Museum of Art Fort Collins

At the Museum of Art Fort Collins, our mission is to boldly explore contemporary society through art–enlightening, educating, and providing arts leadership for our region–and to connect art, artists and community. We offer our audiences the highest-quality art experiences, MoA presents a diverse series of local, regional and national art exhibitions, community events, concerts, publications, and educational programs for children and adults.

MoA seeks to enrich the cultural life of the region and advance community understanding of the power of the visual arts to foster life-long learning, social interaction, and personal inquiry. In our Historic Building 1911 Post Office Building, we house two Exhibition Galleries, a Museum Gift Shop and Education Room (Art.Edu.Osity Creative Space).

Exhibits

A Culture Preserved (in the Black Experience)
Curated by Louise Cutler
July 29 – October 16, 2022

A Culture preserved in the Black Experience addresses how Black culture and its heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs, and aspirations, which define a people’s identity. By bringing together the past and the present, the old meets the new in the black artistic world. It is important for Black people to preserve and share their cultural heritage through the arts, as it keeps and holds their truths as a people. This exhibition presents and preserves the Black visual artist narrative. The exhibition explores how Black people relate and fit within the American dream where they have had to reshape and reformulate their identities.

Artists

Louise Cutler, Fort Collins, CO
Karen Drewry, Wisconsin
Efilaf Art, Fort Collins, CO
Gerald Griffin, Chicago, IL
Thomas Lockhart, Denver CO
Joyce Owens, Chicago, IL
Charly Palmer, Atlanta, GA
Deborah Shedrick, Alabama
Kevin Wak Williams, Atlanta, GA
Jim Wider, Black Forest, CO

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