Art & Art History News - August 29, 2023

“Evocation”
A group exhibition of seven artists at Walker Fine Art located at 300 West 11^th Ave #A Denver, CO 80204
The exhibition closes on September 2

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Colorado Women to Watch at Center for Visual Arts MSU Denver                             
965 Santa Fe Drive
August 18 - October 21, 2023

Artist Panel Discussion
September 14, 6 pm

A conversation with Nora Burnett Abrams and the exhibiting artists. Registration required. Tickets available at: www.msudenver.edu/cva/events

Colorado Women to Watch features five widely acclaimed artists who will transform CVA’s galleries through works that defy the male-dominated narrative of art. The work of Kim Dickey, Ana María Hernando, Maia Ruth Lee, Suchitra Mattai and Senga Nengudi breaks through boundaries, emphasizes the strength of female artists, and reshapes our perception of power. Through various media we witness these artists repossessing the discarded and retelling subverted histories with narratives of resiliency.

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Call Sol: The Enduring Legacy of Sol LeWitt
Group exhibition curated by Julia Wintner
Art Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA
August 23 - October 27, 2023

Link to information about this exhibition

We are no longer beings but sensations 
Solo exhibition by Marina Kassianidou
DXIX Projects
Office K102A, Department of Art and Art History, Colorado State University
551 W. Pitkin Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Open by appointment until the end of August.
DXIX Projects has published a booklet, with a text by Maria Petrides, to accompany the exhibition.

Link to the digital version of the exhibition catalog

For Art Basel, Megan O’Grady wrote about Marguerite Humeau’s Orisons and the changing role of land art in an era of environmental collapse.

Link to the article

PBS News Hour recently broadcast a segment on the exhibit, AgriCULTURE in which Yumi's project was featured. Her work is currently on view at BMoCA through October 1, 2023.

Link to view the video 

Jason's band, E, released a new single, available in digital and vinyl formats through Bandcamp.

Link to Bandcamp

The two songs on the single are a live recording made at a venue called Cave 12 in Geneva, Switzerland during the Summer of 2022. Additionally, in Summer 2023, Jason did a number of East Coast performances: 8 shows with Neptune, and 1 show with E.

In August, Professor Hanna Rose Shell worked with local radio station KGNU on a show “Talking Textiles and the Trajectory of Sustainable Fashion,” part of the station and the community’s Zero Waste reporting efforts. It was also a collaboration with local business person and fashion entrepreneur Pau Martin. In more radio news, WNYC Studios Radiolab interviewed Hanna for a forthcoming story about camouflage. An article “Old Clothes and Academia” appeared in Selvedge Magazine.

Link to KGNU interview

Dr. Annette de Stecher is the recipient of the CHA’s 2023 Indigenous History Book Prize for her monograph Wendat Women’s Arts, published with McGill-Queen’s University Press. The prize is awarded annually by the Indigenous History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, to recognize the best book in aboriginal history. “ Breaking new ground in Indigenous art histories”, Wendat Women’s Arts offers “ [a] richly illustrated history of Wendat women’s embroidery traditions, from the eighteenth century to the present, interwoven with the stories of the artists.”

Link to more information about this award

Anna Tsouhlarakis is included in the recent publication An Indigenous Present. A monumental gathering of more than 60 contemporary artists, photographers, musicians, writers and more, showcasing diverse approaches to Indigenous concepts, forms and mediums.

This landmark volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee descent, An Indigenous Present presents an increasingly visible and expanding field of Indigenous creative practice.

Link to more information about "An Indigenous Present"

A review in the Denver Post of “Indigenous Absurdities,” a solo show of new works by Anna Tsouhlarakis at MCA Denver. This exhibition is on view until September 10^th

Link to the Denver Post article

Professor Yazzie is the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Outstanding Printmaker Award from The Mid-America Print Council. Drawing inspiration from her Diné heritage, Yazzie’s work spans printmaking, painting, and sculpture and focuses on the relationship between humans and the environment.

Andrea Gordon, a post-bac student in ceramics featured in an exhibition at The Storeroom Gallery in Denver.

OPENING RECEPTION SEPTEMBER 14TH 4-7PM
The Storeroom: 2119 E 17th Ave., Denver, CO 80206

Nicky Pope's film CAAAS & Effect (2023) was selected for the Mimesis Documentary Festival. Pope's film highlights the newly established Center for African and African American Studies. Its importance can be witnessed through the voices of students and faculty. Hopefully, one day soon, its effects will be recognized and felt throughout CU and the community abroad.

"The Mimesis Documentary Festival is an artist-focused event encompassing short, feature, and expanded nonfiction ranging from traditional, experimental, ethnographic, and regional documentaries. We focus on personal, underrepresented, and culturally specific subjects that offer the most profound experiences of art made from life."