Denver Post Critic Kyle MacMillan Reviews our Current Exhibition

Our current exhibition of work by tapestry artist James Koehler was reviewed by Kyle MacMillan of the Denver Post today. We love the reference to Josef Albers' work as well as how certain works reflect subtle mountain terrain such as Harmonic Oscillation LXII. When Kyle came into the gallery, he was surprised to see that the work is so tightly-woven thinking that it may have had some three dimensionality to it. In viewing the images online, it appears that these works are three dimensional due to Koehler's expertise in dying a monochromatic palette that once woven, appears as rippling waves of water in the sunlight.

The exhibition will be on display at Translations Gallery until tomorrow, May 1st, but some pieces will still be available for purchase. Payment plans are available.

Read the full Denver Post review here. More James Koehler work may be viewed on our website. Click here to see the show online.

Image: James Koehler, Harmonic Oscillation LXII, hand-dyed wool tapestry 60"w x 60"h

Translations Gallery is One of Top Spaces for Events in Downtown Denver

Having an event and need a space? Translations Gallery is a hot spot for events in downtown Denver. Our clients continue to be wowed by our fabulous space that includes high ceilings, hardwood floors, an open & airy floorplan, and not to mention amazing contemporary art by regional and local artists. In the past month we have had cocktail parties, birthday parties, business networking, meetings, presentations, wedding ceremonies, receptions & rehearsal dinners. Our prime location makes it easy for your guests to enjoy the restaurants, hotels, and nightlife of LoDo. The gallery is available for rent during the day or evening.

We are currently offering a special deal for renting the gallery. If you book your event by July 31st, we will give you 20% off your event rate.

Check out our Space Rental page on our website for images and info. Visit the gallery to see our space in person or contact Judy for more info (judy@translationsgallery.com or 303.629.0713).

Translations Gallery Owner & Director Jury CSU's Undergraduate Art Exhibition

The Curfman Gallery’s 40th anniversary culminates with its longest running annual exhibit, the Undergraduate Visual Art Exhibition at Colorado State University. This annual exhibition serves to showcase the top talent of CSU artists regardless of major. It is no surprise that with the level of student involvement, hard work and peer support that the Undergraduate Exhibition tends to be one of the most popular exhibitions at the Curfman Gallery each year. The exhibition seeks to provide the CSU community with a deeper understanding of the arts while celebrating the CSU students' artistic and academic achievements.

Translations Gallery owner, Judy Hagler and director, Kate Chimenti were asked to jury this prestigious exhibition. The artist talent at CSU is amazing as Judy and Kate well know. Several Translations Gallery artists are from CSU, including professors James Dormer and Paul Flippen and students Laura Carpenter and Stanley Scott.

The opening reception for the CSU Undergraduate Art Exhibition is at the Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center on Friday, April 23rd 4-6pm. Please join us in congratulating the exhibitors and award winners!

New Translations Gallery Artist - Laura Carpenter

We excited to announce our newest artist to Translations Gallery, Laura Carpenter. Laura has been working with the subject of landscape for 8 years in Colorado. Her current work explores the balance between real and abstract, natural and manmade, and local and non-local color. She is employing a technique of ‘reductive’ painting where she lays down oil paint and then strategically takes it away with layers of glazes and washes in between. She is influenced by the landscape she lives in as well as memories and images from other places she has experienced. In 2008 Laura was featured in Southwest Art Magazine as an ‘artist to watch’. She is currently in graduate school to obtain her MFA at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Stop in the gallery to see Laura's work in person or email us for more images: info@translationsgallery.com.

Image: Laura Carpenter, Fall, 67"w x 49"h, oil on panel