Showing at William Havu Gallery through October 30, 2010.

William Havu Gallery
1040 Cherokee Street
Denver CO 80204
303.893.2360
http://williamhavugallery.com

An American painter and stencilist, Amanda Marie Ploegsma, better known as simply, Amanda Marie, has been living and painting in Colorado since 2001. She attended the Rocky  Mountain College of Art and Design and has exhibited extensively in Denver and Europe.

Drawing upon illustrations and characters reminiscent of iconic mid 20th century children’s books, Amanda Marie, has co-opted a homogenized depiction of an ideal Modern American childhood to her own contemporary devices.  Using spray paint and stencils to reproduce her main character’s ad infinitum, white, well-groomed boys and girls, she plays on the sameness and ubiquity of this instantly recognizable representation of wholesome American innocence. The modified kids in Amanda Marie’s artwork, often with a distinct resemblance to the artist herself, are forever caught ungrounded and out of context, hovering in space, blasted by expressionist splatters, floating within geometric diagrams, and encountering surreal scenarios well beyond the simple comfort of seeing spot run.

Art. Worth. Seeing. (Illiterate is at 82 s. broadway.)

Working with Artists is pleased to present one of its more popular workshops, The Elegant Nude, from October 1 – 3, 2010 (Fri., 6-9p; Sat., Sun., 10a to 4p), led by Owen O’Meara and Greg Cradick. The cost of the workshop is $395.

The workshop will focus on photographing the elegant nude in an elegant environment. Among other things, areas to be addressed include format and lenses,.composition, lighting, environment, the history of the nude in the art media, etc. The workshop will take place on an elegant estate about 15 minutes from WWA.

Working with Artists/FLASH Gallery
445 South Saulsbury
Lakewood, CO 80226
303.837.1341
Tue-Fri: Noon-8:00pm
Sat/Sun: Noon-6:00pm
http://www.workingwithartists.org

This great organization is helping people with big ideas to help humanity.  Spontaneous Painting is Susan Bello’s big idea to bing the healing power of art into the mainstream. Feel free to go to the site and learn about Susan and her big ideas.

Also see the Organization For The Arts & Whole Brain Learning.

Every artist deserves a canvas. We started the Denver Homeless Art Project last year to provide relief to our city’s poorest neighbors by creating a free market in which they can create opportunities for themselves.

It’s hard to be homeless in Denver. That’s why our volunteers work so hard. Today, consider joining us in our mission to bring relief before the winter sets in.

Watch the video and learn about homeless art in Denver.

In a celebration our city’s great compassion, we sell every single canvas at the Homeless Art Exhibit on the Santa Fe Artwalk (in Denver). 100% of art sales that night going directly to the homeless artist.

We have the artists. We have the teachers. We have the canvas builders. We only need supplies to complete the project.

Together we will keep this program healthy, free, and strong for years to come. Thank you again for all the support.

I am proud to be a part of such a wonderful program with all of you. Please let me know if you have any questions about the project.

Thank you,

Sean

Together, you and your team of canvassers will finance one of Denver’s most compassionate art exhibits. Give your skills to support for our homeless neighbors and our creative community at once.

Responsibilities include recruitment and assembly of your own canvassing team, execution of daily canvassing operations, and management of the follow-through involved in donor satisfaction. You will have to hold your team responsible for meeting their weekly donation goals, and recruiting to maintain of grow the size of your team.

All donations go to charity. The canvassing team is part of a program to support local art projects and spread awareness of artlessness.

You will be responsible for the donations necessary to bring canvasses, art supplies, and a large annual public festival to help homeless artists in Denver. 100% of sales go directly to the homeless artists.

The Exhibit, produced by Denver Art Society, takes place on the First Friday in November of every year. We need a year-round, full-time compensated employee to manage the event, however the current position is until Nov 5 only. After this, a review will be completed for possible extension to a year-round, full-time compensated position.

Please experienced candidates only (more eager, less experienced canvassers who would like to join our canvassing team – please send an email with your info to canvass@denverartsociety.org now).

Compensation based on experience. Apply for this position by emailing a description of your experiences collecting donations, cover letter, and resume to sean@denverartsociety.org.

Denver Art Society is a nonprofit. Learn more about us, and our mission to end artlessness in Denver at http://denverartsociety.com

Going to be a lot of fun. Get tickets now ($2 off using promo code: GreenSpaces).

ILLITERATE PRESENTS: Denver Does Denver 2010 (An Event of Creative Promiscuity : : Bands DO Bands! Artists DO Artists!)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
2 VENUES | 20+ BANDS | 20+ ARTISTS
@ THE MEADOWLARK (2701 Larimer)
@ THE FLOBOTS.ORG COMMUNITY SPACE (2705 Larimer)
ART AUCTION :: 6PM – 11PM
MUSIC :: 8PM – 2AM
+ A BACKDOOR BBQ!
$12/door or $8 tickets here.

MUSIC LINEUP

THE FLOBOTS || HOUSES || ESME PATTERSON (OF PAPER BIRD) || BIG LIL’ (LILLY SCOTT & COLE RUDY) || THE LEGENDARY RIVER DRIFTERS |
LUMINEERS || PINK HAWKS || SAFE BOATING IS NO ACCIDENT || HUNTER DRAGON || OBLIO’S ARROW || MARRIED IN BERDICHEV || JASON CAIN || LITTLES PAIA || NIGHT OF JOY || MANO AND SAFFO || NUEVO LEON || THE RECKLESS NIGHTS || HEARTS IN SPACE || HOLLAGRAMS || DJ SYNERGY ||AENKA || CHAPERONE || ABG || A SETTING SCIENCE ||

VISUAL ART LINEUP

MANU BUDANT || MATHEW DOUBEK || ARON DUBOIS || SCOTT FERGUSON || HILARY FREY || RUBEN GAUCIN || ANDREW HOFFMAN || JOSH HOLLAND || JILL HADLEY HOOPER || CHRIS HUTH || JOUVELT ||
STEPHEN DANIEL KARPIK || MAX KAUFFMAN || SANDER LINDEKE || JAIME MOLINA || MATTHEW NOVAK || ANDREW NOVICK || STEVEN PROCHYRA || KATHERINE RUTTER || ERYN TOMLINSON ||
JEREMY “SILAS” ULIBARRI || HARRY C. WALTERS

ABOUT DENVER DOES DENVER

Illiterate returns with the second annual Denver Does Denver, an event of mass creative promiscuity in which bands DO bands and artists DO artists. Hosted at two adjoining venues, The Meadowlark and The Flobots.org Community Space, Denver Does Denver will be a swinging time of artistic intercourse with over 20 musical acts and 20 visual artists interpreting the material of their predecessors and contemporaries within the city.

What began as an auditory exchange, with Denver’s musical acts covering the songs of other Denver musicians, this year expands into the visual realm. Illiterate asked Denver artists to join the cultural swap and take on the challenge of creating a work of art derived from the composition of another Denver artist. Their efforts will be on display as part of a silent auction taking place above the Meadowlark in a space transformed for a one night stand as a gallery.

Like any progressive form of exchange, boundaries must be constantly re-evaluated and expanded. In 2009, Illiterate asked how the many participating musicians would handle the challenge of covering the music of others. Would they honor their fellow performers, present and passed, with heartfelt renditions, or lampoon the competition with karaoke-like covers? What transpired was a sonic orgy with room for both sincerity and satire. This year, again Illiterate poses the question to both musicians and the visual newcomers to the party: “Just how far will you go?” All will be answered and on display Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Denver Does Denver, where original content and prudes will be left at the door.

For more information contact Illiterate at admin@illiteratemedia.com or telephono (303) 993-4474.

Showing at Pirate from August 20 – September 5, 2010.

Pirate Contemporary Art
3659 Navajo St
Denver, CO 80211
303.458.6058
Fri: 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Sat/Sun: Noon – 5:00 PM

Showing at Core New Art Space from August 19 – September 5, 2010.

CORE New Art Space
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.297.8428
Gallery Hours:
Fri: Noon-9 pm
Thu/Sat/Sun: Noon-6 pm

Great photography. He’ll be at Art Out Loud this Saturday. Say hi. Visit the amazing Full website of David Shults.

AJ Fosik uses wood, paint, and found materials to create three-dimensional animalistic beings. Fosik’s sculptures begin with individually cut and varnished pieces of wood that are then arranged into symmetrical and hypnotic patterns and become the faces of mythical entities. Hypnotic eyes pierce the viewer’s gaze and sharp teeth protrude from the mouths of Fosik’s creations that are embellished with a consistent rhythm of vibrant color and shape. Either constructed as freestanding forms or wall-mounted pieces, Fosik’s work references taxidermy practices and is evocative of American Folk Art. Similar to Bill McRight’s new body of work, Fosik’s alluring constructions are often inspired by subversive cultural influences that shift complacency and rely on the reappropriation of familiar symbols and images.

David B. Smith Gallery
1543 A Wazee Street
Denver, CO, 80202
303.893.4234

http://davidbsmithgallery.com

More art and full Illiterate interview.

P.S. Illiterate is probably the coolest art gallery in Denver. Anyone who disagrees email me your suggestions, with photographic evidence, to sean@dpau.org

Two positions will need to show up 12noon to 4pm. The other two will need to show up from 4pm to 8pm. Anyone who can attend from 12noon to 8pm may take up two shifts.

If you’d like to lend a hand please send an email to traci@denverartsociety.org with your name and contact info.

Art Out Loud: Art & Music Festival to End Artlessness
Where: 31st & Walnut St.
When: Aug 14 from 2pm to 8pm
Who: TraSh Bagz, Cassandra Lillard Fine Art, Jennifer Reiter, Gray Sparrow Art, Kimono Dragons and Studio Yoshida, Jeansonne’s Fine Designs, Acoustic Set-Up, Natural Luster and Liz Ardnt, Kelly Ann’s Painting, Michelle Aruldoss, Tito Designs, HellaThready, Rachel Kemble Photography, Matt Nuffort and Drew Labarge, The Craftorium of TMiss Pink & Nerd Life Design, Marney Gagg, Anthony Seller Photography, Chaz Kraizer, Mad Tatters, Conari Arts, Winston’s Boutique, and Amanda Cleveland

Art Out Loud Charity Concert
Where: Walnut Room (3100 Walnut St. Denver, CO)
When: Aug 14 from 4pm to 2am
Who: Flashbulb Fires, Gritch, 303 Movement, Reno Divorce, Sophie & the Troll, Rachel James, Sean Waldron, Bonnie & the Beard, MF Kaaos, & B. Sous

More info about Art Out Loud.

Denver Art Society is a nonprofit producing creative education classes in Denver. 100% of public donations directly fund project costs.

For volunteer information please contact traci@denverartsociety.com

Great Denver artists exploring new materials, processes, and systems for interior art. Lots of stretching. More stretchy craziness at Amanda Gordon Dunn Homepage.

Artistic duos, slam poets and more at final-Friday celebration.

The final Friday of the month, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) feels less like a field trip and more like a night out with offbeat art encounters, unique detours of the DAM collection, artmaking, local music, cash bar, munchies and more. This month, Untitled #31 (Two), July 30 from 6 to 10 p.m., celebrates the Biennial of the Americas and other art related things that come in twos.

The DAM also hosts a satellite exhibition of The Nature of Things, the Biennial exhibition located in Civic Center Park. At Untitled, guests can check out cutting-edge video art in the Fuse Box gallery and talk to the Biennial curatorial duo, Luisa A. Orozco and Jürgen Ureña to hear how they teed up their selections for the project. Orozco’s My Body is a Weapon features 20 works by artists who use the body as signs, weapons and tools. Snapshots, curated by Ureña, features video art from several Central American artists who explore portraiture from different perspectives.

Cafe Nuba combines spoken word, live music and performance art. For the Biennial Edition, Cafe Nuba brings its pairs of poets to march in two-by-two representing the best of Denver and the Americas. Featured poets include Quetzal Guerrero, Zakiya Harris, Erwin Thomas and Jennifer Johns. Jams by DJ Cavem Moetavation and special guests keep the crowds moving to the words. Visitors can grab a partner and step one-two with the help of 23 Skidoo, Denver’s high-energy swing dance couple. The pair will perform and hold a mini Lindy Hop lesson. Breathe studio presents the Gutter Bunny bicycle-art project. Take in the virtual urban landscape on imaginary two wheels and find peace within the city surroundings. Joan and Charlie from Buntport Theater return to their puddle in the 3rd floor freight elevator and perform a new installment of Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme. Local DJ Johnny D spins in the atrium.

More info.

Boxcar Gallery presents La Conquista, July 29th to August 28th 2010. This exhibition features the work of Boxcar members Javier Flores and Amanda Wahl. The opening reception will be Thursday, July 29th from 6-9pm and First Friday August 6th from 6-10pm. La Conquista will run through August 28th, 2010.

Amanda’s (amazing) painting, Untitled, 2010, pictured here.

Boxcar Gallery
554 Santa Fe Dr
http://boxcar-gallery.com

At Camp Wapiyapi, a retreat near Estes Park offering respite for kids dealing with childhood cancer, ill children and their siblings don’t escape the toll their suffering takes so much as they learn that they’re not alone with it. They get to take a break from it all and have what every kid wants – to relax and have a good time. And then, in one of the nicest ways possible, they give back to the community that took them in.

Place bids and enjoy the day today from 4 to 8 p.m.; for tickets, $15 per person (or $35 for a family), go towww.wapiyapi.org or call 303-534-0883.

Westword Article: Art for Wapiyapi @ Tennyson Studios.

“It’s #2 pencil, and I draw the circles freehand” -Nemo

Go figure. View more of Nemo’s crazy freehand at official Art By Nemo Homepage.

Quick and easy guide for you newbies to #denverart: Denver Art In One Day.

Please help me spread this message. Today, Denver is losing about 500 jobs.

In fact every day, Denver, you lose about 500 jobs.

But your creative sector is creating jobs. Every day, your music and art industries create good high-paying jobs deep within local communities. Together, your designers, artists, musicians, and creative talent make up for Colorado’s 5th largest business sector, in both revenues and jobs.

Why is your art so essential? Because your art and music industries are the largest sustainable exports in your city’s history. Because the global art and music industry is fantastically lucrative: 1% of the global art market share would double Denver’s economy overnight.

And yet you are cutting your creative education programs, Denver!

While art and music generate thousands of jobs, your government’s budget has forced schools to scale back, unavoidably attacking the Arts — English, Theater, Music, etc — in record numbers.

Right now, school is nearly in session. We need help. One in six children will be denied even a single art or music class. Help us enrich our neighborhoods and communities with sustainable, creative education programs.

Please donate $5 today and help Denver Art Society support our creative education programs.

This is an urgent affair. Schools need this money now. Sadly, the most artless schools are often the most in need of art’s benefits, art’s jobs, and art’s revenues.

Consider this. Your bands are performing across the globe. Your art is sold in every country. And yet you’re cutting creative education programs!

You’re losing jobs. Our creative sector sustained us through these last two years — creative education is the easy way to bring more jobs, more revenues for schools and parks, and more opportunities for our children for the next two years, and beyond.

We can reinvigorate creative education in Denver, starting today, but we need your support. You can help spread this message — and combat artlessness by raising awareness of the artless everywhere.

Please donate $5 or more today:

http://denverartsociety.org/donate.

Thank you for helping us get here.

Sean McGowan
President, Denver Art Society

More info.

Art Out Loud: 10 bands. 50 artists. One night. Learn more.

The Biennial has, so far, some amazing successes and failures. If you’re looking for the highlights, read this great article on the Three important Biennial art exhibits bring the Western world to Denver.

Thanks for keeping the Westword artsy and honest, Michael!

Now showing at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Denver artist Tony Ortega has long been renowned for chronicling the richness of the Hispanic experience. He utilizes his signature style of bold coloration, simplified forms, anonymous figures and cultural icons to explore community life, family, urban and rural sectors, youth culture, popular culture and cultural politics. Paramount in his artistic intent is the discovery of the relationship between humans and their circumstances. In a country where demographics are rapidly changing, issues of multiculturalism and hybridity are tantamount. Much of this exhibition deals with those who have crossed and continue to cross the borders, to secure a better life, obtain work, and to ensure the welfare and safety of their families. To Ortega the border is porous, with layered implications.

Through monotypes, serigraphs, charcoal drawings and a mural installation we get a glimpse of the melding of histories, traditions, culture and politics of our ever expanding and diversified population. Additionally, Ortega will create murals in collaboration with students from “I Have A Dream” Foundation of Boulder County and The Family Learning Center. Following their display at BMoCA during the exhibition, the murals will be on view at the Boulder Public Library and Denver Public Library.

FULL ARTICLE: Mi Frontera Es Su Frontera / Tony Ortega.

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Art show will be on display in the Playhouse lobby from September 10 through October 24, 2010.

The lobby is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-10 p.m., Sundays from 5-9 p.m.

Click here for full information.

Sandra Phillips Gallery
July 9 – 31, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday July 9 from 6-8pm

Artist Patricia Tinajero from Ecuador will explore the nature of things thru video and experiential installation. Tinajero is interested in objects as the product of metamorphosis, in particular the recycing of object, the capacity of those objects to survive cycles of production and consumption, use and abuse. Exploring the regeneration process reconciled in the dialectical understanding of process of the artist, these discarded materials weave into sculptural forms which become installations.

The RedLine Exhibit “Artist’s Footprints” will also include artist Patricia Tinajero in partnership with the Biennial of the Americas 2010.

The Sandra Phillips Gallery
744 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.573.5969
Tue – Sat: 12:30 – 5:00 PM
http://www.thesandraphillipsgallery.com

Solo Installation at Emmanuel Gallery
July 9 – September 3 2010
Artists Reception: Friday July 9 from 6:00-10:00pm

In “Personal Locator Beacon,” Vaughan will include 17th century cartouche designs colliding with industrial light components; decorative architectural medallions with pink electronic wire; crocheted white lace flowers, leading to twinkling LED lights and functional fans; the Golden Chalice Vine plant, whose scent creates amorous effects in humans, with infra-red electronic devices. As the viewer walks through the space, they trigger a ‘wave’ of fans and lights, and consequently a wave of neurotransmitters for LOVE and call signals to the outer world. “Personal Locator Beacon” alters the entire gallery, inside and out, to serve as a beacon for their love.

Summer hours for the gallery will be Tuesday – Friday 11-5 and Saturday from 12-4. For more information, please visit our website at emmanuelgallery.org or call. Emmanuel Gallery is honored to be an exhibit partner with the Biennial of the Americas.

Emmanuel Gallery
Auraria Higher Education Center
10th and Lawrence St Mall
Denver, CO 80204
303.556.8337

http://www.emmanuelgallery.org

Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Daily from Sat., July 3 until Mon., July 5
Price: Free

A three-day crowd-burst that draws throngs of grubniks and arty-farty types to booth after booth of visual and performing artist exhibits; Chinese yoga, tai chi and Zumba on Fillmore Plaza; and a cultural pavilion that will help kick off the 2010 Biennial of the Americas.

For more info, check Cherry Creek Arts Festival website or Westword’s resources.

The wonderful art pictured here is by Loretta Petraitis.

Opening Reception: Friday July 2nd , 7-11 pm

Ironton celebrates 11 years in Denver with our annual 4th of July weekend party. We have a lot to celebrate this year with the addition of two new artists to the group; Chase DeForest and Yoshitomo Saito.
The gallery will exhibit new work by each artist effectively illustrating the uniqueness of Ironton as a multi-discipline facility: 
Andy Berg, painting
Jeff Bludeau, woodshop
Dan Brandemuehl, stone sculpture
Chase DeForest, woodshop
Sharon Feder, painting
John Ferguson, steel sculpture
Hugh Graham, multi media
Matt Holman, cartooning
Jill Hadley Hooper, painting
Heidi Jung, painting, photography
Mike Mancarella, sculpture and fabrication
Patricia ‘Murph’ Murphy, painting
Yoshitomo saito, bronze casting
Kagen Schaefer, puzzle making
Robin Schaefer, painting
Andy Sweet, stone sculpture

The show runs from July 2nd thru July 30th.

See you there! (3636 Chestnut Pl, Denver). Learn more at Ironton Studios

Hours: 8:30 am–9:30 pm M–Th | 8:30 am–5:00 pm F | 8:30 am–4:30 pm Sat

Participating artists:

Judith Bennett
Remy Biggs
Rickie Christine Bland
Michelle Brewster
Jean Caggiano
Maria Careccia Pelissier
Ashlee Comerford
Vicki Cook
Doug Dawson
M. DiGiacomo
Jerry Dokken
Alix Evendorff
Christine Fontenot
Jan Fordyce
Christopher Fox
Ilona Fried
Lisa Gardiner
Margaretta Gilboy
Bill Graham
A. Miriam Green
Halie Hall
Martha Heppard
Kit Hernandez
Rochelle Johnson
Deb Kaylor
Vern Langhofer
Leona Lazar
Gayla Lemke
Sina March
Edward MCdonald
Georgene McGonagle
Krystal Mills
Elayne Moseley
Diane Nelson-Scott
Brian Rivera
Tina Rowe
Jennifer Rudkin
Drew Sarka
Kevin Singleton
Ed Sirokman
Jahe Smith
Bill Sprague
Bev Steigerwald
Jim Sternfield
Merelee Syron
Steven Whitcomb
Tom Whitten
Linda Wilcox
Annie Patrice Williams
Elizabeth Wonnacott
Stan Yan

More info: http://asld.org/events_exhibitions/Exhibition-Schedule.php

Rob Williams, Colors of the Dusk, acrylic, graphite & ink on wood panel, 48”w x 29”h, 2010.

Rob Williams is a mixed media artist who gives aspen trees new life with whimsical imagery and unnatural color palettes. The titles of his pieces are meant as “entrance points to evoke thought about different ways of seeing the world.”
Translations Gallery
1743 Wazee St
Denver, CO 80202
303.629.0713
Tues-Sat: 11-6
http://translationsgallery.com

“Candice II,” by Marie Vlasic, oil on canvas.

Through July 3 at Artyard Contemporary Sculpture, 1251 South Pearl Street, 303-777-3219, www.artyardsculpture.com.

Through July 4 at Pirate Contemporary Art, 3655 Navajo Street, 303-458-6058, www.pirateartonline.org.

Through July 10 at Walker Fine Art, 300 West 11th Avenue, #A, 303-355-8955, www.walkerfineart.com.

VERTIGO Art Space May 7 – July 30, 2010

Ralph began his painting career in childhood- and has well known accolades as a “Celebrity Portrait Painter” who has had an extensive career painting on private commission from true Royals, and celebrities from around the world. RW is recognized by the National Portrait Gallery of Smithsonian as the only painter Elvis has ever commissioned for a portrait. RW states: “My aim is to reflect contemporary man’s ultimate desire for self-expression and living on the edge”.

Vertigo has chosen a select few of the many painting styles RW has accomplished in an attempt to show the variety of trademark Ralph Cowan styles through the decades in his illustrious career as a painter.

Vertigo Art Space
May 7 – July 30
Artist Reception July 23 from 6-10pm
960 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
303.573.VERT (8378)
http://www.vertigoartspace.com

CORRECTED 15 JUL 2010 — I had falsely reported that the show closed on June 30, when in fact the show is scheduled until July 30, 2010 (-Sean McGowan).

This is pretty simple.

1. Watch the trailer.

2. Get a presale copy of the dvd and help produce the film at the same time.

(btw they are from Denver — and yes they actually traveled the country in a golf kart. check it.)

DENVER MODERNISM SHOW

Do you look at blank canvases and swoon?

Welcome to Modernism. These people throw a great show. Get yer entries in while you can.

How do you interpret Modernism?  Is your work an homage to the past or a continuation of those ideas?  Do you gain inspiration from the googie styles of the 1950’s’, or the sleek lines of Le Courbousier?  All genres, styles, and mediums will be considered, as long as they relate to the theme of “modernism”.

Seen by over 3000 art and culture lovers, who will be coming ready to shop at the Denver Modernism Show. The show runs August 27-29 and will be held at the Denver National Western Complex Expo Hall.  More info at denvermodernism.com.

Enter as many works as you like. Each entry is $10.00. Entry fees do not guarantee acceptance  into the show, which will be determined by our juror (to be decided). All entries should be made electronically, as emailed  jpegs; if you need an alternative submission method please contact  us for instructions. Accepted artists are responsible for delivery and pick-up of  their artwork to and from the Expo Hall.  If you  need to ship work, please contact art@denvermodernism.com for more  information.

Jpeg submissions, info and payments are due by the end of August 10.

To enter, visit our new online entry and payment page at www.denvermodernismart.eventbrite.com by August 10.

Timeline:

Aug. 10 - Deadline for submissions

Aug. 17 - Notify artists of acceptance status

Aug. 26 -  Accepted artists deliver work to National Western Complex Expo Hall 2 – 6 pm.

Aug. 27 – Opening Night. Accepted Artist plus 1 guest admitted to VIP Reception & Party 5 – 10pm.

Aug. 29 – Closing Date: Artists must pick up work at National Western Complex Expo Hall 3 – 6pm.

The Fine Print:

Submissions: Please format all images as .jpgs at 72 dpi, no larger than 1920 pixels in any direction.

Requirements: All work must be dry and ready to properly hang.  Set-up diagram must accompany multiple-piece works.  All selected art must remain in place for the duration of the show.  Accepted art may be photographed for publicity purposes.  The curator retains the right to reject any work that is not as represented in the submitted image, or work that does not have appropraite hanging materials.  All work must have the artist’s name, the title of the work, the price of the work, and a contact phone number and email clearly labelled on the back.  Sculptors must provide their own pedestal if they wish to have one.

Delivery:  Delivery and pick up of accepted work is the sole responsibility of the artist.  If you need to ship work, please contact us at art@denvermodernism.com for further details.  Accepted work is to be dropped off at the Denver Coliseum Expo Hall,  4655 Humboldt St. (Washington exit off of I-70; refer to map on website for further details) on Thursday, August 26. 2010,  between 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.  Work must be picked up at the same location on Sunday, August 29, 2010 from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.  As there is no on-site storage available, we cannot ensure the safety of any work left after that time.

Sales:  The Denver Modernism Show will handle sale and delivery of all artwork sold, and will retain a 25% commission on works sold.  Artists will be paid for sold work at the pick-up time on Sunday.

Liability:  The Denver Modernism Show will take all precautions to protect your art, but is NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS DUE TO DAMAGE OR THEFT.  We provide overnight security & professional handling staff.

More info here.

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TOSA Iron Artist - June 26

Iron Artist is a live art competition.

Watch ten artists battle in a live art event to determine who will be the  TOSA Iron Artist. Each artist will have two hours to complete their artwork and all must incorporate the “secret material” into his or her creation.

Join in the fun at TOSA, 1644 Platte Street, from noon to 6 p.m. (the competition is from 2 to 4); admission is $10. Get details at www.theothersidearts.org or call 303-561-3000.

Artists Competing Include:

Tina DuMond
Charles Lefkowitz
David Dunn
Cara Thomas
Milt Denny
Amanda Willshire
Allison Whelan
Ondrea Svaldi
Donald Nash
Kyle Carpenter
Aaron Williams

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW!
ONLY $10 TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS PROGRAMMING

Our Mission:The Other Side Arts (TOSA) educates, inspires, and empowers emerging artists and under served populations through visual arts programming and artist development opportunities

900 pounds of string. Thermonuclear weapons. Be there.

Featuring the work of Maximilien Brice, Orly Genger, Janine Gordon, Pablo Helguera, Anne Hardy, Kcho, Gonzalo Lebrija, Viviane Le Courtois, Richard Meredith-Hardy, Ciro Najle, Martha Russo, Jim Sanborn, Ward Shelley, Jeff Shore & Jon Fisher, Don Stinson, Torolab, Steve Vaught (Fat Man Walking), and Willard Wigan. With a Titan IV rocket engine and two B61 thermonuclear weapons.

Energy Effects is presented by MetLife Foundation, in partnership with Denver’s 2010 Biennial of the Americas. Additional support from Scott Miller & Tim Gill and the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. MCA Denver thanks the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District for their support.

Also see Objectophilia opening June 30 at 7PM. 1490 Delgany. Image: Gonzalo Lebrija, Entre La Vida y La Muerte, detail

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
1485 Delgany
Denver, CO 80202
303.298.7554
Mon: Closed
Tue–Thu: 10:00–6:00 pm
Fri: 10:00–10:00 pm
Sat-Sun: 10:00–6:00 pm
http://mcadenver.org

Liberadores/Liberators at Museo de las America. The opening reception is Thursday, June 24 from 7-10pm.

Museo De Las Americas

This Santa Fe Museum, in the heart of the ArtWalk, is a cultural icon of Denver.

Liberadores will showcases artists interpretation of the liberation narrative as it impacts their lives, countries and communities from throughout the Americas North and South. Featuring Xavier Cortada, Cuba, USA; Ana Maria Hernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo, USA; Liliana Folta, Argentina; Oscar Muñoz, Popayán, Colombia; Daniel Salazar, Denver, USA; Fernando Sanchez, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Paula Winograd, Bogotá, Colombia; Seth Wulsin, New York, USA/Argentina.

See you there!

Museo de las Americas
861 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.571.4401
http://museo.org

Boxcar is, quite possibly, Denver’s rawest art gallery.

Their coop and curators continue to amaze with the integrity and from-the-streets genius artists their gallery has been come to be known for.

This week they present Wanderlust, June 24th to July 24th 2010. This exhibition features the work of Boxcar veteran Sarah Quinlan and newest member Ira Fail. The opening reception will be Thursday, June 24th from 6-9pm and First Friday July 24th from 6-10pm. Wanderlust will run through July 24th, 2010.

Mixed media artist Sarah Quinlan’s newest work Wanderlust is a visual documentary of female undergarments. In her work she uses a combination of found ephemeral materials, female outlines and watercolors to search for the “perfect support”.

Artist Ira Fail’s current work, Birds of a Feather, explores the relationship between the female portrait, birds, and the old cliché “birds of a feather, flock together”. In the work he blends the two themes seamlessly to illustrate the common, delicate beauty of both subjects. His use of vibrant color varies the subject, and through his style allows us to enjoy the fantasy element of the work.

Wanderlust opens Thursday, June 24th, 2010 from 6-9 pm and First Friday July 24th from 6pm to 10pm. Third Friday July 16th from 12-8pm. Normal gallery hours are Friday & Saturday from 12-5 pm, or by appointment by calling 303.725.7047

Boxcar never fails to impress. They’re South on Santa Fe Dr. so make them your first or last stop on the ArtWalk.

Boxcar Gallery
554 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
Fri/Sat: 12-5pm, or by appointment by calling: 303.725.7047
http://boxcar-gallery.com

The weekend after Pridefest wind down at the 2nd Annual CinemaQ Film Festival at the Starz FilmCenter, June 24 – 27. Relax with four days of the world’s best new GLBT films including a 40th Anniversary celebration of MYRA BRECKINRIDGE.

Denver Film Society at the Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO 80204

CinemaQ Film Festival 2010 (Presented by Coors Light) | 2010 Starz Denver Film Festival.

The department is responsible for running the financials of the organization and, though the community, you will be responsible for current accounting practices throughout the organization and future logistics planning for Denver to grow its art industry by 500% in the next five years.

The position includes membership to Denver Art Society and the occasional glass of wine but otherwise is for the purposes of furthering the DAS Mission of encouraging art for everyone’s sake.

We ask for a 12 month commitment with rarely more than one meeting a month.

Interested parties please send a cover letter, resume or CV, and contact availability time to sean@denverartsociety.org. Be sure to mention “Treasury Volunteer” in the header of your email.

Thank you — and let’s keep fighting for art for all.

The EventGallery 910Arts introduces the concept of collective art creation in an exhibition entitled “Lucid Skies: The Eye’s the Limit” featuring mixed media works from By:Us Art Collective.
Founded by photographer and painter Clancy Philbrick, By:Us is an assembly of international artists working in a variety of media with the goal of shifting the focus away from the individual artist. “By:Us is unique in that it does not stress any one individual artist,” says Mr. Philbrick, “and also considers the role of the viewer as equal to that of the artist in defining, enjoying and even creating art.”

Works in the Lucid Skies exhibition are two-and three-dimensional pieces capturing the grandeur of the sky and portraying the power, grace and connection of the marvel above us to all that live beneath it. They were fabricated by five artists who collaborated with each other on their creation.

The eventgallery 910Arts
910 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
303.815.1779
Tue-Fri: 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Sat: Noon – 5:00 pm
http://910arts.com

Call for Entries

Andy Warhol changed art, by changing the definition of what could be considered art. His influence is immeasurable. If your work reflects Andy’s pop sensibilities… if it was influenced by the Warhol-style pop art of the 1960s and 70s, then we want you in this show!

Entry fee: $10 per piece (non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance).
You may register and pay fees online at: www.warholove.eventbrite.com
Jpegs (not TOO big or TOO small) should be emailed to dana.cain@att.net labeled with titles.
If you need an alternative submission method please contact dana.cain@att.net .
Accepted artists are responsible for delivery and pick-up of their artwork to and from Niza Knoll Gallery, 915 Santa Fe Dr., Denver CO.

JUROR: Dana Cain, organizer of the Denver Modernism Show

Artwork must fit through the door at Niza Knoll Gallery and ready to hang. Niza Knoll Gallery retains a 35% commission on work sold. After the show you must pick up your work on Monday, August 30, from 12noon – 6pm. Storage fees will be charged if you fail to pick up your work in a timely manner.

Jpeg submissions, entry forms and payment are due by Sunday, July 25.

Timeline:
July 25 – Deadline for submissions
July 28 – Notify artists of acceptance status
July 29 – 31 – Accepted artists deliver work to Niza Knoll Gallery, 915 Santa Fe Dr. Delivery Hours: 1 – 5 pm.
Aug. 6 – Opening Date: First Friday during the Andy Warhol Birthday Celebration.
Aug. 20 – Third Friday Artists and Curator’s Reception.
Aug. 29 – Closing Date: the final day of the Denver Modernism Show.
Aug. 29 – 30 – Artists pick up work 5 – 6pm Sunday or 1 – 5 pm Monday.

More info at http://danacain.com/Andy%20Warhol%20Celebration.html

This show is designed to showcase the strength of the local art community during Denver’s
Biennial of the Americas. If you don’t already have plans to show work during the Biennial,
this could be a great opportunity. Exposure for this show should be fantastic.

Work in any medium accepted.

Juror: Ken Hamel
Director of DenverArts.org, Denver’s premier online resource for the visual arts.

Deadline for Entries: July 3
Artist’s Reception: July 9, 6-9pm

Core’s Juried Show Details…

The artwork must fit through the door ready to hang with wire. (NO SAWTOOTH HANGERS). We accept art for open entry shows 2 weeks in advance of the deadlines noted during our regular business hours. Each show is juried by noted artists, gallery owners, educators or art critics or the membership of Core. You are encouraged to submit your best work. We will call all entrants to tell them if they are in or out of the show. Those who are not juried in must pick up their work within two weeks of the opening. (Please no pick-ups the night of the opening). After the show you must pick up your work on the last Sunday of the show from 3 to 4pm. Storage fees will be charged if you fail to pick up your work in a timely manner (see your entry form). Thank you for your entries, your fees help us to show new work and help support our outreach programs.

Application Instructions:

Please print & fill out for yourself; three copies for each piece. Numbers will be put on at the gallery. $10 per entry.

Download the application or learn more.

PRICE: $95
If interested, make a check out to the Denver Art Society or email me at sean@denverartsociety.com. Thanks everyone!

Bumper sticker prints costs $15 – in a check made out to “Denver Art Society Donation”.

Like the poem, it depicts the struggle of life against death – light against darkness – and, in this case, I do it visually. The picture doesn’t show a couple small hands near the bottom of his legs coming out of the blackness.

It is framed and ready to hang either vertically OR horizontally. Looks great both ways.

HOW DID I MAKE IT?

Funny you should ask. First I drew a few sketches. This was the first one and grabbed me the most:

Then I drew (with lots of erasing) a large format version on some railroad board with the idea of making a stencil. I focused mostly on getting the structure, or the form, correct:

Then I cut out only the part where the light would hit the figure, leaving the rest to the dark recesses of the undefined blackness of the imagination. Looks weird here, in reverse, with the figure in brown and a white easel behind it:

And then the easy part: spraying it! An old artist’s trick is to tape around the edges so when done you can untape to see a beautiful, perfectly framed piece of art when you’re done. Very satisfying.

That’s it!