Emily Grace King in front of "Ties Forward" by Scottie Burgess at the Arvada Center
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Emily Grace King is an artist living and working in the Denver Metro area. While Emily works in a variety of mediums, her current focus is on creating encaustic monotype assemblies using beeswax from her backyard hives. The pursuit of creating her own artistic medium inspired Emily to learn to keep bees and led her to transform her outdoor space into a haven for pollinators, planting and cultivating the raw material the bees need to create wax for her artwork.
In addition to her art practice, Emily is the Galleries Exhibition Manager at the Arvada Center where she oversees three art galleries totaling over 10,000 square feet and the Arvada History Museum, acts as the department's registrar, and organizes the Center's popular Holiday Fine Art Market. In 2016, Emily founded the much-beloved community project Art Drop Arvada. Working with artists and art-lovers throughout Metro Denver, Art Drop Arvada creates interactive, grassroots events in public spaces that bring free, hyper-local art to anyone willing to hunt for it. Emily serves her city as Chair of the Arvada Arts and Culture Commission. She is a strong advocate in the community for public art and for civic investment in local artists at all stages of their careers. Emily's passion for endless experimentation, learning, and DIY means she is often watching hours of YouTube videos on how to do something far outside of her wheelhouse before trying it out for herself. She loves to share her imperfect ideas and projects online in hopes that someone else will learn from her ideas, improve on them, and continue the internet's collective evolution of weird, artsy projects moving forward. |
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Professional
Galleries Exhibition Manager - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Founder - Art Drop Arvada, Arvada, CO
Creative Director - Elevated Eateries Restaurant Group, Greeley, CO
Art Director - Crabtree Brewing Company, Greeley, CO
Docent - The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2009
University of Northern Colorado
Visual Arts - Painting Emphasis
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Land, Arvada Library, Arvada, CO*
2020 Assembled Canyons, Balefire, Arvada, CO*
2020 528.0: Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition, The Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2019 Changes, D'Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Darkness, R Gallery, Boulder, CO
2019 Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2018 One Square Foot, RedLine Gallery, Denver
2013 ActivArt, CentreGallery at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2013 EcoExpressions, Whole, Tampa, FL*
2009 Detrius Transformed, The Oak Room Gallery at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2009 University of Northern Colorado Gala, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
2007 University of Northern Colorado Gala, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
2005 Inside Out, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
Curatorial
Narkita Gold: Black in Denver, Arvada Center Upper Gallery, 2020.
Pink Progression: Collaborations, Arvada Center Galleries, 2020. Curated with Anna Kaye and Collin Parson.
Community Arts and Commissions
2020 Arvada Arts and Culture Commission Chair, Arvada, CO
2019 Arvada Arts and Culture Commission, Arvada, CO
2019 Olde Town Arvada Placemaking Committee, Arvada, CO
2018 Arvada Festivals Commission, Arvada, CO
2017 Scenic Designer, In The Heights, CenterStage Theatre Company at the Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2017 Props Designer, Heathers: The Musical, CenterStage Theatre Company at the Nomad Playhouse, Boulder, CO
2016 Founded Art Drop Arvada
Published
Golden's Public Artventure: Sketch Your Way Through the City. In partnership with the Golden Public Art Commission, Colorado, 2019.
Art in Your Park: a Guidebook for Getting Creative in Your Neighborhood. In partnership with the City of Arvada, Colorado, 2018.
Repeat, photograph. Abaton Literary Review, Issue Four, Fall 2010
Luke and I, Acrylic on wood. Abaton Literary Review, Issue Four, Fall 2010
Artist Residency
2008 Artist in Residence, Christ Community Church, Greeley, CO
Press and Media
Pink Progression uses social momentum for artistic exploration, by Clarke Reader, Colorado Community Media, September 14, 2020
Pink Progression is keeping the spirit of the Women’s March alive, hats and all, by Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post, August 30, 2020
Humans of the Arvada Center: Meet Emily Grace King by John Moore, August 2020
Reignite the Arts: Emily Grace King, video by Jacinta Lobato, 2020
Art Drop Arvada Hides Local Art in Parks, by Shanna Fortier, Arvada Press, April 8, 2019
Art Drop, video by the City of Arvada
In 2014, my "Make Out Practice Pillow" was wildly spread throughout the internet and was subsequently covered by Huffington Post, Metro News, Daily Mail, Tosh.O, USA Today, ABC Action News, and more.
Honors, Accomplishments, and Talks
2020 University of Colorado Denver Guest Speaker
2019 Second Place, Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2018 Leadership Arvada Graduate
2017 Artist Talk, Fragile Glory Impressions, Littleton, CO
2016 Left Hand Right Brain episode 71: LIVE Hand Right Brain with Emily Grace King
2009 Angie Southard Award and Scholarship
2007 Fred Myers Award for Excellence and Scholarship
Galleries Exhibition Manager - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Founder - Art Drop Arvada, Arvada, CO
Creative Director - Elevated Eateries Restaurant Group, Greeley, CO
Art Director - Crabtree Brewing Company, Greeley, CO
Docent - The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2009
University of Northern Colorado
Visual Arts - Painting Emphasis
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Land, Arvada Library, Arvada, CO*
2020 Assembled Canyons, Balefire, Arvada, CO*
2020 528.0: Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition, The Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2019 Changes, D'Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Darkness, R Gallery, Boulder, CO
2019 Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2018 One Square Foot, RedLine Gallery, Denver
2013 ActivArt, CentreGallery at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2013 EcoExpressions, Whole, Tampa, FL*
2009 Detrius Transformed, The Oak Room Gallery at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
2009 University of Northern Colorado Gala, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
2007 University of Northern Colorado Gala, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
2005 Inside Out, Art & Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
Curatorial
Narkita Gold: Black in Denver, Arvada Center Upper Gallery, 2020.
Pink Progression: Collaborations, Arvada Center Galleries, 2020. Curated with Anna Kaye and Collin Parson.
Community Arts and Commissions
2020 Arvada Arts and Culture Commission Chair, Arvada, CO
2019 Arvada Arts and Culture Commission, Arvada, CO
2019 Olde Town Arvada Placemaking Committee, Arvada, CO
2018 Arvada Festivals Commission, Arvada, CO
2017 Scenic Designer, In The Heights, CenterStage Theatre Company at the Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2017 Props Designer, Heathers: The Musical, CenterStage Theatre Company at the Nomad Playhouse, Boulder, CO
2016 Founded Art Drop Arvada
Published
Golden's Public Artventure: Sketch Your Way Through the City. In partnership with the Golden Public Art Commission, Colorado, 2019.
Art in Your Park: a Guidebook for Getting Creative in Your Neighborhood. In partnership with the City of Arvada, Colorado, 2018.
Repeat, photograph. Abaton Literary Review, Issue Four, Fall 2010
Luke and I, Acrylic on wood. Abaton Literary Review, Issue Four, Fall 2010
Artist Residency
2008 Artist in Residence, Christ Community Church, Greeley, CO
Press and Media
Pink Progression uses social momentum for artistic exploration, by Clarke Reader, Colorado Community Media, September 14, 2020
Pink Progression is keeping the spirit of the Women’s March alive, hats and all, by Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post, August 30, 2020
Humans of the Arvada Center: Meet Emily Grace King by John Moore, August 2020
Reignite the Arts: Emily Grace King, video by Jacinta Lobato, 2020
Art Drop Arvada Hides Local Art in Parks, by Shanna Fortier, Arvada Press, April 8, 2019
Art Drop, video by the City of Arvada
In 2014, my "Make Out Practice Pillow" was wildly spread throughout the internet and was subsequently covered by Huffington Post, Metro News, Daily Mail, Tosh.O, USA Today, ABC Action News, and more.
Honors, Accomplishments, and Talks
2020 University of Colorado Denver Guest Speaker
2019 Second Place, Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2018 Leadership Arvada Graduate
2017 Artist Talk, Fragile Glory Impressions, Littleton, CO
2016 Left Hand Right Brain episode 71: LIVE Hand Right Brain with Emily Grace King
2009 Angie Southard Award and Scholarship
2007 Fred Myers Award for Excellence and Scholarship