There’s still room available in some of the Denver tours, and we hope
you’ll consider signing up for one (or two) if you haven’t already.
On Thursday, May 1st , from 3:00 to 5:00, get
your bearings in downtown Denver by taking a Public Art Walking tour with
art educator and lecturer Jack Kunin as guide. Public art in Denver is diverse, from
19th-century western bronzes to works by Fernando Botero, Jonathon
Borofsky and Louise Bourgeois.
On Friday, May 2nd , join tour guide Annette Stott for a trip
to Riverside Cemetery, Denver’s
oldest, and Fairmount Cemetery, its largest. Dr. Stott’s is currently working on a
book, Rocky Mountain Cemeteries:
Sculpture Gardens of the Old West, in which she considers
19th-century pioneer community cemeteries and their arts in the mountain regions
of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Chapters include: "From Boot Hill
to Fair Mount: the Transformation of Rocky Mountain Graveyards", "Tombstone
Carvers and Monument Makers of the Rocky Mountain West," M. Rauh, Riverside
Marble Works and the Gendered Cemetery," "Mail-Order Monuments: Rocky Mountain
Cemeteries in a National Context," and "the Sepulchral Garden in Western
Life."
On Tuesday, May 6th , unwind
after the conference with a trip to Boulder, Colorado, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. See the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), one of I.M. Pei’s most impressive works,
set in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just outside of Boulder, and the
University of Colorado campus, with its striking “Tuscan Vernacular”
architecture typified by buildings of indigenous sandstone, red barrel tile
roofs and black wrought iron accents, where you’ll visit a special exhibit in
the Art and Architecture Library.
You’ll have time for shopping and lunch
on your own on the Pearl Street Mall, a beautiful, four block pedestrian mall
with historic buildings and native plantings, before the final stop, the
Colorado Chautauqua National Historical Monument, comprised of cottages and lodges at the foot
of Boulder’s
Flatiron mountains.
We have one seat available on the Colorado Springs tour on Friday, May 2nd
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m!
If you have already registered for the conference and would like to sign
up for a tour, please contact Susan Rawlyk at [log in to unmask].
Tom
Riedel
Local
Arrangements Co-chair
