Smoke & Mirrors
September 12, 2024 – January 12, 2025
@ BMoCA

Smoke & Mirrors is a group show highlighting optical illusions made by eight artists from a wide range of reflective materials and uncommon methodologies. The artwork on view ignites our irresistible attraction to the elusive materiality of shiny and transparent objects that often serve as distractions or distortions of our physical reality.

Exhibiting Artists:

• Sasha Alexandra

• Drew Austin  

• Trey Duvall

• Mary Ehrin

• Amy Hoagland

• Collin Parson

• Doug Spencer

• Joel Swanson

Opening Reception @ BMoCA
Thursday, September 12, 2024
5 - 6pm member preview
6 - 8pm public reception
Pay From Your Heart

Upcoming Programs

Artist x Fabricator Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 24 
6 – 7:30pm
$15/10 members; $5 student rate

Artists Trey Duvall, Collin Parson, and Joel Swanson will reveal behind-the-scenes tricks of the trade utilized in their collaborations with industrial fabricators and design specialists to produce large-scale, often site-specific sculptures.

Mylar Plant-Making Workshop with Drew Austin
Saturday, December 7
1–3pm
$50/45 members (includes material costs)

Join artist Drew Austin in creating your own metallic plant forms. Learn the basic foundations of his process, from designing leaves inspired by florals we find in our neighborhoods to assembling them into full plant forms en masse. This is a great opportunity to Glow Up a unique holiday gift for someone special.

Press Release

The Fall Exhibition is generously sponsored by the Kelley Knox Family Foundation, The Kemper Family Foundations, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, The Redman Foundation, The Scintilla Foundation, Lynn McGowin, Elise & Skip Miller, Stacey Steers & David Brunel, Nicky Wolman & David Fulker, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Boulder Arts Commission, City of Boulder, Colorado Creative Industries, Community Foundation of Boulder County, the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, United Way of Larimer County and Sueños Global Tequila.