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museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026

Tattoo artists bring fine art, live tattooing to Carbondale Arts Gallery

Carbondale Arts Gallery in Colorado opens “Visceral Alchemy: Fine Art + Tattoo,” an exhibition featuring over 20 tattoo artists from across the United States. Curated by Sarah Overbeck, the gallery’s marketing director, and local tattoo artist Matt Hays, the show highlights the dual creative practices of tattoo artists, showcasing their personal fine art in mediums such as wood carving, ceramics, painting, and drawing alongside their commercial tattoo work. A live-tattoo event at Carbondale’s Launchpad accompanies the exhibition, allowing visitors to observe artists working on clients in real time.

museum exhibitions schedule May 25, 2026

Powers Art Center to open Roy Lichtenstein exhibit

The Powers Art Center will open a new exhibition titled “Roy Lichtenstein: Beyond Reality” on June 2, 2026, running through May 1, 2027. The show features a broad range of Lichtenstein’s comic book-inspired works, including Ben-Day dots, bold imagery, landscapes, and reinterpretations of classical subjects, curated by museum director Sonya Taylor Moore. An opening reception is scheduled for June 18, 2026.

article local schedule May 21, 2026

Sculpture from Carbondale’s 2025 Art Around Town exhibition finds new home with ANB Bank

A welded steel sculpture titled "Sidewinder" by California-based artist Diego Harris, originally part of Carbondale's 2025 Art Around Town exhibition, has been purchased by ANB Bank and permanently installed outside the bank's Sopris Station development site along Colorado Highway 133. The piece was moved to its new home on Monday, and Harris also installed a new sculpture, "Shaman's Path," near Main Street and Snowmass Drive as part of the upcoming 2026 Art Around Town exhibition.

museum exhibitions schedule May 20, 2026

Carbondale Arts Gallery exhibition “Kindred Spirits” closes after month of portraying artistic friendship

The two-person exhibition “Kindred Spirits” at Carbondale Arts Gallery closed on May 21 after a month-long run, featuring ceramic artist Christine Anderson and abstract painter Benjamin Strawn. The artists, who have been friends since meeting as students at the University of Denver over 40 years ago, displayed their work together for the first time in a joint show, with Anderson’s ceramic sculptures occupying the center of the gallery and Strawn’s abstract paintings lining the walls.

article local schedule Jan 22, 2026

47th Annual Valley Visual Art Show opens as first Carbondale Arts exhibit of the year

The 47th Annual Valley Visual Art Show has opened at the Carbondale Arts Gallery in Colorado, running from January 23 through February 26, 2026. Featuring 75 local artists, including Judy Fox-Perry, Marilyn Lowey, and Linda Halloran, the exhibition showcases a diverse range of works such as Fox-Perry's marble sculpture "In Good Hands," Lowey's surrealist-inspired photograph, and Halloran's kiln glass flowers. The show marks the first Carbondale Arts exhibit of the year and provides a platform for artists to experiment and present new creations.

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