Visual Arts: Current Exhibits
A free public reception is Wednesday, November 19 from 5-7:00p.m.
Own Your Own:11/20-12/27
Own Your Own Art Show and Sale will fill, wall-to-wall, our largest gallery with the best selection of original affordable fine art and fine craft artworks. This exhibit features over 80 artists working in oil, pastel and watercolor, ceramics, metal and fiber. Artistic styles range from traditional and functional to contemporary and decorative. This is an opportunity to buy during the holiday season, at reasonable prices, and take the work home with you at the time of purchase.
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Altered Threads Front Range Contemporary Quilters
King Gallery | November 1- January 17
Altered Threads takes quilt making into the realm of contemporary art. These amazing fiber art works stimulate the mind and extend the horizons of stitchers, painters and manipulators of fabric. Front Range Contemporary Quilters is a membership organization that began in 1988. The group now has more than 200 members and is devoted to contemporary innovative quilt making and fiber art. It is a forum for exchanging ideas and methods, for encouraging creativity and broadening the horizons of art quilters.
Steve Mohlenkamp Photography:
Regional Gallery | November 15- January 31
Steve Mohlenkamp’s natural ability to find composition catapults him in his versatility of shooting. With his passion for shooting landscapes, his striking images of America’s pristine mountains, vast canyons, and expansive deserts, stir the spirit of the west in viewers, and hang in many corporate and private collections. Mohlenkamp’s editorial work has appeared in such publications as Sunset, Car and Driver, Arizona Highways, Cowboys and Indians, and Road and Track, to name a few.
Orphans: Corvo Brothers: Hoag Gallery | November 8- January 24
The Corvo Brothers introduce us to a world that does not impose sharp divisions between reality and fantasy and which celebrates the existence of the extraordinary. Simultaneously playful and sinister, Corvo Brothers’ images construct mysterious narratives that explore universal themes of the human condition, such as rage, fear, and fragility, by way of unexpected juxtapositions. The Corvo Brother’s merge an eerie Victorian sensibility with the compositional aesthetics of the Renaissance masters. Their astonishing digital prints possess a remarkable painterly quality. They employ a hybrid technique that they term organic digital, the brothers use digital technology to seamlessly fuse together diverse art forms, including photography, painting, and the assembly of found or constructed objects. The Corvo Brothers will debut their newly completed series Orphans during our holiday exhibitions.
Patchwork Bird: Radeaux: 2nd Level Foyer | November 15- January 31
Radeaux, co-owner of the John Deaux Galleries on Union Avenue, brings a new series entitled Patchwork Bird to the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center. His latest series of paintings seamlessly stitch his love of birds and pattern with his magnificent artistic talent. His love of birds started with a trip to the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge as a teen. Radeaux described the impact of that trip in an interview he did for the Chieftain in 2004 saying: “It was spring migration time and you could drive right up to golden eagles, shorebirds and ducks. It was eye-opening.”
Radeaux’s Patchwork Bird series marries quilt patterns and birds with their life like illustrations that he has become known for. Approximately 10 years ago, Radeaux’s wife received a quilt pin as a gift. That pin captivated Radeaux and led him to 19th century patchwork patterns that incorporate stylized bird designs. He scoured quilt books and talked with traditional quilters to identify different bird patterns in the quilts which he then incorporated into his newest series.
Deb Komitor: Boardroom | November 15- January 31
Growing up in the Midwest, Komitor never felt she belonged. Her soul found its true home when she moved to Colorado Springs in 1996. “I feel my spirit can soar here. The nature, legends and lore feed my creativity and make my colors sing!” Komitor said. Working in a variety of artistic mediums, Komitor uses vibrant colors showcasing animals in abstract landscapes.
Komitor’s artworks are included in many private and corporate collections nationwide to include the Children’s Hospital in Denver, Arapahoe Medical Center, Centennial, CO, Marriott Hotel in Southeast Denver, IMS Productions, Colorado Springs, CO, McGraw Hill Publishing, Colorado State University, and Columbus College of Art and Design. In March of 1999, Ceramics Monthly Magazine published a reproduction of one of Komitor’s clay sculptures. “I feel a freedom to create works of art that are full of a joyous spirit skipping across the canvas! I will leave the angst to be created by others,” said Komitor. She works to express the joy in her heart and create works of art that add lightness and joy to our lives.
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