Exhibition Opening Reception

Celebrate with the exhibiting artists
Thursday, September 30

5:30PM members preview

6:30PM free public reception

Stephen Batura: Edits
Barbara Shark: Moments In Between
Donald Fodness & Alvin Gregorio: Shut Your Face Off!

Stephen Batura
Edits

Denver artist Stephen Batura introduces a series of new works based on small collages made from fashion and design photography collected from magazines or sourced from the Internet, cut and arranged in dynamic compositions, then scanned and digitally manipulated. As depictions of these collages, the final casein and acrylic paintings on canvas or wood panel thus emerge at the intersection of realism and abstraction. more >>

Barbara Shark
Moments In Between

Inspired by her own photographs of close relatives, family friends, and fellow artists, Shark spends many hours studying their features in minute detail, painting substantially enlarged portraits of striking resemblance from relatively small scale snapshots. Through her careful observations and familiarity with the subjects, she reveals emotional characteristics and physical aspects that enrich her representations, while the flattening effect of the photographic sources adds a degree of abstraction and detachment. more >>

Donald Fodness & Alvin Gregorio
Shut Your Face Off!

BMoCA visitors are transported to another place and time as they enter the environment created by Boulder artists Donald Fodness and Alvin Gregorio. Integrating the museum's architectural structure, they have assembled re-mixed sound and video projection, found objects, drawing, sculpture, and mural painting into a multi-sensory experience. more >>

Writing from Movement with Dana Elkun
Thursday, October 7
7-9PM

Join us for an experiential evening of seeing, moving, and writing with inspiration from Barbara Shark's paintings. Poet and dancer Dana Elkun will guide participants through a series of creative experiments, some playful (poetry charades) and some contemplative (writing from authentic movement). No experience required, only curiosity and gusto. Space is limited; call 303-443-2122 x10 to make reservations.

Members $25 / Non-Members $30

Art Stop
Wednesdays through October 6 & Saturdays through November 6

Art Stop provides free, hands-on art making for youth ages 3-11 during the Boulder County Farmers' Market. Held in front of the museum, Art Stop is the destination point for creative projects that complement the exhibitions on display within the museum and the colors and textures of the market.

New at MCA DENVER
Rebecca DiDomenico: Pellucid
September 28-January 16, 2011

Pellucid by Boulder-based artist Rebecca DiDomenico is a site-specific installation featuring a gallery transformed into a fantastical cave designed as an immersive environment. Visitors are invited to walk through the space filled with 60,000 hand-made mica scales and dangling stalactites. Pressed into each of the scales are jewel-like butterfly wings and brightly colored pieces of plastic trash. more >>