Two-Fisted Art Attack: Denny Dent Retrospective, Headlines Music-In-Art Summer Exhibitions at Arvada Center

June 7, 2010

The first career retrospective of legendary rock and roll performance painter, the late Denny Dent, leads the summer gallery exhibition series at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Guest-curated by Keith “Scramble” Campbell, and in cooperation with Ali Christine Flores Dent, the artist’s widow, the exhibition honors Dent’s life and features more than 60 of his large, iconic portraits, which include images of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Travolta.

To coincide with the Denny Dent career retrospective and to complement the live music concert series at the outdoor amphitheater, the Arvada Center presents Convergence: Painting with Music, an exhibition featuring the works of 20 national and regional live performances painters, also guest-curated by Keith “Scramble” Campbell, a live performance artist himself, known for his routines at the Red Rocks Amphitheater and the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is the summer hub for these painters, many of whom will be featured throughout the summer at metro Denver’s music venues.

Further building on the theme of music in art, the Arvada Center’s third summer exhibition is Amalie R. Rothschild, Live at the Fillmore East, a Photographic Memoir. Between 1968 and 1971, New York artist Rothschild was the unofficial house photographer when Fillmore East was the rock and jazz music capital of the East Coast. Many of her most memorable images are featured in the exhibition. The Arvada Center presents this exhibition in partnership with Denver’s Michele Mosko Fine Art Gallery. All three exhibitions, free and open to the public, run from June 10 to August 29, 2010.

The summer gallery exhibitions, along with expanded Summer at the Center 2010 series, with live concerts and live theater, continues the Arvada Center’s goal to emerge as the premier summer destination for arts and culture along the Front Range.

For information on the art exhibitions and tickets for the concerts and performances, go to www.arvadacenter.org or call the box office at 720-898-7200.

About the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is one of the nation’s largest multidisciplinary arts centers, devoted to all aspects of the arts and generously supported by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). For more information, visit www.arvadacenter.org.

Media Contact: Janet Braccio
Phone: 720.898.7276
Email: jbraccio@arvadacenter.org
June 7, 2010