FLOYD D. TUNSON: ASCENT
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. June 09 - August 28, 2022
Role: Exhibition Manager and Associate Curator, Catalog Design
This expansive survey exhibition features work from the past five decades by Colorado artist Floyd D. Tunson. Two major arts centers in the Denver metro area — The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities and RedLine Contemporary Art Center — present Tunson’s works simultaneously, creating one exhibition across two locations.
Floyd Tunson is one of Colorado’s most important contemporary artists. Over the past 50 years, he has prodigiously, fearlessly, and innovatively created art from his keen cultural perspective, taking on identity, race, and history. An incredibly influential educator for 30 years in the public school system, Tunson’s impact extends beyond the art world into local communities and future generations.
Collaboratively curated by Wylene Carol, Daisy McGowan, and Collin Parson.
Role: Exhibition Manager and Associate Curator, Catalog Design
This expansive survey exhibition features work from the past five decades by Colorado artist Floyd D. Tunson. Two major arts centers in the Denver metro area — The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities and RedLine Contemporary Art Center — present Tunson’s works simultaneously, creating one exhibition across two locations.
Floyd Tunson is one of Colorado’s most important contemporary artists. Over the past 50 years, he has prodigiously, fearlessly, and innovatively created art from his keen cultural perspective, taking on identity, race, and history. An incredibly influential educator for 30 years in the public school system, Tunson’s impact extends beyond the art world into local communities and future generations.
Collaboratively curated by Wylene Carol, Daisy McGowan, and Collin Parson.
ANTHONY GARCIA: PIGMENT
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. June 09 - August 28, 2022
Role: Exhibition Manager and Associate Curator
"Anthony Garcia Sr. is one of the most influential — and, arguably, most important — artists working in Denver today." - Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post
This solo exhibition features work from Denver artist Anthony Garcia Sr. Born and raised in the Denver neighborhood of Globeville, Garcia is an influential figure in the region both as an artist and activist. Best known for his large-scale murals throughout the state and beyond, Pigment showcases recent studio work that highlights Garcia’s astute exploration of color, scale, and perception while paying homage to his geographical, cultural, and historical upbringing as a Chicano artist.
Role: Exhibition Manager and Associate Curator
"Anthony Garcia Sr. is one of the most influential — and, arguably, most important — artists working in Denver today." - Ray Rinaldi, Denver Post
This solo exhibition features work from Denver artist Anthony Garcia Sr. Born and raised in the Denver neighborhood of Globeville, Garcia is an influential figure in the region both as an artist and activist. Best known for his large-scale murals throughout the state and beyond, Pigment showcases recent studio work that highlights Garcia’s astute exploration of color, scale, and perception while paying homage to his geographical, cultural, and historical upbringing as a Chicano artist.
LAURI LYNNXE MURPHY:
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. April 08 - May 08, 2022
Role: Exhibition Manager
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy began her artistic career at the Arvada Center as part of the Jeffco High School Art Exhibition while attending Green Mountain High School in the 90s. In the thirty years since her artistic debut, Murphy has developed an impressive career as an artist known for collaborating with creatures like snails, bees, and beetles to create a sprawling body of work deeply rooted in the natural world.
Alongside her robust studio practice, Murphy has spent her life building community and DIY gallery spaces and advocating for artists. Her work is research-driven and science-based, and it focuses on insect extinction, mutation, climate change, and biophilia.
Murphy is currently a resource artist at RedLine Denver and recently completed an installation at Meow Wolf’s Denver location Convergence Station and is a past recipient of Westword’s Mastermind Award. Murphy’s work has exhibited in past Arvada Center exhibitions such as Paper.Works, Wood.Works, and the Fine Art Market.
Role: Exhibition Manager
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy began her artistic career at the Arvada Center as part of the Jeffco High School Art Exhibition while attending Green Mountain High School in the 90s. In the thirty years since her artistic debut, Murphy has developed an impressive career as an artist known for collaborating with creatures like snails, bees, and beetles to create a sprawling body of work deeply rooted in the natural world.
Alongside her robust studio practice, Murphy has spent her life building community and DIY gallery spaces and advocating for artists. Her work is research-driven and science-based, and it focuses on insect extinction, mutation, climate change, and biophilia.
Murphy is currently a resource artist at RedLine Denver and recently completed an installation at Meow Wolf’s Denver location Convergence Station and is a past recipient of Westword’s Mastermind Award. Murphy’s work has exhibited in past Arvada Center exhibitions such as Paper.Works, Wood.Works, and the Fine Art Market.
ART OF THE STATE 2022
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. January 20 - March 27, 2022
Role: Exhibition Manager, Catalog Design
Every three years, all 10,000 square feet of the Arvada Center Galleries is filled with a celebratory survey of the incredible diversity, quality, and depth of work from Colorado Artists. After its start in 2013 and iterations in 2016 and 2019, Art of the State 2022 continues the legacy as a juried exhibition showing off the powerful scope of contemporary art from across the state. This open call open to all Colorado artists garnered 2,067 submissions by 734 artists. The jurors worked diligently to select a comprehensive overview of work that strives to capture a wide scope of art from across the state. From those entries, 149 artworks by 142 artists were selected.
Jurors:
Louise Martorano, Executive Director, RedLine Contemporary Art Center
Ellamaria Ray, Artist/Anthropologist, Professor of Africana Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Collin Parson, Director of Galleries and Curator, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Role: Exhibition Manager, Catalog Design
Every three years, all 10,000 square feet of the Arvada Center Galleries is filled with a celebratory survey of the incredible diversity, quality, and depth of work from Colorado Artists. After its start in 2013 and iterations in 2016 and 2019, Art of the State 2022 continues the legacy as a juried exhibition showing off the powerful scope of contemporary art from across the state. This open call open to all Colorado artists garnered 2,067 submissions by 734 artists. The jurors worked diligently to select a comprehensive overview of work that strives to capture a wide scope of art from across the state. From those entries, 149 artworks by 142 artists were selected.
Jurors:
Louise Martorano, Executive Director, RedLine Contemporary Art Center
Ellamaria Ray, Artist/Anthropologist, Professor of Africana Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Collin Parson, Director of Galleries and Curator, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
WORD PLAY
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. September 17 - November 14, 2021
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Word Play showcased a selection of works that use text, language, and symbols to make a statement, express emotion, and celebrate the written word. From paintings to video games, neon to sculptures, and prints to silverpoint drawings, the versatility of language is on full display through the work of these regional artists.
Participating Artists:Trey Duvall, Lares Feliciano, Donald Fodness, Paula Gasparini-Santos, Jade Hoyer, Jim Johnson, Sammy Lee, Cherish Marquez, Tom Mazzullo, Joe Norman, Jeff Page, Masha Sha, Joel Swanson, Paul Weiner, Scott Young
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Word Play showcased a selection of works that use text, language, and symbols to make a statement, express emotion, and celebrate the written word. From paintings to video games, neon to sculptures, and prints to silverpoint drawings, the versatility of language is on full display through the work of these regional artists.
Participating Artists:Trey Duvall, Lares Feliciano, Donald Fodness, Paula Gasparini-Santos, Jade Hoyer, Jim Johnson, Sammy Lee, Cherish Marquez, Tom Mazzullo, Joe Norman, Jeff Page, Masha Sha, Joel Swanson, Paul Weiner, Scott Young
ROLAND BERNIER: IN OTHER WORDS
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. September 17 - November 14, 2021
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Influential text-based conceptualist Roland Bernier experimented with symbols and language by assembling words together, exploiting the visual characteristics rather than the meaning. The resulting paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations mix Bernier’s use of text with his bold colors, strong lines, and vast diversity of materials. Bernier, who passed away in 2015, was a fixture of Colorado’s art scene throughout his career.
This exhibition was in collaboration with Walker Fine Art and Marilyn Bernier.
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Influential text-based conceptualist Roland Bernier experimented with symbols and language by assembling words together, exploiting the visual characteristics rather than the meaning. The resulting paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations mix Bernier’s use of text with his bold colors, strong lines, and vast diversity of materials. Bernier, who passed away in 2015, was a fixture of Colorado’s art scene throughout his career.
This exhibition was in collaboration with Walker Fine Art and Marilyn Bernier.
BRADY SMITH:
(don't be embarassed by) Your Trouble with Living
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. May 20 - August 22, 2021
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Brady Smith’s thoughtful collection of works exploring struggles with suicide from individual and societal perspectives aims to make a space where healthy dialogue can happen. Despite reports that 10 million adults in the US have serious thoughts of suicide each year, talking about this topic continues to remain taboo.
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
Brady Smith’s thoughtful collection of works exploring struggles with suicide from individual and societal perspectives aims to make a space where healthy dialogue can happen. Despite reports that 10 million adults in the US have serious thoughts of suicide each year, talking about this topic continues to remain taboo.
VIRAL INFLUENCE: ART IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. May 20 - August 22, 2021
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
In the midst of Colorado's stay-at-home order in early March 2020, local artists did what they do best: they continued to create. Some responded directly to the pandemic through the use of the new, changing imagery of society--face masks, sourdough bread, and quiet scenes at home. Others lost access to studio space and supplies, forcing them to get creative with kitchen-table studios and household materials. The artworks from this time capture the impacts of the pandemic on individuals and communities, portraying isolation, adaptation, despair, connection, distance, and closures.
Recognizing this outpouring of creativity from artists across Colorado, the Arvada Center asked for submissions of artwork created during the state’s response to the pandemic. Open from March - October 2020, the call garnered over 1,000 submissions of work from across the state. This exhibition showcases 259 works by 168 artists, offering a comprehensive overview with works of all mediums, subject matters, and processes.
Role: Exhibition Manager, curatorial team
In the midst of Colorado's stay-at-home order in early March 2020, local artists did what they do best: they continued to create. Some responded directly to the pandemic through the use of the new, changing imagery of society--face masks, sourdough bread, and quiet scenes at home. Others lost access to studio space and supplies, forcing them to get creative with kitchen-table studios and household materials. The artworks from this time capture the impacts of the pandemic on individuals and communities, portraying isolation, adaptation, despair, connection, distance, and closures.
Recognizing this outpouring of creativity from artists across Colorado, the Arvada Center asked for submissions of artwork created during the state’s response to the pandemic. Open from March - October 2020, the call garnered over 1,000 submissions of work from across the state. This exhibition showcases 259 works by 168 artists, offering a comprehensive overview with works of all mediums, subject matters, and processes.
WOOD.WORKS
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. January 21 - April 25, 2021
Role: Exhibition Manager
This material-based exhibition involved everything WOOD. Following up 2017’s Paper.Works, Wood.Works featured 24 regional artists using wood as their primary medium. Through massive installations, elegant sculptures, and two-dimensional reliefs, Wood.Works showcased the vast creativity of artists working in the same natural material.
Participating Artists
Michael Beitz, Anne Bossert, Mark Bueno, Scottie Burgess, Katy Casper, Daniel Crosier, Christine Dawson, Chris DeKnikker, Corey Drieth, Norman Epp, Kim Ferrer, Brett Foxwell, Leo Franco, Deborah Jang, Andrew Lesuer, Patrick Marold, Jaime Molina, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Kazu Oba, Sean O’Meallie, Eileen Roscina, Anne Shutan, Autumn T. Thomas, Jerry Wingren
Role: Exhibition Manager
This material-based exhibition involved everything WOOD. Following up 2017’s Paper.Works, Wood.Works featured 24 regional artists using wood as their primary medium. Through massive installations, elegant sculptures, and two-dimensional reliefs, Wood.Works showcased the vast creativity of artists working in the same natural material.
Participating Artists
Michael Beitz, Anne Bossert, Mark Bueno, Scottie Burgess, Katy Casper, Daniel Crosier, Christine Dawson, Chris DeKnikker, Corey Drieth, Norman Epp, Kim Ferrer, Brett Foxwell, Leo Franco, Deborah Jang, Andrew Lesuer, Patrick Marold, Jaime Molina, Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, Kazu Oba, Sean O’Meallie, Eileen Roscina, Anne Shutan, Autumn T. Thomas, Jerry Wingren
NARKITA GOLD: BLACK IN DENVER
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. November 19 - January 10, 2020
Role: Curator, Exhibition Manager
Black in Denver was a photographic exhibition of work by photographer Narkita Gold, taking over the Arvada Center's Upper Gallery. Curated by the Arvada Center from Gold's body of portrait work, Black in Denver takes a critical look at identity.
Series participants offer poignant, poetic, and revealing accounts of life in Denver, ranging from the importance of community building to taking up space in an ever-evolving city. As a whole, the series reveals that Denver’s Black community fosters a culture of authenticity.
Black in Denver supports and demonstrates the notion that Blackness, and identity in general, is not a monolith. In a society where Black people are often stereotyped and seen as homogenous, the artist hopes to change the narrative and raise awareness about the power of being one's self.
Role: Curator, Exhibition Manager
Black in Denver was a photographic exhibition of work by photographer Narkita Gold, taking over the Arvada Center's Upper Gallery. Curated by the Arvada Center from Gold's body of portrait work, Black in Denver takes a critical look at identity.
Series participants offer poignant, poetic, and revealing accounts of life in Denver, ranging from the importance of community building to taking up space in an ever-evolving city. As a whole, the series reveals that Denver’s Black community fosters a culture of authenticity.
Black in Denver supports and demonstrates the notion that Blackness, and identity in general, is not a monolith. In a society where Black people are often stereotyped and seen as homogenous, the artist hopes to change the narrative and raise awareness about the power of being one's self.
PINK PROGRESSION: COLLABORATIONS
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Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. July 2 - November 8, 2020
Role: Curator, Exhibition Manager. Co-curated with Anna Kaye and Collin Parson.
Pink Progression: Collaborations took over all three of the Arvada Center’s galleries in a spectacular celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s right to vote. The exhibition recognizes consecutive dates in which all women received the right to vote in America. The artist collective Pink Progression rose out of the 2017 Womxn’s March to inspire social change and explore ideas of feminism, equality, inclusivity, gender identity, unity, and community through creative expression. For Pink Progression: Collaborations, creatives fused their narratives into multidimensional works, ranging from site-specific installations, video, performance, and traditional fine arts.
Participating Artists:
Deidre Adams + Brooke Atherton, Judy Anderson + Ginny Hoyle + Christopher Hecker, Theresa Anderson + Alicia Ordal, Tya Alisa Anthony + Kim Putnam, Fawn Atencio + Bonnie Stolzmann + Sarah Wallace Scott, Mindy Bray + Tonia Bonnell, Trine Bumiller + Kathryn Winograd, Katie Caron + Lisa DiMichele, Irene Delka McCray + Tree Bernstein, Sally Elliot, Katie Elliott/3rd Law Dance, L. Ashwyn Corris, Corrina Espinosa + Elisa Groglio + Joanna Bugajska, Bonnie Ferrill Roman + Judy Gardner, Ashley Frazier + Becky Wareing Steele, Steven Frost + Frankie Toan, Sarah Fukami + Brooky Blunt + Nico Wilkinson, Melissa Furness + Rian Kerrane, Jennifer Ghormley + Victoria Eubanks, Ania Gola Kumor + Leah Swenson, Susan Goldstein + Gayla Lemke, Moe Gram + Grow Love, Jane Guthridge + Voices of Light Chamber Choir, Kim Harrell + Lynda Ladwig, Ana Maria Hernando + Amie Knox, Veronica Herrera + Lola Montejo, Deborah Howard + Laurel McMechan, Micaela Ironshell-Dominguez + Darion Sanchez + Renee Chacon-Millard, Rochelle Johnson + Sylvia Montero, Samara Johnson + Alanna Lacey + Samantha Bares, Tsehai Johnson + Leslie D. Boyd, Margaret Kasahara + Jina Brenneman, Anna Kaye + Sarah Wallace Scott, Sammy Lee + Megan Gafford, Jessica Loving + Rachel Doniger, Marsha Mack + John Roemer, Virginia Maitland + Melanie Walker + George Peters, Julie Maren + Jessica Drenk, The Great Shout (Kelly Monico + Rebecca Peebles + Natascha Seideneck), Laleh Mehran + Jayne Butler, Susanne Mitchell + Janelle W. Anderson, Sophie Lynn Morris + Hannah Untiedt, Jennifer Pettus + Rebecca Vaughan, Sandra Phillips + Virginia Folkestad, Julie Puma + Patricia McInroy, Sangeeta Reddy + Jodie Roth Cooper, Susan Rubin + Peter Illig, Martha Russo + Tina Suszynski + Anna Suszynski + Emma Hardy, Julia Rymer + Drew Austin, Dylan Scholinski + Daphne Scholinski, Sue Simon + Mark Brasuell, Autumn T. Thomas + Tricia Waddell, Susan Vaho + Elaine Stires, Sherry Wiggins + Luís Filipe Branco, Kate Woodliff O'Donnell + Stacey Stormes, Belgin Yucelen + Anne Waldman + Akin Koksal
Role: Curator, Exhibition Manager. Co-curated with Anna Kaye and Collin Parson.
Pink Progression: Collaborations took over all three of the Arvada Center’s galleries in a spectacular celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s right to vote. The exhibition recognizes consecutive dates in which all women received the right to vote in America. The artist collective Pink Progression rose out of the 2017 Womxn’s March to inspire social change and explore ideas of feminism, equality, inclusivity, gender identity, unity, and community through creative expression. For Pink Progression: Collaborations, creatives fused their narratives into multidimensional works, ranging from site-specific installations, video, performance, and traditional fine arts.
Participating Artists:
Deidre Adams + Brooke Atherton, Judy Anderson + Ginny Hoyle + Christopher Hecker, Theresa Anderson + Alicia Ordal, Tya Alisa Anthony + Kim Putnam, Fawn Atencio + Bonnie Stolzmann + Sarah Wallace Scott, Mindy Bray + Tonia Bonnell, Trine Bumiller + Kathryn Winograd, Katie Caron + Lisa DiMichele, Irene Delka McCray + Tree Bernstein, Sally Elliot, Katie Elliott/3rd Law Dance, L. Ashwyn Corris, Corrina Espinosa + Elisa Groglio + Joanna Bugajska, Bonnie Ferrill Roman + Judy Gardner, Ashley Frazier + Becky Wareing Steele, Steven Frost + Frankie Toan, Sarah Fukami + Brooky Blunt + Nico Wilkinson, Melissa Furness + Rian Kerrane, Jennifer Ghormley + Victoria Eubanks, Ania Gola Kumor + Leah Swenson, Susan Goldstein + Gayla Lemke, Moe Gram + Grow Love, Jane Guthridge + Voices of Light Chamber Choir, Kim Harrell + Lynda Ladwig, Ana Maria Hernando + Amie Knox, Veronica Herrera + Lola Montejo, Deborah Howard + Laurel McMechan, Micaela Ironshell-Dominguez + Darion Sanchez + Renee Chacon-Millard, Rochelle Johnson + Sylvia Montero, Samara Johnson + Alanna Lacey + Samantha Bares, Tsehai Johnson + Leslie D. Boyd, Margaret Kasahara + Jina Brenneman, Anna Kaye + Sarah Wallace Scott, Sammy Lee + Megan Gafford, Jessica Loving + Rachel Doniger, Marsha Mack + John Roemer, Virginia Maitland + Melanie Walker + George Peters, Julie Maren + Jessica Drenk, The Great Shout (Kelly Monico + Rebecca Peebles + Natascha Seideneck), Laleh Mehran + Jayne Butler, Susanne Mitchell + Janelle W. Anderson, Sophie Lynn Morris + Hannah Untiedt, Jennifer Pettus + Rebecca Vaughan, Sandra Phillips + Virginia Folkestad, Julie Puma + Patricia McInroy, Sangeeta Reddy + Jodie Roth Cooper, Susan Rubin + Peter Illig, Martha Russo + Tina Suszynski + Anna Suszynski + Emma Hardy, Julia Rymer + Drew Austin, Dylan Scholinski + Daphne Scholinski, Sue Simon + Mark Brasuell, Autumn T. Thomas + Tricia Waddell, Susan Vaho + Elaine Stires, Sherry Wiggins + Luís Filipe Branco, Kate Woodliff O'Donnell + Stacey Stormes, Belgin Yucelen + Anne Waldman + Akin Koksal