I had the honor of getting a person tour of Corwin Bell’s new exhibit, Sacred Water, at the Museum of Outdoor Arts outside of Denver, CO.
The funny thing to know about Corwin’s show is, though it is at the Museum of Outdoor art, his exhibition is all indoors. Which was a relief to me, as it was a brisk winter day when we visited. The museum does have outdoor art installments, and part of the system that makes one of Corwin’s pieces work is located outdoors (on the roof of the museum), but the reason his show is included is because the theme is about water and the significance of this precious outdoor resource.
Corwin is the creator of the Journey to Wild Divine. So, I already knew what a creative digital artist he was, yet I didn’t know he worked in other media, as well.
The collection, on exhibition until February 16th, shows his multimedia artwork: animation, photography, ceramics, woodcarving, bronze work, and glass pieces.
My biggest surprise (other than that it was indoors): The bronze piece. It was stunningly crafted, even though it was the first time he has worked with bronze.
By the way, make sure you watch the DVD of Corwin and the MOA crew taking part of the exhibit to Burning Man. And, well, not to give too much away, what happened when the winds kicked up.
After going through the entire exhibition, make sure you go into the final room and watch the video – it pulls inspirations from individual pieces for you. It also left me with a tremendous feeling of hope and renewed faith that we aren’t going to squander one of our most required resources, water.
Corwin has plans to do a series of workshops around this subject, as well. One, close to his heart, is to provide schools with what I believe he calls the River Way, in which he discusses the importance of clean water, by having the kids build their own River Way using piece of his artwork.
There are so many cool interactive aspects of his show, that kids and adults a like will enjoy it.
I encourage you to visit the gallery, while it is still on display. If you aren’t in Colorado, consider if there is a gallery or museum that might be appropriate to host this important show, in your area.
Also, if you are an educator looking for a fun, informative and interactive way to address environmental issues, you can speak to Corwin about doing an age appropriate talk with you students.
By the way, he also is doing some incredibly important work with Bees and pollenation: http://thepollennation.com
ph: 303.806.0444
Monday – Thursday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm
The indoor gallery is closed Saturdays and Sundays and all public holidays.
Hope you check out the show. And, definitely, commend below with any questions or insights…
I hope to add images of the exhibit to this post, so if there aren’t any on it now, come back later on.
