Art & Museum Exhibitions

ART EXHIBITIONS

at Lakewood Cultural Center & at Lakewood Civic Center

TIMESHARE

The City of Lakewood and 40W Arts District partner to present the biennial event, TimeShare, hosted across multiple venues in Lakewood, celebrating the dynamic intersection of art and technology and featuring artists working in digital media ranging from photography, video, and animation to new media and alternative technologies.

Still: A Story of Photography for TimeShare September 9- October 31 Lakewood Civic Center, Richey Gallery Still: A Story of Photography focuses on diverse and dynamic approaches to the photographic process. Traditional, “lo-fi” photographic cyanotypes will stand in dialogue with cellphone images and computer-generated photographic stills, speaking to the ever-evolving and consistently relevant language of the photograph.

EXHIBITIONS

Convergence: An immersive video and animation experience for TimeShare September 9 – October 31 Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery

Convergence, in the North and Lobby Galleries, creates a flood of projected video and animation artworks by local and regional artists. Though each artist’s projection is singular, the projections converge to fill each wall of the space, completely wrapping the viewer in light, image, and sound. This immersive experience highlights local and regional artists who are experimenting with cutting edge technology to produce their artworks. Future Frontiers for TimeShare September 9 – October 31 Lakewood Cultural Center, LCC Lobby Gallery Future Frontiers features the artwork of students from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and local high schools who are endeavoring to push the definition of artwork into the future through their engagement with, and utilization of, technology in art. QR codes, digital painting, gaming, and robotics are innovations in art that students across our region explore in this exhibition.

Digital Arts Youth Programming in HCA for TimeShare September 9 – October 31 Lakewood Cultural Center, Corner Gallery Did you know that youth arts programming in Lakewood offers animation, digital photography, digital painting, digital theater technology and more? We are excited to show you the electrifying work that youth from around our community are making in our classes. the end of the year, is an annual highlight of the Lakewood Cultural Center’s presentation of local arts organizations. Artists who participate in the LAC exhibition are talented artists working across mediums and thematic approaches. painted medium but stand in contradiction to one another in their tone and weight. Lucero toys with gravity and physical tension while King explores luminescence and layered buoyancy. Come unravel the aesthetic and process threads that unite their work in Linear Form/ Non-Linear Behavior.

abstract Lakewood Arts Council Presents: Artist’s Choice Show September 18 – January 6 Lakewood Cultural Center, BACKGROUN Mezzanine Gallery LAC Artist’s Choice show in the D Mezzanine Gallery, this fall through Linear Form/Non-Linear Behavior: Emily Grace King & Frank Lucero November 4 – January 6 Lakewood Cultural Center, North Gallery/Lobby This simultaneously poetic and direct two-person exhibition arranges the nuanced work of Emily Grace King and Frank Lucero in formal negotiations around line and process. Both artists play with the line as form either with texture and opacity or layered translucency. Their work may feel parallel in its formal approach to Colorado Watercolor Society: Annual Juried Member’s Show November 4- January 6 Lakewood Civic Center, Richey Gallery The Colorado Watercolor Society, has partnered with the Lakewood Cultural Center for more than 5 years to present their Annual Juried Member’s Show, highlighting the most exceptional work of participating members.

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW - Lakewood.org/Exhibitions

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park

Lakewood: A 20th Century Journey Permanent Exhibition Permanent Gallery Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park’s permanent gallery highlights significant events throughout the 20th century, including the evolution of commercial growth from farmland. Local artifacts immerse visitors in times when people drove Model T’s, worked in WWII factories, and incorporated the city. Limited Time! Open through October 2

Homebound: 1920 to 2020 Quarantines in Photographs Fields of Golden Green & the Great Mountains: Jack Kerouac in Lakewood Hungry for History in the historic outbuilding windows

Looking for a Sign Open through September 11 Temporary Gallery Enjoy the beauty of neon, the bold brightness of midcentury ads and new perspectives on the word “sign.” In partnership with the Rocky Mountain Deaf School.

YOUR Heritage Lakewood September 24 – January 1, 2023 Temporary Gallery Connect to your past and contribute to new signage in the park while learning more about the historic buildings saved for future generations. In partnership with the Mizel Museum.