Colorado Public Radio reports that a larger-than-life fiberglass horse sculpture by Boulder artist has been selected for display at one of the world's most prestigious art shows. The sculpture, created by the Boulder-based artist, is featured in a major international exhibition, highlighting the artist's innovative use of materials and scale.
The Colorado South Asian Artists Group, founded by artist Bala Thiagarajan, is celebrating its first anniversary with its second exhibition, "Grounded," on view at the Center for the Arts Evergreen. The collective, which began with six members, has grown to nearly 50 artists of Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, and Indo-Caribbean descent, aiming to increase the visibility and community of South Asian artists in a region where they have felt excluded.
Jim Stevens, a Vietnam War veteran who was shot in the head and later became legally blind after a stroke in 1993, has created a new painting technique using monofilament as a canvas. His artwork, "Blues Man," now hangs in the Denver Art Museum as part of the exhibition "Beyond the Military: From Combat to Canvas," which Stevens helped organize. Stevens serves as president and director of Denver's Veterans Arts Council and has earned Veterans Affairs’ National Gold Medals for Fine Art.
A new exhibition titled "Living Tradition. Past. Present. Future. Colorado Women Artists" has opened in the Colorado State Capitol's Rotunda Gallery, featuring 12 mobile murals honoring past, present, and future women artists from Colorado. Organized by the Women's Caucus for Art Colorado Chapter (WCACO) over four years, the show also includes additional works in the Governor's and Lieutenant Governor's offices. The murals, created collaboratively by a team of female artists, depict black-and-white portraits of each honoree surrounded by imagery from their own work, with finishing touches applied by designated "Face Whisperers."
The Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies in Aspen has opened a new exhibition titled "Sculpting the Environment," the first-ever show dedicated to the site-specific outdoor sculptures and land art of Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer. Bayer, who moved to Aspen in 1945 at the invitation of industrialist Walter Paepcke, lived there for nearly 30 years and created Denver's iconic "Articulated Wall" sculpture in 1985, the year of his death. The exhibition, co-curated by Koko Bayer (his step-granddaughter) and Adam Thomas, highlights his three-dimensional process and his role in shaping Colorado's cultural landscape.
Westminster-based muralist Grow Love (Robyn Frances) will participate in a group exhibition titled "Justice of the Piece: Resistance in Unity in Street Art" at the Galleries of Contemporary Art at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, opening next month. The show features three female muralists: Grow Love, Lady Pink, and Sydney G. James, whose work explores resistance, reclamation, and collective healing through public murals and studio practice. An accompanying arts market will allow local creatives to sell their work for free.