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Written by Rebecca LaPole, for NEXTnc
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Thursday, 07 December 2006 |
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 Arts shows aren’t just for galleries and museums.
How about a bar and restaurant? A place that has lively conversation about all aspects of our culture might as well have some culture hanging on the walls, too.
The Surfside 7 in Old Town Fort Collins will host “A Witty and Irreverent” holiday art show, which
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Erin Wright, coordinator of the "A Witty and Irreverent" Holiday art show at Surfside 7 through Jan. 2.
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starts Dec. 7 and will run through Jan. 2. The show features a variety of young, contemporary and edgy artists.
The art show’s coordinator, Erin Wright, will have her work on display, along with eight others, some of which are first-time exhibitors.
And this is not the first art show at the intimate space that is Surfside 7, nor will it be the last. It’s a spot Wright calls “one of Fort Collins’ hidden treasures,” and she plans on hosting shows there every month.
At the studio she shares with husband Jonny Wright in the new Poudre River Arts Center, Erin talked about her medium; acrylic on canvas and recovered materials. “My work is mostly imagined landscapes. I’m really into finding pieces of furniture to paint on right now. I’ve done a couple of closet doors.”
Wright’s work is all about storytelling. “A door 100 years ago was hand-carved, individually and intricately created,” she said. “Today, doors are mass-produced.”
Layers of color add her personal creativity to these doors.
She finds beauty in things that others easily regard as a nuisance. “I’m also intrigued by freight trains, just from living in Fort Collins and having a background in politics and philosophy,” Wright said. “They are a collision of vigilante art (graffiti) and engineers. The advent of the train shifted the whole cultural identity of societies throughout the world.”
A firm believer in the power of our minds, Wright said, “I feel a sense of inspiration from our imagination, which I think is an undervalued tool. Einstein once said, ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.’ Progress comes from imagination, without it, we would never move forward.”
Wright is always looking for new artists and would like anyone interested in participating in future shows to e-mail her at:
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SEE "A WITTY AND IRREVERENT" HOLIDAY SHOW
• “A Witty and Irreverent” holiday art show opening party
• 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7
• Surfside 7, 150 N. College Ave., Fort Collins
• Art show will run through Jan. 2
LIVE MUSIC
Jonny Voodoo
Wombatgirl
Professor Zero One Zero
FEATURED ARTISTS
Chloe Stoffel
Chris Bates
Erin Wright
Jen “Jenwolf” Barnes
Jeruseh Hill
Jonny Wright
Mariah Baretta
Nicole Cutler
Todd Kundla
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