Resist: Tie Dye Practices Around the World Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising 216 E. Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523 February 13–September 7, 2024 Curated by Paula Alaszkiewicz, Megan Osborne, and Brooklyn Benjamin Admission: Free Review by Laura I. Miller Tie dye probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of fine art. At least, it wasn’t for me. The exhibition Resist: Tie Dye Practices Around the World at Colorado State University’s Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising might change your mind. [1] An installation view of the exhibition Resist: Tie Dye P ..read more

OSCILLATIONS SeeSaw Gallery 5 W. Radcliff Avenue, Englewood, CO 80110 May 4-July 28, 2024 Curated by Hayley Schneider Admission: free Review by Dani/elle Cunningham The latest exhibition at SeeSaw Gallery features four artists who unravel their connections to place and demonstrate the interplay between instinct and honed technical skills. While each brings a unique perspective to the show, curator Hayley Schneider expertly weaves together a cohesive and harmonious collection featuring Leslie Fitzsimmons, Jamie Gray, Ilan Gutin, and Autumn T. Thomas. The result is an atmosphere of serenity th ..read more

Hương Ngô: Ungrafting Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 March 1–July 27, 2024 Admission: $5-$10; Members, Students and Teachers with ID, and Kids 12 and Under: free Review by Nina Peterson Hương Ngô’s Ungrafting at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) focuses on the politics of visibility in the context of French colonial knowledge production in Vietnam. The exhibition examines how power shapes what is seen and what is made to be unseen.  An installation view of Hương Ngô’s exhibition Ungrafting at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts C ..read more

We CU: A Visual Celebration of Black Womanhood, Presence, and Connectedness  University of Colorado Art Museum 1085 18th Street Boulder, CO 80309-0459 February 10–July 13, 2024 Curated by The Museum for Black Girls, directed by Charlie Billingsly and Von Ross Admission: free Review by Denise Zubizarreta The We CU: A Visual Celebration of Black Womanhood, Presence, and Connectedness exhibition, presented by The Museum for Black Girls, unfolds as an extensive and profound exploration of the influence of Black women on the concept of “home.” An installation view of the exhibition We CU: A ..read more

I belong in a museum: Colorado Women Artist Museum Members Exhibition, Part 1 D’art Gallery East 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO 80204 June 6-30, 2024 Admission: free Review by Maggie Sava According to Artnet’s reporting on the 2022 Burns Halperin Report, “only 11 percent of acquisitions and 14.9 percent of exhibitions, at 31 U.S. museums between 2008 and 2020, were of work by female-identifying artists.” [1] Those numbers have not shifted much since the early interventions of The Guerilla Girls, including their famous 1989 Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met. Museum? poster, which n ..read more

Sarah Bowling: Quicksand Rule Gallery 808 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204 May 31-August 3, 2024 Admission: free Review by Paloma Jimenez Twisted forms, heavy with their own weight, aspirationally stretch and strain towards sweaty pastel gradients in Sarah Bowling’s current exhibition at Rule Gallery. Titled Quicksand, the expressively saggy sculptures and textured paintings grapple with the quiet ache of transformation.  An installation view of Sarah Bowling’s exhibition Quicksand at Rule Gallery. Image by Wes Magyar, courtesy of Rule Gallery. Amidst the corporate sterilization of pas ..read more

Inbal Abergil: The Presence of Absence / Dona Laurita: The Silhouette Project: Newcomers Colorado Photographic Arts Center 1200 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203 May 10–June 22, 2024 Admission: free Review by MG Bernard Two exhibitions dedicated to healing grief, trauma, and loss are currently on view at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC). The Presence of Absence by artist Inbal Abergil and The Silhouette Project: Newcomers by photographer Dona Laurita capture two of the consequences perpetrated by war.  An installation view of Inbal Abergil’s The Presence of Absence at Colora ..read more

Apis Opus Encaustic Invitational  NKollectiv 960 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204 May 17-June 16, 2024 Admission: free Review by Dani/elle Cunningham The artist-run gallery NKollectiv is currently hosting its second annual encaustic invitational, which showcases the work of sixteen Colorado artists specializing in this ancient art form. [1] Named Apis Opus, the exhibition cleverly combines the world of bees and art, highlighting beeswax as the primary medium in encaustic work. Encaustic is made by heating layers of beeswax mixed with pigment and applying it to different substrates.  ..read more

Ways to Leave (Save) Earth neü folk 1115 Acoma Street, Room 220, Denver, CO 80204 May 11–June 2, 2024 Curated by Dani/elle Cunningham Admission: free Review by Raymundo Muñoz The shining potential of outer space travel and habitation has been sold to humanity by governments for decades. Appealing to humanity’s sense of curiosity, exploratory spirit, and egalitarian ideals, legacy space programs like NASA have nevertheless inspired countless scientists, artists, and dreamers alike. More recently, however, billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have led the space race with private space te ..read more

Artist Profile: Albert Chong The Sound of Trumpets and a Choir By Gina Pugliese Albert Chong is perhaps the most acclaimed photography, installation, and sculpture artist in Colorado who you’ve never heard of. His long and illustrious career includes pieces that he hopes, as his artist statement proclaims, “[give] expression to [his] human visual intuition, [operating] at levels inhospitable to verbal or literary expression.” [1] Albert Chong, Chong with Cigar and Maka Shirt, 1997, digital pigment print, 26 x 20 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.  After talking with him, I translate ..read more