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Drawing Parallels: Community Art & Artifacts from 2020, Museum of Boulder


  • Museum of Boulder 2205 Broadway Boulder, CO, 80302 United States (map)

This curated group exhibit explores the relationships among simultaneous, sweeping events — from world wars, to movements for civil rights, to pandemics — in Boulder’s past and present. Drawing Parallels cuts through the onslaught of today’s news to discover how people in the past dealt with concurrent historic moments and to present contemporary perspectives on 2020 from local artists, frontline workers, and community members.

Selected for this exhibit:

“2020: Street-Dining” 36 x 24” oil on canvas S O L D

“See Me” 20 x 26” acrylic on yupo paper framed behind glass. S O L D

“Power Suits”. 15 x 30” oil on canvas A V A I L A B L E

“See Me”  20 x 26” acrylic on yupo framed behind glassInspired by Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”.  “I am invisible, simply because people refuse to see me.”  We need to stop, look, and most importantly, listen.

“See Me” 20 x 26” acrylic on yupo framed behind glass

Inspired by Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”. “I am invisible, simply because people refuse to see me.” We need to stop, look, and most importantly, listen.

“Power Suits”  inspired in 2020 by the rise of women in leadership throughout the country.

“Power Suits” inspired in 2020 by the rise of women in leadership throughout the country.

Later Event: November 1
Rembrandt Yard Gallery