Art & Art History News - October 24, 2023

Richard Saxton will give the keynote address at the Wyoming Arts Summit, "Rural Recharge: Patterns and Propositions"
October 26-29, 2023

The Wyoming Arts Council's Arts Summit is a biennial statewide arts conference that offers a unique platform for artists, arts administrators, educators, and advocates to come together and explore Wyoming's diverse and vibrant arts landscape. The 2023 Arts Summit aims to foster collaboration, provide professional development opportunities, and celebrate the incredible talent and creativity that exists within the state. The event will feature a wide range of engaging activities, including workshops, panel discussions, keynote presentations, and networking opportunities. Attendees have the chance to connect with fellow artists, gain valuable insights from industry experts, and participate in thought-provoking conversations that delve into the intersection of art and community.

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Upcoming presentation 
CLIMAX, also called Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, is a visual and sonic installation, investigating interrelationships among solar astronomy, mineral extraction, and nuclear winter. Six semi-immersive audio-visual tableaux take different aesthetic and investigatory approaches to a coronagraph observatory built atop a molybdenum mine, and long since fallen into the glory hole of history and memory.

Work by Hanna Rose Shell & Luke Fischbeck

Friday, November 3 from 4:00pm to 7:30pm

Roser ATLAS Center, B2
ATLAS Black Box (Basement Level 2)
B2 Center for Media, Art & Performance
1125 18th Street, Boulder, CO 80309

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Exhibition announcement
Convergence: Indigenous Exchange & Encounter
AUGUST 4 - OCTOBER 28, 2023

Discover new perspectives on landscape, history, and the possibilities of printmaking in this remarkable exhibition showcasing contemporary Native artists. Experience St. Louis in a new light as a historic Indigenous hub of encounter and exchange, transcending its colonialist title, “Gateway to the West.” Revel in the evocative medium of printmaking, where artists masterfully layer imagery, text, and memories to explore themes such as migration, ancestry, and language.

The exhibition is curated by heather ahtone, PhD (Choctaw/Chickasaw Nation), who holds leadership positions in a number of Native arts and cultural institutions and initiatives, and Marwin Begaye (Navajo Nation), internationally exhibited printmaker and painter as well as Professor of Painting and Printmaking at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Visual Arts, in collaboration with Jennifer Scanlan, Deputy Director at Craft Alliance.

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J. Benjamin Burney, MFA/MBA graduate student is curating his first group art show.

“WE WEAR THE MASK: A Visual Exploration of Identity and Disguise.”
Opening Saturday, October 28th at 7 pm at 1919 Gallery: 1436 Tremont Place, Denver, CO 80202.
Tickets are available at www.zoid.life 

Featuring 18 visual artists this thought-provoking exhibition delves into the multifaceted concepts of masks in our society from masked heroes and tribal masks, to the metaphorical masks that conceal or reveal elements of our identity.

John Hamilton
November 18-19 from 10 AM-4 PM
Workshop fee: $250

In this two-day workshop, join John in exploring the process of combining the world of slip casting and thrown functional pottery. Students will have the opportunity to create a small sprig mold, use molds and incorporate slip cast parts to their own thrown or hand built vessels.

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