Colorado. . .Destination For Arts Lovers
From
world-class museums in the cosmopolitan capital city of Denver to
trendy galleries in scenic mountain resorts like Aspen and Vail,
Colorado has it all.
Savvy travelers
cite year-round art walk and First Friday events, annual and
seasonal art festivals. In fact, Colorado is home to nine of the
country's top 100 art towns, according to John Villani�s �The 100
Best Art Towns in America.�
The Denver Art
Dealers Association represents Denver�s top art dealers and fine art
galleries. Exhibitions provide the first glance of new works by
young and establishing artists as well as present work by neglected
artists and widely known masters. There's a calendar of events at
www.denverart.org/calendar.htm.
Colorado
Springs has launched
PeakRadar.com,
a comprehensive guide to arts and culture in the Pikes Peak region
of Colorado. The site offers a large database of arts and cultural
events, as well as listings of arts classes and workshops,
organizations, venues, individual artists and performers, public art
and more.
The stunning
new Frederic C. Hamilton wing at the Denver Art Museum was designed
by famed architect Daniel Libeskind, and hosts �Artisans & Kings:
Selected Treasures from the Louvre.�
In Grand
Junction, the Western Colorado Center for the Arts opened its
�Masterpieces of Colorado� in August. This unique exhibit features
more than 60 paintings of Colorado landscapes by artists from the
late 19th century to the present, including Thomas Moran and Vance
Kirkland.
The Aspen Art
Museum has world-class exhibits of contemporary art housed in an
historic brick building on the scenic Rio Grande Trail. The museum
offers educational workshops, gallery tours by prominent artists,
and art talks.
The Lab at
Belmar, in Lakewood, combines elements of a museum, think tank, and
public forum. Focused on contemporary art and culture, The Lab
offers international art exhibitions, lectures, performances,
symposia and publications. Currently on view at The Lab is �Heads,�
Fang Lijun's large-scale installation consisting of 15,000 sculpted
heads, cast in bronze and covered in gold leaf.
The Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center�s new 48,000-square-foot wing, which opens
in August, will host an exhibit of nearly 50 photographic portraits
of the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo by famed photographer
Nickolas Muray.
And this fall,
the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver unveils its new building,
designed by renowned architect David Adjaye.
Discover more at
www.colorado.com/arts.