02/01/2017
Colorado-A
Destination For Arts Lovers
(NAPSI)-From world-class museums in
the cosmopolitan capital city of Denver to trendy galleries
in scenic mountain resorts like Aspen and Vail, Colorado has
it all.
Savvy travelers cite year-round art
walk and First Friday events, annual and seasonal art
festivals. In fact, Colorado is home to nine of the
country's top 100 art towns, according to John Villani's
"The 100 Best Art Towns in America."
The Denver Art Dealers Association
represents Denver's top art dealers and fine art galleries.
Exhibitions provide the first glance of new works by young
and establishing artists as well as present work by
neglected artists and widely known masters. There's a
calendar of events at
www.denverart.org/calendar.htm.
Colorado Springs has launched
http://www.peakradar.com, a comprehensive guide to arts
and culture in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. The site
offers a large database of arts and cultural events, as well
as listings of arts classes and workshops, organizations,
venues, individual artists and performers, public art and
more.
The stunning new Frederic C. Hamilton
wing at the Denver Art Museum was designed by famed
architect Daniel Libeskind, and hosts "Artisans & Kings:
Selected Treasures from the Louvre."
In Grand Junction, the Western
Colorado Center for the Arts opened its "Masterpieces of
Colorado" in August. This unique exhibit features more than
60 paintings of Colorado landscapes by artists from the late
19th century to the present, including Thomas Moran and
Vance Kirkland.
The Aspen Art Museum has world-class
exhibits of contemporary art housed in an historic brick
building on the scenic Rio Grande Trail. The museum offers
educational workshops, gallery tours by prominent artists,
and art talks.
The Lab at Belmar, in Lakewood,
combines elements of a museum, think tank and public forum.
Focused on contemporary art and culture, The Lab offers
international art exhibitions, lectures, performances,
symposia and publications. Currently on view at The Lab is
"Heads," Fang Lijun's large-scale installation consisting of
15,000 sculpted heads, cast in bronze and covered in gold
leaf.
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts
Center's new 48,000-square-foot wing, which opens in August,
will host an exhibit of nearly 50 photographic portraits of
the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo by famed photographer
Nickolas Muray.
And this fall, the Museum of
Contemporary Art/Denver unveils its new building, designed
by renowned architect David Adjaye.
Discover more at
http://www.colorado.com/arts. |