Botanicollage

About this time last year I was working on a series of nine collages with a botanical bent... and I'm really excited that they are now on view at the Loveland Museum Gallery as part of Xylem, a show of contemporary botanical artworks. The exhibition runs through March 15th in Loveland, Colorado. (Botanicollage has such a nice ring to it that I may have to continue the series!)

You're invited: open studio this weekend

October 17th-19th:Friday 5-8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-5pm

Here's your chance to visit my collage studio! See work in progress, check out the abundant paper stash, and peruse available collages, both small and large. I'd love to show you around…Park Hill Studio Tour to benefit the Art Garage*

A map to ALL open art studios in the neighborhood is available atthe Art Garage, 6100 E. 23rd Avenue, Denver, Colorado

Free event.

*10% of sales benefit the Art Garage.

Hope you can drop by! And for my far-flung friends, I'll post pictures next week.

Image & Word: Art and Poetry in Conversation

This summer I was invited to make an artwork based on a poem, then a poet used my collage as inspiration of a new poem, and so it went: eight artists, eight poets. Artists and poets worked in anonymity, so the unveiling will be a surprise for everyone involved, including: Chuck Ceraso, Susan Allspaw Pomeroy, Jimmy Sellars, Maria Melendez Kelson, Priscilla Fowler, Lisa Zimmerman, Jennifer Parisi, Bill Tremblay, Linda Armantrout, Aaron Anstett, Gayle Crites, Joseph Hutchison, Jared Smith, Monika Edgar, Kathleen Cain and myself.

You're invited to attend the unveiling of the works at "Image and Word: Art and Poetry in Conversation" on August 16th at 7pm at the Louisville Center for the Arts in Louisville, Colorado. Tickets are $12 and seating is limited so reserve your seat in advance here.  I'd, of course, love to see you there!Since I'm not allowed to show my collage, I'm showing you the debris field of leftover papers behind and around my easel! Anything could've happened...

Stop by: opening celebrations

I'm excited to announce that my work has been juried into two exciting shows in Denver, both with opening receptions this Friday, May 2nd. I'll be spending time at both… just not sure where I'll be when!

One of my Daily Mail collages will be on view at RedLine's First Annual Juried Show, "Intersections." The opening reception is Friday, May 2nd from 6-10pm at RedLine, 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado. If you're not familiar with RedLine, it's a great space with a whole crew of artist residents at work adjacent to the main gallery space and lots of community arts-related programming. Definitely worth an exploratory visit! The show runs through May 16th. Jurors were Carlos Frésquez, Michael Paglia, and Collin Parson.

Another collage will be part of Mai Wyn Fine Art's First Annual Juried Show, "A Baker's Dozen." Thirteen artists were selected for the show and the "best of show" artist will be awarded a solo show in 2015. (I would love it to be me!) The juror was Michael Chavez, manager of Denver's public art program. The opening reception is Friday, May 2nd from 5-9pm at 744 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado.

The show runs through June 14th; gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6pm.Hope you will come out and look at artwork this First Friday... and that I'll bump into you at one exhibition or another!