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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Friday, 02 February 2007 |
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 There’s just one problem with the annual “Masks” exhibit opening today at the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art.
Everyone wants to be in it.
“It’s kind of a neat wave that keeps going on,” exhibit co-chairwoman Kit Sutherland said about the interest the event, now in its fourth year, has generated. “People want to come back and do it again and again.”
 Walking through the exhibit is an inspiring trek through diverse interpretations on what to do with a white ceramic mask about the size of a dinner plate. Themes, though uncoordinated, run throughout the exhibit. Birds are in this year, led by a mask created by artist Bob Coonts — called “Birds of a Feather...?” — that is featured on the event poster.
The annual “Masks at MOCA” is a fundraiser that supports exhibitions and programs at the nonprofit MOCA, and brings out the creative talents of community members. This year, 160 community members were given blank masks and told to get creative. The results hang on the walls of MOCA and reflect the diversity of their creators, who are artists, business owners and students.
The exhibit runs through February and ends with a live and silent auction gala celebration on March 3 at the Fort Collins Marriott Hotel. The silent auction begins at the opening reception from 6-9 p.m. Friday.
NEED TO KNOW
WHAT: “Masks at MOCA” fundraising art exhibit and auction
WHEN: opening reception and silent auction bidding start 6-9 p.m. Feb. 2, exhibit and bidding continues through March 2; gala dinner March 3 at Fort Collins Marriott Hotel
WHERE: Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, 201 S. College Ave.
DETAILS: for more about the exhibit and gala, visit the MOCA Web site at www.fcmoca.org/index.html | Only registered users can write comments.
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