BIG DRAW COLORADO
through August 27, 2023

What is a drawing? In this juried group exhibition, the Arvada Center Galleries invited contemporary Colorado artists to submit works that celebrate the traditional roots of drawing and challenge preconceived definitions of drawing through explorations in rendering, mark-making, gesture, abstraction, realism, form, medium, and beyond. With 77 works from 71 artists, Big Draw Colorado illustrates the vast world of drawing across the state.

TENDER MACHINES
through July 1, 2023

Experimental machinations remain an extension of our desires and demonstrate how we use technology to fulfill quirky human needs. These curious machines aim to achieve creative and tender objectives, merging our complex human inclinations with mechanical logic. Artists attempt and perform mechanical prose through an assemblage of interactivity, performance, and ingenuity, some of which draw inspiration from automata and early robots.

I DO / WE DO / YOU DO
through August 5, 2023

The phrase “I do, we do, you do” refers to a scaffolded and interactive method of teaching art. With this method, students move from being instructed to working collaboratively, and then to working independently. In the I Do / We Do / You Do exhibition, art educators reflect on the intersections of teaching and art making practices; works reflect the challenges particular to teaching art.

agriCULTURE: ART INSPIRED BY THE LAND
through October 1, 2023

agriCULTURE: Art Inspired by the Land, showcases new work created by 18 local and national artists in collaboration with Boulder County farmers in an effort to draw out parallels between art and agriculture. The intention behind commissioning artists to collaborate with farmers is to shed light on some of the diverse practices employed by farmers along Colorado’s Front Range, which inherently address issues from land rights to food access, to cultural heritage and climate change, among many others. Presented by BMoCA and the Longmont Museum, this multi-venue exhibition includes artwork on view at the two museums and site-specific installations at three local farms: the Agricultural Heritage Center in Longmont, the Boulder JCC Milk & Honey Farm, and Ollin Farms in Longmont.

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