Music and Art Talk
June 25 @ 1:30 pm
Celebrate the opening of The Many Travels of Mary Chenoweth and the Summer Music Festival at this special music and art talk.
An alumnus of the University of Denver and a member of the modernist group The 15 Colorado Artists, Mary Chenoweth was a force in the artistic landscape of Colorado and the surrounding region. Chenoweth dedicated her time to travel, art, and shaping generations of young artists through her work as an instructor at the former art school of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and later as an instructor and professor at Colorado College. This talk explores Mary’s work, travels, and the development of the modernist art scene in Colorado.
The Many Travels of Mary Chenoweth brings together a selection of Chenoweth’s work from the Fine Arts Center’s permanent collection and ephemera from Special Collections at Tutt Library to explore the impact that global travel had on her art. This exhibition will feature artwork and ephemera relating to and inspired by Chenoweth’s travels across the globe beginning in 1958.
About the Curator/Speaker
Alana Adams is the Assistant Curator of Collections at the FAC. Alana received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021 and her Master of Science from the University of Oxford in 2022. Originally trained as an archaeologist, Alana became interested in museum work through volunteering on collections projects at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and assists on several projects at the Fine Arts Center such as Gathering Place, ongoing research into artwork and artists represented in the permanent collection, and planning new exhibitions.
Photo courtesy Colorado College Special Collections