Event Type: Ongoing Exhibition

Exhibiting more than 80 self-portraits, CVA presents the artwork of celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972) who uses their body as a canvas to confront the deeply personal politics of race and representation in the visual archive. Their ongoing series Somnyama Ngonyama, which translates to ‘Hail The Dark Lioness’ from isiZulu, one of the official languages of South Africa, playfully employs the conventions of classical painting, fashion photography, and the familiar tropes of ethnographic imagery to rearticulate contemporary identity politics. Each black and white self-portrait asks critical questions about social (in)justice, human rights, and contested representations of the Black body. This exhibition was organized by Autograph ABP and curated by Renée Mussai.

January 17 – May 16

Denver Botanic Gardens

Freyer – Newman Center

1007 York Street

Photographer Fares Micue creates dreamlike self-portraits that integrate natural and surprising objects in vibrant hues. Self-taught artist Micue began her journey with photography in 2009 and has since focused on her practice of symbolism-infused compositions. “My work is full of symbolism, every element in my compositions has a purpose, from the colors to the props to the body language.” Living and working in the Canary Islands, Spain, she has received many international exhibition accolades.

Tickets must be purchased in advance (online or by phone); included with general admission.

Image: Fares Micue, Cultivate your Mind, 2020. Digital photo. ©Fares Micue.

January 24 – March 28

6 – 11 pm

Old Masonic Hall

Breckenridge

Exterior video projection on the Old Masonic Hall, a building in the Breckenridge Arts District, as part of the Breck Create Instructor Exhibition. Featuring images by Kia Neill.

Kia Neill is a multidiscipline artist that works between photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture. She has lived and worked throughout the U.S. as a professional artist doing public and private commissions, exhibitions, lectures, jurying exhibitions and grants, and teaching college and continuing education for 15 years.

January 30 – March 27

Robischon Gallery

LoDo

Tuesday – Friday, 11 am – 6 pm
Saturday, Noon – 5 pm

With quietude and a sense of the poetic, Colorado artist Kevin O’Connell brings attention to the layered light and subtle color shifts of the deep woods in his newest series of photographs. The intimate solo exhibition is the first segment of three suites in “FOG JOURNAL,” which includes the categories: Forest, Ocean, and Beach. O’Connell’s currently exhibited first suite provides artful transport into an ancient view through the mist and haze of dreamlike forests, while offering a psychological respite from a complex, contemporary world.

February 5 – March 13

Opening Reception: Friday, February 5 (6 – 11 pm)

Dateline

RiNo Art District

Shadows Gather is a photography project that documents the alternative nightlife scene and the colorful individuals that thrive in it. Based out of Denver, Colorado, Shadow is a photographer who uses non-conventional techniques, such as pairing a Fuji Instax Neo Classic Mini with lighting from an iPhone flashlight, to create striking instant photographs that preserve and celebrate underground culture. In her photos, you’ll find energetic portraits from a mixture of scenes, gutter punks, drag artists, and creatures of the night.

Shadow has directly experienced the growth and cultural changes that have occurred in Denver and has focused her work on ensuring that the visual narrative of her subjects remains as the city continues to evolve. She celebrates the beauty of those on the cultural fringes and provides a sense of community and a safe haven to folks that have been deemed misfits by mainstream culture.

Following the project launch in March of 2019, Shadow has since become a staple in music venues, nightclubs, and bars across Denver, as well as traveling to locales like Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles to further her work.

All art for exhibition is scanned from its original Fuji Instax film format at the highest dpi and printed on archival paper at 30x40in and 20x30in sizes.

February 5 – March 19

David B. Smith Gallery

1543 A Wazee Street, Denver

Featuring photo-based collage and photo-process paintings, artist Christine Nguyen ruminates on the connection between nature and the individual. Her work has been included in solo and group exhibitions around the world. She currently resides in Denver and also works in Long Beach, California.

2021 – 2023

The Big Picture

Denver, Boulder, and Beyond

The Big Picture is a biennial project whose mission is to connect the public to fine art photography in open-air settings with large murals wheat-pasted on walls. Through invitation and call for entry, the Big Picture selects winning prints for exhibition in Denver, Boulder, and sister cities around the world.

The 2021 Big Picture project includes photography by more than 90 artists. View the full list on The Big Picture website.

Special guests: The Unperson Project – An Oblivion by Andrea Tejeda and Susana Moyaho – Mexico City, and artists from the exhibit, Gen Z: Responses to 2020.

Locations and events will be announced here:

Instagram: @the_big_picture_colo

Facebook: bigpicturedenver

thebigpicture2013.blogspot.com

Photo: The Unperson Project – An Oblivion by Andrea Tejeda and Susana Moyaho – Mexico City

Special thanks to Reed Art & Imaging.

Interested in learning the art of wheat pasting and turning alleys into galleries? Come visit us and become a Big Picture ambassador in your area.

THE BIG PICTURE ARCHIVE

2019 Catalog
2017 Catalog
2015 Catalog
2013 Catalog
2011 Catalog

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

February 19 – March 19

Mon – Fri 10 – 5 or by appointment

DAVA (Downtown Aurora Visual Arts)

1405 Florence Street, Aurora CO

During the pandemic, face masks have become a ubiquitous part of our environment, impacting our thoughts, interactions, and relationships with others. In January, DAVA Youth worked remotely to create a series of photographs featuring face masks in different settings. In Masquerading, their art explores how wearing a mask changes our faces, which can feel invasive or protective, and even allow us to create new personalities.

Photographer Preston Utley adds to this exhibition with a series of black and white photographs documenting mask wearing and other desolate scenes from the pandemic.

Image by Preston Utley

Don’t miss a second display of photography in DAVA’s windows as you walk by, featuring the project Quaranteens. This exhibit features photographs by middle and high school students who worked remotely over 10 weeks, addressing current events through their own lens. Their photo-journal diaries involve playful and poignant portrayals of their time during quarantine.

February 19 – March 11

Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 3 or by appointment

Open for First Friday, March 5, 6 – 9 pm

Bitfactory Gallery

Santa Fe Arts District

Bitfactory Gallery is proud to participate in Month of Photography (MoP) with a new exhibition entitled Urbane, presenting photographic interpretations of urban cityscapes. Works include polished, sophisticated impressions of city life as well as scenes viewed through a gritter lens by Denver artists David Eichler, Jeremy Patlen, Lea Wagner, and Bailey Russel of Wyoming who will be showing at Bitfactory for the first time. The public is invited to view and purchase work Tuesday through Thursday, 11am-3pm, February 19 through March 11. For additional information please contact Bill Thomason at info@bitfactory.net or (303) 862-9367.

February 22 – March 7

LMP PDA (Lane Meyer Projects)

2528 Walnut Street

Lane Meyer Projects is pleased to present LMP PDA, a new public exhibition space where artworks will be displayed in our public-facing window vitrine every 2 weeks, until we open at full capacity.

LMP PDA is viewable 24/7 and we invite you to stop by anytime while wearing a mask and practicing appropriate social distancing.

Matthew Pevear (b. 1993, Winthrop, MA) is an artist currently based in Denver. Traditionally working in photography, Pevear’s work looks to explore the banal and ubiquitous. Focusing on simple scenes found in the everyday, his work extracts the subtle, yet complicated, imagery that exists in daily life. Pevear recently completed solo exhibitions with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado, and DATELINE Gallery in Denver, Colorado and has self-published two volumes of art photography books.

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Image by John Roemer

February 25 – March 20

Opening Reception: Friday, February 26, 6 – 8 PM

(Reservation Required: Reserve Your Spot Now)

Virtual Curatorial Talk with MG Bernard & Genevieve Waller: Wednesday, March 10, 6 – 7 PM MST

(Learn more)

Union Hall

LoDo

In conjunction with the Month of Photography Denver festival in March 2021, curators Genevieve Waller and Mary Grace Bernard present an exhibition of photography, collage and film works by Román Anaya, Paula Gillen, Stacy J. Platt, Gabby Recny, Emily Van Loan and Lauren Winges.

Referring to the well-known phrase of the evil stepmother in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, the exhibition title conjures ideas of representation, magic, power and narrative. The full phrase “Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?” is steeped in racial and gender politics, where the word “fair” is synonymous not only with beauty but implies the superiority of light skin and physical beauty as a woman’s highest achievement. With the works in this exhibition the curators counter and open up a dialogue about these embedded values.

February 26 – April 30

ONLINE

Presented by The Center for Fine Art Photography (C4FAP), this online exhibition highlights photography by 30 artists over the age of 50 making work that reflects our times.
Selected artists will be announced in February, and the exhibit will be visible on C4FAP’s website.

Image by Toni Lovejoy

About the Juror:

Arnika Dawkins is the owner of her eponymous fine art photography gallery established in Atlanta in 2011. The gallerist shows work by talented emerging and mid-career artist with a specialization in showing fine art photography by African Americans and images of African Americans. Her passion is connecting collectors to photography that is significant, inspiring and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. She is passionate about the medium having obtained a Master of Arts in Digital Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

February 26 – August 22

MCA Denver

Colorado in the Present Tense: Narkita Gold, Rick Griffith, Nathan Hall, and Maia Ruth Lee centers on how artists of the Colorado region are absorbing, responding to, grappling with, and reimagining the upended world in which we presently find ourselves.

Narkita Gold’s project, Black in Denver features 100 portraits of those who identify as Black, living in the Denver community. A multi-year project, MCA Denver will exhibit the most comprehensive presentation of Gold’s photographic and text-based series. Celebrating the immense richness of Denver’s Black community, Black in Denver is a joyful, vibrant, and layered testament to what makes this city so singular and how Denver can best elevate and honor those singular voices.

Image: Narkita Gold, Ash, Black in Denver, 2018-2020. Digital Photo. Courtesy of the artist.

February 28 – March 26

Lakewood Arts Council

Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm; First Friday open until 8

At Lakewood Arts Council, Tour Diaries, photography by Alexandra Lorrae, will be exhibited on the President’s Wall. The exhibit will also be available to be viewed online. To learn more about Alexandra visit alexandralorrae.com.

Alexandra Lorrae will be hosting an open house reception on March 20th from 1 – 3 pm at the gallery. She will be there to answer any questions about traveling as a music photographer and share stories from her time on the road.

Image Credit: © Alexandra Lorrae

February 28 – March 26

Lakewood Arts Council

Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm; First Friday open until 8

At Lakewood Arts Council, Free to Roam, photography by Lisa Hurst, will be exhibited in the Community Gallery. The exhibit will also be available to be viewed online. To learn more about Lisa visit https://www.insearchofsolidground.org.

Image Credit: © In Search of Solid Ground Photography

Exhibiting more than 80 self-portraits, CVA presents the artwork of celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972) who uses their body as a canvas to confront the deeply personal politics of race and representation in the visual archive. Their ongoing series Somnyama Ngonyama, which translates to ‘Hail The Dark Lioness’ from isiZulu, one of the official languages of South Africa, playfully employs the conventions of classical painting, fashion photography, and the familiar tropes of ethnographic imagery to rearticulate contemporary identity politics. Each black and white self-portrait asks critical questions about social (in)justice, human rights, and contested representations of the Black body. This exhibition was organized by Autograph ABP and curated by Renée Mussai.

January 17 – May 16

Denver Botanic Gardens

Freyer – Newman Center

1007 York Street

Photographer Fares Micue creates dreamlike self-portraits that integrate natural and surprising objects in vibrant hues. Self-taught artist Micue began her journey with photography in 2009 and has since focused on her practice of symbolism-infused compositions. “My work is full of symbolism, every element in my compositions has a purpose, from the colors to the props to the body language.” Living and working in the Canary Islands, Spain, she has received many international exhibition accolades.

Tickets must be purchased in advance (online or by phone); included with general admission.

Image: Fares Micue, Cultivate your Mind, 2020. Digital photo. ©Fares Micue.

January 24 – March 28

6 – 11 pm

Old Masonic Hall

Breckenridge

Exterior video projection on the Old Masonic Hall, a building in the Breckenridge Arts District, as part of the Breck Create Instructor Exhibition. Featuring images by Kia Neill.

Kia Neill is a multidiscipline artist that works between photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture. She has lived and worked throughout the U.S. as a professional artist doing public and private commissions, exhibitions, lectures, jurying exhibitions and grants, and teaching college and continuing education for 15 years.

January 30 – March 27

Robischon Gallery

LoDo

Tuesday – Friday, 11 am – 6 pm
Saturday, Noon – 5 pm

With quietude and a sense of the poetic, Colorado artist Kevin O’Connell brings attention to the layered light and subtle color shifts of the deep woods in his newest series of photographs. The intimate solo exhibition is the first segment of three suites in “FOG JOURNAL,” which includes the categories: Forest, Ocean, and Beach. O’Connell’s currently exhibited first suite provides artful transport into an ancient view through the mist and haze of dreamlike forests, while offering a psychological respite from a complex, contemporary world.

February 5 – March 13

Opening Reception: Friday, February 5 (6 – 11 pm)

Dateline

RiNo Art District

Shadows Gather is a photography project that documents the alternative nightlife scene and the colorful individuals that thrive in it. Based out of Denver, Colorado, Shadow is a photographer who uses non-conventional techniques, such as pairing a Fuji Instax Neo Classic Mini with lighting from an iPhone flashlight, to create striking instant photographs that preserve and celebrate underground culture. In her photos, you’ll find energetic portraits from a mixture of scenes, gutter punks, drag artists, and creatures of the night.

Shadow has directly experienced the growth and cultural changes that have occurred in Denver and has focused her work on ensuring that the visual narrative of her subjects remains as the city continues to evolve. She celebrates the beauty of those on the cultural fringes and provides a sense of community and a safe haven to folks that have been deemed misfits by mainstream culture.

Following the project launch in March of 2019, Shadow has since become a staple in music venues, nightclubs, and bars across Denver, as well as traveling to locales like Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles to further her work.

All art for exhibition is scanned from its original Fuji Instax film format at the highest dpi and printed on archival paper at 30x40in and 20x30in sizes.

February 5 – March 19

David B. Smith Gallery

1543 A Wazee Street, Denver

Featuring photo-based collage and photo-process paintings, artist Christine Nguyen ruminates on the connection between nature and the individual. Her work has been included in solo and group exhibitions around the world. She currently resides in Denver and also works in Long Beach, California.

2021 – 2023

The Big Picture

Denver, Boulder, and Beyond

The Big Picture is a biennial project whose mission is to connect the public to fine art photography in open-air settings with large murals wheat-pasted on walls. Through invitation and call for entry, the Big Picture selects winning prints for exhibition in Denver, Boulder, and sister cities around the world.

The 2021 Big Picture project includes photography by more than 90 artists. View the full list on The Big Picture website.

Special guests: The Unperson Project – An Oblivion by Andrea Tejeda and Susana Moyaho – Mexico City, and artists from the exhibit, Gen Z: Responses to 2020.

Locations and events will be announced here:

Instagram: @the_big_picture_colo

Facebook: bigpicturedenver

thebigpicture2013.blogspot.com

Photo: The Unperson Project – An Oblivion by Andrea Tejeda and Susana Moyaho – Mexico City

Special thanks to Reed Art & Imaging.

Interested in learning the art of wheat pasting and turning alleys into galleries? Come visit us and become a Big Picture ambassador in your area.

THE BIG PICTURE ARCHIVE

2019 Catalog
2017 Catalog
2015 Catalog
2013 Catalog
2011 Catalog

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

February 19 – March 19

Mon – Fri 10 – 5 or by appointment

DAVA (Downtown Aurora Visual Arts)

1405 Florence Street, Aurora CO

During the pandemic, face masks have become a ubiquitous part of our environment, impacting our thoughts, interactions, and relationships with others. In January, DAVA Youth worked remotely to create a series of photographs featuring face masks in different settings. In Masquerading, their art explores how wearing a mask changes our faces, which can feel invasive or protective, and even allow us to create new personalities.

Photographer Preston Utley adds to this exhibition with a series of black and white photographs documenting mask wearing and other desolate scenes from the pandemic.

Image by Preston Utley

Don’t miss a second display of photography in DAVA’s windows as you walk by, featuring the project Quaranteens. This exhibit features photographs by middle and high school students who worked remotely over 10 weeks, addressing current events through their own lens. Their photo-journal diaries involve playful and poignant portrayals of their time during quarantine.

February 19 – March 11

Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 3 or by appointment

Open for First Friday, March 5, 6 – 9 pm

Bitfactory Gallery

Santa Fe Arts District

Bitfactory Gallery is proud to participate in Month of Photography (MoP) with a new exhibition entitled Urbane, presenting photographic interpretations of urban cityscapes. Works include polished, sophisticated impressions of city life as well as scenes viewed through a gritter lens by Denver artists David Eichler, Jeremy Patlen, Lea Wagner, and Bailey Russel of Wyoming who will be showing at Bitfactory for the first time. The public is invited to view and purchase work Tuesday through Thursday, 11am-3pm, February 19 through March 11. For additional information please contact Bill Thomason at info@bitfactory.net or (303) 862-9367.

February 22 – March 7

LMP PDA (Lane Meyer Projects)

2528 Walnut Street

Lane Meyer Projects is pleased to present LMP PDA, a new public exhibition space where artworks will be displayed in our public-facing window vitrine every 2 weeks, until we open at full capacity.

LMP PDA is viewable 24/7 and we invite you to stop by anytime while wearing a mask and practicing appropriate social distancing.

Matthew Pevear (b. 1993, Winthrop, MA) is an artist currently based in Denver. Traditionally working in photography, Pevear’s work looks to explore the banal and ubiquitous. Focusing on simple scenes found in the everyday, his work extracts the subtle, yet complicated, imagery that exists in daily life. Pevear recently completed solo exhibitions with the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado, and DATELINE Gallery in Denver, Colorado and has self-published two volumes of art photography books.

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Image by John Roemer

February 25 – March 20

Opening Reception: Friday, February 26, 6 – 8 PM

(Reservation Required: Reserve Your Spot Now)

Virtual Curatorial Talk with MG Bernard & Genevieve Waller: Wednesday, March 10, 6 – 7 PM MST

(Learn more)

Union Hall

LoDo

In conjunction with the Month of Photography Denver festival in March 2021, curators Genevieve Waller and Mary Grace Bernard present an exhibition of photography, collage and film works by Román Anaya, Paula Gillen, Stacy J. Platt, Gabby Recny, Emily Van Loan and Lauren Winges.

Referring to the well-known phrase of the evil stepmother in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White, the exhibition title conjures ideas of representation, magic, power and narrative. The full phrase “Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?” is steeped in racial and gender politics, where the word “fair” is synonymous not only with beauty but implies the superiority of light skin and physical beauty as a woman’s highest achievement. With the works in this exhibition the curators counter and open up a dialogue about these embedded values.

February 26 – April 30

ONLINE

Presented by The Center for Fine Art Photography (C4FAP), this online exhibition highlights photography by 30 artists over the age of 50 making work that reflects our times.
Selected artists will be announced in February, and the exhibit will be visible on C4FAP’s website.

Image by Toni Lovejoy

About the Juror:

Arnika Dawkins is the owner of her eponymous fine art photography gallery established in Atlanta in 2011. The gallerist shows work by talented emerging and mid-career artist with a specialization in showing fine art photography by African Americans and images of African Americans. Her passion is connecting collectors to photography that is significant, inspiring and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. She is passionate about the medium having obtained a Master of Arts in Digital Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

February 26 – August 22

MCA Denver

Colorado in the Present Tense: Narkita Gold, Rick Griffith, Nathan Hall, and Maia Ruth Lee centers on how artists of the Colorado region are absorbing, responding to, grappling with, and reimagining the upended world in which we presently find ourselves.

Narkita Gold’s project, Black in Denver features 100 portraits of those who identify as Black, living in the Denver community. A multi-year project, MCA Denver will exhibit the most comprehensive presentation of Gold’s photographic and text-based series. Celebrating the immense richness of Denver’s Black community, Black in Denver is a joyful, vibrant, and layered testament to what makes this city so singular and how Denver can best elevate and honor those singular voices.

Image: Narkita Gold, Ash, Black in Denver, 2018-2020. Digital Photo. Courtesy of the artist.

February 28 – March 26

Lakewood Arts Council

Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm; First Friday open until 8

At Lakewood Arts Council, Tour Diaries, photography by Alexandra Lorrae, will be exhibited on the President’s Wall. The exhibit will also be available to be viewed online. To learn more about Alexandra visit alexandralorrae.com.

Alexandra Lorrae will be hosting an open house reception on March 20th from 1 – 3 pm at the gallery. She will be there to answer any questions about traveling as a music photographer and share stories from her time on the road.

Image Credit: © Alexandra Lorrae

February 28 – March 26

Lakewood Arts Council

Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm; First Friday open until 8

At Lakewood Arts Council, Free to Roam, photography by Lisa Hurst, will be exhibited in the Community Gallery. The exhibit will also be available to be viewed online. To learn more about Lisa visit https://www.insearchofsolidground.org.

Image Credit: © In Search of Solid Ground Photography

March 1 – March 31

SassaBird Gallery

Open Tuesday – Friday, 5 pm – 9 pm; Saturday – Sunday, 9 am – 7 pm

Opening Reception: Friday, March 12th from 6 pm – 10 pm

This show of nude photography has a mix of perspectives and proximities to the subject, from abstract to tangible images that show the body in new ways. It also has a range of spaces as settings, from the studio to locations, each facilitate different ways of seeing and responding to the figure. Some of the work in this collection leaves room for the viewer to fill in the space by abstracting the body by perspective, movement, negative space, and setting.

March 1 – 31 (by appointment only)

Seidel City

3205 Longhorn Rd.

Boulder

This exhibition features work by artists Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg. It will be on view by appointment only. To schedule a viewing, contact the gallery at info@seidelcity.com.

Christopher Makos was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and grew up in California before moving to Paris to study architecture, and later to work as an apprentice to Man Ray. Since the early 1970s, he has developed a boldly graphic photojournalism, documenting the male ego as a signature style in all his work. During the 1980s, Makos was a seminal figure in the New York art scene, where he was responsible for introducing the work of both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring to Andy Warhol. His photographs have been the subject of numerous exhibitions both in galleries and museums, with works shown at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and New York’s Whitney Museum.

Paul Solberg studied Anthropology at the University of Cape Town before moving to NYC in 1996. Solberg began his photographic career with his first published book, Bloom (2005), following Puppies Behind Bars (2006), Tyrants + Lederhosen (2011), Tattoos, Hornets & Fire (2012) (co-authored with Christopher Makos), and his monograph, Ten Years In Pictures (2014). First known for his acclaimed still life portraits, the same stillness is seen in his human subjects. Solberg’s photographs have been published widely and shown internationally at museums and galleries.

March 1 – 31

Gallery 6

2434 E Sixth Avenue

Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11 – 7; Saturday, 10 – 6; Sunday, Noon – 5

Gallery 6 is a working gallery and studio with a diverse portfolio of styles and genres, including award-winning fine art photography, photographic ‘film noir’, photo-journalism, Colorado landscapes and wildlife, portraiture, travel, and cityscape photography.

Featured artists in this exhibit include: Scott Wilson, Tony Eitzel, Evan Semon, and Kevin Schwalbe.

Private tours can also be arranged for groups of up to 10 people (while Covid-19 restrictions are in place). Sign-up details will be available on www.facebook.com/gallery6denver

Image: The Bench by Tony Eitzel

March 1 – 31

Mr. Pool

2347 South St.

Boulder

This exhibition features work by artist Dan Asher (1947 – 2010). Asher’s art practice included paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, and video. He was originally trained as a social anthropologist, and drew upon this background and his many travels to create his work. His iceberg photographs are taken during a South Pole expedition. He has exhibited internationally at Tomio Koyama, Tokyo; Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; Aurel Scheibler, Cologne; Factual Nonsense, London; and White Columns, New York.

Mr. Pool is open Mon-Fri 8 am – 5 pm, Sat 10 am – 4 pm.

The Space I Am In
A solo exhibition featuring Alisha B. Wormsley

March 1 – 30, 2021

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Philip J. Steele Gallery

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) presents The Space I am In by distinguished Pittsburg-based artist Alisha B. Wormsley in the Philip J. Steele Gallery.

Wormsley’s solo exhibition explores collective memory and the synchronicity of time through the stories of women of color, and more specifically, Black Women in America.

Her work spans public art, social practice, performance, installation, film, photography, and publication. For over a decade, Wormsley has been building the Children of NAN Archive, which she uses to create exhibitions that serve as spaces of critical reflection on the past, present, and future of community. Wormsley’s primary focus is to uplift and celebrate the people and places she engages with as she develops her Children of NAN Archive.

Additionally, Wormsley will give a virtual artist talk as part of the RMCAD Visiting Artist, Scholar, and Designer Program World Building series. Event link contains exhibition accessibility updates.

EXHIBITION ACCESS

Featuring a selection of photographs by local artists in honor of the 2021 Month of Photography Denver festival. Open Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm. This is a special edition of the ongoing Historic Elitch Theatre Academy Featured Artist Program, which brings new exhibits every two or three months to 1101 W. Mineral Ave. in Littleton, Colorado.

March 1 – April 12

PACE Center for the Arts

20000 Pikes Peak Avenue

Parker, CO

For almost two centuries, photographers have understood the power of a photograph to confuse, entertain, lie, alter or to depict reality. And we know that the photographer has always made choices: when to click the shutter, how to frame the picture, what to include and exclude, what part of the image to accentuate. We have learned to question whether the image is in fact an accurate depiction of a specific moment in time or rather, an expression of the photographer’s emotional state at the time of its creation.

In this exhibition, Juror Fran Forman challenged artists to explore the conceit of documenting reality versus creating fake news through manipulated imagery “by any means,” in search of the kernel of truth that lies within.

March 1 – May 31

The Temple

2nd Floor Hallway Gallery

2400 Curtis St.

RiNo

This exhibition highlights 9 – 11 never-before-seen photographs from Ron Pollard’s Kane Ranch collection, framed by Christopher R. Perez and accompanied by a poem by Peter LaFarge.

From the artist:

The Andy Kane Ranch, located in Fountain, Colorado, was the singer/songwriter Peter LaFarge’s boyhood home. Peter has become a controversial figure in recent years. As a young artist, his claim that he was of Native American birth was a fabrication.

Though, as I walked through his abandoned childhood home, I understood how connected he must have felt to this land. The murals that adorn his childhood bedroom speak of a spirit and passion and a memory that has been erased.

A few years ago, the home was razed. Nothing remains but memories, pictures, and songs, and poetry.

He may not have had native roots, but his soul was of this land. He was a genuine Rodeo Cowboy and an incredible artist.

– “Yea, call him drunken Ira Hayes,
But his land is just as dry,
And the ghost is lying thirsty
In the ditch where Ira died.”

The Ballad of Ira Hayes, By Peter LaFarge

HOURS: Open by appointment only; please contact thetempledenver@gmail.com

March 2 – 6

Artist Reception: Saturday March 6 (2 – 4 pm)

Michael Warren Contemporary

760 Santa Fe Drive

Santa Fe Arts District

To kick off our celebration of the 2021 Month of Photography festival, photographer Dallas Parkins will be taking over the gallery for 1 week in what is our first pop-up of the year.

LEFT | FELT will offer a witty view into the world of items left behind. Sharon Feder will have a concurrent exhibit, STILL BEING | BEING STILL in the Project Space.

Join us for the artist reception with Parkins and Feder on Saturday, March 6.

Image: Americano by Dallas Parkins, courtesy of Michael Warren Contemporary

March 2 – 31

Eron Johnson Antiques

377 South Lipan Unit B

Santa Fe Arts District

A playful collaboration of old and new, antiques and timeless images with a contemporary view point. Current photographs from our 2021 artist in residence, Diane Allison, are on display amidst international antiques.

Diane Allison is a 4th generation Denver native with a robust regard for the city’s past, present, and future. The photo passion started in high school. A mix of meteorology classes and photo classes melded into love for sky, weather, and clouds. Her ultimate goal is to provide the viewer with solace and a new perspective.

March 3 – April 11

R Gallery

Boulder

R Gallery is a fine art gallery for emerging and established Colorado artists. The gallery features local artists working in a large variety of mediums and sizes, from impressive wall pieces to smaller works.

This exhibit will highlight works from our featured photographic artists, including Rob Lantz, Steve O’Bryan, Paul Malinowski, Lars Gesing, Eric Michalski, Anthony Segarra, Carol Walker, T.M. Spring, and Wendy Constantine.

Through March 20, 2021

Museum of Outdoor Arts

Englewood, CO

Come and explore over 60 years of work by Robert Rauschenberg, one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. Rauschenberg incorporated his own photography into his work after 1963. The variety of works in the exhibition feature his experimental nature in how he utilized photography through a variety of mediums, including: lithography, printmaking, acid etching and more.