Event Type: Exhibition Opening Reception

March 4 – May 23

Lone Tree Arts Center

For specific viewing hours please call the Lone Tree Box Office at 720.509.1000

Visit www.lonetreeartscenter.org/commissioners-choice.php to view the virtual gallery tour and more details on the show.

The Lone Tree Arts Center is hosting an exhibition, Into the Rearview Mirror: A Look Back at 2020. This exhibit takes a look back at the unparalleled events of 2020 through the responses of visual artists. Themes such as isolation, social justice, COVID-19, human connection, and hope come through in this collection of work from artists in Colorado and across the globe. This collection is made up of 52 pieces of varying mediums and the perspective of 29 artists that range from professional to emerging.  The exhibit was curated by Colleen Fanning with input from the Lone Tree Arts Commission.

An online gallery will also be available for viewing, as well as an interactive 3D tour and short video tour, to provide those who can’t come see it in person with the opportunity to take in this beautiful show.

The facility is wheelchair accessible.

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Opening Virtual Reception: Wednesday, March 17^th at 6:30pm live streamed on Lone Tree Arts Center’s Facebook and YouTube Channel.

Join the exhibit’s curator and moderator for the evening, Colleen Fanning, as she dives into this collection and the diverse works that fill the gallery space during this livestream opening tour. As Colleen takes you through each piece of the collection, she will share her insight into the work and why it tells such an important piece of the 2020 story. Throughout the event, there will be appearances from some of the participating artists and the opportunity to get a more in depth picture of their work within the exhibit and how 2020 has affected them as an artist.

March 6 – April 25

Timed Entry Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, 6  – 9 PM

Due to COVID-19 visitors are asked to wear masks and the number of visitors in the gallery will be limited. We ask that you respect your designated time slot for entrance and exit. This event will be free and open to the public.

March 13 – April 24

Leon Gallery

Open by appt. Wednesday – Saturday 10 – 6; Saturday & Sunday 12 – 5

Opening Reception: Postponed to Saturday, March 20, 6 – 11 PM

(book a time slot)

Artist Talk (ONLINE – Zoom): Wednesday, March 31, 6 – 7 PM

Register

Leon Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Scott McCormick, who uses custom-built sets, headdresses, and expensive props to create photographs that tell the story of the Greek legend Orpheus.

From the Artist:
“I set out to borrow subject matter, geometry, and style from 19th century French academic painters such as Bouguereau, Cabanel, and Tissot. However, photos began to direct me and I found myself immersed in the folklore of Greek, Slavic, and Mayan cultures, and exploring a parallel between my art and that of the Greek legend, Orpheus. I spent countless days buried in books and on calls with professors, theologians and Mayan shamans. Through this research, I discovered a connection between these stories — which had wholly overtaken me — and my own past. This collection came to embody that exploration.

Rooted in custom-built sets, miniature models, headdresses, and extensive props, the photos began to naturally present themselves. Combining digital elements and film photos allowed me to discover the warmth and honesty for the epitaph of Orpheus. This gallery follows one story through a myriad of exploration in the art of photography.”

March 19 – April 24

RULE Gallery

Open Tuesday – Friday, 12 pm – 6 pm; Saturday, 12 pm – 5 pm

Opening Reception (timed entry): Friday, March 19th from 5 pm – 8 pm

RULE Gallery is pleased to present Other Fictions, a group exhibition featuring Joseph Coniff, Sandra Elkind, Julie Henson, Wes Kennedy, George P. Perez, and Sandy Skoglund as part of Colorado’s Month of Photography programming. There are endless ways to create a photograph. From snapshots to staged scenes, Other Fictions examines processes and theoretical approaches used to create an image. One such method known as the “Directorial Mode” of photography gained popularity as a style that further revealed the photographer’s machinations with the resulting images often referred to as “fictions.” Together, the artists presented in this exhibition explore the capacity of their medium and, ultimately, the potential to communicate the very real aspects of our world.

March 29 – April 30

University of Colorado, Denver

College of Architecture and Planning

ONLINE (link coming soon)

Virtual Lecture: Wednesday, March 17, 5 – 6 PM

This is a timely examination of what the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States is and could be. The exhibit includes photographer Laurie Smith‘s large black & white photographic prints evocatively documenting the beauty and horror of the Wall alongside digital projections of Ronald Rael’s architectural renderings of sociocultural and ecological alternatives to notions of border wall. The online exhibit is accompanied by a virtual lecture on Wednesday, March 17, and it will be previewed/replayed on March 29.

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Exhibition Curator: Annicia Streete is a visiting professor at the University of Colorado, Denver. Professor Streete is the faculty liaison for the NOMA student chapter. Special thanks to her students for assisting with this exhibit.

Artists:

Laurie Smith, Denver artist, explores the complexities of culture through narrative photography.

Ron Rael is a Professor and the Eva Li Memorial Chair of the Architecture and Director of the Masters of Architecture program with a joint appointment in the Department of Architecture, in the College of Environmental Design, and the Department of Art Practice at the University of California, Berkley. He is also the author of Borderwall as Architecture: A manifesto for the U.S. – Mexico Boundary.

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Image: Both Sides of the Wall © Laurie Smith Photography

March 4 – May 23

Lone Tree Arts Center

For specific viewing hours please call the Lone Tree Box Office at 720.509.1000

Visit www.lonetreeartscenter.org/commissioners-choice.php to view the virtual gallery tour and more details on the show.

The Lone Tree Arts Center is hosting an exhibition, Into the Rearview Mirror: A Look Back at 2020. This exhibit takes a look back at the unparalleled events of 2020 through the responses of visual artists. Themes such as isolation, social justice, COVID-19, human connection, and hope come through in this collection of work from artists in Colorado and across the globe. This collection is made up of 52 pieces of varying mediums and the perspective of 29 artists that range from professional to emerging.  The exhibit was curated by Colleen Fanning with input from the Lone Tree Arts Commission.

An online gallery will also be available for viewing, as well as an interactive 3D tour and short video tour, to provide those who can’t come see it in person with the opportunity to take in this beautiful show.

The facility is wheelchair accessible.

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Opening Virtual Reception: Wednesday, March 17^th at 6:30pm live streamed on Lone Tree Arts Center’s Facebook and YouTube Channel.

Join the exhibit’s curator and moderator for the evening, Colleen Fanning, as she dives into this collection and the diverse works that fill the gallery space during this livestream opening tour. As Colleen takes you through each piece of the collection, she will share her insight into the work and why it tells such an important piece of the 2020 story. Throughout the event, there will be appearances from some of the participating artists and the opportunity to get a more in depth picture of their work within the exhibit and how 2020 has affected them as an artist.