Brazilian Dance, Music and Cultural Expression Featured at Satellite Exhibit During International Poster Show
Note to Editors: Print quality, downloadable images of posters in the 14th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition and from honor laureate Marta Granados are available at welcome.colostate.edu/poster_show or by calling Jennifer Dimas in the University Relations Office at (970) 491-1543. Images are for media use only and the Web address in not for publication.
A satellite poster exhibit in Fort Collins during this year’s 14th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition will feature Brazilian dance, music, film and other forms of cultural expression by a renowned graphic designer.
The Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art will present 100 poster designs of cultural events by Felipe Taborda, a graphic designer and professor from Rio de Janeiro. A gallery talk with Taborda will begin at 3 p.m. on Sept. 10, followed by an opening reception for the exhibit that evening from 7-9 p.m. at the museum, 201 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins.
The exhibit will be on display from Aug. 30 to Oct. 22. Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Fridays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays from noon-5 p.m.
Taborda, a graduate of Rio’s Catholic University, studied cinema and photography at the London International Film School in England, communication arts at the New York Institute of Technology and graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in the United States. A professor at UniverCidade/RJ, he has had his own office since 1990, working mainly in the cultural, publishing and recording areas.
His works appear in books including "Graphic Design for the 21st Century – 100 of the World’s Best Graphic Designers" (Taschen-Germany) and "World Graphic Design" (Merrell Publishers-England).
Posters from artists invited to the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition will fill the Clara Hatton and Curfman Galleries on Colorado State’s campus from Sept. 9 through Oct. 14. In addition, posters by the honor laureate, exhibition directors and high-school students from the Poudre School District will hang in the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public. The exhibitions will remain open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 1-4 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 14.
The international poster show officially opens with a reception from 7-9 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Visual Arts Building at Colorado State. During the evening, exhibition winners will be announced and a poster sale will take place in the Hatton and Curfman galleries, located in the Visual Arts Building and Lory Student Center, respectively. A limited number of copies of exhibition posters will be available. Catalogs also will be available for purchase.
Opening ceremonies for the exhibition of work by the honor laureate, exhibition directors and high-school students will be from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center. The evening will include a presentation by the laureate, student award presentation and a reception.
The poster exhibition was first organized in 1979 by a group of Colorado State art professors and Fort Collins designers, including Phil Risbeck, Shelton Stanfill, Bob Coonts, Miriam Harris and John Sorbie. This year’s exhibition is coordinated by Linny Frickman, art professor and director of the Hatton Gallery. Risbeck, art Instructor Bob Coonts and graphic art Professor John Gravdahl are exhibition co-directors.
Following is a schedule of events, including satellite poster shows that are part of the international exhibition.
14th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
Hatton Gallery, Visual Arts Building; and Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center, Colorado State University
Sept. 9-Oct. 14
Opening reception and poster sale, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 9, Hatton Gallery, Visual Arts Building
Honor Laureate, Directors and High-School Exhibition
Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins
Sept. 10-Oct. 28
Opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10
Felipe Taborda: Cultural Posters of Brazil
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, 201 S. College Ave., Fort Collins
Aug. 30-Oct. 22
Gallery talk with Felipe Taborda, 3 p.m. Sept. 10; opening reception 7-9 p.m. Sept. 10.
Designing Women: Selections from the International Poster Collection
First National Bank Gallery at the Morgan Library, CSU
Sept. 6-Dec. 16
Opening reception and gallery talk with Phil Risbeck, art professor, and Marta Granados, special guest of the International Poster Exhibition. Work will include posters by premier women artists several of whom have been jurors for past international poster exhibitions, including Paula Scher, Rosemarie Tissi and Luba Lukova.
5:30-7 p.m. Sept. 6
America: An Installation by Cedomir Kostovic
Directions Gallery, Visual Arts Building, CSU
Sept. 9-Sept. 30
Graphic Responses: An Online Exhibition
Glass Gallery, Visual Arts Building, CSU
Sept. 7-Sept. 30
Art Covers Science: Winds of Change, the Magazine of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Crossroads at Council Tree Native American Music Festival)
Fort Collins Museum, 200 Mathews Street, Library Park, Fort Collins
Aug. 23-Oct. 30
Opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Sept. 2
Visiting Critic: Rick Poynor (in conjunction with the Critic and Artist Residency Series)
University Center for the Arts, 1400 Remington St., Fort Collins
Public lecture: 6 p.m. Oct. 12
The 14th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition is sponsored by the Department of Art and is made possible through donations from the Colorado Council on the Arts, Fort Fund from the city of Fort Collins and Citizen Printing.
All events are free and open to the public. Exhibition information is available on the Web at www.colostate.edu/Depts/Art/poster or by calling (970) 491-7634.
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