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The Art of Summer: Collaborative article and summer macro slideshow: interview with Colleen Smith
Diane Allison
Diane Allison has become the premier photo documentarian of our glorious Front Range skies. She is a 4th generation Denverite with a robust regard for the cities past, present, and future. Her photo passion started in high school. A mix of meteorology classes and photo classes melded into love for sky, weather, and clouds. Her ultimate goal is to provide the viewer with solace and a new perspective.
Shows and Highlights
October 2023- Current SomePlace Else Brewery. Macro photography prints being wheatpasted on interior walls of their expanded arcade space along with design conception
September 2023 Four Mile Historic Park. Winner of a solo show from the Month Of Photography event held in March
March 2023 Night Lights Denver, Photo projection onto Daniels and Fisher Clock Tower
March 2023 Four Mile Historic Park. Month of Photography: Capturing Colorado Two pieces juried into group show
March 2023 The Big Picture
February 2023 Rose Color Glasses Core Gallery Two pieces juried into group show
September 2022 Recipient of 1st place prize for Sloans Lake Photography competition
July 2022 Art and Object Denver Art Showcase Featured Artist
December 2021 Nate Walker Redemption Breaking Album Cover artwork commision
August 6, 2021 Santa Fe First Friday, Artist in Residence Eron Johnson Antiques Booth
August, 2021 Art and Object article and interview written by Colleen Smith, Friday Jones Publishing
June 2021 Denver Gazette Article featuring Macro Dandelion Photos
Month of Photography/The Big Picture 2021
Month of Photography 2021 Aperture+Antiques March 2nd thru March 31st A playful collaboration of old and new, antiques and timeless images with a contemporary view point. Current photographs from our 2021 artist in residence, Diane Allison, are on display amidst international antiques.
December 2020 Virtual First Friday, Santa Fe Arts District, Wheatpaste Demonstration Video and Photography Sale at Eron Johnson Antiques 377 S Lipan Unit B, Denver CO
September 14-20 2020 Off the Wall Artaos and FaraHNHeight Fine Art Gallery Denver CO Live wheatpaste session on panels that will benefit Youth on Record, a curated show that 22 street artists from across the country will be participating in.
September 2020 Repaste of CRUSH Walls from 2018 on the Kephart Architecture building 2555 Walnut Street Denver CO. 17 photographic images made into 3' by 4’ posters and pasted onto the wall. Pandemic collaboration “The Togetherness Project” with 6 artists that were given a photo poster to render their artistic vision and pasted as a group.
January 11-April 15, 2020 Collaboration with Kathy Mitchell-Garton, McNichols Civic Center, 3rd Floor Gallery 144 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80202 Dearly Disillusioned is a boundary-pushing exhibit coinciding with the centennial of women's suffrage and the fourth annual Womxn's March. In this exhibit, four local collectives come together with unique and compelling perspectives on gender identity, protest, and equality. Curators and artists collaborate to explore new intersections of historical and contemporary narratives that inspire change in our community.
Colfax Art Fest, Vendor and Wheatpaste Demonstrations, August 3rd, 2019
Casa Bonita Parking Lot W Colfax Ave Lakewood, CO 80214
Brew Culture, Solo Show July -September 2019, 3620 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO
Jury selected artist at Colorado Mills Mall 50 for 50. 5 photos that hang in the Mall through September 2019 to coincide with Lakewood 50 year birthday.
40 West Gallery Members Show September 2019
Month of Photography/The Big Picture, 2019, Wheatpaste images on the exterior of buildings located at The Temple 2400 Curtis St, Denver, CO , Pirate Art Gallery 7130 W 16th Avenue, Lakewood, CO , and Kephart Architecture 2555 Walnut St, Denver, CO
Month of Photography/Micro Galaxies in the Everyday, March 2019, self curated show at 40W Studios https://www.mopdenver.com/mop-2019#/40w-studios/
Crush Walls 2018 Artist
40 West Arts Gallery, Colfax Show, 2018
Pirate Art Gallery, Outsiders Show 2017
Featured, Umbrella Magazine, 2016
Bardo Coffee House, 2016
The Shed, Silver Lining solo show, 2016
Month of Photography/The Big Picture, 2017
Stronghold Society Show, Denver Capitol, 2015
Denver/Del Norte Series: In conjunction with Month of Photography, a collaboration between Diane Allison in Denver and Norm Broomhall in Del Norte. Photos taken at the same time each day from different towns and posted on Facebook.
Permanent Collections and Corporate Art Endeavors
Various private collectors throughout Colorado, Alabama, Illinois, Louisisana, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Texas.
Home Advisor Corporate Headquarters, 14023 Denver W Pkwy #200, Golden, CO 80401
Home Advisor The Hub, 3601 Walnut St #700, Denver, CO 80205
Tocabe, Greenwood Village, CO 80112
Eron Johnson Antiques, Denver CO
Member
RiNo Arts District
Santa Fe Arts District
Colorado Photographic Arts Center CPAC
40 West Arts District
Giving Back
Donations of artwork to 40 West Art District, We Don’t Waste, and Youth on Record to benefit each organization respectively.
Volunteered Wheat Paste knowledge and participated in pasting “Through Our Eyes” a community heritage based program for Jessica Manzanares on a building in Lafayette, CO.
Published Photos
Denver Art Museum. Eron Johnson Antiques. Denver Gazette. Art and Object. Denver Westword. 9News.