The Gestalt Effect opens in Denver, CO on April 29th, 2011.

Robb describes the exhibition, "The Gestalt effect is the form-generating capability of our senses, particularly with respect to the visual recognition of figures and whole forms instead of just a collection of simple lines and curves. This body of work started with an idea about the lines we make as artists and how they define us," continues the artist. "It soon became a study of process and multiples, which evolved into an exploration of repetition and ritual."

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"A group of rural women farmers from six different countries in West Africa (issued) a declaration about wanting to own land," she said. "The land is only able to be held by men."

Ekundayo also curated "Yansan: 100 Years of Womyn's Struggle, Ceremony and Sword," an exhibition by women of color to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. The exhibit will hang through March 29 at the Sellars Project Space in Denver's Berkeley Highland neighborhood.

The title of the show — a name for a powerful female deity of the Yoruba tradition — was chosen to convey the idea of self-actualization for women in modern society, she said.

"It is representative of the victories we have had, and our capacity to continue to craft our own image, our own beauty, and also to talk about the challenges we still face in the world," she said.

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“If someone asked me at the end of the day, ‘Ashara, what do you want to be?,’ I would say that I want to be a curator. I’d have the unmitigated gall to think I could curate a show. But it’s true: When I grow up, I want to own a gallery where I’d show works by African and African-American women.” So says “artivist” Ashara Ekundayo, who now spreads herself thin between Denver and the Bay Area, disseminating the word about community, cultural diversity and urban gardening wherever she goes. But even before she finishes growing up, Ekundayo, who founded Denver’s Cafe Nuba (among so many other things), has gotten to try her hand at curating with the new exhibit Yansan: 100 Years of Womyn’s Struggle, Ceremony and Sword, which opens today at Sellars Project Space, 4383 Tennyson Street, in celebration of the not-insignificant hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day.

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Faces in the Crowd

The Sellars Project Space has built a reputation for featuring some of Denver’s most interesting artists, and Brian Comber: New Works continues that tradition. Comber, who has exhibited in town since the 1980s, is known as both a painter and a printmaker. For this show, he’s created a body of vaguely surrealistic portraits that, to some extent, look like a cross between Grant Wood’s work and that of kitsch queen Margaret “Big Eyes” Keene. Read full article here

The program included a presentation by artist Sharon Bond Brown. 

The Art Salon was held on the 13th of December. You can view a few pictures from the event on the Denver Theater District's Facebook Fan Page by clicking here. 

The Festivus Film Festival begins on January 13th and continues through January 16th. Premiering in 2007, the Festivus Film Festival was created to promote high-quality independent films and filmmakers to the Denver public. The festival is not only celebrating its fourth year providing incredible international films to the public but it recent approval as a non-profit organization.

The Festivus Film Festival was recently named by MovieMaker Magazine as, “one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the Nation,” we have become Denver’s largest indie film fest in only three years of operation. In the past the festival has received press coverage from Fox 31 News, 9 News, Channel 2 News, the Denver Post, Westword, The Onion AV Club, 303 Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Denver Daily News and more.

The 2011 season of the festival runs January 13-16, and promises to be the best yet. This all-encompassing entertainment event will be presenting films at the Oriental Theater and the Bug Theatre, and will include nightly parties, local bands and events at a variety of other venues around Denver.

Featuring comedies, documentaries, horror, music videos, animations, shorts, experimentals and more, there is something for all tastes in the upcoming edgy program. According to Festival Director Tim DeMasters, “we have a diverse selection of cutting edge films you won’t see anywhere else.

Our audience grows every year because people love the films we select.”Hosting filmmakers from as far away as Turkey, Festivus Film Festival is now an important part of the Denver social, art and cultural scene.

For further information or press inquiries please contact Johnathan McFarlane at johnathan@festivusfilmfestival.com or visit the Festivus Film Festival website at http://www.festivusfilmfestival.com/

McMechan's etching from Hold Everything Dear in Territories at Sellars Project Space.Kyle MacMillan of the Denver Post recently visited Laurel McMechan's exhibition at Sellars Project Space titled, Territories... here is what he had to say. Be sure to check out his article at the link below.

In her first hometown exhibition since earning her master of fine arts degree in April from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Denver native Laurel McMechan shows herself to be impressively multitalented.

Painting dominates her solo show at Sellars Project Space, 4383 Tennyson St., but printmaking might be her forte, especially the compelling etchings included in her museum-quality artist's book, "Hold Everything Dear."

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