Heart & Soul and Urban Jumble: January First Friday Art Walk

Access Gallery is honored to present Heart and Soul, an exhibition featuring works created through the Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) program. Access has wanted to bring this incredible program to Denver for many years and thanks to the generous funding received through Arts in Society, they were finally able to achieve that goal. Founded over 25 years ago by visual artist Tim Lefens, A.R.T. empowers artists who have limited or no use of their hands to fully direct the artmaking process from start to finish. In the case of Access Gallery, this was accomplished through multiple ways, depending on the artist's abilities. Some of the artists used a laser pointer and non-verbal cues. Others voiced their ideas and incorporated resource images found from the internet. One artist painted onto the canvas. All of this was accomplished through the aid of a tracker; a person who is assigned to be a conduit for the artist to transfer their creative thoughts to the canvas. Facilitated painting using A.R.T. empowers artists to transcend physical limitations and share their creativity.

As an additional treat, Access Gallery is excited to present Urban Jumble new works by AJ Kiel. Through his thematic compositions, AJ invites the audience into the world that lives in his mind. AJ’s whimsical compositions incorporate people, places and things that are tangled together to weave stories of everyday life.

Participating Artists: AJ, Brandon, Corey, Jeffrey Marshall, Stevie

Join us on Friday, January 6, 2023 from 5:30-9 p.m. to experience Access Gallery's latest show, Heart & Soul, at the Denver First Friday Artwalk.

Image: Artist Stevie with Tracker Corrina Espinosa focusing on a work in progress.

Supported by Denver Arts & Venues through a contribution to the Arts in Society grant fund.