Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibition Ruth Soller - Blog
Broomfield, CO artist Ruth Soller is thrilled that two of her oil paintings “Black Canyon of Gunnison” and “Cache de Poudre” are accepted in the Creative Capitol Metro Denver Exhibition. Creative Capitol celebrates Colorado artists and images of the state of Colorado. The Colorado Creative Industries & Denver International Airport received submissions from Colorado artists who reside in the following counties - Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. After four rounds of jurying of 222 artworks entered, 112 artworks by 83 Colorado artists were accepted for the exhibition. William Castner, Joellyn Duesberry, Kit Mahoney, Anita Mosher, Tony Ortega, Dennis Pendleton, Cheryl Price, and Harriet Peck Taylor are some of the well-known artists included in the exhibition. The Exhibit will be on display at Denver International Airport from November 5, 2010 to February 27, 2011 and at the Colorado State Capitol from March, 2011 to June, 2011.
In 2009, Denver International Airport was the tenth-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic with 50,167,485 passengers. The airport's distinctive white tensile fiberglass roof is aesthetically designed to be reminiscent of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains in winter. DIA is also known for a pedestrian bridge connecting the terminal to Concourse A that allows travelers to view planes taxiing directly underneath and provides sweeping views of the Rocky Mountains to the West and the high plains to the East. Both during construction and after the opening of the airport, Denver International Airport has set aside a portion of its construction and operation budgets for art. The corridor from the Jeppesen Terminal and Concourse A usually contains additional temporary exhibits.
The Colorado Creative Industries uses funds appropriated by the Governor and the legislature, combined with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, to invest in communities across the state. Creative Capitol brings permanent and rotating art exhibitions to the state capitol building. Staff and visitors are welcomed into the Lt. Governor’s office to view the rotating exhibitions and to the Governor’s office to view a permanent collection. This new program of the Colorado Creative Industries celebrates Colorado’s rich creative economy and shares this abundant resource with the citizens of Colorado.
“Black Canyon of Gunnison” by Ruth Soller will also be published in the 2010 American Art Collector book by Alcove Books of Berkeley, California. Ruth is represented by Solveig Lark of Gallery East in Loveland, Colorado. http://www.GalleryEast.com
