Past Shows 2023
Kathy Mitchell-Garton, and Core members
In the Annex: Nea Brown and Raven Rohrig
November 17th - December 3rd, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, November 17, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
First Friday: Friday, December 1, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
What Do You See? - Kathy Mitchell-Garton
The camera can sometimes see more closely than the eye. What does it reveal? The inside of a flower? Or is it a cloud? Or an ice cube? The mind will make up what it thinks it sees, to keep you on safe, understandable ground. But what happens if you let go of naming what you see? What possibilities might that open up?
In this series, artist Kathy Mitchell-Garton explores questions of perception and reality through the treatment of her photographs with a personal repertoire of stitches, color, line, and shape. The viewer is encouraged to make their own inquiry. Which is more real — the photographic image of a thing, or the ‘real’ object stitched onto it? What do you ‘really’ see?
Core Members
A Core Members’ Show will be exhibited in half the gallery. Core Art Space is one of the first Art Coop Galleries in the Denver Metro Area, with a mission to create and maintain a dynamic, independent forum, help address the need for both non-judgmental and competitive exhibitions and fulfill the need for personal growth, communication and a sense of community among artists and viewers. This Member Show will showcase Core’s twenty members with a selection of their art, which is extremely diverse and incredibly interesting.
In the Annex:
Joy - Nea Brown
Nea Brown believes the joy and playfulness we find in flowers, leaves and berries can be a counterweight to our world’s frantic pace, dramatic changes, and seemingly insurmountable challenges. Brown has spent years training under master painters and has exhibited widely throughout Colorado. She’s also studied at the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Art and Illustration. Given this impressive resume, it is no surprise her contemporary approach to flora in oil is nothing less than stunning. You will be knocked out by this beautiful work. Don’t miss it!
Joy - Raven Rohrig
Rohring states: "The decadence of making art is best eaten over and over again. My process is one of cogitating, obsession, and thirst for the next discovery. To complete an illustration I layer my creative practice by making art, while making art, while making art. I engage in note taking, doodling, and refining ideas on a variety of substrates; creating multiple works of art in support of completing a final delicate and intricate illustration. Each of my works starts with the application of circles or color fields using watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, or ink. Colors are chosen based on the illusive artistic skill of intuition. With abandon, I then scribble creating random lines that become the foundation and inspiration for the subjects drawn out to create a final storied illustration. My illustrations are created to tell stories of transformation, embodiment, connection, and the erotic as felt through my identities."
Gina Smith Caswell, Christine O’Dea, and Michelle Lamb
October 27th - November 12th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, October 27, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
First Friday: Friday, November 3, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Duets, Recent Paintings - Gina Smith Caswell
The recent paintings by Gina Smith Caswell continue her exploration of modern farm imagery. Duets of animals are portrayed before a retro 70s floral fantasy wonderland backdrop. Caswell uses bold expressive patterns to create interesting negative spaces that interact with the animals. These oil paintings range in size from small to large, up to 4 feet square canvases, and continue her interest in animal portraiture.
Industrial Baroque - Michelle Lamb
Mixed media assemblage sculptor, Michelle Lamb, often describes her work as “industrial baroque” because of the juxtaposition of using deconstructed obsolete machinery and common found objects in an ornately detailed manner. In point, her intriguing updated twist on the mannerism art movement preceding baroque art, Lamb embraces a similar artificiality, elegance and hyper stylization of her narratives.
Atypical of assemblage art however, Lamb rarely uses found objects as is and prefers to hide their original purpose via machining, patinas or deconstruction. She instead highlights their stylistic design or shape providing a high level of pareidolia, a phenomenon where viewers have a tendency to perceive specific, often meaningful images from random or ambiguous patterns.
In Flux - Christine O’Dea
When we experience big shifts in our lives, for better or for worse, it can be a catalyst for reflecting, recentering, and reclaiming our true path - true joy. While creating this new body of ceramic mixed media work, Christine also revisited about a dozen pieces from previous installations and reworked them until they felt resolved and more balanced. Layering the past pieces with the new work seemed to unify and bring it all full circle.
In this installation, O’Dea attempts to capture the energy of how we move through life within the continuous ebb and flow of chaos and order, stillness and transition, peace and conflict, pain and pleasure, loneliness and connection, fear, and trust. Within the cycles of life we can hope to heal, learn, let go, grow, and ultimately flourish.
May we all flourish.
In The Annex:
This and That - Baltazar Alvarado
Baltazar’s subject matter tends to be those fragmentary images that reside within his thoughts. Thoughts of his relationship with his culture, race and how figures interplay with those thoughts, For him, these carvings are about the pleasure of seeing what stone, wood or clay offers to his hands.
Fred Voigt Becker and Sam Smith
October 6th - October 22nd, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, October 6, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
First Friday: Friday, October 6, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Fred Voigt Becker - Ambiguous Abstraction
Fred Voigt Becker seeks a poetics of painting that combines both the gestural and the decorative, process and the subconscious. He paints a hybrid of the hand, heart, mind, and design. It is his response to the post abstract expressionist art world.
He states, “At some point in my act of painting – an act which often begins with process – the intuitive Self takes over and the eye-heart-hand responds spontaneously to what is already laid down. Art history has been internalized and the painting proceeds smoothly; decisions occur automatically.”
Becker’s paintings are dynamic to intrigue a lively, curious mind, and sufficiently complex to sustain interest over countless viewings.
Fred paints and lives in Denver, Colorado. His studio is at Prism Workspaces.
Sam Smith - "0% Juice"
Just the mere terms “artificial intelligence” and “virtual reality” are concerning. Are reality and intelligence really in need of simulacrum? It’s like a fruit-flavored beverage that taunts us in no uncertain terms, “Contains 0% Juice.” Tasty, sure; but good for our long-term health? Maybe not so much. Sam Smith’s latest abstract paintings and collages, which are both tasty and good for you, capture the anxiety some of us have that massive global change is afoot, and its potential is catastrophic. Is this colorful body of work apocalyptic wallpaper, or the ravings of a paranoid Luddite? Ask again later.
Chuck McCoy and Elizabeth Ansley
September 15th - October 1st, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Artist Talk with Chuck McCoy and Elizabeth Ansley: Sunday, September 17, 1:00PM
Passing Through the Hues and Objects of the World - Chuck McCoy
With an acknowledgement to mangling Walt Whitman’s first line in the poem Eidólons for the title of this exhibition, both the line and title evoke what it’s like for McCoy to work as a visual artist while his eyes are playing tricks. One definition of eidolon is a specter or phantom. And one effect of having macular degeneration is something called phantom vision – seeing things that aren’t there. While McCoy is not at that point, he does think about the things he can see and those that he can’t and what he sees when his eyes are open and the visions he has when his eyes are closed.
In some of these pieces the center action might or might not exist, but things are happening in the periphery, much like with macular degeneration. To add a wrinkle to this vision thing is the effect of his migraines—aura distortions on the periphery of his vision. Those distortions have also appeared in previous pieces of McCoy’s as twisting rivers of color.
All this can sound dreary or depressing but he prefers to think of it as a way of examining what’s happening in the moment and trying to make sense of it visually. It’s much like a big living experiment—this passing through the world of hues and objects.
Current Frequency - Elizabeth Ansley
Elizabeth Ansley’s paintings are visual representations of healing and growth, stemming from exploration of traumatic personal events. As a way to integrate her acceptance and understandings of external conditioning, she became fascinated with the concept that memories of consequential experiences remain in our cells. They drive our psychological and emotional states from deep within our unconsciousness. Like free radicals slipping through the bloodstream, they flow in currents operating at various frequencies, piercing barriers and fracturing bonds.
Creating became an integrative practice for this self discovery. The expression of the internal currents brought her into the present, shifting and changing with each brush stroke. These new concepts of herself became visible as new currents, an expression of a free flowing somatic and meditative process.
In The Annex:
The Core Annex will feature the show , Origins Stories by Chameleon Collective. A group of artists in which Elizabeth Ansley with Timothea Bierman and Nik Arnoldi founded. Origin Stories will run Sept 15-Oct 1. More about the Chameleon Collective at www.chameleon-collective.com.
Earl Chuvarsky and Core Members
August 25th - September 10th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, August 4, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
First Friday: Friday, August 4, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
ghosts of old denver part III - earl Chuvarsky
Continuing the series of paintings "Ghosts of Old Denver" and the exploration of people and places that lie at the heart of his artistic practice. Chuvarsky is fascinated by the stories woven into the fabric of the American west and Colorado in particular. While working on this exhibition he caught himself not thinking about how much the west has changed, but how it ultimately has stayed the same. Throughout its history of cities that boom and bust, Colorado seems to have an almost transient population that moves here for several years extracting what it can financially before returning "home" without ever truly exploring and giving back to its culture or community. Whether that's silver, gold, oil or tech.
Ultimately, Chuvarsky’s intention is to create a visual dialogue that connects the viewer with the intricate tapestry of Colorado's past. He hopes to spark curiosity and encourage reflection on the passage of time, the resilience of communities, and the significance of heritage. By capturing the ghosts that still haunt these streets, he aspires to keep their memory alive and honor the vibrant tapestry of human experiences that have shaped this remarkable place.
Core Member Show
A Core Members’ Show will be exhibited in half the gallery. Core Art Space is one of the first Art Coop Galleries in the Denver Metro Area, with a mission to create and maintain a dynamic, independent forum, help address the need for both non-judgmental and competitive exhibitions and fulfill the need for personal growth, communication and a sense of community among artists and viewers. This Member Show will showcase Core’s twenty members with a selection of their art, which is extremely diverse and incredibly interesting.
In The Annex:
SheRa Kelley, Barbara Veatch, and Tierra Lalk
August 4th — 20th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, August 4, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
First Friday: Friday, August 4, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Eyes Wide Open - SheRa Kelley
Inspired by Nature – with a Whimsical Twist.
Growing up in a big family that did a lot of camping, SheRa grew to love what the outdoors has to offer. SheRa feels her art is truly inspired by nature, and whatever beautiful things she sees every day...Eyes Wide Open.
Working with Bright & Bold Alcohol Inks, Colorful Acrylics, Organic Oxidizing Iron & Copper Paints, Drywall Mud, Spices, Found Objects, and a few Gems and Glitter Dust here & there, SheRa’s pieces reflect a glimpse of what she sees when her Eyes are Wide Open.
“I repurpose thrift store pictures (and all the odd bits she gets from neighbor kids and other loved ones) into unique pieces that make me smile, and hopefully others too!”
Swept Away - Barbara Veatch
Art comes from emotion. When we’re lucky, emotion springs from many sources: love, heartache, friends, family, relationships in general, nature. Processing, assessing, celebrating, and reflecting: all are part of our emotional landscape.
“Segueing to landscape as I approach it in my art, landforms are used with an emotional overlay. Skyforms are highly saturated with an intense palette. They are meant to suggest being swept away with feeling.”
The vibrant mixed media works on paper and wood taps into our primal understanding of nature’s power and beauty, as well as the intense emotions that fill our lives. Sometimes it’s important not to over think this so as not to invite creative paralysis. “I choose to celebrate the spontaneity of observed beauty and give voice to it with my art.”
Wonderment - Tierra Morton Lalk
The “Wonderment” exhibit was inspired by images of the Aurora Borealis captured around the world in the early months of 2023. Tierra Morton Lalk found the bright colors and flowing movement of the natural light display fascinating and was drawn to every image she came
Once Upon A Time
juried by Valerie Savarie
June 14th — July 30th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, June 14th, 5PM – 9PM
The conventional opening line, “Once upon a time”, calls forth fables and fairy tales, legends and lore, myths and magic. Whether visual artwork relates to fiction or fantasy, short story or saga, poetry or prose, this show will feature visual art works that embrace the idea of narrative. Whether historical or hysterical, silly or sublime, dramatic or dark....the unique telling of a tale can chronicle the classics, delve into the distant past, or feature futuristic realms.
Juror: Valerie Savarie, Denver artist and director of Valkarie Gallery in Belmar, specializes in altered books. Taking the written story within, she creates a three dimensional visual interpretation of these stories, by cutting, sewing and painting books.
Valerie's art can be found in public places around Denver including the Dairy Block and Denver Public Library on Santa Fe as well as other public spaces in Colorado and Idaho. Her art can also be found in galleries from coast to coast.
The Core Annex will feature Artwork for sale by Core Member Artists.
Maria Sheets and Deborah abbott
June 23, 2023 - July 9, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, June 23, 5–9pm
First Friday: Friday, July 7, 5pm–10pm
air uprising - maria sheets
AIR VENUS
Having been recently praised and contracted by feminist art icon JUDY CHICAGO for her painting skills, artist Maria Valentina Sheets will be exhibiting her work in “AIR UPRISING” at CORE Gallery in Lakewood, opening June 23, 2023.
In “AIR UPRISING”, Sheets will share kiln fired glass paintings made during her research into personal and political themes around the concept of “anarchy”.
Maria Valentina Glassworks has been contracted by large glass firms for numerous architectural commissions which include universities, houses of worship, business and private residences nationally. Her work was chosen in recent juried exhibitions such as American Glass Guild NOW 2016 (Juror, Contemporary artist Judith Schaecter), Texas National 2018 (Juror, International Art critic, Jed Perl) and Materials Hard and Soft 2019 (2nd of 1100 entries).
In 2021, Sheets, in conjunction with Scottish Stained Glass of Denver, designed and painted the new “ Legacy Window” installed at historic Vernon AME in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, depicting over 120 years of the church’s history and its survival through the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Sheets studio is located in Evergreen, Colorado and her work can be viewed at
What is on your plate? (Body and Soul) — Deborah Abbott
Abbott’s work explores the question, “What is on your plate?” From mental health to healthy eating, the show will challenge the viewer to honor themselves so they can honor others. Abbott uses non-traditional media that will make you smile while also helping you self-reflect.
Richard Neff and Jude Barton
June 2nd — June 18th, 2023
opening reception june 9th, 5—10pm
View / Point - Richard Neff
Richard Neff translates the geometry of reality into shapes that build, tumble, balance and expand into impossible depths. Visually enchanting, Neff’s endless pathways and constructs are both challenging and enjoyable to view. Using bold color and unapologetic shape to communicate what he says is inside his head, Neff’s artistic statements are fun to behold.
Working in acrylic on canvas, Richard Neff expands on the concept of geometric shapes in every dimension. The shapes are impossible, but familiar. His current show, “View / Point” at Core Art Space reminds us to question perspective, and to re-imagine what is, or could be.
Construction Zone - Jude Barton
Building on color and form, Jude Barton creates balanced bold compositions of hard-edge shapes and lines. She is committed to a nonobjective style of aesthetics that is accessible to all and embraces the idea of art for art’s sake. Barton trusts the viewer to take away that which they find valuable in her work as they interact with the geometry of intersecting lines and shapes. The lines and forms that occasionally emerge out of order from the grid or drop from the square, sometimes leaning or falling, are intentional anomalies that invite the viewer into reflection on movement, space, balance and order.
Also showcased in Barton’s Construction Zone exhibit are two invited guest artists: Denise Demby, showing sculptural constructions in steel and glass and Peder Morgenthaler exploring line, shape, color and pattern. Morgenthaler and Demby both have modernist underpinnings to their style which will round out this exhibition with additional perspectives on formal construction.
The Core Annex will feature an expansion of Jude Barton’s Construction Zone. The Annex is available to rent for non-member shows. Please contact coreartspacecontact@gmail.com for more information.
Flower Power
May 12th - May-29th
Opening reception may 12th, 5pm—10pm
Floral imagery has a long history beginning with the Dutch Master’s realistic still lifes, then onto Monet’s light filled water lilies. In contemporary art there’s Frida Kahlo’s self portraits with flowers, Georgia O’Keefe’s enlarged sensual closeups and Joan Mitchell’s large abstract expressionist florals.
The term Flower Power originated in the 60s where flowers were used to symbolize the passive resistance movement to war. Flowers have long symbolized romance even having its own language and also represents femininity, growth and lushness.
Where do you fit in this spectrum? Whether realistic, expressionistic, impressionistic, symbolistic, abstract or political and conceptual…. Let’s explore what current floral imagery means to you. All mediums/disciplines welcome but for video.
Featured Artists
Summer Allen, Highlands Ranch CO • Taylor Allison, Greensboro NC • Steffani Bailey, No. Hollywood CA • Fred Becker, Denver CO • Susie Biehl, Wheat Ridge CO • Jo ann Brown-Scott, Highlands Ranch CO • Christopher Buske, Denver CO • Deborah Carlson, Greenwood, Village CO • Christine Carr, Englewood CO • Carole Cavanaugh, Cornwall VT • Becky Chapman, Morrison CO • Rebekah Chauvin, Hazelwood MO • Vicki Christensen, Denver CO •Justine Crowley, Roswell NM • Sara Drower, Boston MA • Amy Duffy, Deerfield IL • Andrea Edwards, Breckenridge CO • Alix Evendorff, Lakewood CO • Michele Evola Wagner, Roslyn Heights NY • Tracy Finn ,Warwick NY • KentFlora, Denver CO • Emily Flores, Kernersville NC • Bill Friedman, Myrtle Beach SC • Ashley Fulton, Golden CO • Barbara Gal, Lakewood CO • Carole Goodwin, Denver CO • Matt Henderson, Longmont CO • Patricia Hooten, Richmond VA • Claire Ibarra, Boulder CO • Kristina Iltis, Denver CO • Nicole Korbe, Denver CO • Deborah LaCroix, Washington DC • Jennifer Lowell, Lakewood CO • Cara Luneau, Boulder CO • Ivadell Marie, Englewood CO • Heather Marks, Aurora CO • Nicole Martinelli, PittsburghPA • Morgan McKenna, Centennial CO • Kathy Mitchell-Garton, Lakewood CO • Michael Mladjan, Pine CO • Alma Mueller, Golden CO • Malcom Murray, Denver CO • Marni Mutrux, San Juan • Juliette O’Brill, Denver CO • Andy Olson, Evergreen CO • Lisa Pelgrim, San Jose CA • Julie Powell, Brighton CO • Alfonso Puente, Colorado Springs CO • James Rabiolo, Lakewood CO • Karla Raines, Denver CO • Sherrie Robbins, Littleton CO • Kim Roberts, Denver CO • Wendy Ross, Framingham MA • Maria Ruggiero, Ann Arbor MI • Sarah Shay, Denver CO • Kathleen Snead, Golden CO • Lev L Spiro, Los Angeles CA • Robert Spooner, Denver CO • Louis Stable, Bowling Green OH • Amanda Stavast, Lakewood CO • Richard P Stevens, Tallahassee FL• Marla Sullivan, Centennial CO • Mary Jane Tenerelli, Huntington NY • Michael Toussaint, Littleton CO • Laurie Waalkes, Wheat Ridge CO • Kimberly Went, Littleton CO • Janice Wright, Arvada CO • Nether Wylie, Colorado Springs CO • Kate Zari Roberts, Broomfield CO • Frank Zurey, Golden CO
Kathryn Cole AND EDGAR DUMAS
April 21st - May 7th, 2023
Opening Reception Friday, April 21nd, 5pm—10pm
Autonomy – Kathryn Cole
Cole’s most recent works in her upcoming show “Autonomy” unapologetically present her commitment to figuration, color & composition. Her vibrant palettes and eccentric compositions are entirely personal and unpredictable. Cole’s dry sense of humor sets up the viewer to use their own imagination to complete the story.
Cole believes the most important lesson to be learned in life is to “quit taking yourself so seriously.”
Works on Paper – Edgar Dumas
Edgar appreciates working on regular brown wrapping paper because it is so common and available. The color and shade is utilitarian, with an earthy texture. Its versatility allows Edgar the spontaneity of ripping a sheet off the spool at any size. He can crinkle it, tear the edges or make irregular shapes from it.
“I use pastel, charcoal and acrylic to create my paintings. I approach the work with complete abandon, without hesitation or fuss, which the paper supports.”
Reed Weimer and Camie Rigirozzi
March 31 – April 16, 2023
Artist’s Reception Friday, March 31st 5—10pm
Pause: Diana Photographs – Reed Weimer
Back around 1990, Reed was talking with his photographer friends Mark Sink, Eric Havelock Baile and Shaun Gothwaite. He mentioned that he was bored with his 35mm SLR Minolta. Soon thereafter they generously handed him some Diana cameras along with instructions for preparing them to work properly. They promised that he wouldn’t be bored, they were correct. These were the only cameras he used for quite a while.
“A Diana or one of its variants, were originally plastic toy cameras made in Hong Kong in the 1960s. They cost a dollar at the Dime store, or you might win one at a carnival for knocking over enough bottles. They are real cameras however and can take striking photographs with a vignetted image that resembles a dream or memory with clear focus only in the center, the rest fading out around the edges. (The Diana has been used to specifically take soft focus, impressionistic photographs somewhat reminiscent of the Pictorialist Period of artistic photography, branded in contemporary times as Lomography.) Lots of things can go wrong when you use one of these little guys and that’s part of the deal. Sometimes everything goes wrong. Their primitive nature leads you to look at things differently and their surprising results lead you to appreciate different things. Thanks for taking a look."
Discovering Humanity – Camie Rigirozzi
Humans are defined by their needs, wants, and drives. After going through the world mechanically, Camie needed to discover why, and found that returning to art opened the world of discovering what defines her. In this world, she found infatuation, joy, anger, longing, and ultimately her humanity and essence. Through ripping paper, splashing paint, and scribbles, Camie creates mixed media puzzles begging to be solved; and her use of animal imagery the vehicle from which to symbolize thoughts and feelings, making it possible to understand what her unconscious is experiencing.
"I invite my viewers to simplify the convoluted and connect to their own diverse interpretation of the ambiguity in my work. I aim to use an existential approach to humanism, bringing to light the messiness, imperfection, and absurdity of our shared humanity. I honor the viewer’s freedom to assign meaning to my work based on their own experience and welcome this diversity of thought.”
Architecture of Form IV
Artist’s Reception Friday, March 10, 5—10pm
march 10 – March 26, 2023
Architecture of Form IV
Architecture of Form is a gathering of Denver Metro artists working in a recognizably modernist style generally embracing minimalist, geometric, hard-edged styles in painting, sculpture and new media employing light and 3D printing.
The Architecture of Form exhibition is conceived and curated by area artist Jude Barton, who says the show “honors the self-referential vocabulary of geometry.”
Nineteen artists, including several show veterans, are expected to participate in this year’s event: Deborah Abbott, Jude Barton, Richard Chamberlain, Denise Demby, Leo Franco, Judy Gardner, DJ Hamilton, John Kjos, Andrew Libertone, Tom Mazzullo, Chuck McCoy, Tim McKay, Richard Neff, Roger Rapp, Craig Robb, Craig Rouse, Charles Schriver, Stephen Shugart and Jean Smith.
Read about this years exhibit on Westword
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Read about last years exhibition in Daria Magazine
Rose Colored Glasses
February 17th – march 5th, 2023
Opening Reception February 17th, 5—10pm
Rose Colored Glasses
Core presents a nationwide open call exhibit which presents art focused on what "seeing the world through rose-colored glasses" means to the artists. Juried by Dana Cain, a show promoter who owns and operates several large festivals around town, was tasked with considering pieces that might feature a romantic tendency to view things through an optimistic filter… Where the glass isn't simply half full - it's filled with pink lemonade or pink champagne.
Yet on the other hand, perhaps it’s a tendency to falsely paint reality in a rosier hue because otherwise, it's too unpleasant or uncomfortable. Then there is simply the lush color theme of rich reds, marvelous mauves, passionate pinks and rhapsodic roses.
FINELY CRAFTED
January 27th – February 12th, 2023
Opening Reception January 27th, 5—10pm
FINELY CRAFTED
This local open call show is seeking art by artisans of things finely hand-crafted. Ceramicists and potters show us your clay skills. Needleworkers and fabric/fiber/textile artists, let's see your quilts, needle-point, macrame, weaving, felting, crocheting, knitting, embroidery and soft sculptures. Mosaics and beadwork, metalsmithing and jewelry, basket weaving and woodcrafts, fluid art, collages and papercrafts are all welcome.
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CoolFax on Colfax: Members Show
January 6th - January22nd, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, December 6th, 5—10pm
Coolfax on Colfax
Core Art Space celebrates the coolest street in America, and our new home in the 40 West Art Hub, with an open-themed member show featuring the finest work from our stable of fantastic art makers. See sculpture, assemblage, painting, ceramics, collage, and who knows what else from the coolest, Colfaxiest art co-op in Colorado!
Ulysses S. Grant might be on the fifty, but his Vice President, Schuyler Colfax, has lent his name to the greatest avenue in the world since 1868. “The longest, wickedest street in America”, as it was allegedly dubbed by Hugh Hefner, is experiencing a transformational renaissance that we are delighted to be a part of. This 53-mile stretch of Highway 40 was one of the first paved roads in Denver, and it once could take travelers from New Jersey to San Francisco. No longer leading prospectors west to nearby goldfields, it remains home to our State Capitol, a U.S. Mint, the iconic Lion’s Lair, and the soon to be re-opened Casa Bonita. Core Art Space is proud to be part of storied Colfax Avenue, and honored to help make the western edge of this historic roadway a creative force to be reckoned with. We hope you will check out our first member show in our amazing new home!
Featuring the artwork of: Gina Smith Caswell, Earl Chuvarsky, Susie Biehl, Michelle Lamb, Kathy Mitchell-Garton, Barabara Veatch, Chuck McCoy, Jude Barton, Christine O’Dea, Richard Neff, Fred Becker, Sam Smith, Chris Hudson, Kathryn Cole, Edgar Dumas, Maria Sheets, Deborah Abbott, Reed, Weimer, Camie Rigirozzi, and Tierra Lalk.
