Artist Events & News

Abiquiu Sculpture Garden  

• Three ceramic sculptures by Brenda Jones will be installed on May 7th for a year at the Abiquiu, NM sculpture garden located next to the Georgia O'Keeffe Center there. These sculptures are figurative dress forms.

Willowtail Springs Short Term Residency   

• Brenda Jones will be attending a short term residency at Willowtail Springs Nature Preserve and Education Center in Mancos, CO during May. She will be working with a writer on collaborative art pieces. Several of her ceramic sculptures will also be permanently installed in the preserve's gardens.

Event: MEET THE ARTIST -The Thin Veil 

by Dona Laurita

April 11th from 7-8 pm

• The Thin Veil is open for viewing Tuesday - Friday from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. by appointment only at the Naropa University Nalanda Campus located at 6287 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, Colo. This exhibition runs through April 19, 2024.

Please join Naropa University Art Galleries for an artist talk and to celebrate Dona Laurita's work, now showing in the Cube and Nalanda Galleries, on Thursday, April 11th, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and light appetizers will be served.  

This one-of-a-kind art experience, The Thin Veil, delves into the delicate boundary between life and death, and the profound themes of grief. It's a fusion of text, lighting, and moving visuals that promise to leave a lasting impression. Renowned artist Dona Laurita shares a series of ethereal images in a multimedia presentation that delves into the complex emotions that often accompany a life-altering event. This deeply personal journey was born out of Laurita's own experiences, particularly the loss of her beloved daughter, Julietta. 

The exhibit features printed silk, which offers a translucent and ethereal quality. The abstract and vague images on the silk are based on Laurita's personal experiences and provide an opportunity for reflection for those who have experienced the pain of losing a loved one. The portals represented by these images are like windows that represent a significant dynamic of grief for the artist.

As a unique feature of this exhibition, visitors are not mere observers, but active contributors. You're invited to write messages to the other side, beyond the thin veil. Using a typewriter and delicate strips of cloth, you can compose a message that will become a part of The Thin Veil when hung together with others’ messages. This interactive component adds a personal dimension to the exhibition, transforming it into a shared experience of reflection and connection. 

Dona Laurita is a professional photographer with over thirty years of experience she specializes in documentary work, deeply meaningful fine art projects, and teaching residencies, channeling her passion for art, community, and education into her practice. Laurita is a recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts grant, among other smaller awards.

One of Elizabeth Stanbro's pieces will be featured in COLOR 24, 7th Annual Juried International Exhibition at 3 Square Art:

"Get ready for our most vibrant, powerful, and anticipated exhibition of the year coming to the 3 Square Art gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado—COLOR 24! This year’s exhibit promises to be an explosion of complex and nuanced colors for a sensory feast that transcends traditional boundaries. Splashes of color, lines of colors, dabs of color, colored fabric, colored hair, color color color! Throw yourself full force into the world of color and bath in this showcase of creativity! This exhibit is going to highlight color in every way."

Details

• Exhibit Date: Friday, May 17 – June 28, 2024

• Opening Night Reception: Friday, May 17, 2024 from 6-8pm

• Where: 2415 Donella CourtFort Collins, CO, 80524

Gallery Hours

• Tuesday - Saturday: 1-5pm
• Sunday & Monday: Closed

As part of Mo'Print: Month of Printmaking, Tony Ortega  worked with #bigink at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities on Sunday April 7:

"Take a look at my new relief print "Bonampak Cholo", 36" x 29". Great day working with local artists as they also printed large format relief prints. I want to thank #LyellCastonguay of #Bigink for working with us."

PBS12 LIVE TAPING WITH LOS ALCOS + 2MX2 @ Hi Dive Denver

• $12 pre-sale, $15 on the day of the show!
• When: March 24, 2024 (2MX2 will perform at 7:30 pm, Los Alcos at 8:30 pm)
• Where: HI Dive 7 SOUTH BROADWAY DENVER, CO 80209
• More info HERE.

Brenda Jones' work will be featured in the following exhibits:

• Works in a group exhibit at Next Gallery (6501 W. Colfax, Lakewood, CO). "Perseverance" honoring former Think 360 Arts teaching artist, Marie Gibbons. March 9-24.
• Exhibit at the Galleria (300 N. Adams Ave,  in Loveland, CO) continues through March 30. This includes fiber based sewn aprons and objects of domesticity.
• Invited designer for the runway show at Meow Wolf, Absolute Rubbish: Bloom Fashion Show (from trash), April 30, 2024. 

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson, directed by donnie l. betts

What: A 2005 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play, “Gem of the Ocean” is the first in the Aurora Fox’s commitment to produce August Wilson’s ten-play “The American Century Cycle”. Boasting multiple Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, the cycle follows the lives of Black Americans throughout each decade of the 20th century.

When: Saturday, March 23- Sunday, April 14, 2024 (performances Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2PM only. No performance on 3/31. Industry Night Monday, April 1.)

Where: Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E Colfax Ave. Aurora, CO 80010

Purchase tickets HERE. 

Ages 16 and up.

Moraporvida Contemporary Dance Presents "Trace Memory" 

Moraporvida Contemporary Dance (MPVCD), brings an evening of dance, music and theater with an amazing evening entitled “Trace Memory”. With an incredible compilation of music and narrative, Trace Memory reaches through recollection and time as an exploration of the journey we pave. The scrutiny of creating a memoire against a constant time stamp, vs living a life free of constraint. Through sound, humor and movement MPVCD creates a passionate set of works that moves audiences and brings emotion and thought together as a breath in movement and performance.

When: March 1st & 2nd, 2024 

Purchase tickets HERE.

Month of Printmaking 

Printmaking exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops, and open studios all over Denver metro area including two awesome FREE events and open to everyone to attend: 

• Event 1 (Open Portfolio): Saturday March 9, 9am - 3pm, Denver Botanic Gardens
• Event 2 (Print Jam):  Saturday March 16, 11am - 3pm, Arvada Center for the Arts.

More info HERE.

Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta SEASONS with Fingerplays, ASL, Tickles and Lapsits   

• This is Katherine Dines’ 13th album and will include video and YouTube links for all songs. Co-produced by James Coffey, Blue Vision Music.
• Release date:  June 2024

Katherine coordinated a breakfast for Family Entertainers at the Grammys in Los Angles in early February, which gives people in our genre time to meet, mingle and share from the trenches to the top.  She also attended 8 parties, including the Recording Academy’s Advocacy Brunch with Brothers Osborne, as Colorado’s District Advocate.

Curtain Call at the Mansion - Strictly Blues with Michael Friedman Band:    

Get ready for an unforgettable night of soul-stirring blues music!

• Where: Highlands Ranch Mansion, 9950 E Gateway Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126.
• When: Thursday, April 18, 6:30pm
• Get your tickers HERE.

Upcoming one person exhibition:

Artworks Artist Invitational Estampas de Nepantla

Where: Artworks Center for Contemporary Art (310 N. Railroad Avenue
Loveland, CO 80537)

When: March 3-March 30 (HOURS: FR I 4 - 8 PM, SAT 1 - 5 PM or by appointment)

• Opening reception on March 2, 6- 9 PM
• Artist's talk on March 16, 6 - 8 PM
• More info HERE. 

Upcoming group exhibitions:

Connection to the Land

Where: Loveland Museum, Dunning Gallery

When: March 8 – May 12, 2024

• Public Reception Friday, March 8, 6-8 pm
• More info HERE. 

Expansive Borders: Printmaking Along the Colorado River Basin

Where: Campus Commons Gallery, University of Northern Colorado

When: Feb 22 - Mar 21

• Opening March 7, 2023
• More info HERE.

Print Educators of Colorado Exhibition 

Where: Red Rocks Community College Art Gallery (Lakewood CO)

When: Jan 3 - March 15, 2024

• More info HERE.

Little University: Winter Music & Storytime, with Barbara Hamilton

Join Miss Barbara and the Stuffed Animals for a fun half hour of winter songs, wiggles, and movement. Through imitation and movement, Pre-K kids learn new songs, use their imaginations and try out an instrument!

• When: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 10:30- 11 am
• Where: Montbello Branch Library (12955 Albrook Dr, Denver, CO 80239)

Free with registration, limited to 20 participants. Register HERE.

Work opening at the Galleria, 300 N. Adams Ave,  in Loveland, CO on January 2 through the end of March. This will include fiber based sewn aprons and objects of domesticity.

New representation at two galleries: 45 Degree in Colorado Springs and Gallery XII in Wichita, KS.

Teaching a class at Denver Botanic Gardens. Printed textural clay tiles. Feb. 18 and 25. Register HERE.

 Exhibition of Collage Art 

This exhibition is from work done in the past 3 years. The work celebrates texture and the materiality of the painted surface, movement and color in an abstract format.

• Where: Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
• When:  January 2nd- Jan 30th, 2024
• Opening Reception: January 5th, 5-7 pm

528.0 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition 

• Where: Arvada Center for the Arts, 6901 Wadsworth
• When: January 18 - March 24, 2024
• Opening reception Thursday January 18, 6-9 pm 

528.0 Printmaking Exhibition 

Where:  Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

When:  January 18 – March 24

More information HERE.

Connection to the Land 

• Where:  Loveland Museum
• When: March 8 – May 12, 2024
• Public Reception and Artist Demo: Dunning Gallery, Friday, March 8, 6-8 pm
• More information HERE.

Monotype Workshop 

• Where: Loveland Museum
• When: February 24 and 24
• Register HERE.

Betsy TOBIN & Michael GUNST present MOMENT in TIME with music by Jesse Manno

Each scene unfolds as if emerging out of a black and white photograph. What happened before? What happens next? The audience enters a world in which two workers engineer the imagination of the moment. In this realm where black and white meet, theatre artists Betsy Tobin and Michael Gunst tell simple stories with puppets, masks, movement, and imagery. These compassionate glimpses of humanity transpire in a universal language without words. Inspired by real-life situations captured in black and white photographs, this performance paints an evocative portrait of the human condition.

• When: November 9  7:30 PM | November 10  7:30 PM | November 11  3 & 7:30 PM
• Where: Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street, Boulder
• Purchase your tickets HERE

"Welcome Home" 

Two person exhibit at Valkarie Gallery in Lakewood. Hand built ceramic sculpture by Brenda Jones and Melina Laz featuring memories and comments on domesticity. Nov. 15- Dec. 10. Reception - Nov. 18, 5-8 pm

"Flora and Fauna" 

• Annual Mud Club group show at Tenn Street Coffee opening Nov. 3 and continuing through mid January. This group is dedicated to honoring the memory of former Think 360 artist, Marie Gibbons.

"Portrait Gallery"

• Juried group exhibit at the Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO. Opening Nov. 17th, 5-8. Both 3D and 2D works.

"Fine art market" 

• Arvada Center, reception opening Nov. 30 continuing through December 17.  Thousands of giftable items from over 100 Colorado artists.

Pictured: Sculptures featured in some of exhibits.

Curious Theatre Company presents:

Regional Premiere: Allow yourself to get swept up in the mystery, the yearning, and the beauty of this award-winning, poetic tale from a truly original storyteller. A quartet of souls are brought together through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers. Sending their hopes and dreams across the oceans and years, they share a hunger for human connection, while dreaming of a city once consumed by the scourge of war. A moving and engaging play of second chances so perfectly poised for this moment. Watch the official trailer here.

• When: November 11th - December 9th, 2023. Purchase your tickets here. 
• Location: Curious Theatre Company | 1080 Acoma St. Denver, CO 80204

**Teen Night will be offered on Friday, November 17th at 7:30 PM**

Admission for teens is just $10! Includes an Inspiration Kit, a ticket to that night’s performance, and a seat at the post-show discussion. (Advance registration is required to allow us to prepare enough Inspiration Kits for everyone.) Please go to the show page and select your seats; use the code "TeenNight" when prompted to apply the discount.

Eileen Roscina will be exhibiting at Walker Fine Art and at CU Art Museum for her MFA Thesis Exhibition:

"Revealing Radiance" 

Eileen will be premiering a new body of work in a group show at Walker Fine Art in Denver, CO, Friday November 10th, 5-8pm, on view through January 6th. Learn more here. 

MFA Thesis Exhibition - "Make Hay While the Sun Shines" 

Exhibition opens Friday, Dec 1, 4PM – 6PM at the CU Art Museum located on the CU Boulder Campus. Exhibition runs: Dec 2 – 14. Learn more here.

Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta SEASONS: Songs, Fingerplays and American Sign Language for Growing Little Ones. 

Katherine is recording vocals for her 13th Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta album, currently in production with James Coffey and Blue Vision Music.  Denver and Fort Wayne, Indiana | Visit Katherine's Website

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Conference and Expo

• Katherine will present  “Together We Will Grow - Creating More Kindness, and Compassion Through Songs Stories and Movement” with Early Childhood Specialist, Kathy Klatt, co-presenter. This event attracts about 10,000 early childhood educators, care providers, administrators and interns and is one of the largest early childhood events.  November 16-18 | Nashville, TN | Conference Info 

The Recording Academy’s (Grammy’s) Annual District Advocacy Day

• Katherine wrote a song and captained a meeting at Congresswoman Diane DeGette’s office with 8 other musicians. The largest grassroots advocacy movement is committed to bringing essential changes to the industry in order to keep music alive and equitable for all. (A.I., taxation, ticket gouging and lyrical freedom were addressed.

Pictured: (L to R) Storm Gloor, Bruce Trujillo, Christian Howell, Ben Raznick, Katherine Dines, Jess Pickett, Tenia Nelson, Bonny Dolan and Staff Administrator for Congresswoman, Diana DeGette, Joe Wood

Unbreakable: Feminist Visions from the Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores Garcia Collection

Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin | September 16, 2023 - December 3, 2023 | Read more about the exhbit here

Dolores and Gil have been collecting and supporting my work for many years. I can’t express enough how grateful I am for it and for all that they do towards Latino/Latinx art and artists. Great evidence is their decision to donate part of their collection to the Blanton Museum of Art, where so many more people can discover and enjoy our unique vision.

Regis Community Mural  

Pictured: Painter volunteers, including Regis College students, faculty staff and administration, making progress on the community mural.