JAN-RU WAN: ReMaterialization|ReMemory

January 21 - March 3, 2012

Opening Reception is on January 20, 5-8 p.m. with a Talk by Jan-Ru Wan at 6:30 p.m.

Taiwan-born artist Jan-Ru Wan will install her colorful and unique fiber constructions in the Lincoln Center Art . Originally a fashion designer, Jan-Ru Wan began a journey toward the fine arts as a way to express deeper, more universal ideas. Wan's education in Taoism and Buddhism have deeply influenced her world view, leading her to seek the essential human being through her art. Multi-layered constructions in fiber express the relationship between individual cultural tensions and universal balance and harmony experienced by all humanity.

BONNIE LEBESCH: Expansions

January 20 - March 3, 2012

Opening Reception is on January 20, 5-8 p.m.

Sometimes spare and delicate, others abundant and vibrant, Lebesch's paintings express things that are mysterious yet resonant. In the artist's words, "I am moved to paint for the pleasure and spiritual experience, working in an organic and spontaneous way that expresses the moment. In this right-brain state, I might attempt to direct the painting towards a specific goal, but rarely does the image end up where I might expect."

SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTS: LANDSCAPE AS METAPHOR

December 2, 2011 - January 14, 2012

Gregory Euclide
Produced within the layers of viewing's making, Courtesy of David B. Smith

This is not your typical landscape show, but is deeply tied to how we experience and interpret our relationship to the land, the environment, and our surroundings. The focus of the exhibition will center on work that stretches the idea of how we view our environment, surroundings and the 'scape and scope' of the land as metaphor for something else entirely. Award-winning art critic Leanne Goebel is our Guest Juror for the exhibition. She has invited Gregory Euclide, Chris Coleman, Laleh Mehran, Kate Petley, Jenny Gummersall and Kevin Bell to participate as anchors for the exhibition. Thirty-six additional artists will be have been selected from applicants in all media from around the country. Don't miss this intriguing exhibit that will have you thinking about landscape art in an entirely new way. View painting, photography, sculpture, installations and video in this multi-media exhibition.

Participating Artists

Invited

• Kevin Bell, WY
• Chris Coleman, CO
• Jenny Gummersall, CO
• Gregory Euclide, MN
• Laleh Mehran, CO
• Kate Petley, CO

Juried Artists

• Monique Janssen-Belitz, NM
• Thomas Brunet, CO
• Cynthia Camlin, WA
• Beau Carey, CO
• Stephen Cartwright, IL
• Kevin Curry, CO
• Elvira Dayel-Kogan, CA
• Betsy Duzan, CO
• Jeremy Dyer, NY
• Susan Field, CA
• Jef Gunn, OR
• Sabina Haque, OR
• Jodi Hays, TN
• Cecil Howell, CA
• Andrea Jensen, UT
• Tomiko Jones, CO
• David Jones, WY
• Anna Landa, NY
• Hilary Norcliffe, CA
• Stephanie Ognar, IL
• Woody Packard, NY
• Dawn Roe, FL
• Pam Rogers, MD
• Katherine Rondina, NM
• Georgia Rowswell, WY
• Adrien Segal, CA
• Amanda Small, NC
• Anthony Teneralli, CO
• Cheryl Gail Toh, MO
• Andrew Wapinski, PA
• Jordi Williams, VA

"Aspen Reflections"
by Charlotte Ziebarth, CO

NEW LEGACIES: CONTEMPORARY ART QUILTS

October 7 - November 13, 2011

The Lincoln Center Art will present the 29th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts exhibition this fall. Formerly called Fabric of Legacies, this exhibition has a long history at the Lincoln Center. Starting in 1981 the exhibition featured exclusively traditional quilts. After 30 years, we've kept up with the fascinating changes in the quilting arts and now feature some of the most technologically and creatively advanced quilt artists in the country and beyond.

Award winners:

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ARTWEAR - FASHION WEEK

September 16-25 2011

Gary Hixon and Lincoln Center Presented the 15^th annual ArtWear Fashion Week

Our goal forArtWear Fashion Week is to present innovative and wearable works of the highest quality and provide a forum to share our enthusiasm for an exploration into wearable art techniques and materials. The brand new Lincoln Center Art was funded in part by the biennial ArtWear Fashion Week event. We are particularly grateful to Gary and Carol Ann Hixon for their tireless support, volunteerism, and artistic vision in making ArtWear a success since 1992. This year’s ArtWear Fashion Week was a great success! Presenting the Fashion Show in the Magnolia Theatre was a thrill and offered new creative challenges and possibilities. We opened our new Art with a featured exhibition by Horst Couture, and established the elegant sales in the space as well. We had a exciting week with opportunities for many of you to see the fabulous wearable art through the Preview Event Fashion Show, a week-long Sales , Jewelry Trunk Shows featuring Gary Hixon Designs, Flying Anvil Designs and Pam Caidin Jewelry, and finished off the week with the 5^th Annual KnitWear: Fiber Arts Experience with artist and merchant booths and three demonstration tables running all day!

Thank you to all who participated and donated their time and talent toward these events!

SALES

ArtWear Fashion Week highlighted the work of 43 artists from the United States and Canada through the week-long Sales and the Preview Event Fashion show. Money from garment sales will benefit the Lincoln Center Visual Arts Programs, allowing us to provide outreach to the community, Colorado State University, Poudre School District and other area schools. It also allows the Visual Arts Department to purchase needed equipment and provide support for special events and continue to provide the community with quality visual arts exhibitions.

We are pleased to report that over $28,000 in wearable art was sold this year through the Sales !

KNITWEAR: A FIBER ARTS EXPERIENCE

This year marked our 5^th annual KnitWear event. We expanded into both of the Lincoln Center’s Conference Center rooms, with demonstrations, Sit ‘n’ Knit community tables, and our Knit Knot Help Desk in the Columbine Room, and artist and vendor booths filling the Canyon West Ballroom.

The event provided over 14 free demonstrations throughout the day, the opportunity to get to know local and regional vendors from Colorado, Wyoming, and California, to purchase supplies, learn new techniques and participate in community crafting.

The Horst Couture ArtWear Fashion Week Runway Collection

FEATURED ARTIST: HORST COUTURE

Trunk Shows and Outreach

Horst visited from the Akron, OH area to speak with nearly 100 CSU Fashion Design and Merchandising students, presented a Talk at the Lincoln Center, and offered a trunk show during his weekend visit.

In addition, we invited three jewelry artists, Gary Hixon, Julie Jerman-Melka and Pam Caidin, for Trunk Shows during the final weekend of the event.

AWARD WINNERS

Hungarian Anticipation

Black and White Bark Jacket

Ring of Fire Cape

ArtWear Fashion Week Award
Hans Christensen - “Hand Painted Silk Organza Jacket”

Sarah Bashore-Imhoff/Hixon Interiors Award
Sharon Cahn - “Hungarian Anticipation”

Gary and Carol Ann Hixon Award
Deborah Murphy Designs - “Dark Blue Fiori Cape”

Marilyn Murphy & Robert Medlock Award
Jacquelyn Rice and Uosis Juodvalkis - “Hand-dyed boiled wool jacket with leather trim”

Juror’s Award
Maggy Pavlou - “Black and White Bark Jacket”

Handweavers Guild of America Award
Josette Luyckx & Marie Payne - “Ring of Fire Cape”

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

• Alexis Abrams
• Ileana Andruchovici (Digital Couture
• Robin Bergman
• Sharon Cahn
• Hans Christensen
• Lauren Dreiling (Hopestone)
• Wendy Franzen
• Fritelli and Lockwood
• Elizabeth Garver
• Krista Gorrell
• Ann Haile-Carson
• Hanna Hall
• Wildrose Hamilton
• Lee Anne Hoff
• Teri Inman
• Jackson Friedman
• Marjorie Johnson
• Chun Pil Kim
• Joanne Kleijunas
• Phillippa Lack
• Josette Marie
• Mary Mortenson
• Caryne Mount
• Deborah Murphy
• Lori O’Neill
• Loretta Oliver
• Michele O’Reilly
• Marylou Ozbolt-Storer
• Sharelle Pankey
• Gina Pannorfi
• Maggy Pavlou
• Guild the Lily
• Trudie Roberts
• Lauri Schafer
• Alexandra Shoaff-Bembry
• Elaine Sipes
• Carter Smith
• Vicki Square
• Genie Stewart
• Celia Stapleton
• Anne Vickrey-Evans
• Beverly Westra

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

ArtWear Fashion Week would not have been successful without the donation of time and talent from the many volunteers. We would like to thank the following people:

• Gary and Carol Ann Hixon
• Producers/Directors: Gary Hixon, Ellen Martin
• Exhibit Design: Jack Curfman
• Stage Manager: Lesli Tanski
• Lighting Designer: Gina Cochran & Gene Younkin
• Board Operators: Joey Luck and Hannah Brooks
• Hair and Make-up: Buzz and Bliss Salon and Spa
• Dance Choreography and Performance: Impact Dance Company
• Rental Space Coordinators: Robin Stitzel & Dave Dale
• Poster Design: Bob Coonts & John Schiller
• Volunteer Coordinator: Carol Ann Hixon
• Award Jurors: Gary Hixon, Marilyn Murphy
• Award Sponsors: Gary and Carol Ann Hixon, Sarah Bashore-Imhoff for Hixon Interiors, Marilyn Murphy and Robert Medlock, Handweavers Guild of America
• KnitWear Event and Sales Coordinator: Jeanne Shoaff

Additional in-kind sponsorship provided by: Mama Said Sew, Paul Wood Florist, The Light Center, American Furniture Warehouse, Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandise, CSU, Fiona’s Delicatessen, Republic National Distributing Co. Inc.

Models:

• Nicole Baker
• Sarah Bashore-Imhoff
• Happy Bennett
• Mary Buchholz
• Terri Burke
• Justine France
• Debbie Gentry Gee
• Cori Hixon
• Melissa Katsimpalis
• Sandra Lundt
• Tracey Ryk
• Molly Speck
• Vicki Square
• Donna Stroh

Backstage, Sales , KnitWear and additional volunteers:

• Sylivia Ashley
• Mary Pat Aukema
• Megan Baker
• Natalie Barnes
• Gary and Marge Brodahl
• Gail Budner
• Ren Burke
• Gretchen Carney
• Andrea Carney
• Nola Catlow
• Monica Christen
• Libby Colbert
• Madeleine Collinson
• Sallie Coonts
• Mackenzie Dotson
• Jane Folsom
• Beverly Gast
• Jan Gilligan
• Stacy Grant
• Gwen Hatchette
• Vance and Erica Hermanson
• Cathy Hettleman
• Pat and Bob Hollinger
• Pam Huss
• Maryanne Ingratta
• Selina Karim
• Leslie Kucera
• Mary Lacock
• Bonnie Lebesch
• Dawn Mallette
• Gentry Moellenhoff
• Elizabeth and Clementine Morisette
• Carroll and Jan Morony
• Carrie Newman
• Jessica Palmquist
• Myra Powers
• Michelle Reynolds
• Margery Richmond
• Trudie Schade
• Jean Schaefer
• Sue Shannon
• Allison Sheldon
• Ruth Skogerboe
• Lois Smith
• Kate Stieben
• Robin Stitzel
• Cheryl and Emma Sullivan
• Lesli Tanski
• Amanda Tate
• Rachel Tojar
• Kim Trionfera
• Sharon Weaver
• Sherri Wera
• Lois Winegarner

Additional thanks to KnitWear vendors and participants, Lincoln Center Staff, and many other volunteers who donated their time to help make ArtWear Fashion Week a success.

GALLERY OF TREES

November 17 - 27, 2011

Please join us for a new tradition at Lincoln Center as we display Holiday Trees decorated by individuals and organizations in our community as a fund-raiser for Lincoln Center Support League. Trees will be on exhibit and available via Silent Auction beginning on the evening of Thursday, November 17th. Join us for the Opening Reception in the Lincoln Center Art !

For more information please contact Dave Dale at or 416-2188.

SHIFT

May 10 - 28, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, May 14, 5-7 p.m.

On the verge of our comprehensive remodel of the Lincoln Center, two artists will present installations reflecting on architectural space, construction and deconstruction. Amy Reckley and Sarah Vaeth will prepare us to shift our perceptions of the spaces around us, and our perceptions of art itself. Visit throughout the three-week installation to see the artists at work. The galleries will shift and change over time as they create a new experience of the Lobby .

30 Years of Lincoln Center Presents

May 12 - 29, 2010

Walkway

Reception: Friday, May 14, 5-7 p.m.

Enjoy memorabilia and from the last 30 years of performances, exhibits and events presented at Lincoln Center as we prepare for our renovation.

Image credit: Reflections by Cyd Rust

Artists Association of Northern Colorado 19th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale

April 3 - May 7, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 10, 6:00 p.m.

Juried by nationally recognized watercolor artist Frank Francese, this popular exhibition and sale features a mix of landscape, portrait and abstract painting, sculpture, photography and more.

Image credit: Ryan Barney-Thomas

Poudre School District Student Art Show

February 24 - March 25, 2010

Opening Reception: Wednesday, March 10, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Selections from artists of all ages in the Poudre School District. Enjoy painting, sculpture, photography and more created by some of Fort Collins most talented youth artists in celebration of National Youth Art Month.

Fields of Vision

January 8 - February 13, 2010

Opening Reception: January 8, 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Lobby

Six artists exhibit paintings, drawings and photography that expose their unique ways of seeing.

Artists

• Jeff Eisenberg (CA)
• Jon Madsen (WY)
• Melissa Neuville (CO
• Orie Shafer (IN)
• Yeqiang Wang (KS)
• Margaret Wright (IL)

Darlene Kaczmarczyk: Domestic Disturbances

November 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 24, 5-7 p.m.

Michigan artist Darlene Kaczmarczyk uses various photographic techniques to re-image mid-20th Century domestic life. Three series examine the domestic roles of women from the 1950s with irony and humor afforded by 50 years of hindsight.

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Luna Cabinet by Anne Bossert

Creative Spaces: Objects for the Home

November 21 - December 21, 2009

Opening Reception: TBA

Creative Spaces is an annual favorite at the Lincoln Center. The focus of this exhibition is on the artful home. From furniture to flower vases, these unique artist-crafted objects will inspire you to express your own style and set your home apart. All objects are available for purchase, created by twenty local, regional and national artists.

Participating artists:

• Michael Allison
• Michael Arras
• Michael Bauermeister
• Patty Benson
• Anne Bossert
• Eric DeKorte
• Liz Dickey
• Lili Francuz
• Julie Ganser
• Jan & Hideharu Igaki
• Random Orbit Studio
• Jim Klingman
• Michael Lamar
• Mark Leichliter
• Blase Mathern
• Keith Moore
• Connie Norman
• Mel Ristau
• Carol Sobieniak
• Two Sisters Mosaics

Pitcher by Jim Klingman

Mugs, Bowls and Casseroles Ceramics Show and Sale

• Thursday, October 29th, 6pm - 9pm
• Friday, October 30th, 12noon - 9pm, and
• Saturday, October 31st, 10am - 9pm

Fifteen local and regional potters share their wares. Unique, handmade functional ceramic objects are for sale with proceeds benefitting the Visual Arts program at Lincoln Center.

Carni by Elizabeth Morisette

Loose Ends: Contemporary Fiber Arts

September 12 - October 23, 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17, 5-7pm with a Talk at 6pm

Seven artists from around the country exhibit work that shows the new face of fiber arts. These artists are leading the way in innovation and creativity, re-imagining the scope of traditional fiber crafts into provocative and beautiful fine art.
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Diedre Adams: Detour

Fabric of Legacies Art Quilt Exhibition

July 6 - August 28, 2009

Talk with Deidre Adams

This year marks our 28th Annual Fabric of Legacies Art Quilt Exhibition. Rather than the traditional patterns handed down through the generations, art quilts are the unique designs and creations of artists using fiber and other art techniques including surface design and hand-dying of fabrics, beading, hand and machine stitching, painting, applique and many other embellishments. This juried exhibition features 29 artists and 29 quilts, plus work by our featured artist, Diedre Adams.

Our featured artist is Diedre Adams (image right: Detour) with her intricately stitched and hand-painted quilts exhibited in the Walkway .

• Ann Brauer
• Betsy Cannon
• Jeanne Crutchley
• Leah Dennison
• Lisa Ellis
• Patricia Gould
• Sandy Gregg
• Patty Hawkins
• Julie Hallquist
• Aynie Hanna
• Phillida Hargreaves
• Gwen Hatchette
• Phillippa K. Lack
• Gay E. Lasher
• Roxane Lessa
• Mary H. McCauley
• Linda Moran
• Martha C. Hall
• Ginger Quinn- Munoz
• Do Palma
• Joy F. Palmer
• Janet Pugh
• Karen Stalgren
• Susan Strickland
• Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero
• Carol Ann Waugh
• Nicole Yardley
• Camden Yehle
• Suzanne Yehle

It's Everywhere: Projects and Process of Art in Public Places

May 20 - June 23, 2009

Ever wondered how the various statues, sculptures, mosaics and other art objects find their way onto City streetscapes and into our parks? Have you ever stopped to appreciate the artists' touch on the floors, walls, windows and ceilings of the City's buildings, transit centers and community recreation facilities? This exhibit highlights the Art in Public Places collection and sheds light on its collaborative process. Featured projects include Northside Aztlan Community Center, Spring Canyon Community Park, Transformer Cabinet Murals, Sidewalk and Power Trail Pavers, and models, maps and timelines of the Art in Public Places projects.

Poudre School District Student Art Show

February 27 - March 26, 2009

Presented to coincide with Youth Art Month in March, the Poudre School District Student Art Show features artwork by students in kindergarten through high school. Artwork in all media, from painting to sculpture, ceramics to printmaking will be on display.

Celebrated nationally, Youth Art Month emphasizes the importance of quality art programs in our schools.

Crowning Glory by Shawn Shea

Northern Colorado Artists Association 18th Annual National Art Show and Sale

April 4 - May 8, 2009

A perennial favorite this exhibition features painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking by nationally recognized artists. From over 800 entries, 134 works from 116 artists representing 22 states and British Columbia, Canada, were selected by this year's Juror Arleta Pech. Ms. Pech is a nationally recognized watercolorist, has written the best-selling art book “Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor” and is now working on a book on Oil Painting Still Lifes. The Juror selects award winners from the exhibition, with AANC contributing over $8,000 in awards, prizes and scholarships.

PInk Daisy by John Bonath

Real UnReal: Botanical Studies by John Bonath

January 10 - February 15, 2009

Lobby and Intimate Galleries

John Bonath focuses on natual world specimens that not only possess interesting colors, shapes and textures but also defy us to determine which are real and which are fake.

left: from the Dead River Rushes series by William Harper
right: Fidelity by Haley Reneé Bates

Haley ReneéBates and William Harper

January 13 - February 15, 2009

Walkway

The lines and shapes of Harper's nature photographs and Bates' forged, fabricated and altered utensils echo each other perfectly, bringing attention to the beauty of nature's utility and humanity's inclination toward beauty.