Art & Art History News - October 25, 2022

Roth's newest project was recently featured in the CU Boulder Arts & Sciences Magazine.

'We are coming' highlights Filipinos in the American West
Professors’ conceptual art shines spotlight on those who existed at the margins of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows

Through our research, we have attempted to give the Filipinos more dimension and to understand their full lives. …  So much of history is told from the perspective of the dominant groups, and our project looks to decenter those conventional narratives.​"

Link to the full feature article

BMoCA's Fall Artist Showcase
Dates: October 19 - December 31st
Location: BMoCA @ Anythink

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About the project:

The Natura exhibition and associated workshops are part of BMoCA at Anythink Fall Artist Showcase, a partnership between BMoCA and Anythink. Through this initiative, BMoCA presents free, museum-quality exhibitions by regional artists at Anythink library branches and complementary programs at the libraries and neighboring schools. BMoCA at Anythink expands accessible educational and cultural opportunities for Adams County residents of all ages and backgrounds.

Artist Eileen Roscina works with the Commerce City community to explore the intersection between industry and nature through a mural composed of organic and natural materials that form the industrial landscape of Commerce City. This mural was installed at Anythink Commerce City. will celebrate growth, change and the vital history that seeds hold in shaping terrain. Community members will contribute to the mural by pressing flowers and contemplating what seeds can we plant for the future?

Roscina also works with the Brighton community to contemplate the landscape of the area through hanging sky-seed sculptures. Like the dandelion seed, this collection of sculptures will float in the atrium of Anythink Brighton and represent the growth and renewal of life. Each sculpture will be created by community members and contain secret messages about what seeds people hope to sow for their futures in this collective garden of hope.

Renowned contemporary artist and CU Boulder alumna Lisa Solberg will install original pieces of art made especially for The Aurora Highlands last weekend, adding new public art features to the residential community’s two-mile, 100-acre Hogan Park at Highlands Creek. This installation is Solberg’s largest. 

Solberg, a New York City-based artist, aims to create a sacred space within the park with her work. She etched drawings onto boulders that are stacked in the park before painting an eight-pointed star on the tops of the boulders with red ochre, the oldest-known natural pigment in the world. She then installed three, large-scale totems made from concrete and stainless steel, ranging from seven feet to 11 feet tall. 

“The eight-pointed star generally represents the importance of appreciating existence beyond the material world,” Solberg said. “This is a design that is found in the totems as well, creating a collective, connected symbol. The essence of this work is space consciousness, being present with all that is around and inside of you, not that which seems to be merely right in front of you. In this light, the humanity of the sculptures lies within the viewer.” 

Solberg is a graduate of CU Boulder, where classes in psychology and astronomy became inspirations for her art. While her pieces are featured in galleries all around the world, many have also found homes in Colorado, including inside The Source Hotel in Denver and now at The Aurora Highlands. 

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