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Following is the Boulder County Arts Alliance monthly E-Newsletter for JUNE 2019 containing information on upcoming BCAA news, programs, and deadlines.

• BCAA Annual Meeting and Grant Reception
• Call for Artists and Artisans: Art @River Bend in Lyons
• Current Grant Opportunity: Martha Kate Thomas Fund for Artists
• Artists and Athletes: BCAA and the Bolder Boulder Wrap-up
• Fiscal Sponsorship - Block 1750 and Murmuration
• Who's in the Limelight?
  
• Art Space Directory
• BCAA Acknowledgements

Presented by Fiscal Sponsee Block 1750, MURMURATION brings together worldwide underground talent to create artistic unity on one stage. This year's event will be Saturday, June 22 at 7:30pm at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder. Murmuration 2019 includes over forty-five artists who will share a journey told through a variety of dance styles including: Bboying, Popping, Krump, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and more. The story follows a crew of five characters as they struggle to overcome their individual trials and hardships while sticking together as their world starts to twist and turn into the dark unknown.

Our Fiscal Sponsorship program entitles individual artists and cultural organizations without 501(c)(3) status to apply to funders and solicit tax deductible donations under the auspices of Boulder County Arts Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Fiscal Sponsorship is essentially a re-granting program for grant awards and contributions to specific pre-approved artists or organizations intended for purposes directly related to BCAA's purpose:

To provide leadership and resources for arts organizations, artists, educators, and the community of Boulder County.

Refer to the guidelines on our website for more information and then contact us to schedule a brief coaching session prior to submitting your application.

Image courtesy of Block 1750

The Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission seeks your partnership to build a new public artwork, The Bell of Renewal, by master Colorado-based artists James G. Moore and Anita Miller. The artwork will memorialize the history of Lyons, the flood, and its flourishing community. The sculpture consists of a bell and stand. The stand depicts a a great horned owl building a nest, representing renewal, and the bell, with design elements from nature in relief, shows the landscape in which Lyons thrives.

The bell will be approximately 16” x 20” and will suspend beneath the owl, which will be positioned as flying past a stand of young cottonwood trees that serves as the support for the sculpture. The sculpture, constructed of cast bronze, will stand approximately 8’ H x 4’ W x 3’ d and will be installed along the river, in an appropriate, safe, and enduring location in the Town of Lyons.

The Bell of Renewal will be added to the heARTS of Lyons Outdoor Public Art Collection as a Legacy artwork - a permanent piece of public art in the Town’s collection.

With a donation of $250 donation or more your name or company name will be added to a bronze plaque posted near the artwork. The deadline is July 1, 2019 to have your name listed on the plaque. 

Tax deductible donations can be made through this link, in person at Lyons Town Hall, or Western Stars Gallery & Studio.

The ARTISTS
James Moore has been working professionally in bronze for the last 22 years. After a 15 year career as a middle and high school art teacher, Moore made a leap of faith to make his passion for sculpting into his full time career. His award-winning work is now in public and private collections across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. He spends much of his leisure time enjoying the outdoors and observing the animals and natural environment that are so inspirational to his work. 

Moore is assisted by Anita Miller. Miller moved to Lyons in 2016 and felt the ripples of the flood as she heard her neighbors speak of the historic and life-changing event. She has her own history of creating memorial artwork and imagined a symbol of hope and renewal to honor Lyons’ recovery which she and her family now enjoy. 

The Town of Lyons is offering significant financial support, as well as the members of the Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission, and the artists themselves. But donations are needed to bring this public artwork to fruition.

The Art Space Directory is a matchmaking tool to connect creative people with creative art spaces. Owners and managers of rentable spaces submit listings to the directory, and space-seekers search the directory for opportunities. Use of the BCAA Art Space Directory is completely free of charge for space-seekers, and there are no fees to submit and publish listings. 

The Directory contains a list and map of venues with almost 300 art spaces with photographs and detailed information.

By using your BCAA log-in to our website, you can upload information for your venues and art spaces and make edits any time. You do not need to log-in to browse or search the Art Space Directory.

Image courtesy of Wonder Wonder, 1685 29th St. Mall Unit 1268, Boulder