Next exhibition: So, I Work in an Art Museum opens Nov. 12

I’ve spent the past year working with Kelsey Dalton and Sandra Fettingis to create a show that investigates the dual roles we share as artists who also work at art museums. I have shared the roles of producer, writer, curator and exhibition designer with these 2 wonderful ladies, and I’m now completing my work for this show, which opens this Saturday.

If you’re in Denver, CO Saturday, Nov. 12, stop by our reception at RedLine, 6-10pm. Exhibiting artists include myself, Amelia Carley (MCA Denver), Dalton & McClellan (MCA Denver), Jon P. Geiger (Denver Art Museum), Harold (MCA Denver), Keith Jentzsch (University Museum), Jenny Pokorny (Center for Visual Arts), and Jen Schneider (Aspen Art Museum). Thank you to Tricia Robson and Derrick Velasquez for their curatorial advice and to Alex Stephens for graphic support.

Thank you Westword and Susan Froyd for this write-up!

You Are Where You Work

By Susan Froyd

Erin Algiere, Sandra Fettingis and Kelsey Dalton worked together at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, but that’s not all they had in common: Like many people who labor behind the scenes at museums, they were all artists, aspiring or otherwise. And since they were far from alone in that respect, they realized it might be an interesting basis for an art exhibit — so they compiled a list of Colorado venues that fall under the Association of Art Museum guidelines for what constitutes an art museum and invited proposals from artists who also sat at reception desks, served the public behind cafe counters or installed artwork. “We’re around art all the time, and we’re all influenced by it in some way,” Algiere notes. “And we wanted to make sure we were representing a collective voice.”

The resulting show, So, I Work in an Art Museum, features everything from ceramic instructional manuals by Jenny Pokorny of Metro State’s Center for Visual Arts to CSU University Art Museum installer Keith Jenstzch’s assemblages of everyday materials that he uses in his job. Eight artists in all, including Algiere and Dalton (Fettingis chose to play a curatorial role), are showcased in the exhibit, which opens tonight with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. at RedLine Gallery, 2350 Arapahoe Street.

The exhibit continues through December 4; for information, go to www.redlineart.org or call 303-296-4448.

World’s Most Worst Happy Fun Thrill Ride

nov. 20 – one night only

installation with MCA Denver’s Andy Lynes

at yes please more‘s fundraising party, Test Market in denver’s pavilions on 16th mall.

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thank you to erich harbowy, kristy cardinal and jesse livingston

and to brian and samuel at yes please more

FREE elevator rides this Saturday at Yes Please More | Test Market

I am so geeked. I have new installation of Free Elevator Rides! on Saturday, Nov . 20 at Denver’s biggest art party this season, Test Market hosted by Yes Please More.

 

Come take a free elevator ride with me and Andy Lynes. It’ll be like none you’ve ever had have before. Promise!

  

click here to buy tickets through Denver Magazine (https://www.denvermagazine.com/YesPleaseMore)

 

Yes Please More | TEST MARKET 

Sat. Nov 20, 2010 - 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.  – Tickets start at $15

  

 Yes Please More is a new pop-up store that sells 100% Colorado-designed goods in the Pavillions on 16th st Mall. They provide networking events and co-working spaces for artists as well as fund starter grants for new artists. Not a surprise they were the recent recipient of the 2010 Mayor’s Design Award.

 

Test Market is a HUGE fundraising party for Denver Office of Cultural Affairs’ Create Denver initiative.  DOCA is one of the main reasons Denver has such a thriving arts community. Come support!

 

 TEST MARKET SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

6:00 – Dinner starts
6:15 – Horndribbles Puppet Show + intro of life-sized monsters
6:30 – Soundscapes provided by Rick Griffith/Matter7:30 – Dinner ends, Check-in at YPM, Fancy Tiger Dance Party starts in the FT Lounge
8:00 – Main space opens/DJ starts

8:15 – Horndribble Puppet Show
8:30 – Fabric Lab Fashion Show
9:00 – Fashion Denver Fashion Show/Performance
9:30 – Ballet Nouveau Colorado
10:00 – Control Group Productions
10:30 – Paper Bird
11:30 – Flobots
11:50 – BALLS!

8:00 – 11:00: Crafting Bar by Fancy Tiger Crafts, Denver Handmade Alliance, Fashion Denver
8:00 – 10:00: Elevator Rides by MCA Denver
8:00 – 11:00: Confession Booth by DAM
8:00 – 11:00: Nail Lounge by Beauty Bar Denver
8:00 – 12:00: Projections by the Denver Botanical Gardens
8:00 – 12:00: Creative Vitality Index Window Clings by Rick Griffith/Matter + WESTAF
8:00 – 10:30: Soundscapes in the main room provided by Beauty Bar Denver

8:00 – 10:00: “I Create Denver” video booth by DOCA at YPM
7:30 – 8:30: Wood Burning Demo by Daniel Crosier at YPM
7:20 – ????: Dance Party by Fancy Tiger Clothing at the FT Lounge/Second Floor of the Pavilions
8:00 – 12:00: Bar provided by Jazz@Jacks – Third Floor of the Pavilions