Neighborhood: Golden Triangle

February 19 – April 17

Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Timed Entry Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, from 4:20 – 7:00 PM (Register)

Artist Talk (ONLINE): March 10, 6 – 7 PM

Gallery hours:
Tues – Fri, 11 am – 5 pm; Sat, Noon – 4 pm

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center presents Reflecting Voices – a collection of photographs from bodies of work by Alanna Airitam, Narkita Gold, and Rashod Taylor. In photography, light that reflects off a subject is most often what the camera records to produce a photograph. Here the subject is diverse expressions of black identity. Alanna’s tribute to Black culture as realized through characteristics of Dutch portraiture and the Harlem Renaissance; Narkita’s revealing portraits of Denver’s Black community seen through bright, colorful backgrounds; Rashod’s testimony of the Black American experience documented through an intimate study of family. It is an honor to spotlight these artists, who each reflect on identity, race, and legacy in their own way through the art of portraiture. With this exhibition we seek to provide the space to reflect, engage in conversation, and respond to our current moment. Curated by Samantha Johnston, CPAC Executive Director & Curator.

Please visit the Reflecting Voices exhibition page on CPAC’s website for details.

Image Credit: Rashod Taylor, LJ and his Fort

March 10

6 – 7 PM

Zoom

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center invites you to a free online discussion with Alanna Airitam, Narkita Gold, and Rashod Taylor, whose work is featured in CPAC’s exhibition Reflecting Voices (February 19 – April 17).  Moderated by Samantha Johnston, CPAC Executive Director & Curator.

Registration is required.

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Image Credit: Rashod Taylor, LJ and his Fort

Exhibition Dates: March 12 – May 8, 2021

Opening Reception: Friday, March 12 (5 – 8 PM)

Walker Fine Art Gallery

300 W 11th Avenue #A, Denver, CO 80204

In a translucent reality, reality and fantasy overlap; both are present, but they cannot be easily distinguished from one another. Instead, they morph back and forth, and potentially create a dynamic that allows humanity to recreate itself, bringing ideas together to get a clearer world-view. The artists in this exhibition, including Bonny Lhotka, Melanie Walker, and Katie Kalkstein are striving for a sense of enlightenment by shining through the veil to express their truths and mysteries. These artists utilize traditional and alternative photographic methods, in conjunction with the Month of Photography Denver Festival.

The exhibit can be visited Tuesday-Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM. The gallery has been taking all necessary precautions related to Covid-19, including proper sanitizing, face coverings and social distancing. Our 3800 square foot space creates a perfect opportunity to view art while maintaining adequate distance from others.

SATURDAY, MARCH 13

10 AM – 1 PM (MST)

COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER

This workshop is meant for photographers who have acquired large format cameras are are getting started in using them. From simple hand-holdable Graflex Speed Graphics to full-size large format field cameras and monorails with camera movements, Kenneth will discuss what is possible with the large camera from camera movements and different lens choices, and how you can use your camera to work in a deliberate, methodical way to create photo projects and high-quality images. He will discuss film types and costs, and the tools he uses to hand-process his film at his own studio which can making shooting the large negative much more cost-efficient.

Instructor

Kenneth Wajda

Materials needed

Large format camera and lens (4×5, 5×7 or 8×10) and tripod required.

Paper and pen for note taking

Skill level

Beginners in Large Format photography

Cost

$99 ($90 for CPAC Members)

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SUNDAY, MARCH 14

10 AM – 5:45 PM (MST)

COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER

This workshop is designed to help you develop a powerful photographic presentation while clarifying your style and career direction. Limited to 6 people, each photographer will get an hour of personalized one-on-one instruction on organizing, and sequencing their portfolio.

While this workshop is primarily intended for newer photographers developing a portfolio, the information presented is valuable for all experience levels and areas of photographic interest including fine art, editorial, and commercial. Your final portfolio may be in a digital format, however working with physical prints is an essential part of the process of sequencing your portfolio. Attendees are asked to complete a professional direction questionnaire prior to the workshop. The instructor has advised hundreds of photographers with many positive career successes. Students will receive a PDF handout on portfolio editing and sequencing techniques for future reference.

Instructor

Frank Varney

Materials needed

A collection of your best work in print form. Small low cost machine prints are fine for this exercise. Further information supplied upon request.

Paper and pen for note taking

Skill level

All Levels

Cost

$66 ($60 for CPAC Members)

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17

5 PM – 8 PM (MST)

ONLINE

Darren Ching, owner of Klompching Gallery in New York City, will give a formal presentation, providing a candid summary of the key challenges that photographers encounter when preparing to work with a gallery—from full-on representation to a one-off exhibition. This lecture will focus upon five essential tools needed—providing participants with the necessary insights to meet those challenges head-on and ensure the gallery/artist relationship is professional, successful and profitable for all. A Q+A will follow the presentation.

Instructor

Darren Ching

Materials needed

Paper and pen for note taking

Skill level

All Levels

Cost

$99 ($90 for CPAC Members)

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Wednesday, March 17

6 – 7 pm MST

ONLINE

To celebrate Month of Photography, the Denver Art Museum has organized a three-part virtual lecture series spotlighting Colorado photographers from the local creative community. Our second lecture of the series features Andrea Jenkins Wallace.

Andrea Jenkins Wallace explores narrative, identity, and ideas universal to human experience in her photography. Using her son, his friends, herself, among others as subjects, she creates long-form photo projects in which she seeks to illuminate aspects of the people pictured and their relationships with others over a period of time. Andrea Jenkins Wallace is the Vice President of Artistic Affairs and the Director of Photography and New Media at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO.

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Image: Andrea Jenkins Wallace, Le jardin (detail), from the series Frères, 2014. Archival digital print. Image courtesy the artist © Andrea Jenkins Wallace

THURSDAY, MAR 18, 2021

6 PM – 6:45 PM MST

CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM (ONLINE)

In 1936, Clyfford Still co-founded an artists’ colony in Nespelem, the Indian Agency on the Colville Reservation in Washington state. During his time there, Still sketched and photographed the Native Americans whose livelihoods had been negatively impacted by the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam by the United States government. Join this virtual program, presented in partnership with the Month of Photography Denver Festival, featuring Clyfford Still Museum digital archivist Milo Carpenter and Washington State University professor Michael Holloman (member, Colville Confederated Tribes). Their conversation will shed light on the creation and context of these photographs.

Presenters:

Milo Carpenter, Associate Digital Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum

Michael Holloman, Associate Professor: Drawing Coordinator and Art History, Washington State University

This event will include real-time captioning in English using Otter, an automated text transcription application.

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• Image credit: Clyfford Still, PD-89, 1936 (detail). Graphite on paper, 9 x 12 in. Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
  Portrait of a woman in traditional Native American dress, circa 1925 July 9. Photo by Clyfford Still. Courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives.
  Clyfford Still, PD-95, 1936 (detail). Graphite on paper, 9 x 12 in. Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
  © City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

Wednesday, March 24

6 – 7 pm MST

ONLINE

To celebrate Month of Photography, the Denver Art Museum has organized a three-part virtual lecture series spotlighting Colorado photographers from the local creative community. Our final lecture of the series features Tya Alisa Anthony.

Tya Alisa Anthony uses photography, collage, and sculpture to give a voice to the stories of often marginalized people and the social, economic and natural environments that surround them. In her work, she is interested in issues relating to social justice and identity, in reimagining histories, and in creating autonomous spaces for bodies of color. Tya Alisa Anthony is part of TANK Studios, was an artist-in-residence at RedLine in 2018, and is the executive director and founder of Mahogany Vu Contemporary art, an online gallery for BIPOC.

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Image: Tya Alisa Anthony, Vinales Cuba Water Bearer (detail), 2017. Digital pigment print. Image courtesy the artist © Tya Alisa Anthony

February 19 – April 17

Colorado Photographic Arts Center

Timed Entry Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, from 4:20 – 7:00 PM (Register)

Artist Talk (ONLINE): March 10, 6 – 7 PM

Gallery hours:
Tues – Fri, 11 am – 5 pm; Sat, Noon – 4 pm

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center presents Reflecting Voices – a collection of photographs from bodies of work by Alanna Airitam, Narkita Gold, and Rashod Taylor. In photography, light that reflects off a subject is most often what the camera records to produce a photograph. Here the subject is diverse expressions of black identity. Alanna’s tribute to Black culture as realized through characteristics of Dutch portraiture and the Harlem Renaissance; Narkita’s revealing portraits of Denver’s Black community seen through bright, colorful backgrounds; Rashod’s testimony of the Black American experience documented through an intimate study of family. It is an honor to spotlight these artists, who each reflect on identity, race, and legacy in their own way through the art of portraiture. With this exhibition we seek to provide the space to reflect, engage in conversation, and respond to our current moment. Curated by Samantha Johnston, CPAC Executive Director & Curator.

Please visit the Reflecting Voices exhibition page on CPAC’s website for details.

Image Credit: Rashod Taylor, LJ and his Fort

Exhibition Dates: March 12 – May 8, 2021

Opening Reception: Friday, March 12 (5 – 8 PM)

Walker Fine Art Gallery

300 W 11th Avenue #A, Denver, CO 80204

In a translucent reality, reality and fantasy overlap; both are present, but they cannot be easily distinguished from one another. Instead, they morph back and forth, and potentially create a dynamic that allows humanity to recreate itself, bringing ideas together to get a clearer world-view. The artists in this exhibition, including Bonny Lhotka, Melanie Walker, and Katie Kalkstein are striving for a sense of enlightenment by shining through the veil to express their truths and mysteries. These artists utilize traditional and alternative photographic methods, in conjunction with the Month of Photography Denver Festival.

The exhibit can be visited Tuesday-Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM. The gallery has been taking all necessary precautions related to Covid-19, including proper sanitizing, face coverings and social distancing. Our 3800 square foot space creates a perfect opportunity to view art while maintaining adequate distance from others.

Exhibition Dates: March 12 – May 8, 2021

Opening Reception: Friday, March 12 (5 – 8 PM)

Walker Fine Art Gallery

300 W 11th Avenue #A, Denver, CO 80204

In a translucent reality, reality and fantasy overlap; both are present, but they cannot be easily distinguished from one another. Instead, they morph back and forth, and potentially create a dynamic that allows humanity to recreate itself, bringing ideas together to get a clearer world-view. The artists in this exhibition, including Bonny Lhotka, Melanie Walker, and Katie Kalkstein are striving for a sense of enlightenment by shining through the veil to express their truths and mysteries. These artists utilize traditional and alternative photographic methods, in conjunction with the Month of Photography Denver Festival.

The exhibit can be visited Tuesday-Saturday, 11 AM – 5 PM. The gallery has been taking all necessary precautions related to Covid-19, including proper sanitizing, face coverings and social distancing. Our 3800 square foot space creates a perfect opportunity to view art while maintaining adequate distance from others.