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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Gail Watson: Recent Work
Ink Lounge Gallery
January 9 - February 8, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, January 9, 2009 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Gail Watson - Red Nest
(from the press release)
Lakewood, CO – Gail Watson’s monoprints and collages are filled with so much visual depth and texture they beg to be touched. Her exhibit, Recent Work, features letterpress and foil stamping on wood and is a conscious decision to work with imagery only – without text or words. Recent Work opens at Ink Lounge Gallery on Friday, January 9.
Watson made her first book in third grade, A Trip on a Ship, and has been creating through letterpress printing, bookbinding, artist’s books and limited editions since 1987. “It wasn’t until
I was in my late 20’s that I returned to making books and realized that it is a perfect format for communicating ideas and imagery in a very intimate way,” say Watson. “Holding a book in your hands starts a physical, tactile connection with art that allows the images and words full access to your senses.” Recent Work runs through February 8
Ink Lounge Gallery and all of Block 7 Arts hold exhibit openings on this evening, January 9, including: Flash Gallery, Anam Cara Living Arts Studio & Gallery and Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast.
Ink Lounge Gallery, anchoring one corner of Block 7 Arts in the Belmar Arts District, exhibits unique printmaking artists and holds screen print workshops. The gallery opened in the fall of 2007 and has been a venue for local print makers, national print artists and screen printed posters from Cuba. Two graphic designers, Stuart and Nicky Alden, opened the gallery in order to share their passion for the craft of printmaking with the community and getting their hands inky.
Because doing good things for the world is a passion for the couple, they donate 50% of the proceeds from each opening exhibit to a charity in India, Tong-Len Charitable Trust, and Lumberg Elementary School’s art program.
Ink Lounge Gallery
445 S. Saulsbury Street, Unit H
Belmar Block 7
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.321.7101
http://www.inkloungegallery.com
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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
Student Works
Abecedarian Gallery
January 15 - February 28, 2009Opening reception Friday January 16 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Asa Yoshie - Containment
Student Works - an invitational exhibition of printworks created by students in Colorado and
bookworks created by students throughout the United States
(from the press release)
This exhibition, curated by gallery director Alicia Bailey, showcases printmaking students
from Colorado College in Colorado Springs (Brynn MacLeod and Natasha Blitz), Colorado Institute
of Art (Elena Zadouri, Ronnie B. Johnson and Tai Bickham) and Metropolitan State College of Denver (Haylee Ebersole and Tymla Welch).
The exhibition includes examples of a wide range of imagery and technique. In addition to
single process techniques such as Haylee Ebersole’s intaglio & lithograph prints, Natasha Blitz’s photopolymer prints, Brynn MacLeod’s woodcuts and Tai Bickham’s salt prints, the exhibition includes
mixed-technique prints such as Tymla Welch’s mixed-process intaglio, screen-printing and locking
prints, Ronnie B. Johnson’s platinum/palladium prints that are crafted by combining both ilm and
digital negatives and Elena Zadouri’s cyanotype dresses.
There are very few institutions that offer degrees in bookarts degrees in the United States.
This exhibition includes representative works from those that do such as the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia, PA (Andrew Huot and Asa Yoshi) and Columbia College Chicago, IL (Areujana Sim).
Most of the students in the exhibition are in programs that offer occasional book arts classes in the
printmaking, graphic arts or writing programs. Hannah Penny Nichols and Agnieszka Michalska, are
both in the Masters of Creative Writing Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Anita Redmond is working towards a BFA in painting at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights,
Beth Lee is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art in Graphic Design at Florida State University
in Tallahassee, Lindsey Yankey is working towards a BFA in Illustration at the University of Kansas
in Lawrence, Ginger Burrell is pursuing a BFA in Photography at San Jose State University, San Jose,
CA. The following students are all in different disciplines at Metropolitan State College of Denver,
CO: Jacintha Clark (painting), Matt Nelson (sculpture) and Cassandra Stampadoes (metelsmithing).
Abecedarian Gallery will also host a fundraiser for Student Scholarships. The fundraiser
will include contemporary works on paper priced from $2 - $1000, a silent auction of art, supplies
and materials and selections from gallery inventory. Proceeds will be awarded to a full-time student
in printmaking and/or book arts. The silent auction will begin January 16 and end February 6 (First
Friday) at 8:00 pm.
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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Monday, 05 January 2009 |
The Visual Art of Mark Mothersbaugh
Andenken Gallery
January 16 - February 2, 2009Opening reception Friday January 16 at 7:00 pm
(from the press release)
Mark Mothersbaugh is best known for his co-creation and vocals for the legandary band DEVO. During his downtime on early worldwide tours with DEVO, he began illustrating on postcards to send to his friends, which he still creates, and has been creating every day for over 30 years; a very obsessive habit which still yields anywhere from 1 to 25 new images per day. These cards were originally created as his personal diaries, and were never intended for public viewing. That all changed when Mark decided to share his postcard works in his critically acclaimed solo shows during the 80's & 90's, and then with his gallery tour in 2003 titled HOMEFRONT INVASION!. This marked the beginning of many solo shows to come.
Andenken Gallery is pleased to announce an evening with Mark's Postcard Diaries on January 16, 2009. The show will feature high-resolution, limited edition prints of his postcard illustrations. Opening reception begins at 7:00 PM and will feature a live performance and DJing by Magic Cyclops. Show will run through February 2, 2009. Andenken Gallery is located at 2990 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205. Please call Thomas Horne at 303-941-2458 or write andenkentom@gmail if you have any questions.
Andenken Gallery
2990 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
Open by appointment:
303.941.2458
http://andenkengallery.com
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 |
 The Art of the Library:
An exhibit of fine art by the Denver Public Library staff
Denver Public Library, Central Branch, Vida Ellison Gallery (7th Floor)
January 5 - 30, 2009Opening reception Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Denver Public Library, Central Branch
10 W. 14th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204
720.865.1111
http://denverlibrary.org
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Friday, 02 January 2009 |
 Group Photography Show: "Home is Where the Heart Is"
Working with Artists/FLASH Gallery
January 9 – February 8, 2009Opening reception: Friday, January 9th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Juried by the FLASH Gallery team: Greg Cradick, Valerie Photogoddess, Katie Taft and Celene Bridgford
(from the press release)
Working with Artists (WWA) is pleased to announce a juried photography exhibition "Home is Where the Heart Is" which will be held at FLASH Gallery in Lakewood, CO. This exhibit will benefit the Denver Rescue Mission and Working with Artists, both non-profit 501(c)3 organizations.
This exhibition will run January 9 – February 8th, 2009,
Opening reception will be Friday, January 9th, 6-9pm.
**On any given night there are more than 10,000 homeless in the Denver Metro Area, including families, veterans, employed and unemployed. Our goal is to raise $5,000 to help with this crisis.
Working with Artists and The Denver Rescue Mission are partnering to create a powerful photographic exhibition of HOME as seen by artists from all over the country.
All images juried into the exhibit will be printed at no cost to the artist by Master Printer and Award Winning Piezographer, Ron Landucci, owner of Infinite Editions. The show will be hung in a grid style using t-pins and all sales of artwork will start at suggested $35 donation or higher with 100% of sales going to support the missions of WWA and The Denver Rescue Mission.
The show, “Home is Where the Heart Is” will display how artists from all over the world document home. Images will incorporate elements such as places, buildings, dwellings, cities and feelings. Real as well as intangible ideas will be displayed in each artist’s work. These works will encompass family rituals, as well as, cherished and informal moments shared within the home. Observations on strangers’ home life, commentary on the housing market, and documentation of the homeless will all be conceptually analyzed in this exhibit. Each individual piece will represent differential perspectives, assuring to transform the viewer’s initial interpretation of the word “HOME.”
Working with Artists – a non-profit fine art photography school and gallery – is located at 445 South Saulsbury, Main Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado. Our mission is to inspire the passion for the art of photography.
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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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 |
Colorado Abstract: Paintings and Sculpture
Kirkland Museum
January 8 - March 7, 2009
Opening reception and book signing: Thursday, January 8 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Paul K. Smith - Fantasia
Two exhibitions accompany the release of the book Colorado Abstract: Paintings and Sculpture co-written by Michael Paglia, art critic for Westword, and Mary Voelz Chandler, art and architecture critic for The Rocky Mountain News, with a foreword by Hugh Grant and published by Fresco Fine Art Publications.
The Kirkland Museum exhibition will focus on the historical development of Colorado Abstraction and the Center for Visual Art exhibition will spotlight contemporary works of Colorado Abstraction.
Artists in the Kirkland Museum exhibition include Otto Bach, Herbert Bayer, Edgar Britton, Charles Bunnell, Mary Chenoweth, Roland Detre, Nadine Drummond, Ken Goehring, Bill Joseph, Vance Kirkland, Ethel Magafan, Edward Marecak, Beverly Rosen, William Sanderson, Paul K. Smith, Frank Vavra, Al Wynne, and Elizabeth Yanish (Shwayder).
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
1311 Pearl Street
Denver, CO 80203
303.832.8576
Tue-Sat: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
http://www.kirklandmuseum.org
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 |
 Colorado Abstract
Center for Visual Art
January 8 - March 7, 2009Opening reception and book signing: Thursday, January 15th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Panel discussion featuring Michael Paglia, Mary Voelz Chandler and Hugh Grant: Thursday, February 12th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
The reception and panel discussion are free and open to the public
(from the press release)
The Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Center for Visual Art (CVA) is proud to host Colorado Abstract, a collaborative exhibition between the CVA, the Kirkland Museum of Decorative and Fine Art, and Fresco Fine Art Publications.
Abstract art in the 20th and 21st centuries significantly impacted the art of Colorado. Nearly 90 artists who have a close connection to Colorado will be featured. Their bodies of work whether it is sculpture or paintings, continue to mold and define abstract art for future generations. Due to the grand scale of this project, the exhibition will be shown in two locations. Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art will host an exhibition focusing on the historical development of Colorado Abstraction, while the CVA is hosting an exhibition spotlighting contemporary works.
These exhibitions were derived from and accompany the release of the book, Colorado Abstract: Painting and Sculpture. The book was curated by Michael Paglia, art critic for Westword, and co-authored with Mary Voelz Chandler, art and architecture critic for the Rocky Mountain News, with a forward by Hugh Grant of the Kirkland Museum, and published by Fresco Fine Art Publications.
Full color hard cover, Colorado Abstract: Painting and Sculpture, books will be available for purchase throughout the exhibition at the Center for Visual Art.
Image: Dale Chisman, Word, oil on canvas, 2007, 66”x60”
Center for Visual Art
Metropolitan State College of Denver
1701 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202
Tue-Fri: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sat: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
http://www.mscd.edu/news/cva
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 |
Kevin Connolly: The Rolling Exhibition
VSA-Access Gallery
January 2 - February 7, 2009First Friday feature, January 2 and February 6
Photography Workshop: Saturday, January 24, 2009
(from the press release)
A Universal Stare: Reflective Photos Taken by a Man with No Legs
VSA-Access Gallery brings Kevin Connolly’s Internationally Recognized, The Rolling Exhibition, to Denver, January 2 to February 7, 2009
Kevin Connolly’s, The Rolling Exhibition, documents the universal stare he experiences on a regular basis. Connolly was born without legs. From his “rolling” vantage point atop his skateboard, Connolly snaps photos of strangers staring, gawking or looking at him from the corner of their eyes.
The project began while traveling abroad, where he realized the commonality of our reaction is to stare at what does not fit into the day-to-day aspects of our lives. What also became clear is the universal human need to formulate why differences exist.
Connolly produced 32,000 images while working on The Rolling Exhibition. Some of the images are on permanent display in Prague. Other images by Connolly are included in the traveling show. The show will run January 20, 2009 to February 10, 2009 at the VSA Access Gallery in Denver.
“Everyone tries to create a story in their heads to explain the things that baffle them,” says Connolly. “For the same reason we want to know how a magic trick works…we want to know how someone different, strange, or disfigured came to be as they are. It’s natural. It’s curiosity. It is that one instant of unabashed curiosity, more reflex than conscious…that makes us who we are.” Connolly says his goal is to capture this instant in his photos.
In conjunction with The Rolling Exhibition, the gallery will feature works from VSA-Access Gallery student, Nikki Nolan, in its’ studio art area. Nikki Nolan will lead a digital photography workshop, on January 24, 2009 from 10am-2pm at the gallery. For more details contact the gallery at 303-777-0797.
About the VSA-Access Gallery
The mission of the VSA –Access Gallery is to challenge stereotypes while celebrating common experiences through visual art. The goal is to open doors and minds with exhibits by emerging or established artists, who also happen to have disabilities. The organization’s innovative programs shape and challenge the minds of more than 10,000 Coloradoan’s with and without disabilities each year. The gallery’s exhibits change monthly, bringing an impressive variety of art to the Denver community. Visitors to the gallery experience some of the most innovative and cutting edge programming for people with disabilities anywhere in the country. They come for the art and leave with a change in perspective.
Contact: Damon McLeese, Director, VSA Arts of Colorado
(303)777-0797 or
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VSA–Access Gallery
909 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO
303.777.0797
http://www.vsaco.org
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 |
 Radius: Member Exhibition
Boxcar Gallery
January 2 - February 13, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, January 2nd from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
(from the press release)
Denver is known for its long and vibrant history of co-op galleries. The majority of those co-ops were spawned by the Art Department of Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the newest on the scene is no exception to that tradition. Boxcar Gallery, founded by recent graduates of MSCD Sarah Quinlan, Javier Flores, Dana Kilcoyne and Neil Bigley, will celebrate its Grand Opening on Friday, January 2nd, 2009.
Boxcar Gallery intends to fill an important niche in Denver's gallery scene by providing a new space for emerging artists to debut their work and transition into the world of the professional artist.
Also important is the history of Boxcar's unique location at 554 Santa Fe Drive, home to previous significant galleries ILK, the Soup, Pod, & Capsule. Founder of ILK and Capsule, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, is acting as an advisor to the fledgling group.
Boxcar's debut exhibition will be open January 2nd, 2009, and run through February 13th. "Radius: Member Exhibition" will feature member artists Sarah Quinlan, Javier Flores, Dana Kilcoyne, Neil Bigley, Joel Murray, Jessica Hilvitz, Ashley Sands, and Jeremiah Ellis. Boxcar will be reviewing new members in the coming year. Gallery hours are Friday & Saturday from 12 – 5 p.m., or by appointment by calling: 303.725.7047.
For More Information, email
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, or call Sarah Quinlan at 303.725.7047.
Boxcar Gallery
554 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
Fri/Sat: Noon - 5:00 pm
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 |
First Monday Art Talk featuring Joshua Hassel and host Eric Matelski
Dazzle Jazz
Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Artwork by Rex Ray, subject of Joshua Hassel's latest documentary
(from the press release):
DJ CHECK ONE will play Joshua’s favorite tunes. There will be special video presentations of Joshua’s work with KBDI and his current documentary of artist Rex Ray. Drink specials will be available. There will be an opportunity to ask Joshua questions, and as usual, a light buffet will be provided by DAZZLE.
FMAT (FIRST MONDAY ART TALK) is FREE to the public and will provide a look into the life of an artist or art group each month through a unique reproduction of their influences. The evening’s events will be followed by a Q & A with the audience, mediated by host ERIC MATELSKI.
ABOUT JOSHUA HASSEL
Joshua Hassel has been a crucial part of Denver’s art scene. As an art dealer/curator and gallery owner Joshua has helped shape the Denver art community that we know today. For the last several years Joshua has taken his curation skills to the level of Producer/Director for KBDI Channel 12 producing shows that continue to inform the public of the arts. Joshua Hassel is an important fountain of art knowledge that we will try to tap in this two-hour show.
Dazzle Jazz
930 Lincoln St
Denver, CO 80203
303.839.5100
http://dazzlejazz.com
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 |
30th Anniversary Member's Show
Spark Gallery
January 2 - 24, 2009
Gallery open First Friday January 2nd from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Grand 30th Anniversary Celebration: Friday, January 9th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
The Spark Gallery Crew
Spark Members celebrate 30 years as Denver's oldest alternative art gallery.
Members Include:
Pat Aaron (Director), Roand Bernier, Lydia Brokaw-Nelson, Deborah Bryon, Barbara Carpenter, Susanna Cavallettti, Polly Chang, Joyce Coco, Judith Cohn, Madeleine Dodge, Sally Elliott, Michael Gadlin, Keith Howard, Michaele Keys, Angela Larson, Andy Libertone, John Matlack, Kate Mcguinness, Lisa Michot, Max Osborne, Jennifer Parisi, Elaine Ricklin, Susan Rubin, Jean Schiff, Annalee Schorr, Evan Siegel, Sue Simon, Sally Stockhold, Meagen Svendsen and Rob Watt.
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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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
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"Chas' Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts, About 1,000 Pounds of
Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian's Beverly Hills Space at MOCA" by Nancy Rubins
- photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art holds an incredible array of modern masterpieces and juggles three separate facilities including the MoCA Grand Avenue downtown and the Little Tokyo based "Geffen Contemporary at MOCA" which played host to 2007's vibrant Takashi Murakami retrospective. Unfortunately times are tough for the institution which has churned through $20 million in endowment funds over the last few years to keep afloat, and has been forced into a variety of cost cutting moves including shuttering the Geffen Contemporary for six months and most recently a shotgun marriage with the larger, publicly funded LA County Museum of Art (Lacma).
While the arrangement seems like a win/win, the question being raised is will the MoCA be able to maintain an independent voice under the tutelage of it's much larger sibling. Check out the lively debate on the LA Times website: LACMA proposes a merger with MOCA
UPDATE: Looks like MoCA is going for Plan B, per the NY Times: $30 Million Rescue for Los Angeles Museum
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
BUG: "Dark Matter"
Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis
January 9 - 25, 2009
Cal Duran in the associate gallery
Opening Reception Friday January 9, 2008 from 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis
3659 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.458.6058
Fri: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon - 5:00 PM
http://www.pirateart.org
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
2009 Annual Preview Exhibition
Walker Fine Art
January 9 - February 21, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, January 9 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm
(from the press release)
Walker Fine Art is proud to present our Preview Exhibition, a group show of new works by our 2009 feature exhibit artists: Angela Beloian, Norman Epp, Roland Bernier, Bonny Lhotka, Kim Ferrer, Monica Aiello, and Tyler Aiello. Media will range from sculpture to painting, to photography; promising to deliver a multifaceted view of our 2009 exhibition season.
Walker Fine Art
300 W. 11th Ave (11th and Cherokee)
Denver CO 80204
303.355.8955
Tue-Sat: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
http://www.walkerfineart.com
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
Call for Artists: "Home is Where the Heart Is"
Working with Artists/FLASH Gallery
Digital Images due by January 3rd, 2009
Juried by the FLASH Gallery team: Greg Cradick, Valerie Photogoddess, Katie Taft and Celene Bridgford
Deadline for jpg entry is Saturday, January 3rd 12 midnight
(from the press release)
On any given night there are more than 10,000 homeless in the Denver Metro Area, including families, veterans, employed and unemployed.
Our goal is to raise $5,000 to help with this crisis.
The Show: Home is Where the Heart Is
We all have photographs of HOME.
How do you document home?
Is home a place, a building, a dwelling, a city, or a feeling? Is it real or intangible? Is it your home or someone else's'? Will you choose to share your bizarre Holiday family rituals, those cherished, informal moments, the vacant lot where your home once stood, observations on a strangers' home life, commentary on the housing market, or a documentary of the homeless? Is home a shelter, or a door to walk through, a place to rest your head or raise your children? Is your home a specific item that represents you, an empty room, a crowded basement? Is home life difficult? Is it a refuge? Are you surrounded by a lot or a little? Is it an idea? How do you make a photograph of an idea? How can you not.
Show us a glimpse of what
HOME means to you. It is, after all,the culture and history of you.
Working with Artists and The Denver Rescue Mission are partnering to create a powerful photographic exhibition of HOME as seen by artists from all over the country.
**All images juried into the exhibit will be printed by Master Printer and Award Winning Piezographer, Ron Landucci, owner of Infinite Editions at no cost to the artist.
**All work exhibited will be unframed and unmated and will be hung using T-pins and will have an overall dimension of 11 inches on the shortest side for consistency.
The exhibition is open to photographers using any type of photographic process, color, B/W, digital or film made images. There are no restrictions on the date images were created.
Entries must be in jpg format only. Images must be saved at 300 DPI with 11 inches on the shortest dimension. Each jpg should be saved with your initials, underscore and a number, ie., VP_1.jpg VP_2jg.
Submit entries by CD to our office at Working with Artists, 445 South Saulsbury St, Main Gallery, Lakewood, CO 80226
or by email to
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Entry fee is $25 for up to 5 images and is non-refundable. Payment can be made by check to "WWA" or over the phone by credit card.
All work must be for sale. Suggested donation for sale of printed images starts at $35 per print. Artwork bcan be viewed in the gallery and online on our Flickr.com page.
Artists will maintain copyright of their work at all times.
**No artwork will be returned to the artist and 100% of sales will go to benefit The Denver Rescue Mission and Working with Artists, both 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. This donation will be tax deductible for the artist to the full extent of the law.
If you have questions about entering works into this show, please do not hesitate to contact us at 303.837.1341 or email
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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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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
Eighth Annual Aurora Public Schools Art Educators’ Exhibit
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)
January 16 - February 13, 2009
Opening reception Friday, January 16 from 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Open late on second Friday, February 13 from 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Desert Spring by Robert Hamilton
(from the press release)
This exhibit will include ceramics, paintings, photographs, collages
and art in other media made by Aurora Public Schools' art educators.
"We are not only teachers, but artists too. It shouldn't surprise our students and the school community that even though we spend our days teaching art, we make art outside of school, too," writes Debbie Sticher, Lansing/Iowa Schools Art Teacher and co-coordinator of the exhibit. "Our conscious is in the unknown whether we are teaching or creating, as artists we are always living in the mystery," adds co-coordinator Beth Engelking.
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)
1405 Florence St
Aurora CO 80010
Mon-Fri: 11:00 am-5:00 pm or by appointment
303.367.5886
http://davarts.org
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
2009 Exhibition Preview
Translations Gallery
January 9 – February 27, 2009
Reception: Friday, January 16th, 5:00 – 8:30pm
SA Schimmel Gold, Shut Up and Kiss Me Again, acrylic & mosaic tiles from recycled mail, 30”w x 24”h
(from the press release:)
Three national and two international artists that will be featured in exhibitions in 2009 will be showing together in this 2009 Exhibition Preview: Lisabel Filiatrault’s skier and landscape paintings, Anita Lewis’ abstract paintings, SA Schimmel Gold’s pop art mosaic portraits made from recycled mail, Maximo Laura’s Peruvian weavings, and James Koehler’s contemporary weavings.
Translations Gallery
855 Inca St.
Denver, CO 80204
303.629.0713
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Mon-Fri: 10-5 (and by appointment)
http://translationsgallery.com
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Sunday, 21 December 2008 |
Memeber's Group Show
Zip37
January 2 - 18, 2008Opening Reception: Friday January 2 from 6:00 - 10:00 pm
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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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
Plus gallery artist John McEnroe's latest public artwork "National
Velvet" has created a bit of a stir, or rather been used to create a
stir depending on your point of view. The work is funded by the city of Denver's "Percent for Art" program and is in a very high profile locale at the base of the bridge connecting the Platte River Valley to the Highlands neighborhood. A pair of KHOW DJs have taken to bashing the sculpture, confusing the artists description of the work's "sensual" nature as being synonymous with "sexual" (oh the innocence of the simple mind.) It would be all so humorous if not for the implicit agenda which is elimination of public funding for the arts, a sad, sad thing.
You can take in some of the controversy and get a few chuckles by checking out McEnroe's YouTube video on the work, and for further background, be sure to read Mary Voelz Chander's RMN article: Striking a blow for 'free-range' culture. - KLH
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
Counterpoints: Gene Davis, Chris Gallagher, Judy Pfaff, Don Voisine, Reed Danziger and Pat Steir
Robischon Gallery
December 6, 2008 - January 24, 2009
Counterpoints at Robischon - Judy Pfaff (left) and Gene Davis (right)
Group showing of abstract artists including nationally known artist Judy Pfaff. Also on display in the rear gallery: "Colorado Abstract" featuring Terry Maker, Trine Bumiller, Scott Chamberlin, Halim Al-Karim, Tony Coulter, Carl Reed and Ann Maria Hernando.
Robischon Gallery
1740 Wazee Street
Denver, CO 80202
303.298.7788
Tue-Sat: 11:00-6:00
http://www.robischongallery.com
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus
Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
December 11, 2008 – February 23, 2009
Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor
Artist Vik Muniz
It seems like only yesterday that the Museo de Las Americas played host to Muniz Remastered, a phenomenal exhibit of works by internationally known artist Vik Muniz, one of the real treats of 2007. Muniz will be curating a show as part of the Museum of Modern Art's "Artist's Choice" series that allows different artists to select pieces from the MoMA's permanent collection and bring the works to life. From the MoMA website:
Muniz inventively questions the function and traditions of visual representation by using unlikely materials to render the subjects in his photographs. For this exhibition, Muniz has chosen a rebus—a combination of unrelated visual and linguistic elements to create a larger deductive meaning—as the organizing principle of his presentation. The exhibition will feature approximately 80 works of sculpture, photography, painting, prints, drawings, video, and design objects selected and installed by the artist in a narrative sequence to create surprising juxtapositions and new meanings. Among the artists whose work will be on view are John Baldessari, Gordon Matta-Clark, Nan Goldin, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Eugène Atget, and Rachel Whiteread. Design objects will range from a wooden pencil to a kitchen pail to a Rubik’s Cube to finally, an Exit sign.
A must see exhibit if you're planning a winter trip to the big apple.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008 |
Core Member Show 2009
Core New Art Space
January 1 - 18, 2009First Friday Artwalk, January 2, 6 - 9 p.m.
Opening Reception, Friday, January 9, 6 - 9 p.m.
CORE New Art Space opens the 2009 season, its 28th year, with a members exhibit.
CORE has come a long way since 1981, with its inauspicious beginning in an unheated sublet adjacent to Pirate, An Art Oasis. Core has had a complete turnover in artist membership several times while occupying six different locations around town. Core is now one of the major anchors in the "Denver Historic Santa Fe Art District". It offers quarterly open entry shows to benefit local artists. In addition CORE has a monthly life drawing session, an artist's trading cards group and rental space for events and art shows.
Come and see CORE as it continues to grow and change.
Core Member Artists: Patricia Branstead,
Bruce Clark,
Gina Smith-Caswell,
Sue Crosby-Doyle,
Lauri Dunn,
Patrick Espy,
Bonnie Ferril-Roman,
Gene Ray George,
Sarah Haney,
Rolf Helland,
Mark Penner-Howell,
Kathy Kiehn,
Jon Koenigsberg,
Theresa Lugo,
Meg Meersman,
Mark Monroe,
Brianna Martray,
Judy Rosall,
Claudia Roulier,
Kent Smith,
Charlie Taublieb,
Jen Thario,
Anne Thulson,
JT Urband,
Vrba
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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Monday, 15 December 2008 |
Solstice Celebration
Ironton Studios and Gallery
Sunday, December 21, 2008 from 4:00 - 8:00 pm
(from the press release)
s o l s t i c e c e l e b r a t i o n
latin, sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still)
The Passage Project at Ironton Studios & Gallery
Celebrate the end of the darkness and the return of the light
simple food, short stories, cold drinks, warm hearts, small rituals
and of course, drawing and writing in the life-size wooden boat continues
inspiration provided by extraordinary live musicians
In collaboration with visual artists, writers, musicians and audience, Dawn McFadden presents a continuing participatory art-narrative experience. Please visit the blog at http://www.irontonstudios.com for event updates.
Ironton Studios and Gallery
3636 Chestnut Place
Denver, CO 80216
303.297.8626
Mon - Fri: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sat: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
http://irontonstudios.com
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Sunday, 14 December 2008 |
Mike and Doug Starn - Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times
Mike and Doug Starn were here in Denver earlier this year as part of their noteworthy exhibit "Attracted to Light" at RMCAD, and the show was typical of the type of work the Starn brothers (who are identical twins) are best known for: fragile, hand crafted photos assembled with tape along the walls of the gallery. For "Attracted to Light" the theme was moths and the Starns brought an eerie personality to the creatures by using close up, deep focus photographs that where more like portraits than biological studies.
The twins have a new public works project for the NYC subway that is a bit of a break from their past explorations of decay and impermanence, in fact their latest work is very permanent and involves fused glass created using a process the brothers developed along with 160 year old German manufacturer of architectural glass Franz Meyer. The million dollar piece incorporates a variety of elements including trees, leaves and an antique map of NYC and is located under the Staten Island Ferry terminal in lower Manhattan. So the next time you're in NYC, take the subway downtown and check it out on your way to the cheapest scenic boat cruise on the island. - KLH
Melena Ryzik of the NY Times: Making Artistic Connections at New Subway Station
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Christo - "Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado" - 1999
The Federal Register is not typically known as a must read for the latest art news, but earlier this year, the official record of the US Government published a public notice pertaining to the Christo and Jeanne-Claude public artwork "Over the River" planned for installation over the Arkansas River near Salida. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on the work with "Interested parties" needing to submit
comments in writing to the BLM on or before
December 15, 2008. Check out Christo's Over the River website at http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/otr.shtml.
The address for comments is:
Field Manager, Royal Gorge
Field Office
Bureau of Land
Management
3028 East Main Street
Canon City, CO 81212
Need more info? Contact Joe
Vieira at
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, or by
phone at (719) 269–8708.
Click here for the full text of the Federal Reserve notice.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
If you can't make it to LA for the Louise Bourgeois Retrospective at the LA MoCA, then head over to the Starz Film Center on the Auraria Campus to check out an interesting new documentary on the artist's life: Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine. From the Denver Film Society website:
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a cinematic journey inside the life and imagination of an icon of modern art. As a screen presence, Louise Bourgeois is magnetic, mercurial and emotionally raw. There is no separation between her life as an artist and the memories and emotions that affect her every day. Her process is on full display in this extraordinary documentary. As an artist, Louise Bourgeois has for six decades been at the forefront of successive new developments, but always on her own powerfully inventive and disquieting terms. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman to be honored with a major retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In the decades since, she has created her most powerful and persuasive work that has been exhibited, studied and lectured on worldwide. Filmed with unparalleled access between 1993 and 2007, Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a comprehensive and dramatic documentary of creativity and revelation. It is an intimate, human and educational engagement with an artist’s world.
The film is showing from Friday December 12th until Thursday the 18th.
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Josh Keyes - The Call I
The seventh annual Art Basel Miami Beach wrapped up last weekend and a variety of Denver gallery folk made the trek south. David Smith of Limited Addiction Gallery formally announced that Limited Addiction will now be known as the David B. Smith Gallery; the blog Arrested Motion has an interview with Smith detailing the change as well as some background on how Limited Addiction got started: Preview/Interview: David B. Smith Gallery @ Art Basel Miami 2008.
Dave was at one of the several side shows taking place alongside Art Basel (Aqua Wynwood) highlighting work by one of the most interesting artists in his stable, Josh Keyes, as well as Colorado's Jason Theilke and Minneapolis based sculptor Gregory Euclide.
Tom Horne of Andenken Gallery was also in Miami and snapped a few pics including a variety of Banksy-esque graffitti around town; check out the Andenken Gallery blog at http://beautyandthestreet.org for more info.
The Miami Herald serves up full coverage of the goings on including (among many interesting articles, videos and images):
Art Basel sales show slowdown in tough economic year
$300,000 sculpture destroyed en route to Art Miami show
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
A Year of Creativity at EVB Studio
Here's the perfect gift for the budding sculptor in your life. Denver artist Marie Gibbons is offering 25 pounds of clay every three months with firing for all the pieces from the allotment at her studio, as well as 12 first Friday "mini-shops" or three hours of private instruction. Plus the bundle comes with a hand made clay heart in a gift wrapped box with a certificate, all for $175.
Email Marie at
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or give a call at 720.234.7337
EVB Studio
4343 W. 44th Ave
Denver, CO 80212
720.234.7337
http://evbstudio.com
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Anniversary Show
Andenken Gallery
December 13, 2008 - January 5, 2009
Opening reception Saturday December 13 at 7:00 pm
Featuring Andenken artists: Date Farmers, Ravi Zupa (Denver, Water Course artist), Amanda Marie (Denver), Adam Wallaclavage, Scot Lefavor (Denver) and others.
Andenken Gallery
2990 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
Open by appointment:
303.941.2458
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http://andenken.com
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 |
Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building by architect Daniel Libeskind - photo by BitterBredt.de
NPR correspondent Laura Sydell put together a thoughtful audio commentary on architect Daniel Libeskind, going into depth on Libeskind's work here at the Denver Art Museum as well as an analysis of his recently opened Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
The segment offers a few pros and cons from locals on the DAM's Libeskind designed Hamilton Building, but I thought this snippet sums it up nicely:
Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic for The Los Angeles Times, says that just because a building is a great architectural achievement doesn't mean it works well as a museum.
"It's a really stunning piece of architectural sculpture," Hawthorne says, but the "aggressive forms" make it "a pretty terrible place for showing and looking at art." Hawthorne is among those who say the galleries make him dizzy.
You can listen to the piece or read a transcript of the audio at the NPR website: Balancing Form, Function In Museum Architecture - KLH
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