Cottonwood Center for the Arts

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for the month of October by local artist Dale Johnson: THERAPY
From the artist: The body of work is rooted in my research into the 19th-century medical journals documenting insanity and mental illness. I am particularly drawn to the written accounts of physicians working in insane asylums records that describe patients through their family histories, past and present traumas, symtoms, agitations, behaviors, and the treatments administered during their confinement.
I take fragments of these historical medical accounts and interpret them directly onto the canvas. The scripts are painted across the surface, including the figures representing the patients themselves, becoming something like a tattoo upon the body. The text becomes part of the figure’s physical presence, suggesting the permanence of the labels, diagnoses, observations, and narratives imposed upon those being documented.
Two distinct fonts are layered and repeatedly overlap, eventually creating passages that are difficult, and sometimes nearly impossible, to read. This loss of legibility is intentional. The physicians’ words were written as an attempt to observe, classify, explain, and preserve a patient’s condition, yet through their accumulation they begin to obscure the very person they describe. The individual becomes buried beneath language.
By placing these doctoral descriptions directly onto painted bodies, I am interested in the tension between being seen and being defined, being documented and being understood. The figures exist beneath layers of medical language—present, but partially concealed—reflecting both the humanity of the patients and the limitations of the systems through which their stories were recorded.
(Ask me about the rabbits).
Photo credit: Dale Johnson - Tar

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Dale Johnson: THERAPY

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for the month of October by local artist Dale Johnson:...

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for the month of October by local artist Darla Slee: FLORA AND FAUNA.
From the Artist:
 As a child, I always wanted to go on an adventure. One in which I would travel to distant lands (or the distant past), encounter a bit of danger, and meet fantastical creatures. Since these things aren’t easily done by children, I turned to my imagination to escape from the ordinary and spent many hours drawing and making paper toys for myself. These early pastimes engendered in me a lifelong passion for creating. As an adult, I find inspiration from folklore, history, speculative fiction, music, and the Colorado landscape. I endeavor to create fantastical realms with fun characters in order to delight, provoke thought, or leave the viewer feeling unsettled.
This show explores the range of moods one might experience when encountering our local, natural landscape. Sometimes delightful and pretty, other times odd and menacing, one finds something intriguing at every turn.

Photo credit: Darla Slee - Muscoco Summit

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Darla Slee: FLORA AND FAUNA

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for the month of October by local artist Darla Slee:...

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Get ready to do the Time Warp again! Join us inside the Ivywild School auditorium in Colorado Springs for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with MC Jonathan Eberhardt. Choice of 6pm or 9pm show.Ticket price includes a prop bag. Open seating, arrive early!ABOUT YOUR HOST: Jonathan Eberhardt first laced up Frank-N-Furter’s corset at 15 and hasn’t stopped dazzling audiences since—earning the title of longest-running Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror shadowcast history. He has performed with casts across Colorado, most recently with Midnight Depravity, and previously in Denver, Fort Collins, Cañon City, and two other long-running productions in Colorado Springs.(Tim Curry, thanks for all the memories, you will be missed. We will start each show with a tribute)Public Performance Licensing by Criterion Pictures.

Local Event: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with MC Jonathan Eberhardt

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with MC Jonathan...

Get ready to do the Time Warp again! Join us inside the Ivywild School auditorium in Colorado Springs for THE ROCKY HORROR...

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with MC Jonathan Eberhardt

Join us inside the creaky floors of the Ivywild School auditorium in Colorado Springs for multiple horror films, axe throwing, live piano, special guests, artists and giveaways! Oct 16th, 17th and 18th. Live piano by Mark Arnest to silent THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923), discussion with Ron Chaney, great-grandson of legendary actor Lon Chaney Sr. Talk-back film is the hilariously bad THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN (1977). Original art from Phil Lear on display, door prizes from Beyond Killer Games, multiple short horror films. Festival pass comes with special gifts and unlimited axe-throwing Friday night. Axe Friday: (on-site axe throwing with Tempered Tomahawk) PROM NIGHT (1980)MADMAN (1981) with special recorded intro from Madman Marz and Madman board game giveaway. AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) Saturday: HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923) - with live piano score by Mark Arnest. THE FLY (1958)THE FLY (1986) THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN - hilariously bad, this year's talk-back film: yell and make fun of the film! Sunday: SANTO AND BLUE DEMON AGAINST THE MONSTERS (1970) - Mexican luchadores fight monstersABBOTT &amp; COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006) - 20th&nbsp;anniversary YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) - celebrating Mel Brooks' 100th&nbsp;birthday this year Thanks to: Mark Arnest, Phil Lear, Ron Chaney, Tempered Tomahawk Axe Throwing, Paul "Madman Marz" Ehlers, RellianStorm Pictures, Basecamp Books, Hellraiser Tattoos and Beyond Killer Games.

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Dale Johnson: THERAPY

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Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO