Double Opening Reception: Darrell Anderson: Risk & Change + FEMA ArtWorks Climate Resiliency

Join us for the opening reception of Darrell Anderson: Risk & Change and the FEMA Climate Resiliency, Photography & Storytelling exhibition.

Darrell Anderson: Risk & Change
on view: June 28–August 4, 2024

The retrospective will showcase the breadth of Colorado artist Darrell Anderson’s artistic journey, spanning decades of mastery across various mediums including watercolor, colored pencil, oil-based painting, and sculpture.Curated by Anderson’s protégé, performance artist and arts executive, JC Futrell, Risk & Change will narrate Darrell’s journey reflecting on his experiences from the Vietnam War to his personal journey to sobriety. It promises to be a powerful yet vulnerable showcase of art and the human spirit, leaving audiences inspired with a renewed sense of hope and possibility.

FEMA ArtWorks Climate Resiliency, Photography and Storytelling
on view: June 28–July 28, 2024.

In collaboration with FEMA Region 8, Resilience Action Partners, SW Gallery & Science Center, Ogden Contemporary Art, and RedLine Contemporary Art Center. This exhibition presents works from artists investigating and sharing the stories of communities and lands that are adapting to a changing climate. From sublime foreshadowing to documentation of the real ways natural hazards affect our lives; artists shine a light on resilient communities and their stories of loss, adaptation, mitigation and restoration.