Vestiges Solo Exhibition February 1-March 4, 2022

Four years in the making and two years of Covid waiting…the entire body of work Vestiges: A Last Stand of Bristlecone Pine is on display in a Solo Exhibition at Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery in Denver!

Small edition on display

This work, 45 portraits of Bristlecone Pines in Colorado, examines a range of concepts from living and dying, to attachment and the thin veil that exists between temporal reality and transcendence. The grove of nearly 1,400-year-old ancient trees exists in that balance, which I underscore by photographing them with 36-year expired Polaroid Type 665 film I had found in a storage unit—itself a vestige of photography’s past. The film perfectly captured these ideas in a way no other medium could have.

The archival pigment prints are of limited edition printed on watercolor paper. For a glimpse of the process of making the work, see the video by following this link or click the photo below to Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/675502841

Special Thanks for Video by Circe Baumgartner

Nascent at Regis University

Denver’s Month of Photography is on again! This time I’ve been invited to exhibit my new work Nascent in the Regis University’s O’Sullivan Galley alongside artist Andrew Beckham. I found our work carried on a quiet dialog, both looking at loss and longing, and altering the use of historic photographic processes, but in vey different ways, My images of ephemeral wet cyanotypes of young aspen trees are printed on silk for this exhibition. The gallery posted a Virtual 3D Tour here that’s the next best thing to being there in person. So if you live far away, or if Covid has you isolating, check it out! The actual show is on view March 9 through April 8, 2021.

Installation view, O’Sullivan Gallery

LenScratch Art + Science Interview

As I embark on a journey to publish a book of Vestiges, I looked back on this post in LenScratch’s Art + Science Blog with Linda Alterwitz. The work was still in progress when this was posted, but now that it’s done some new prints will be on view during an upcoming group exhibition in June. I enjoyed this interview as the body of work was still being completed. Click the link below to read. http://lenscratch.com/2018/02/art-science-women-and-earth-angela-faris-belt/

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Entropy at Naropa

Sometimes good things come from mishaps. That was the case with my series Entropy. It’s on view at Naropa University’s Nalanda Gallery in Boulder, CO. https://www.bouldercountyarts.org/event/entropy-angela-faris-belt-0

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VESTIGES ON VIEW

Denver’s Month of Photography 2019

I’m so proud to announce that work from my VESTIGES: A LAST STAND OF BRISTLECONE PINE series will be on view during Denver’s Month of Photography. The exhibit will be on view at Metropolitan Frame Company, and is hosted by Colorado Photographic Arts Center. If you’re near Denver, try to catch some of the terrific exhibitions and artist lectures during this stellar biennial photography event!

Opening Reception Wednesday, March 6, 2019, from 6-8PM

PhotoVox Lecture: Finding Your Thread, at CPAC on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, from 6:30-8:00PM.

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BLOG INTRODUCTION

Like many creatives, I love to write; I journal often, and keep a sketchbook which possibly contains more notes than it does sketches. My interests range from from nature and humankind’s relationship to it, to photography and art making, to visual literacy and education in America. I read books, articles and poetry by nature writers and others regarding these topics.

I have always wanted to Blog, but never seemed to find the time (you know…sort of like going to the gym). I have spent countless personal hours in my teaching career refining curriculum for my students and focusing on “perfecting” the educational experience I deliver each semester. But lately, I have shifted priorities toward my own artistic practice, and I realize that doing so enriches my students’ educational experience. Rather than spending time outside the classroom trying to answer all their questions even before they arise, I now guide students toward independent research and provide tools for them to answer their own questions. Although teaching has never taken from my art making itself, this approach affords me far more time to focus on sharing my work, and to chime in on the things that truly matter to me (and matter to like-minded lifelong learners, nature lovers and art lovers outside my classroom). It’s been a win-win, and I recommend it to anyone who finds themselves in the bad habit of working too much toward the wrong goals.

So, the focus of this page will range from current happenings and insights gained from my own artistic practice, to thoughts I have regarding the topics mentioned at the start. If you are a nature lover who is concerned about how humankind relates to the More-than-Human world, some of my posts might be for you. If you are as disconcerted about the state of the American educational system as I am, some of my posts might be for you. If you are inspired or find yourself laughing ‘til you cry about visual images used in popular culture, some of my posts might be for you as well.

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