscapes, maps, and non-art materials root them in new places where they take on new meaning. I want each person who looks at my work to feel something familiar when they see it - something that triggers thoughts of people they've known or wish they had know...thoughts of places they've been or wish they had been. The objects and other detritus that are forgotten become preserved as images in my work. These common objects - once useful but now left behind - are used again, this time to conjure up memories - memories of places and times and people who have since passed but who still mean something to each of us."
Kanon Collective
766 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
http://KanonArt.com
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Mark Bowles and Jim Pittman
Translations Gallery
September 3 – 29, 2010
 Mark Bowles, A Change of Seasons, acrylic on canvas, 60”w x 48”h  Jim Pittman, August, acrylic on canvas, 40”w x 50”h
Mark Bowles’ paintings are subjective, simple and filled with light and color, a harmonious balance between the Western landscape and his passion for abstraction. His landscapes are individual statements that have emerged from a rich tradition of California landscape painting. The large scale results in a vast visual picture plane with bold areas of color intermingled with subtle painterly areas. The reward for the viewer is resonating landscapes whose color and expressive brushwork evoke a vibrant sense of place. Mark Bowles has work in many permanent collections including the Denver Art Museum, Crocker Art Museum and Tucson Museum of Art.
Jim Pittman’s work has been described as color field although he describes it as minimal landscapes. He is influenced by the great plains and high deserts of the American Southwest. When walking through canyons, he sees form, shape, line and texture as revealed by light and color. He translates this to canvas using acrylic paint applied intuitively and moved around with scrapers, knives, fingers and sticks. His work is not site-specific but relates to certain canyons and colors, and he attempts to create the mystery of ancient places and the passage of time, weather and man. Edges, texture and surface are important elements of his work.
Translations Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery that represents artists who live in the Western region of the United States and work in painting, mixed media, printmaking, and sculpture.
Translations Gallery
1743 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202
303.629.0713
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Tues-Sat: 11-6
http://translationsgallery.com
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Colorado Watercolor Society: New Trends in Water Media
Republic Plaza
September 1 – November 3, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 10 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm
 Ralph Nagel - "Picasso Considered II" watercoloer, 19"X26"
(from the press release)
Brookfield announces “NEW TRENDS in Water Media” at Republic Plaza, September 1 – November 3, 2010, an exhibit featuring the work of more than 65 artist members of the Colorado Watercolor Society (CWS). This exhibit is an annual project of CWS and features artwork in diverse water media and subject matter. Republic Plaza is located at 370 Seventeenth Street in Downtown Denver.
An Opening Reception sponsored by the Colorado Watercolor Society will take place on Friday evening, September 10, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. A short awards program will be held, with most artists in attendance, and entertainment will be provided by the Celtic music group, Dunoon.
The Colorado Watercolor Society was formed 55 years ago to foster, promote and encourage an interest in all forms of watermedia. The society has grown to over 450 members from all walks of life, embracing novice through professional status.
Republic Plaza
370 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Mike Keene
Zip37
September 3 - 19, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 3rd from 6-10pm
Zip37
3644 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.477.4525
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://zip37.com
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Event Announcements
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
LLM: The Send-Off
The Event Center, 1490 Delganey (Denver)
Saturday September 4, 2010 from 8pm-12am
(from event host Dana Cain)
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy has been called Denver's "one-woman art scene." She was dubbed our first "Mastermind." She has worked tirelessly to promote Denver's artists for decades, creating events, gallery spaces, studios, exhibitions and more - all geared toward showcasing Denver's artists and building our art scene.
It's hard to imagine a Denver without Lauri in it.
But she's moving on Sunday - to Columbus, Ohio ... where she'll enter graduate school and work under one of her idols, Ann Hamilton. She'll get to study abroad for a year, too .. .and she will be able to focus solely on her art.
Saturday night is the Farewell Party ... the Big Bon Voyage .... the Send-off.
Please join us at the site of Lauri's recent "Objectophilia" phenomenon ... 1490 Delganey - the Event Center across the street from the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art).
BYO. Please bring food or drink to share if you can.
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Mark Sink Photographs 1975- 2010: Encounters with the Past
Byers-Evans House Gallery
September 3 – October 31, 2010
- First Friday Receptions: September 3rd and October 1st from 5-9pm
- Informal gallery talk on Photography Today: Saturday October 2nd at 11am - Sink will use his own photographic timeline and provide insight into the techniques and stories displayed in the exhibition
 Mark Sink - Eastern Plains
(from the press release)
Mark Sink Photographs 1975-2010: Encounters with the Past, will be on view in the Byers-Evans House Gallery, located at 1310 Bannock Street in Denver, September 3 through October 31. A free opening evening reception from 5 – 9 p.m. on Friday, September 3, will be held in the gallery in conjunction with the Golden Triangle Museum District’s First Friday Art Walk.
The Byers-Evans House Gallery is pleased to present this sampling of photographs representing Sink’s 35-year career in Denver. Born in 1958, Sink’s photographic destiny was partly shaped by his family history. From a long family line of artists, Sink’s great-great-uncle was Samuel Finley Breese Morse, who is known as America’s “Father of Photography” and introduced the daguerreotype to this country in the 1850s. Sink’s great-grandfather was James L. Breese, a famous photographer who made waves in turn of the century New York. His mother is Denver painter Ann White.
Sink says when he received his first Diana camera as a child, his future was clear. After art school, the 1980s found Sink in the heady boom days of the New York art scene, experimenting with plastic toy cameras, working professionally as both a commercial and fine art photographer, and hanging out in Andy Warhol’s famous Factory scene. In the early 1990s, Sink returned to his hometown of Denver, where he worked with early digital cameras and created a series of still life photographs inspired by Old Master Dutch paintings.
The latter half of the decade brought Sink into museum administration, as he was one of the founding members of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and formed his own community based art center, Gallery Sink. Inspired by the pictorialist traditions of his great grandfather, Sink made traditional landscapes and cyanotypes, as well as camera-less photograms. Photograms are made by laying objects directly on photographic paper and exposing it to sunlight.
With the closing of Gallery Sink, the artist returned to making photography full time in the new century. Sink embarked on a new series with his partner, Kristen Hatgi, using a 150 year old lens to create dreamy collodion wet plates with the technology of the 1860s. All of these chapters will be on view in the Gallery with techniques ranging from photo silkscreen, Polaroid’s, cyanotypes, silver prints, gravure, collodion wet plate and digital.
In Mark Sink Photographs 1975-2010: Encounters with the Past, the diverse techniques, eras and experiments come together under Sink’s unifying vision of beauty. “I am a gushy romantic,” Sink says. “The theme of this survey is to show my obsession and passion for capturing beauty.”
Sink’s work is in numerous museum collections as well as gallery solo and group shows in the US, South America and Europe. He is currently represented by G. Ray Hawkins in California, Robin Rice in New York, and Rule Gallery in Denver.
Byers-Evans House Museum
1310 Bannock Street
Denver, Colorado 80204
303-620-4933
Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm; Closed Sundays
Admission to the Byers-Evans House Gallery is free
http://www.coloradohistory.org/be
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Summer Pleasures
Co-Art Gallery
September 1 - 30, 2010
- Gallery Reception: Friday September 3 from 5-10pm
- Featuring new member artist/painter Janice Warriner
- Karen Storm and member artist Madonna Lane are Featured Artists for the Third Friday ArtWalk, September 17 from 5-9pm
This month Co-Art Gallery welcomes a new member, painter Janice Warriner. On First Friday, September 3, 5-10PM, join us for a fun evening of art, music, and libation on the patio! View September guest artists Karen Storm's fascinating work, in oils and encaustics, the result of her journeys made to the Amazon. Also, Delcia Litt's incredible mosaics will amaze viewers.
Co-Art Gallery
846 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver CO 80204
303.573.5503
Mon-Sun: 11am-4pm
http://www.co-art.net
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Local Exhibits
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Michael Ensminger: Zottelbart
Pattern Shop Studio
September 3 - November 7, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 3rd from 6-9pm
 Michael Ensminger as Zottelbart
(from the press release)
The Pattern Shop Studio is pleased to host the final exhibition of Michael Ensminger's self-portrait series, Zottelbart in an exhibition titled, Zottelbart Encore. Opening on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 with a reception for the artist from 6 – 9 p.m. During RiNo's First Friday in RiNo. The Pattern Shop Studio will host a variety of events centered around Ensminger's photographs (stay tuned for details – or visit the Pattern Shop Studio's website at http://www.patternshopstudio.com). This exhibition continues through November 7th, 2010.
Zottelbart, which means ragged beard in German, is the encore of the highly successful exhibition at Reed Photo from two years ago. In addition to the 21 framed photographs the photographs from the project's last three seasons will be exhibited. These self-portrait works from the last eight years are done at or near timberline in the high forests of Colorado within an hour or so of Denver. This is Michael's final year of shooting this series, after which the beard and long hair will finally go. When this "opera" is complete, there should be nearly 100 images.
The Pattern Shop Studio is located in the heart of Denver's River North Art District (RiNo) at 3349 Blake Street, and is open during First Fridays, special events and always by appointment. For more information or directions visit PSS online at http://www.patternshopstudio.com or call 303.297.9831.
Pattern Shop Studio
3349 Blake St
Denver, CO 80205
303.297.9831
http://patternshopstudio.com
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Regional Exhibits
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Posted: September 01, 2010 |
Jean Gumpper: Shifting Currents
Smokebrush (Colorado Springs)
September 3 - 24, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday September 3 from 5-8pm
 Jean Gumpper from her 2008 exhibit at William Havu Gallery - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
Located under the Colorado Ave. Bridge in the Depot Arts District
218 West Colorado Avenue, Suite 111
Colorado Springs, C0 80903
719.444.1012
Mon-Fri: 12pm - 5pm
First Saturday of each month
http://www.smokebrush.org
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
Jim DeLutes: In with the Old
Studio 12 Gallery
August 27 - September 24, 2010
- Opening Reception: First Friday, September 3rd from 4–9pm
(from the press release)
Jim DeLutes takes you on a photographic journey into the past with images of the Old Country, Italy and antique vehicles whose personalities are still visible after all these years. Jim combines his 20 plus years as a professional photography and his artistic eye to create images that draw you in and allow you to feel the moment the photo was taken. This new and never before seen artwork will be shown in Jim’s very first Denver gallery exhibit. Opening Reception with the artist will be First Friday September 3rd, 2010 4pm-9pm.
Sean Brown's Studio 12 Gallery
209 Kalamath St., Unit 12
Denver CO, 80204
303.629.8744
Mon-Fri: 10-6
Sat: 11-4
http://www.studio12gallery.com
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
The Sacred Bug and The Insect: A Group Show
Hinterland
August 27 - October 7, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday August 27 from 6-10pm
- First Friday Hours: September 3rd from 6-9pm
- Closing Reception: October 7th from 6-9pm
(from the press release)
This group show is exploring the relationship with nature, technology, mysticism, and dreams. Bugs and insects were always associated with the symbols of life, the big creator and shared great respect in a lot of cultures. According to one egyptian myth, honey bees were the tears of the sun god Ra. It was the fly in egyptian mythology which gave protection against disease or misfortune.
The ancient egyptians also believed that the scarab beetle came into being of itself from a ball of dung (the idea of self-creation). It was worshipped under the name of Khepri, which means 'he who has come into being' or 'he who came forth from the earth'. The god Khepri was associated with the creator-god Atum and was regarded as a form of the sun-god Ra. Just as the beetle pushed its ball of dung over the ground, so Khepri in the form of a scarab beetle, it was thought, rolled the solar disc across the sky each day.
Following Khepri the artists of this show rolled their minds across the blue midnight sky and brought their visions and thoughts down into the physical and materialized exquisite pieces of art.
Participating artists are:
Heidi Jung | painting
Malea Ellison | sculpture
Grant Williams | etching
Gail Boyd | mixed media
Norman Broomhall | photography
David Zimmer | installation, video
Robin Schaefer | painting
Sabin Aell | mixed media
To see the show by appointment: call Sabin Aell at 720.309.1764
Hinterland
3254 Walnut St.
Denver CO, 80205
http://hinterlandartspace.com
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
Joyce Coco, Michael Gadlin and Billye Otten
Spark Gallery
August 26 - September 19, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday August 27 from 6-9pm
 Joyce Coco: "Internal Alchemy" Oil Paintings on Canvas  Michael Gadlin: "Construction and Deconstruction" Wood Collages  North Gallery features: Billye Otten: "Sleeping Beauty Turquoise" Oil Paintings on Canvas
Spark Gallery
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
720.889.2200
Thu-Sat: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
First Friday and Openings 6:00 to 9:00 PM
http://www.sparkgallery.com
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
Dena Schuckit: The Garden is a Raging Sea
David B. Smith Gallery
August 27 – September 25, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, August 27, 7pm – 10pm
 Dena Schuckit - Aerial Event 2
(from the press release)
The David B. Smith Gallery is pleased to announce The Garden is a Raging Sea, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings and prints by Dena Schuckit. Schuckit is internationally recognized for her work as a Master Printer with Crown Point Press in San Francisco and currently lives and works in London. The exhibition will open Friday, August 27, 2010 and run through Saturday, September 25, 2010. Please join us on Friday, August 27 from 7pm to 10pm for a reception with the artist.
The garden is a raging sea,
The hurricane is snarling;
Oh, happy you and happy me!
Isn’t the lightning darling?
From Ogden Nash, “A Watched Example Never Boils”
Schuckit’s paintings initially greet the viewer as abstract compositions with collisions of line and color. They appear as foreign landscapes, full of allure and mystery, that become more discernible as the viewer looks closer. News photographs that accompany the headlines of urban and natural disasters infiltrate Schuckit’s compelling work. Her painterly and poetic compositions are, in fact, images derived from plane crashes, automobile accidents, war, fire, and the aftermath of severe weather. Yet, despite the origin of the works, like the lightning in the Nash poem, the images and colors in Schuckit’s work are surprisingly beautiful.
Schuckit collects entire slide shows of photos from online news sites. By ordering and organizing them, she captures the drama and dynamism of the disaster and the surprising and unplanned landscape that is the deconstructed physical manifestation of these events. She imparts an order to the chaos, and in the painting that emerges, pattern, shape, color and event overlap and repeat in a complex and connected way that highlights the relationship between civilization and nature. Placed out of context, there is a strange and unexpected beauty in these source images that transcends the specific incident and becomes unrelated to the reality of the event. The contrast between disaster and sheer beauty makes these works highly unusual and unique.
An essay by Leanne Haase Goebel will accompany the exhibition.
About the Artist: Dena Schuckit received her BFA in 1992 from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and her MFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She was a Master Printer with Crown Point Press for twelve years. Schuckit has had numerous shows in London, and will be exhibiting in Denver and New York this year. Her work is featured in collections at the University of the Arts, London and the Parsons School of Design, New York.
David B. Smith Gallery
1543 A Wazee Street
Denver, CO, 80202
303.893.4234
http://davidbsmithgallery.com
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
Harvest: an outdoor community art show and garden gala
Denver Urban Garden's West Wash Park Community Garden (Grant and 2nd st)
Saturday August 28, 2010 from 3-7pm
 Artwork by Art Farm artist Ben Henry
(from the press release)
Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) and Art Farm are hosting “HARVEST,” an outdoor community art show and garden gala. The event will be held at DUG’s West Washington Park Community Garden at 201 Grant Street in Denver, on August 28, 2010, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m..
The Harvest gala will feature garden tours, the works of local artists, live music by Erick Rudolph, beer provided by Breckenridge Brewery,and a tastings of fresh garden produce, along with additional hors d’oeuvres provided by Whole Foods. Eco-Products will provide all party wares and Trash Bags making this an all green event.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations to Denver Urban Gardens will be accepted and appreciated.
DUG: Denver Urban Gardens, a Denver-based nonprofit organization, was founded in 1985 to operate and assist with the creation and management of metro-area community gardens. Primarily serving low- to moderate-income populations in urban neighborhoods, DUG provides opportunities for participants to improve their access to fresh, healthy food, learn new skills, initiate a sense of pride in their surroundings and improve their community. Over the past 26 years, DUG has helped to create 100 metro-area community gardens and small parks.. For more information, please go to www.DUG.org.
ART FARM: For the last four years Art Farm has brought together a series of outdoor community art shows featuring the works of local artists at different Denver Urban Gardens locations. Each Art Farm show corresponds to a particular stage of the garden and the size of the artwork is focused on the artistic presentation of these themes: seedlings, full bloom, and harvest. The Harvest show will feature a variety of art that complements the garden at its peak. All art is for sale and proceeds will benefit DUG.
ARTISTS: Tadd Moskal, Marcella Nordbeck, Laurie Maves, Dunn(the Street Sign Artist), Amy Barone, Eric Matelski, Ben Henry, Eric Buckner Winfield, Lynda Knowles, Kyle Banister, Kamla Presswalla, Audrey McNamara, Lea Wells, Tim DeMasters, and George M. Stephens
Art Farm is a Art Pimp Production http://artpimponline.com/
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Posted: August 25, 2010 |
If you missed the early August unveiling of the final plans for the currently under construction Clyfford Still Museum, click here for a YouTube virtual walkthrough of the finished product, complete with fictionalized trees that will most likely take 10 years to catch up to the snappy computer realization of the exterior. - KLH
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Posted: August 24, 2010 |
Vik Muniz: New Works
Rena Bransten Gallery (San Francisco)
September 9 - October 23, 2010
- Opening Reception: Saturday September 11 from 4-6pm
 Vik Muniz from a video detailing his 2006 gallery exhibit "Pictures of Junk"
Rena Bransten Gallery
77 Geary Street (between Kearny and Grant Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.982.3292
http://renabranstengallery.com
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Posted: August 23, 2010 |
Braided Apart
Redline
August 26 - October 26, 2010
- Opening Reception: Thursday, August 26th from 6-9pm
- Featuring Ian Fisher, Linda CAmpbell, Rori Knudtson and Jeff Page
A group exhibition featuring four artists who have just completed their two year residencies at Redline
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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Call for Artists
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Posted: August 23, 2010 |
Artist Call for Entries: "Art with a Story"
Artwork Network
Entries due: October 24th, 2010
(from the press release)
(Denver) We often encounter artwork that makes us stop and wonder — what does this mean? What was the artist thinking, what were they feeling? With some art it’s obvious what the motivations were, but with others, the viewer is only left to guess. With Artwork Network’s 2010 Online Juried Show, “Art with a Story”, we want artists to let us in on the secret.
Whether in writing or verbally via a short video, artists can give the public some insight into the layers of the visual mystery they’ve created. We don’t care what it’s about: personal insight, the neighbor’s dog, the future of the world; all stories and all artistic mediums will be accepted. The show will be presented solely online, and voted on by both a selected jury and the public. Each piece will be judged by the digital representation provided. Submissions are now being accepted at www.artworknetwork.com/juriedshow.
Important dates:
- Entries due: October 24th, 2010
- Public Voting period: November 4th – 24th, 2010
- Notification of winners: November 25th – 30th, 2010
- Winners Announced: December 2nd, 2010
- Showcase: January 7th – Feb 2nd, 2011
Selected Jury members include Sandra Renteria (artist and humanitarian), Allen McLain (Senior Executive Producer at Sky Theory Video Production), and Jessica Bradley (Creative Director at Artwork Network). Additional Jury members to be determined. Two sets of prizes will be awarded, based on jury vote and public vote, in the following categories: Best Artwork, Best Story, Best Story/Artwork Combined. Prizes include a free one year Basic Level membership with Artwork Network, gift certificates, and cash! All winners will have their winning pieces showcased in the Artwork Network Showroom during the month of January 2011, and will be viewed by thousands of visitors during the popular First Friday Artwalk.
Complete details (including information about voting, prizes, and entry fees) can be found on our website at http://www.artworknetwork.com/juriedshow.
Artwork Network connects buyers and sellers via the web, and provides technology-driven art consulting to help collectors, businesses, and interior designers find the perfect original art. An extensive array of inventory from over a hundred talented artists can be viewed online at www.artworknetwork.com. Additional services include business art rotation, online art brokerage, art consulting, handling and installation, artist and gallery websites, as well as in-house framing and photographic services. The showroom and working artist studios, (located in the heart of Denver's exciting ArtDistrict on Santa Fe) displays a selection of our member's work for view and purchase.
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Posted: August 14, 2010 |
Theresa Lugo and Laurie Dunn
Core New Art Space
August 19 - September 5, 2010
- Artists Reception: Friday, August 20, 6-9pm
- First Friday Artwalk: September 3, 6-9pm
- CORE Annex Gallery WCA/CO Presents: The Container Show
 Theresa Lugo - Sabrina  Laurie R Dunn - ARound
Theresa Lugo
Inspired by patterns in nature, fish scales, reptile scales, insect wings, as a starting place. The paintings grow to completion and people see what they need to in them. Fractils, repetition, and serendipity also plays a large part.
Laurie R Dunn: ARound
This collection of digital images printed on stainless steel took root in my mind many years ago. After years of hearing instructors discuss compositional rules I desperately wanted to create a series of work that would effectively break all these rules. I used this as a starting point for this body of work.
As I began to collect these images I immediately fell in love with the organic object. Magnifying the image to a perfect sixteen by sixteen inch square enhances the texture and color of the objects but also begins to move many of the photographs into abstraction. I found myself drawn to round objects and combed parks, produce aisles, and even scoured ancient Chinese medicine shops to find my subjects.
The images were produced using a flatbed scanner which allows for greater detail and resolution. They are printed on stainless steel and the first editions in a series of thirty. (See ARound attached)
CORE Annex Gallery WCA/CO Presents: The Container Show
Juried by Laurie Zuckerman, Women’s Caucus for Art
The Women’s Caucus for Art is a major national organization expanding opportunities and recognition for Women actively engaged in visual arts professions. Originally founded in 1972 and based in New York City, WCA is a national organization unique in its multidisciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students and educators, gallery and museum professionals. We focus attention on the enormous contributions of women and people of color in the arts. Many of our members enjoy national and international prestige for their artistic and scholarly contributions to the arts, and for their feminist activism. These achievements, and the recognition they receive, pave the way for new generations to further shape the women’s movement in contemporary art. Colorado Chapter
The Colorado Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art is based in Denver and keeps members informed of current art events, holds regular meetings, and provides opportunity for art exhibitions in Colorado, the Rocky Mountain region and nationally. Our goal is to provide a support network by offering encouragement, inspiration, networking and exhibition opportunities. In the future we are planning activities such as studio visits and tours, panel discussions, critique sessions and guest speakers.
Our meetings are always open to the public and potential new members, men or women. See our Events page for upcoming meetings www.wcaco.org (See Container Show attached)
CORE New Art Space
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.297.8428
Gallery Hours:
Fri: Noon-9 pm
Thu/Sat/Sun: Noon-6 pm
http://www.corenewartspace.com
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Posted: August 14, 2010 |
Jessica Loving
Sync Gallery
August 20 - September 18, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday August 20 from 6-9 pm
 Jessica Loving - Constellation – 72” x 48”, Mixed Media, 2010
"meridians" - new works by Jessica Loving
http://www.jessicaloving.com
(from the press release)
“Jessica Loving’s paintings sway to the gravitational pull of the line, which slices prominently through all of her work. Skeletal structure clings delicately to cavernous space, creating an ever present balance within each composition. An impassioned tangle of concealment and exposition form dialog, while an attempt to capture the perpetual hum of stillness serves as the resolute center.
The line is an insatiable obsession of Loving’s. Each piece is built around this basic cutting mark, and is defined by its path throughout the surrounding space. Much like our physical world, this figure serves as the very center of all form, as well as our ability to understand that which wanders and winds around us.”
Image Attached: ‘Constellation’ – 72” x 48”, Mixed Media, 2010
Sync Gallery
878 - 1 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
Mon-Fri: 10am-5pm
Sat 12-4pm
First & Third Fridays until 9pm
http://syncgallery.org
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Posted: August 14, 2010 |
Christine Buchsbaum
Pirate Contemporary Art
August 20 - September 5, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, August 20th from 6-10pm
- Associates Gallery: Lewis Mitchell Neeff: Bakkheia Contingency
 New photography by Christine Buchsbaum: underneath the staircase
by-product substructures, life narrative cut outs vs. external circumstance.
framework of existence, fabric of time-space.
a blurring of the subject and object (object brought to life as life).
synthetic values, motives, family life, and the perplexing question: will the sky fade.
Pirate Contemporary Art
3659 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.458.6058
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://www.pirateartonline.org
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Posted: August 11, 2010 |
Sophia Dixon Dillo: Light Works
Ray Tomasso: Summer Light
Ice Cube Gallery
August 13 – September 4, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, August 13 from 5-9pm
  Ray Tomasso at Ice Cube Gallery
Ice Cube Gallery at the Dry Ice Factory
3300 Walnut St
Denver, CO 80205
303.292.1822
Fri: 12-9pm; Sat: 12-5pm
http://icecubegallery.com
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Call for Artists
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Posted: August 11, 2010 |
Call For Entries: PINK
CORE New Art Space
Deadline For Submissions: Sunday September 5, 2010
- Juror: Julie Puma, Artist and Core Faculty at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
(from the press release)
Call For Entries: PINK - A show to help raise money for the Denver Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
All media will be considered
Show Dates: September 9 - 26, 2010
Artists’ Reception: September 10, 6-9pm
Juror Statement: “We all make associations to colors. For the exciting upcoming show, Pink, I invite artists to submit work that challenges the viewer to think about not just the definition of the color pink, but the color in a larger context. For example, in American society we have drinks, music stars, political groups, and gender associations all centered around the color pink. Work that considers a broader interpretation of the color pink will be especially considered.”
Submit actual work (no slides) during gallery hours, $10 per entry. Sales commission for this show will be 40%, and will be divided between Komen Denver and CORE. Artists may submit artwork that is not for sale. Artwork must be ready to hang. No artwork with sawtooth hangers accepted. Hanging artwork must be less than 75 lbs weight and must fit through an average doorway. Extremely fragile work must be in a protective frame or case supplied by the entrant. CORE reserves the right to refuse any work deemed too fragile or unprotected. To download an entry form, go to: http://corenewartspace.com/1callforentry2.htm
Special Events During The Pink Show:
Bake Sale for Komen Denver
September 10, 6-9pm
Buy some delicious goodies at the Artists’ Reception
Art (w)Rap and Pink Tea
Sunday, September 26, 3-4pm
Participating artists are welcome to discuss their artwork. Come to share, listen, and enjoy some refreshments.
CORE New Art Space
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.297.8428
Gallery Hours:
Fri: Noon-9 pm
Thu/Sat/Sun: Noon-6 pm
http://www.corenewartspace.com
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Posted: August 11, 2010 |
Jessica Ellis and Joan MacDonald
Edge Gallery
August 13 - September 5, 2010
- Artist’s Reception: Friday, August 13 from 7-10pm
- Associate Space: Hans Wolfe
 Jessica Ellis - photos by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org  Joan McDonald  Hans Wolfe
(from the press release)
Edge Gallery is pleased to present the opening of Reliqiuae, new works by Jessica Ellis. Her most recent work investigates the photographer’s role as an archiver of life and time. Utilizing cyanotypes, an early photographic process, she prints images of skeletons and other natural subjects, and transforms them into hand-crafted “fossils.” These objects illustrate photography’s ability to capture and immortalize a moment in time, much as a fossil forever preserves a living organism centuries after its death. A shrine created by the artist creates a space within the show to pay quiet tribute to the lives represented in the fossils. It also adds an air of mysticism and femininity to the otherwise scientifically-inspired imagery, by drawing on an artform that has been traditionally practiced by women throughout history. The show as a whole draws on the importance and necessity of archiving the past, both by Mother Nature and by man.
Ellis received her BFA in photography from the University of Colorado Denver in 2008. She has been an artist at Edge Gallery since 2009. Ellis has shown at the Berkeley Park Art Gallery in Denver, Flash Gallery, The Partnership Gallery at the Courtyard by Marriott in Downtown Denver, and received an honorable mention at a photography and glass show at the Tri Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake, Colorado. She has also been published in the CameraArts Showcase Edition in November/December of 2007.
Joan MacDonald will be showing new assemblages using a variety of materials from eggshells and fine china to rusted steel and plaster combine to make a cohesive body of work centered around the idea of “broken.” From broken relationships and broken government to broken china, the pieces echo the lines from the Bob Dylan song, “Everything is Broken.” Beyond deconstruction is reconstruction—rebuilding and making better from what has gone before, whether referring to items from the physical world to abstract ideas, policies, behaviors and emotions. The work makes beautiful what most would have discarded. Pieces with open doors allude to taking up the challenge to find what is new and possibly even better on the other side. The pieces range from funny to serious and beautiful to pithy and poignant. A floor piece created from sandstone, glass and china complements the mixed media wall pieces.
Joan has been a member of Edge Gallery since 1997 and has shown her work locally, nationally and internationally.
Edge Gallery
3658 Navajo Street
Denver, CO 80211-3037
303.477.7173
Fri: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 PM
http://edgeart.org
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