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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Live Iron Pour: UCD College of Arts and Media Sculpture Program
Dry Ice Factory
Saturday, February 27th 2010 from 2-8pm
Join the University of Colorado Denver College of Arts and Media Sculpture Program for a live interactive Iron Pour at the Dry Ice Factory, located at 3300 Walnut in the River North Art District.
Witness students and faculty from UCD's HOT Sculpture Program cast iron into ceramic shell and bonded sand molds. It’s an incredibly visual artists demonstration. The event is open to the public to watch this amazing iron performance. Guests can also create their own personal cast tile on site.
Dry Ice Factory
3300 Walnut Street
Denver, Colorado 80205
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Posted: February 24, 2010 |
Peter Illig: The Logic of Dreams
Hinterland
Opening Reception: Friday February 26, 2010 at 6pm
- First Friday Hours: March 5th 6-9pm
 Artist Peter Illig at Hinterland - photo by Ken Hamel/DenverArts.org
(from the press release)
THE LOGIC of DREAMS: 62-foot long charcoal drawing by Peter Illig
Join us for the opening reception on February 26, Friday, 6pm. The exhibit will also be open for 1st Friday on March 5nd, from 6-9pm. To see the show by appointment - call Sabin Aell at 720-309-1764. Hinterland is located at 3254 Walnut Street in the Rino Art District.
"The Logic of Dreams" is featuring the 62-foot long charcoal drawing by Peter Illig. This drawing, only shown once before in Denver, is a series of images that derive from popular culture, art history, and dreams, that serve as metaphors for love, sex, psychology, and the making of art in the 21st century.
"The Logic of Dreams is a metaphor for the outward appearance of the rational, observed world that surrounds us. Is the world operating only on scientific principles, or is it more like a dream, drifting from image to symbol….an illusion of “cause and effect”? Physicists find matter and the cosmos hard to measure and explain. The Uncertainty Principle, quantum mechanics and Chaos Theory point to a world where matter cannot be proven to exist, where subject and object cannot be separated, and (pay attention here) consciousness may be determining reality."
"We participate in the creation of our world by the act of observing. This has important implications for artists. But we can seek the spiritual, not by avoiding matter, but by immersing ourselves in it. The charcoal I’m drawing with was once a living thing. Everything is related to everything else. Thoughts are things. And so are dreams."
"The drawings are the incomplete narrative of love and existence, metaphors for sensations and thoughts. The 'sleep of reason' leads to another plane. It’s not machinery, but magic. "
- Peter Illig
Peter Illig is represented by Plus+Gallery.
Hinterland
3254 Walnut St.
Denver CO, 80205
http://www.sabinaell.com/hinterland
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Posted: February 17, 2010 |
First Monday Art Talk: Nemo
Dazzle Jazz
Monday March 1, 2010 from 7-9pm
(from the press release)
MEET ARTIST Nemo his art and influences. The Fun Begins at 7p.m. as always:
- NEMO’s favorite tunes will be played by DJ Check One http://www.gigmasters.com/dj/scdjnetwork/
- Special musical guest performance by Bruce Blomquist, bass trombonist, The Denver Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) accompanied by pianist Matthew Rose of the Castle Rock Orchestra
- FMAT poet laureate Lenny Chernila will present our featured poet for March: Justiz E. Go
- The night will be full of surprises, drink specials will be available and there will be an opportunity to ask Nemo questions. Ask him whatever you want!
- 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
- Each show is videotaped by JEREMY MCKENNA
- Eric Matelski’s wardrobe provided by FUNKLECTIC
- Photography by TIM DEMASTERS
- FMAT poet laureate Lenny Chernila
ABOUT NEMO: http://www.artbynemo.com/index.html
Nemo was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He has a background in architectural and graphic design and is currently working as a professional artist. He and his wife Hannah started their own art and design business from their historic home less than a mile from the Alamo. They now live in Denver, Colorado with a great view of the Rocky Mountains.
Words from nemo: The focus of my art is not the subject, but the method by which I constructed it. As a trained architectural draftsman grown weary of computer aided drafting, I had the desire to put my manual drawing skills to work. Drafting requires a steady hand, mastery of one’s tools and patience, as does my art work. I use various line weights combined with multiple styles of circles, spirals and swirls to compose the subject. The entire image is drawn freehand with number two pencil and an accent of colored pencil on vellum drafting paper. I choose my subjects due to their beauty, but for me the real beauty is found in the complexity of details made with the most primitive of tools.
FIRST MONDAY ART TALK MANTRA
“Making art is a common and intimately human activity, filled with all the perils (and rewards) that accompany any worthwhile effort. The difficulties art makers face are not remote and heroic, but universal and familiar.” – David Bayles, Ted Orland
DAZZLE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE is located at 930 Lincoln St. Denver, CO. Dazzle is a member and a strong supporter of the Golden Triangle Museum District.
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Posted: February 17, 2010 |
Katie Watson: with some time on your hands
MCA Denver
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 2010
- Featuring ArtLab + TeCo
- 6-8pm Teen Nickel Night; 8-10pm Public Opening
- 5¢ for teens, students, artists, and timekeepers; 10¢ for everyone else
 Katie Watson. It’s About Time! Study, 2010, digital image
(from the press release)
"Confluence Project: PlatteForum Creative Residency + MCA Denver" is a strategic partnership between PlatteForum and MCA Denver to be insalled in the Fox Family Idea Box. PlatteForum’s Creative Resident Katie Watson created new work and led Learning Lab workshops with teens from PlatteForum’s ArtLab and MCA Denver’s Teen Council. Students researched, created, installed, and now exhibit their work side-by-side with the resident artist in the Fox Family Idea Box. This residency is the first annual collaborative project with the two organizations.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is located at 15th St and Delgany St in Downtown Denver. Event parking available across 15th St.
MCA Denver’s educational programs and TeCo is sponsored in part by the Fox Family and Daniel Lincoln & Mark Watts. Additionally, MCA Denver + PlatteForum appreciate the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Colorado Council on the Arts and Riverfront Park Community Foundation for their support.
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: February 10, 2010 |
Samuel Schimek and Andrew Novick: Super-Relative
Lisa Kowalski Gallery & Studio
Friday February 12 from 6-10pm
(from the press release)
A self-referential self-juried art exhibition @ Lisa Kowalski Gallery & Studio
On February 12, 2010 there is an exciting art exhibition featuring the work of Samuel Schimek (15 min.) and Andrew Novick. The event is from 6pm to 10pm and coffee and donuts will be served all night! Samuel and Andrew have been following each other creatively for over a year and because their work parallels in many interesting ways, they juried each other into an amazing exhibition. The exhibition will include digital pattern print work and other wacky collected items by the artists.
Exhibition Details: The Artists have collaborated to show digital pattern prints that show their obsessive behavior traits. On one side Andrew Novick will be showing photographs of over 150 cakes he has taken over the last 20 years, all of which he took part in consuming! The other side will display Samuel Schimek’s repetitive object patterns of owls and gnomes, which he has created from objects he has found in the Denver metro area!
About the artists:
Samuel Schimek: Samuel is an artist/designer living in Denver. For his project 15 min. he uses collected found objects, leftover house paint, and other materials to create contemporary works. His goal is to explore current trends for consumer experiences, art production, and emerging markets to produce something unique but congruent with the times. More information about his work can be found at: http://15minutesrocks.com
Andrew Novick: Andrew is a collector/artist living in Denver. He archives most of his existence in one way or another - usually with photographs. His images often fall into one or many thematic categories, which he organizes and puts into exhibitions. Past showings include: The Astounding Problem of Andrew Novick, The BBQ Show and International Food Phenomena. More information about his work can be found at: http://isaveeverything.com
Lisa Kowalski Gallery & Studio is located in the RiNo, the River North Art District, and is work space and gallery for Lisa Kowalski painter and event coordinator here in Denver, CO.
Lisa Kowalski Studio and Gallery
2762 Walnut St
Denver, CO 80205
303.585.0699
http://www.lisakowalski.com
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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 18, 2010 |
First Monday Art Talk with Greg Katz
Dazzle Jazz
Monday February 1, 2010 at 7:00pm
(from the press release)
MEET QUILT ARTIST Greg Katz, his art and influences
The Fun Begins at 7pm as always with:
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.
- Each show is videotaped by JEREMY MCKENNA
- Eric Matelski’s wardrobe provided by FUNKLECTIC
- Photography by TIM DEMASTERS
- FMAT poet laureate Lenny Chernila
Greg Katz is the host and muse of the Artist Success Studio. After countless encounters with artists he set out to change “Successful Artist” from an oxymoron to a declarative statement. His belief in the success of artists and his perseverance has proven to be motivating and serves as a model for artists to march toward their own success.
The arts have always been a part of Greg’s life. His first musical expression was at the age of nine standing on milk crates to play the bass fiddle. He continued to dabble in music until after college when he went from focusing on auditory delights and awakened the tactile giant.
Since 1992 Greg has worked in fiber as his method of self-expression. Three years ago he made the shift from “quilter” to “artist” and he’s tackled the artist journey with flair and creativity.
His life is full of color both literally and figuratively. He is continuously encountering new shades, new tones and new values that shape his professional palette. In a quilt, each piece of fabric is an integral part of the larger piece; in life, we each bring a unique, beautiful texture to the pattern of community, representing our strengths, desires and goals.
Greg has spent the past five years coaching artists and helping them experience their business as another work of art. He has enabled artists to create a personal space where success is the only outcome. He’s masterful at emphasizing the artist’s strengths and transforming their challenges to creative nuance.
FIRST MONDAY ART TALK MANTRA “Making art is a common and intimately human activity, filled with all the perils (and rewards) that accompany any worthwhile effort. The difficulties art makers face are not remote and heroic, but universal and familiar.” – David Bayles, Ted Orland
DAZZLE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE is located at 930 Lincoln St. Denver, CO. Dazzle is a member and a strong supporter of the Golden Triangle Museum District.
More information, calendar of upcoming artists, and photos of previous shows at: http://fmatdenver.com
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Posted: January 18, 2010 |
Slow Down and Live Arts Workshop
Sunrise Ranch (Loveland CO)
Saturday January 30th from 10am-7:30pm
(from the event announcement)
The Slow Down series of events at Sunrise Ranch connects individuals and leading-edge organizations in Northern Colorado. The network is grounded in a passion for hands-on learning in the fields of creative expression, holistic food production, and practical spirituality. Sunrise Ranch produces grass-fed beef and seasonal vegetables, and involves local producers and chefs in each event to create extraordinary meals to enrich your experience.
Through its diverse offering of arts workshops, Slow Down and Live will create a collective current of creativity ripe for artistic expression – an ideal setting for those looking to awaken or reawaken their artist within. Schedule
- 9:30AM-10AM: Check-in
- 10AM-10:40AM: Opening Session
- 10:45AM-5:45PM: Workshops (choose three, one from each timeslot below)
- 12:15-1:00PM: Lunch
- 6PM – 7:30PM:Dinner
Registration
$75 includes lunch and dinner (with wine) and three workshops. Student price is $45. Optional overnight guest accommodations with Sunday sweatlodge and three meals on Sunday. Per person: $118 for a single, $96 for a double, $85 for a triple. To register call (970) 679-4200 or visit sunriseranch.org
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Posted: January 16, 2010 |
Logan Lecture Spring Series 2010: Artists on Art—EMBRACE!
January 20 - June 23, 2010
- Six artists will share their work for the Spring 2010 Logan Lecture series
- Series supported by Vicki and Kent Logan and DAM Contemporaries
Rick Dula | Wednesday, January 20
Over the past eight years, Denver-based painter Rick Dula has turned his eye to the architectural sights of American landscapes and cityscapes, creating hyper-realistic works with an evocative, atmospheric quality. From the disappearing grain silos of the heartland to the fading factory buildings of larger cities, Dula captures the architectural majesty and decaying beauty of often overlooked structures. As seen in his monumental wall painting in the second floor atrium, the architecture of the Denver Art Museum has been a favorite subject of the artist.
Tobias Rehberger | Wednesday, February 17
Tobias Rehberger, winner of the 2009 Venice Biennale’s prestigious Golden Lion, explores the perceived boundaries between the functional and the aesthetic in his boldly colored interactive installations. In Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson in the rain, located on the second floor, the artist created a maze from almost ten miles of vibrantly-hued bungee cords. In this work, that can be entered and explored, Rehberger sets up viewer interactions that spark investigations of meaning and purpose, and considers the intersection between functionality and art object.
Rupprecht Matthies | Wednesday, March 17
German artist Rupprecht Matthies is fascinated by the common experiences that forge social groups. He utilizes words—the basic building blocks of human language—to convey ideas about the collective experiences of various communities. In his installation, ¿Being Home?, located on the first floor, Matthies displays words collected in workshops he held in Denver with recent immigrants from around the world. With the generous help of museum volunteers, he transformed them into a mixed-media installation of word sculptures. His process inspires interactions within a community and connections to a broader audience.
Nicola López | Wednesday, April 21
Nicola López explores the collisions between the urban built environment and the natural world in intricate installations assembled largely from printed elements. An accomplished printmaker, López innovatively uses the medium to reference mass production and to “inject” her hand “back into the conversation.” Located in the Vicki and Kent Logan Gallery on the fourth floor, R.A.W., with its sprawling and congested network of highways, reflects López’s ongoing interest in investigating place and space, and mankind’s role in the contemporary world.
John McEnroe | Wednesday, May 19
John McEnroe’s sensual, organic forms of molded and poured synthetic matter come from his decade-long experimentation with the formal possibilities of plastic media. McEnroe manipulates traditional painting techniques and applies them innovatively to his sculptural work—often blurring the line between the two. While process is crucial to his practice, composition remains the primary unifying element: “It’s a painter’s question, where to put things in space. . . what does it mean, what does it mean to everyone else?” McEnroe’s The Bathers is installed on the third and fourth floors of the atrium.
Lawrence Weiner | Wednesday, June 23
As a celebrated founding member of the conceptual art movement of the 1970s, Lawrence Weiner has inspired several generations of artists to explore the parameters of the traditional art object. Weiner employs the immediacy and universality of language to break down the barriers of art-historical precedents by inviting the viewer to interpret the work from his or her own personally relevant contemporary reality—without the influences or pressures of historical reference. The lasting importance of his work was recently highlighted by a large retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Weiner’s work for Embrace! is located on the highest wall of the atrium.
Individual lectures:
- $8 Students with ID
- $12 DAMC members & artists
- $15 DAM members
- $18 Non-members
Time & Location:
- Doors open at 6:00 pm
- Lectures begin at 7:00 pm
- Sharp Auditorium
- Denver Art Museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building
- For reservations and more information, call 720-913-0150
MEET THE ARTIST!
DAM Contemporaries invites you to an après-lecture reception with the artist immediately following the lecture at Mad Wine Bar. Enjoy conversations with some of the hottest artists working today, along with complimentary snacks and a cash bar.
Mad Wine Bar is located in Martin Plaza (across from the Hamilton Building) 1200 Acoma Street, Suite B
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
720.865.5000
http://www.denverartmuseum.org
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Posted: January 14, 2010 |
Video Art Marathon: Identity
Foothills Art Center
January 20 - 24, 2010
Foothills Art Center is thrilled to present 22 new works by seven of New York's exciting young video artists. While this thoroughly engaging art form originated in the 1960s and 1970s, today's creative artists are breaking ground in the fast-evolving world of video technology. Not to be confused with filmmaking, video art instead can be thought of as "time-based painting."
The video selections pertain to the struggle with personal identity and how we relate to ourselves, others and society. Whether the artist's approach is whimsical or disconcerting, all of these works are thought-provoking and interesting. Don't miss this opportunity-the works will be on display for five days only.
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
http://www.foothillsartcenter.org
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Posted: January 13, 2010 |
Richard Peterson: A Talk About Old-School-Punk-Art/Photography
Photo Martini Club
Saturday January 23rd at 6:30pm
 Photographer Richard Peterson - photo by Jamie Hurt
(from the press release)
"Punk icon" and photographer Richard Peterson talks-loosely and tells wild stories about his vintage collection of prints currently on display at this event; the images include bands like Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Devo, Television, Dead Boys, Ramones, Suicide, Pere Ubu and many others. The images were created in the late 1970s when Peterson served as Aerial Photographer for the San Francisco based "Search & Destroy" 'Zine, a magazine originating from the Beat bookstore City Lights. Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti contributed money and equipment for the launch of "Search & Destroy." The talk includes insights into the significance and relationship of the Punk-Art movement to Contemporary Art. A live web-cast is planned (please contact the gallery for information), live music and drinks, too. Peterson plans to give-away one of his prints to a lucky person!
For additional information please contact Richard Peterson at 720.635.7533 or
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, or contact the gallery directly.
Photo Martini Club
3920 Tennyson Street
Denver, CO 80212
303.455.3870
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Upcoming Events from the DenverArts.org Events Calendar
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March - UCD Annual Juried Student Art Show 2010 Reception
- March 11, 2010 (4:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Robischon: David Kroll and Karen Kitchel
- March 11, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- DAVA: The Right Choice
- March 12, 2010 (4:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Art & Cocktail Hour(s) at Double Daughters
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Special Event
- Colorado Clay 2010 at the Foothills Art Center
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Germination at Red Delicious Press
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Lisabel Filiatrault at Translations Gallery
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Next: Jody Chapel and Krista Falkenstein
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Patrick Espy & Eagle Valley Artists Alliance at Core
- March 12, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Gallery Reception
- Artist Trading Cards at Core
- March 13, 2010 (10:00 AM)
- Special Event
- Family Free Day at the Museo
- March 13, 2010 (12:00 PM)
- Free Museum Day
- James McLellan: INTERACT at McFaddenWright–Studio/Gallery
- March 13, 2010 (1:00 PM)
- Gallery Reception
- Altered Book Workshop with Judith Cassell-Mamet at Abecedarian
- March 14, 2010 (10:00 PM)
- Classes/Workshops
- Path of Light for 2012 Featuring Mayan Abuelo Miguel Angel at the Museo
- March 16, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Artist Talk/Lecture
- Logan Lectures: Rupprecht Matthies
- March 17, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Artist Talk/Lecture
- Co-Art: Expose Your Body (of Art work!)
- March 19, 2010 (5:30 PM)
- Opening Reception
- Heads of Hydra Reception at Vertigo
- March 19, 2010 (6:00 PM)
- Gallery Reception
- Priscilla Fowler Artist Lecture at The E Project
- March 24, 2010 (8:00 PM)
- Artist Talk/Lecture
- "I Paint, Therefore I Am" Afternoon Tea at 910Arts
- March 27, 2010 (3:00 PM)
- Gallery Reception
April
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