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Posted: February 04, 2010 |
Face to Face
Denver Art Museum
January 30 - June 30, 2010
 Artist Bill Amundson with "Self-Portrait with Pricey Mountain Homes" - 2008, graphite on paper
It's every artist's dream: to be displayed alongside the masters, and for Denver artist Bill Amundson, his inclusion in the DAM's current exhibit "Face to Face" is certainly a dream come true. Amundson's "Self-Portrait with Pricey Mountain Homes" is the exhibit's keynote so to speak, placed at the entrance to the Hamilton Building's 3rd floor space reserved for works on paper where the show is being hosted. And without doubt the show is a winner featuring world-class artists such as Lucian Freud, Philip Guston, Chuck Close, Francesco Clemente, George Condo, R. Crumb and my personal favorite, Mark Tansey offering up their take on the portrait. - KLH
(from the DAM website)
Explore one of the oldest forms of art—the portrait—in this exhibition of 30 drawings by Bill Amundson, Francesco Clemente, George Condo, Marlene Dumas, Lucian Freud, Philip Guston, Richard Phillips, and others.
These drawings from Colorado collections illustrate the short evolution of portrait drawing. Most of the works are from the late 20th century, but older drawings—including a 16th-century portrait by Bernardo Buontalenti—are featured as well. While the earlier portraits reflect an eye for correctness of physical appearance, later examples show a looser, more relaxed approach with an interest in portraying the psychological as well as the physical.
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
720.865.5000
http://www.denverartmuseum.org
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
John Gerrard
Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
February 2 - March 6, 2010
 Video artist John Gerrard will exhibit two new works, Sow Farm (near Libby, Oklahoma) and Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado)
My notes from the Hirshhorn exhibit in Dec 09: "Of note was an hypnotic trio of videos by Irish artist John Gerrard that defy categorization; they are moving still lifes of the American prairie and his 2007 "Dust Storm (Dalhart Texas)" is a computer generated 360 degree motion study of a swirling dust cloud subtly emerging and disappearing from the horizon creating a slow motion narrative that was for me as engrossing as any Hollywood suspense picture." - KLH
(from the press release)
Thomas Dane Gallery is pleased to announce the first London exhibition of Irish artist John Gerrard.
Extending from Animated Scene, his critically acclaimed presentation at the 53rd Venice Biennale, the artist will exhibit two new works, Sow Farm (near Libby, Oklahoma) 2009, which depicts a sprawling, unmanned, computer-controlled agricultural complex on the American Great Plains, and Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado) 2009, a portrait of an oil derrick in the same region.
The works, painstakingly constructed by the artist and a group of collaborators over periods of up to eighteen months, employ the new temporal medium of realtime 3D. Since his discovery of it in the late 1990s, the artist has pursued a unique engagement with this form, creating eerily compelling virtual portraits, which extend and develop traditions of painting, photography, cinema and sculpture.
Principally used in video-gaming, realtime 3D is particularly well-suited to depict the desolate agri-industrial landscapes that make up the exhibition, as they themselves are constructed upon a wholly synthetic set of power and energy relationships. From the vantage point of an orbital camera, the viewer is invited to follow the two projected scenes through the slow passage of a three hundred and sixty degree circumnavigation, within a representation of the twenty-four hour day, set in a three hundred and sixty-five day year. Three contemporaneous orbits fold into one, the frozen instant of a photograph extended into a continuum.
John Gerrard was born in Dublin in 1974 and lives and works in Dublin and Vienna. He recently completed a guest residency at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam. A solo presentation of his work is currently on show at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. In late March 2010, Oil Stick Work , a major long-term public projection, will be unveiled at Canary Wharf underground station as part of Transport for London’s 'Art on the Underground' programme.
Gerrard received a BFA from The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, and completed postgraduate studies at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Trinity College, Dublin. Recent solo presentations of Gerrard’s work include John Gerrard: Animated Scene, a collateral project at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009), Oil Stick Work at Simon Preston Gallery, New York (2009) and Dark Portraits at Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2006). Recent group exhibitions include John Gerrard / Glenn Ligon at the Alberta College of Art & Design (2009); Infinitum at Palazzo Fortuny, Venice (2009); Equal, That Is, To the Real Itself at Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, (2007); and Existencias at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (2007).
Thomas Dane Gallery
First Floor
11 Duke Street
St James's
London SW1Y 6BN
Tel: 020 7925 2505
http://thomasdane.com
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
"I Miss Mystery" - A solo show by Mario Zoots
Illiterate
February 5 - 28, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, February 5 from 6-10pm
Artist Bio: Mario Zoots is an appropriation and network artist using the internet as his primary tool for the organization and display of his works. Living and working in Denver, he also is co-founder of the underground publishing outfit, Drippy Bone Books based in Los Angeles, Denver and Amsterdam, which highlights photography, comix, collage and ready-mades in it's various print incarnations. Zoots is also part of the home recording lo-fi synth-pop sound project Modern Witch.
Illiterate
82 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
303.993.4474
http://illiteratemagazine.com
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
Point A: A Place to Start
GOCA 121 (Colorado Springs)
- Public Reception: Friday February 5th from 6-9pm
(from the press release)
POINT A: a place to start is the first exhibition scheduled at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ (UCCS) new downtown gallery, GOCA 121. This exhibition is the starting point for an ongoing discussion on contemporary art and culture, facilitated by UCCS. We don’t presume to know where these conversations will take us, we simply offer a place to start. POINT A features distinct installations by DeLane Bredvik, Corey Drieth and Izumi Yokoyama.
Each installation is a response to communal spaces and social conventions, both in content and design. The architecture of the space and the viewer’s physical relationship to the work creates a forum to discuss the content of each work. POINT A invites visitors into deliberately constructed environments in order to engage with the concepts each artist introduces. From the vapid allure of pop culture, to the battle between individuality and conformity, to a gently constructed personal narrative on family and play, POINT A challenges the viewer to first question and then articulate their place in each installation, by responding intellectually to content and physically to space.
GOCA has partnered with the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) to present FEEDBACK, an opportunity for gallery visitors to participate in regional cultural planning efforts. The exercise asks visitors to respond to four questions about cultural opportunities, institutions, ideologies and practices in Colorado Springs. Responses from the project will not only inform future exhibitions at GOCA 121, but will also be valuable components to COPPeR’s cultural strategic planning efforts. More information about the planning process is available at www.coppercolo.org.
GOCA 121 was made possible by generous support from Nor’wood, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and GOCA members. For more information on the Gallery of Contemporary Art, visit http://www.galleryuccs.org/ Special thanks to COPPeR and NOSH for providing refreshments for the public reception.
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 30 bachelor’s degrees, 19 master’s and five doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls about 8,500 students annually.
ARTIST STATEMENTS
DeLane Bredvik | Art communicates knowledge about reality by utilizing a form of cognition that it not quantifiable. We feel, as well as think about a work of art. Consequently, a viewer may understand something new when looking at art, but not be able to describe it. This ephemeral process of feeling, thinking and understanding is the foundation for my work. A few months ago I read the ancient Greek play Bacchae by Euripides. Phrases describing the chorus, such as “Statuesque immobility,” “external simplicity,” and “a relatively static chorus,” captured my attention. The chorus “served to represent the broad foundation of timeless and popular views of life and to provide a background for motivation and commentary or advice on individual actions.” Even in the relatively open and free society that most people in the United States enjoy, there is still the continuous presence and pressure of society to conform to an ideal. The emergence of our character remains fluid and continuous. We understand who we are through daily association with things we come in contact with and those things that repel or attract us. Individuality and spiritual self-knowledge emerge despite the presence of a collective force that compels us to conform.
Corey Drieth | When I make installations and sculptures I am typically interested in the metaphorical use of common materials and objects. Placing slightly manipulated versions of these objects into the gallery context gives the viewer a opportunity to reconsider and expand on their meaning. For Point A, I will be exploring my ambivalent feelings about popular culture…the beauty, humor, spectacle, and exhausted vacancy of it. Ultimately, I hope to create spaces that sparkle and shine, but spaces that are also subtly malevolent or sad. Drieth is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Izumi Yokoyama | My work is always inspired by nature’s ephemeral and fantastic phenomena as well as the social activities that engage with them. I enjoy watching each season’s theatrical scenes such as cherry-blossom petals swirling in spring, lightning bugs dancing around in summer, red leaves softly fluttering down in fall, and snowfall in winter. Growing up in the northwest part of Japan, where snow was my playground, I have always dreamt of building Kamakura, an igloo-like snow house. Neighbors used to gather together to build snow houses for their children. They lit candles inside snow houses as kids sang songs and ate their favorite rice cakes inside. While we still enjoy seasonal gifts of nature, the activity of building Kamakura has become uncommon for today’s children. The installation for Point A illustrates moments of such fragile beauty and that reflects the importance of family gathering. Yokoyama was born in Japan and earned her MFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2009. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
GOCA 121
121 S. Tejon, Suite 100
South Tower, Plaza of the Rockies
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Mon-Fri: 10am - 8pm
http://www.galleryuccs.org
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
Pink Collar Glam
Andenken Gallery
February 5 — 7, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, February 5th from 7pm – midnight
- Gallery Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12–5pm
Andenken gallery presents Pink Collar Glam, an all female exhibit of Denver’s most progressive up-and-coming artists. The artists’ works are concerned with exploring new ideas through a wide range of mediums. The artists included in this exhibition are Christine Buchsbaum, Tiffany Kennedy, Alicia Ordal, Holly Johnson, Chrissy Espinoza, and Rianna Lee Brown.
Andenken Gallery
2990 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
Open by appointment:
303.941.2458
http://andenkengallery.com
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
"Look In... Look Out" - Micro/Molecular and Macro/Cosmic Images
Sizzle & Bang
February 4 - March 26, 2010
- Artists Reception: Thursday February 4th from 6-8pm
- Featuring Kenneth Crumley, Angela Canada Hopkins, Maria Lopez, Roger Rapp, Lelija Roy, Viral
 Angela Canada Hopkins at Sizzle and Bang
Sizzle & Bang
767 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
http://www.sizzleandbang.com
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
 Extreme Ice Survey: The Photography of James Balog
Smokebrush Gallery (Colorado Springs)
February 5 – March 26, 2010
- Opening Reception: First Friday February 5th from 5-8pm
Join us First Friday, February 5 from 5 to 8pm for the opening reception for Boulder photographer James Balog's (pron. Bay-log) Extreme Ice Survey, a sublime and compelling series of large-scale photographs and time-lapse animations. The exhibition continues through March 26.
The Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) brings art and science together with stunningly sublime photographic imagery and time-lapse animations illustrating the rapid changes happening to Earth's glacial ice. It is at once visually captivating, educational, and compelling. And it is the perfect beginning to Smokebrush Gallery's 2010 programming.
EIS is the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based, real-time photography. EIS uses time-lapse photography, conventional photography, and video to document the rapid changes now occurring on the Earth's glacial ice. James Balog and his EIS team have specially customized and installed 27 time-lapse cameras at 15 sites in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains. EIS supplements this ongoing record with annual repeat photography in Iceland, the Alps, and Bolivia.
Mr. Balog recently presented his work at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009, was featured on the cover of National Geographic and was recently appointed as the ECO-Ambassador to SAMSUNG for the Vancouver Olympics, and his one-hour documentary will release this Spring on PBS's NOVA. These credentials merely support the value and timeliness of this contemporary image-maker's work. Although the science world has given Mr. Balog more attention than the art world at this point, the work itself shares no exclusive borders with either world and certainly stands up on its own in the gallery and museum settings.
Smokebrush Foundation
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: February 03, 2010 |
Artists of the Art District on Santa Fe
Buell Theatre
February 8 - April 1, 2010
- Public Viewing and Reception Monday February 8 from 6-8pm
- After February 8 the artwork can be viewed only as a ticketed patron of an event at the Buell Theatre or by contacting DOCA to schedule a visit
 Kimono Wall Art from Carol Mier Fashion
(from the press release)
The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) is pleased to present a special exhibition of work representing 18 artists from 15 galleries in Denver’s renowned Art District on Santa Fe. The exhibit features a wide variety of media including paintings, photography, mixed media and textile arts showcasing the talents of artists who regularly exhibit their work in the Art District on Santa Fe.
This is the eighth exhibition in an ongoing series of special exhibitions at the Buell Theatre featuring work by metro Denver artists. The exhibitions are curated by DOCA Public Art Administrator Rudi Cerri.
Galleries & Artists in the Exhibit
- Abecedarian Gallery: Alicia Bailey, Melinda Laz
- Brianna Martray Fine Art: Brianna Martray
- Carol Mier Fashion Gallery: Carol Mier
- Colorado Voice Clinic Gallery: Cheryl Opperman
- CORE New Art Space: Claudia Roulier, Bruce Clark
- 8th Ave Creative Studios: Janet Glovinsky, David Castle
- Grace Gallery: Pauline Bustamante
- Habitat Gallery & Studio: Blake Flynn
- John Fielder’s Colorado: John Fielder
- 910 Arts/Michelle Soule': Michelle Soule’
- Reed Photo-Art Gallery: David Muench
- Sandra Phillips Gallery: Virginia Maitland, Mel Strawn
- Sizzle and Bang: Meg Voigt Meersman
- Spark Gallery: Ellen Chiara
- Studio13 Gallery: Niza Knoll
The Buell Theatre is located in the Denver Performing Arts Complex at 14th and Curtis in Downtown Denver
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Posted: February 03, 2010 |
Sweet Show
D Gallery
February 5 - 26, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 5 from 5-9pm
 Ricardo DeOlivara invites you to the sweetest show of 2010
D Gallery
3558 Navajo Street
Denver, CO 80211
303.520.8065
http://www.dgallerydenver.com
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
La Malagua (The Jellyfish)
Museo de las Americas
February 4 - June 6, 2010
- Curated by Maruca Salazar
- Opening reception Thursday, February 4 from 7-10 pm
- Free for Members, $4 General Admission
(from the press release)
El Colectivo Malagua features the talent of 5 artists from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Jessica Felix, Sergio Martinez, Fernando Sanchez, Miguel Perez and Ireri Topete. The Colectivo has taken the Mexican Loteria iconography and has changed the rules by adding a new card: “La Malagua” (The Jellyfish). This change prompts a visual reinterpretation of La Loteria that parodies its predecessor, along with the comical and the colorful characters of Mexican society. Two Colorado artists, Carlos Fresquez and Belen Escalante, are also featured and will provide their own take on La Loteria. Come and play.
Museo de las Americas
861 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.571.4401
http://museo.org
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Local News
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
 Artist's rendition of Donald Lipski's " Psyche (The Butterfly)" planned for the new Auroria campus Science Building addition
One of the cornerstones for the funding of public art in Denver has been the "1% for Art" program, which is more than a nice sentiment: the 1% baseline has been in effect since the original Art in Public Places bill was written into law back in 1977 generating $8.2 million for 435 works of public art.
In the "tough time/tough measures" vein of thought, crafty number crunchers have found a loophole which has allowed new civic projects to come to fruition sans art. An unfortunate casualty has been artist Donald Lipski (best known locally for "The Yearling" outside the DPL) whose recent commission for a sculpture to grace the new Science Building on the Auraria campus was nearly nixed (thankfully Auraria was able to scramble and come up with the funds for an abridged version of the piece.)
The state legislature simply must find a way to stop the madness and secure the funding for public art that the law intended, if not for soul of the residents of Colorado (who need the presence of beautiful things to keep us civilized and sane) then for the quantified financial benefits that the public art program has realized for the state's creative community which employed over 186,000 residents in 2007 (per the Colorado Council on the Arts.) - KLH
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Call for Artists
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
Call for Artists: Project Hello
Event takes place Saturday May 1, 2010 from 12-7pm
Applications due by March 1
(from the press release)
we would like to introduce ourselves. we're project hello, and we want to meet you. we're from denver, and are here to unite the creative community -- visual artists, crafters, designers, musicians, fashion and jewelry designers, writers, culinary artists, film makers and performers. we believe that creativity fuels inspiration, support encourages action, and that we're stronger in numbers, so let's get together.
project hello is an event to gather, foster, promote and expose our efforts. this is a call to all creatives, whether or not you have experience in publicly presenting your work, to show us what you've got. we want to support you, we want you to support us, and we feel this will benefit the entire community.
we know introductions can be a bit awkward, so naturally, that's what we're asking of you. please submit your idea for a work centered on the concept of introduction. this piece should reveal who you are as a creative individual, and will be considered for exhibition inclusion by a jury of your fellow creatives to be presented at project hello at the TAXI complex on May 1, 2010.
we look forward to getting to know you! smiles, PROJECT HELLO
project submission guidelines (email application by march 1, 2010 to:
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- your name
- your company's name (if applicable)
- website or 5-7 images (jpegs) of your work from the last 2 years
- email
- phone #
- a detailed, written description, and drawings or photos of proposed project
- brief bio/statement
- please let us know if you would like a table space or wall space, and special needs for project.
details
- event: project hello
- date: may 1, 2010, 12-7pm (set-up: 10am-12pm, breakdown: 7pm-9pm)
- location: TAXI, www.taxibyzeppelin.com, denver
- project submission deadline: march 1, 2010
- acceptance notice: march 10, 2010, via email
- participation fee: $10 = 6' table space (participants supply their own table) or $20 = 4x8' plywood wall (provided)
- participation fee is due w/in 10 days of acceptance via paypal
- project hello is an indoor event
- creatives will have up to an 4x6' foot space to work with. please let us know if you are a musician, performer, new media artist, or any other creative that needs additional space
- participants will need to provide their own tables and chairs
- to connect our community, please plan on being present alongside your work for the entire event, including setup and breakdown
please feel free to contact us with any questions or just say hello:
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
Nathan Abels: "Natural Causes"
Rule Gallery
February 5 - March 20, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 5, 6-9pm
- Also on display: group exhibit curated by Nathan Abels featuring work by Alexander Binder, Mindy Bray, Alan Kitchen, Eric LoPresti, Yoshitomo Saito and Jason Stopa
 Nathan Abels - Kairos
Nathan Abels Artist Statement: The works in “Natural Causes” explore the landscape and its inhabitants with each image depicting a visual pause in an ongoing event. What I am capturing in these paused moments is a sense of “straining at particles of light in the midst of great darkness.” (Keats)
Nathan Abels Curatorial Statement: Each of the works chosen for “Natural Causes” contributes to an overall tone – rooted in what Simone Weil calls the “absence of place”. Many of the artists in the exhibition have obscured or abstracted their images from the natural world; some more directly as seen in Alexander Binder’s photographs of psychedelic forests, Yoshitomo Saito’s casts of natural forms, and the distant landscapes in Jason Stopa’s rear-view mirrors. Others present works whose references to the landscape are less direct; Mindy Bray’s watery abstractions, Eric LoPresti’s aerial landscapes, and Alan Kitchen’s work which is reminiscent of a night sky, a weathered stone or a desert floor. Formally, the pieces that make up “Natural Causes” are softened as though seen through a fog, a dust storm or atmospheric pollutants – they show nature as we experience it, not as it ought to be. There is also a degree of uncertainty or mystery to these works that makes them alluring – as if in a night’s time these scenes will be irrevocably changed.
Rule Gallery
227 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
303.777.9473
http://www.rulegallery.com
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
Timmy Flynn’s Hardware Store
Foothills Art Center
February 6 - 28, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday, February 5 from 5:30–8pm, featuring music by Cobelco and fun, quirky door prizes
- Free admission in February and every first Monday throughout 2010 courtesy of Target
- Click here for pix from Timmy Flynn's Hardware Store 2008 at Edge
(from the press release)
Grab your tool belt and join us at Foothills Art Center where the Timmy Flynn’s Hardware Store will be open for business. The “merchandise” is a playful collection of tool-inspired artwork by over 40 Colorado artists embodying the nostalgia of the old-fashioned hardware store. From giant brooms to glass-fused paint brushes, the creative variety is remarkable and thoroughly amusing.
Foothills Art Center
809 15th Street
Golden, CO 80401
Mon-Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 1:00 - 5:00 pm
303.279.3922
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http://www.foothillsartcenter.org
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Call for Artists
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
Call for Artists: Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Commemorative Poster Competition
Entries due March 31, 2010; Winners announced May 3
(from the press release)
CALLING ALL CREATIVE SOULS! Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Announces 3rd Annual Commemorative Poster Competition
DENVER (January 28, 2010) - Coloradoans can resolve to be more creative in the new year by participating in the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival's (CDBF's) Third Annual Commemorative Poster design competition. Trade your paddle for a palette and show your imagination and artistic skill! The winning poster will be featured as part of the annual festival, which will be held July 24 -25, 2010 at Sloan's Lake Park in northwest Denver.
Celebrating its 10th year, the CDBF is a free family-friendly festival highlighting Colorado's rich Asian Pacific American heritage. The two day celebration showcases an array of traditional and contemporary performing arts, cultural customs, cuisine and a marketplace of unique and hard-to-find arts, crafts and vendors, in addition to two days of action packed dragon boat races.
The submission deadline is Tuesday, March 31, 2010 and winners will be announced Monday, May 3, 2010. The winning design will primarily be used for collectible merchandise. Cash awards are as follows: The First place winner will receive $300, Second place $200, and Third place $100. Go to www.cdbf.org for more details, or read on below.
How to Enter:
- Any individual may participate, regardless of age, experience, technical skill, or other indicators. One entry per person.
- Complete the online application at www.cdbf.org and mail $10.00 entry fee (payable by check or money order to CDBF) with your contact information.
- Entries must be submitted digitally in PDF format or JPG/TIFF format - images should be 300 dpi with a minimum size of 8x11.
- Entries can be emailed to
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or mailed to: CDBF at 11049 W. 44th Avenue, Suite 110, Wheat Ridge CO, 80033 - postmarked no later than March 31, 2010.
- All designs must include the following text copy, in any format or order: 10th Annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, July 24-25, 2010, Denver, Colorado.
The Fine Print: Digitally reproduced images of the artists' original pieces supplemented with required text copy additions are encouraged, acceptable and standard. Upon the request of CDBF, the artist will alter or remove any and all signature, logo, company stamp, or similar identifying marks. Entries will be evaluated based on appeal, content and marketability. The judges panel will include members of the Denver art community and CDBF Board of Directors. The decision of the judges is final. CDBF reserves the right to use the winning image on miscellaneous advertisement mediums, T-shirts and other CDBF related items. The winning entry will become full property of CDBF, with all rights and privileges inherent thereto. CDBF reserves the right to resize or otherwise alter the winning entry before using it in promotional and merchandising materials, or to not use any submitted competition materials.
The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival draws more than 100,000 attendees to the event over the weekend. If you or your company is interested in being a 2010 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival sponsor, please contact Creative Strategies Group at (303) 469-7500 for more information.
Founded in 2001 to celebrate Colorado's diverse Asian Pacific American (APA) communities, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (CBDF), a 501© 3 non-profit organization, has become the region's fastest growing, family-friendly summer festival. CDBF offers festival-goers the opportunity to explore APA culture through performances, educational programs, arts and crafts, shopping, dining and the exciting athletic competition of dragon boat racing. www.cdbf.org
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Call for Artists
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Posted: February 02, 2010 |
 Call for Members: Ice Cube Gallery
Ice Cube Gallery is seeking prolific emerging and established artists for juried review into our beautifully renovated 2600 sq. ft. gallery in the Denver RiNo Art District. Applicants must live within easy travel distance to participate in monthly critique and artist meetings. We are currently seeking performance, installation, photography, film, multi-media, light, sculpture, or any style of contemporary artist that is pushing the boundaries in concept, process, and/or material.
Ice Cube gallery is accepting curatorial proposals for group or individual exhibits to supplement local artists or school exhibitions. Please enquire as different rates apply.
Membership includes:
- one two-person show for 4 weeks during the calendar year
- 10% commission on sales of your work
- promotion throughout the year with print and digital media
- membership in the RiNo District
- creative growth with regular discussions and critiques
- have a voice in helping build a vibrant organization
Cost: $100 deposit, $70 monthly dues, one year commitment, $50 key deposit
To apply: Email your artist statement and website address to:
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. No website? Send a CD with 6 – 12 images of your work, your resume and artists statement to:
Carol Browning Studio #214
Dry Ice Factory
3300 Walnut Street
Denver, CO 80205
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Posted: January 30, 2010 |
Mike Keene and Madeleine O’Connell
Zip37
February 5 - 21, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 5th 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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Posted: January 30, 2010 |
Art for 2010
Translations Gallery
February 5 - March 2, 2010
  Bruce Marion, Vista: In the Wind (left); Donna McNulty, Find Your Groove (woven copper, right)
Art for 2010 is a group show with work by 18 emerging and established Translations Gallery artists who work in mixed media, painting, printmaking, sculpture and tapestry. The exhibition displays the eclectic mix of contemporary art that is shown at Translations Gallery.
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: January 30, 2010 |
Erin Furimsky: Traversing the Familiar
Plinth Gallery
February 5 - 28, 2010
- Opening Reception: First Friday, February 5, 6-9pm
 Erin Furminsky - Requisite Swell
(from the press release)
Erin Furimsky’s ceramic constructions are entirely hand-built from soft slabs of clay, using the inherent plasticity to deftly expand and swell her pieces, creating her signature curvaceous forms. Using a combination of decorative techniques to include carving, glazing, and ceramic decals, she builds layers of color and pattern on the surface. There is something comfortable and soothing in the forms she creates. While only abstractions, her gentle swellings easily reference things familiar to everyone. Erin Furimsky’s work is sensual, inviting the viewer to touch or caress the surface and explore individual interpretation .
New at Plinth Gallery
- New Hours!! We will be open Thursdays through Saturdays from noon to 5pm. You may also schedule an appointment by contacting the Gallery and we will be glad to set up a time that is more convenient for you.
- Mailings!! In the interest of conserving paper, as well as reducing our production and postage costs, we will no longer be sending postcards to those also on our email list. Postcards will be available at the Gallery, and if you wish to continue to receive them in the mail as well as this email blast please notify
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and we will keep you name on our list.
- Jonathan Kaplan Exhibitions!! Jonathan has new work on display through February 20th at the Ice Cube Gallery as part of their "Icebreaker" Exhibition which showcases the works of RiNo artists. Additionally, Jonathan is honored to be among thirteen ceramic artists selected for the "Colorado Clay" exhibition at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, March 13-May 2, 2010. 2010
- Artist Line-up!! Our 2010 artist exhibitions begin this month with the unique and sensual forms of Erin Furminsky. Her show will be followed by the works of Karen Swyler, Margaret Realica, Hayne Bayless, Jennifer Allen, Marko Fields, Richard Burkett and Donna Polseno. Our exhibition schedule will be posted on our website, http://www.plinthgallery.com and each new artist's show will be introduced during one of our increasingly popular "First Friday" openings.
- We are on Facebook!! Visit us there, and become a Fan. As a complement to our website, we will post information, updates, events and images from the Gallery on a more frequent basis and we encourage your comments and feedback.
Plinth Gallery
3520 Brighton Blvd.
Denver, CO 80216
303.295.0717
http://plinthgallery.com
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Local Exhibits
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Posted: January 29, 2010 |
Heather Billings Munoz and Agnes Kunz Vigil
Edge Gallery
January 29 - February 21, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday January 29 from 6-10pm
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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Posted: January 29, 2010 |
WWA Instructor's Show
Flash Gallery at Working With Artists
January 29 - February 14, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday January 29th from 6-9pm
- Bring your work to the opening reception and get a short critique from your instructors!
- Artists include: Grant Leighton, Dave Barry, Greg Cradick, Jasmine Champion, Ellen Yeiser, Paige Elizabeth, Ron Landucci, Owen O'Meara, Celene Bridgford, Mark Sink/Kristen Hatgi, Zachery Singer, Barbara Carpenter
Working with Artists/FLASH Gallery
445 South Saulsbury
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.837.1341
Tue-Fri: Noon-8:00pm
Sat/Sun: Noon-6:00pm
http://www.workingwithartists.org
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Posted: January 29, 2010 |
Grant Williams
Meadowlark Bar
February 4 - March 1, 2010
- Opening reception: Thursday, February 4 at 6-8pm
Grant Williams: The Fall - Recent Drawings Exploring The Law Of Gravity
(from the press release)
Denver artist Grant Williams explores the law of gravity in recent drawings at the Meadowlark. The exhibit, The Fall, opens Thursday, February 4th starting at 6:00-8:00pm.
Music will begin at 8:30pm with The West, Churchill, Safe Boating Is No Accident and Hazardous Matthew. Cover charge will begin at 8:00pm.
Grant Williams earned a BFA from the University of Denver in printmaking in 1991. He has exhibited prints, drawings and sculptures at Plus Gallery, Open Press, The Arvada Center, Space Gallery, Chicago’s Workshop Print Gallery and The Amity Foundation.
Meadowlark Bar
2701 Larimer
Denver, CO 80205
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Posted: January 28, 2010 |
William Betts: Surveillance
Holly Johnson Gallery (Dallas)
January 9 – February 13, 2010
- Plus Gallery artist William Betts brings works from his Surveillance series to Dallas
 William Betts - US-54 @ Dyer-26 (2008) - Acrylic on canvas - 45 1/2 x 60 1/4 inches
Holly Johnson Gallery
1411 Dragon Street
Dallas, TX 75207
214.369.0169
http://hollyjohnsongallery.com
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Posted: January 28, 2010 |
Andrew Speer
Pattern Shop Studio
February 5 - 28, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday February 5th from 6-9pm
(from the press release)
Pattern Shop Studio opens February 5th, 2010 with an exhibition of new work by Colorado artist Andrew Speer. A reception for the artist will be held during the First Fridays in RiNo event on February 5th from 6 - 9 p.m. The artist will be in attendance. For more information visit us online at http://www.patternshopstudio.com. Speer is an Emeritus Professor of art at Metropolitan State College of Denver and is the former area chair of the painting department from 1990 - 2005. His artwork has been widely exhibited throughout the country and critic writing and reviews of his work have been featured in many diverse sources.
Speer has received many prestigious awards including Pollock-Krasner Foundation artist grant, was one of nine finalists for the Reader’s Digest Artists at Giverny Program, to name a few.
Pattern Shop Studio
3349 Blake St
Denver, CO 80205
303.297.9831
http://patternshopstudio.com
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Local News
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Posted: January 27, 2010 |
Win a Date with Phil Bender!
Deadline for entry is February 5
Winner will be notified by February 7
Photo: Jeff Ball Photography; Mr. Bender's Stylist: Mona Lucero
(from the press release)
Love often begins with a single outing. A special evening together. A "Dream Date."
And so it is with The Love Show. Before it really begins, we wanted to find that "special someone." I wracked my brain to come up with the Art Community's most desirable bachelor, the sexiest, most attractive, most loving, most universally beloved man in Denver's Art Scene.
Of course, that man is Phil Bender.
An icon of the Denver Art Scene, Phil is a founder and defacto leader of Pirate: Contemporary Art. His work is in major collections, including the Denver Art Museum. We all know that Phil Bender is one of Denver's leading artists and most beloved characters. Here's your chance to get to know the Man underneath the legend!
The Dream Date: Friday, February 12, 2010
- 6:00 pm - Phil will pick you up in his exotic vintage sports car and whisk you away to the Navajo Art District
- 6:30 pm - You and Phil will be treated to dinner at Patsy's Italian restaurant, and you'll visit the galleries at 37th and Navajo
- 8:00 pm - You'll transfer into a limo, and proceed to CORE New Art Space
- 8:30 pm - Limo delivers you to the Opening Reception for The Love Show, where you dodge paparazzi and sneer at all the jealous women
- 9:00 pm - You are treated to a free photo session at the PDA Photo Booth, in Anthony Camera's studio, to commemorate your Dream Date
How to Enter:
- Send a short email explaining why you love Phil Bender and why you want to win the Dream Date to:
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. Include your name, address and phone number
- Include a photo of your feet for extra consideration
- Family members, illegitimate children and ex-wives of Phil Bender are not eligible to enter
- There is no age limit for entries. You are never too young to date Phil Bender
- Deadline for entry is February 5. Winner will be notified by February 7
- That gives you a week to buy a new pair of sandals
Special Thanks to: Jeff Ball Photography http://www.jeffballphotography.com and Mr. Bender's stylist: Mona Lucero Mona Lucero Design Boutique http://www.monalucero.com
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Event Announcements
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Posted: January 27, 2010 |
How To Make Rex Ray
Produced and directed by Denver’s Joshua Hassel
KBDI Channel 12
Sunday January 31, 2010 at 7pm
(from the press release)
Colorado Public Television will provide viewers the opportunity to take a journey inside the mind of a contemporary artist when it airs Rex Ray: How To Make Rex Ray on Channel 12.1 on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 at 7 p.m.
A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, Ray established himself as a premier graphic designer by designing rock and roll posters, book covers and CD packages. His fine art has become increasingly collectible and has been featured at many museums and galleries, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the University Art Museum at Berkeley and the Gotham in London. Rex Ray’s solo exhibition at Denver’s MCA opened in 2009.
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Posted: January 27, 2010 |
Looking for the Face I Had Before the World Was Made
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Opening Friday January 29 , 2010
- Featuring: Samuel Beckett, Michaël Borremans, Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, Lorraine O’Grady, A. G. Rizzoli, William Stockman
- Opening Reception: Friday January 29: 6–8 pm Members Reception; 8–10 pm Public Opening
- See the exhibitions. Meet the artists. Theremin performance. Psychic readings. Photo booth. Decompression Lounge
- Ample parking is available for $3 in the garage at 15th & Delgany
Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver
1485 Delgany
Denver, CO 80202
303.298.7554
Mon: Closed
Tue–Thu: 10:00–6:00 pm
Fri: 10:00–10:00 pm
Sat-Sun: 10:00–6:00 pm
http://mcadenver.org
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Posted: January 25, 2010 |
Joellyn Duesberry's Southwest: Sharpening the Edge
Denver Botanic Gardens - Gates Garden Court
January 28 - April 4, 2010
- Reception: Thursday January 28 from 5:30-8 pm
Explore one of the country's most important plein-air painters. Joellyn Duesberry has mastered a balance between traditional representations and abstracted reductions of form. She successfully introduces formalist representations of landscape with the energy of expressionism. Organized in collaboration with Gallery 1261.
Denver Botanic Gardens
1005 York St
Denver, CO 80206
720.865.3500
http://botanicgardens.org
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Posted: January 25, 2010 |
Ninth Annual Aurora Public Schools Art Educators’ Exhibit
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
January 28 - February 26, 2010
- Opening reception: Thursday January 28 from 4 to 7 pm
- Artists: J Franklin Horn, Jennifer Minor, Pamela Warner, Karen McBrown, Dean Duncan, Eileen Verrett, Deborah Sticher, Kate Baumgartner, Sharon L. Smith, Ameet Patel, Jon Olson, Aaron Ramirez, Thad Mc Cauley, Amanda Stringer, Jenny Oeleis, Pamela Belyea, Emilia Van Nest Markovich, Nancy Gunther Lane, Sarah Strand, Kjaer Kirkegaard, Leigh Gonzales, Georgene Deringer, Shannon Price, Lynn Hampton, Lisa Halloway, Victoria Schleyer, Angie Wilsea, E.C. Engelking, Mark Manners, Victoria Vitatoe, Jenn Knowles and Linda G. Schmale
(from the press release)
“Art is the expression of life,” writes Beth Engelking, Aurora Academy art teacher and co-coordinator of the exhibit. “Even with our busy schedules, art teachers must find time to create; it’s our way of being. Also we must live up to our expectations of being experts in the field”, adds co-coordinator Deborah Sticher, art teacher at Boston K-8. This exhibit will include ceramics, paintings, photographs, collages and art in other media made by Aurora Public Schools' art educators.
For more information e-mail:
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or call DAVA at 303 367 5886. Downtown Aurora Visual Arts is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to strengthen the community through the arts with youth as its primary focus. For more information about our programs, visit http://www.davarts.org.
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)
1405 Florence St
Aurora CO 80010
Mon-Fri: 10:00 am-5:00 pm or by appointment
303.367.5886
http://davarts.org
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Posted: January 24, 2010 |
Anton Kirchner: Recent Work
Next Gallery
January 29 - February 14, 2010
- Opening Reception: Friday January 29th from 6-10pm
- In the Associate Gallery: New Members
 Anton Kirchner at his 2009 Spark exhibit - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
Anton Kirchner is showing a set of small scale photomontages executed in cyanotype. The combination of contemporary digital image manipulation with nineteenth century chemical printing process give these Prussian blue images a very surreal look and a surface very different than the inkjet technology often associated with digital works.
Next Gallery
3759 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.433.4933
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://www.nextgallery.us
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