Events
Tonight! Center for Land Use Interpretation
Tuesday, April 4 at 6:30 PM
Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium - 1B20
1085 18th Street, Boulder, CO 80309
Aurora Tang (she/her) is the program director at the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), a non-profit research organization involved in exploring and understanding contemporary land and landscape issues. The organization produces exhibitions about land use phenomenology in the USA and displays them at its exhibit locations and at other museums and non-commercial and educational venues as well. The CLUI produces publications, online resources, tours, lectures, and other public programs across the country.
The Center for Land Use Interpretation is a research and education organization interested in understanding the nature and extent of human interaction with the surface of the earth, and in finding new meanings in the intentional and incidental forms that we individually and collectively create. They believe that the manmade landscape is a cultural inscription, that can be read to better understand who we are, and what we are doing. The organization was founded in 1994, and since that time it has continuously produced public programs that include exhibits on land use, shown in its own network of exhibit facilities, and in public institutions all over the United States, and overseas. The Center has also published books and periodicals, conducted public tours, and hosted lectures. From the inception of the organization, much of its activity has been focused on an online audience, where visitors to its website can freely access databases and archives. The CLUI exists to stimulate discussion, thought, and general interest in the contemporary landscape. Neither an environmental group nor an industry-affiliated organization, the work of the Center integrates the many approaches to land use—the many perspectives of the landscape—into a single vision that illustrates the common ground in “land use” debates. At the very least, the Center attempts to emphasize the multiplicity of points of view regarding the utilization of terrestrial and geographic resources.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Spring 2023
<< Round 1 >>
On view April 8 - April 20 (opens THIS FRIDAY!! April 7 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM)
Artists: Laura Benson, Dennis Doyle, A Grix and Cory McKague
<< Round 2 >>
On view April 29 - May 13 (opening celebration: April 28 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM)
Artists: Andy DiLallo, Samira Hemmat, Marcella Marsella and Madeline Plumley
King Awards — Ceremony & Exhibition
Congratulations to the 2023 King Award Finalists!
Undergraduate student:
Maren Curtis, Madison Crisler, Elyse Hawkins, Jenna Hissong, Aspen Moehring-Miller
Graduate student:
Andi Newberry, Alejandra Salvidar Romero, Ryze Xu, Elisa Wolcott, Samira Hemmat
Exhibition in the Visual Arts Complex: April 12-20, 2023 (finalist artwork)
King exhibition reception and award ceremony: Friday, April 14, 2023 at 4:00 PM
About the King Awards: In 2013, Gretchen King (BA in English’59) worked with the Department of Art & Art History to establish the King Competition and Exhibition, the department’s first juried student exhibition. Since that time fellow alums, Meridee Moore (BA in Philosophy ’80) and Kevin King (BFA in Fine Arts ’81) have joined Gretchen in generously supporting the annual competition and exhibition, allowing the department to award undergraduate and graduate students monetary prizes, and to showcase their work in the Visual Arts Complex.
The 2023 King Award Jurors: Sam Harvey, David Smith and Molly Bird Casey
(Artwork by graduate finalist Ryze Xu)
David Ocelotl Garcia: Practicum Speakers Series
Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 PM
Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium - 1B20
1085 18th Street, Boulder, CO 80309
Colorado-based artist David Ocelotl Garcia (b. 1977, Denver, CO USA) is accomplished across several mediums including painting, sculpture, mosaic and murals. His work can be seen in national and international public art commissions, and both museum and private collections. David believes that "Art", whether we are making it or viewing it, allows us to think more critically, respectfully, and creatively about the world around us. It allows us to have a meaningful impact on the past, present and future. The energy of art engages our mind, body and spirit in a magical way which allows us to feel more deeply and elevates our creative capacity. It is through art that David hopes to manifest beauty, inspiration, color and energy.
Talks are free and open to the public
STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS FROM ALL MAJORS AND FIELDS ARE WELCOME
For more information, contact the series’ coordinator Martha Russo, mrusso@colorado.edu
