Barry Raphael

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Westword Arts & Culture Promotional Newsletter: Enter the Lumonics Portal

This is a copy of the Dec 17, 2025 Westword Arts & Culture Promotional Newsletter from which we are getting a wonderful response. The original had a black background ground and white text. Enter the Lumonics Portal! The Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery and art  studio is now open at events, or by appointment. Lumonics is among the first and …

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Neuroarts Resource Center

    This past May, while watching the  PBS Newshour, there was a segment about neuro arts.  Journalist Jeffrey Brown  visited the Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore  for PBS’s  arts and culture series, CANVAS. One of the topics was the book, ‘Your Brain On Art: How The Arts Transform Us,’ shows both the growth …

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Pre-Lumonics: Post-World War II

After serving in combat in WW II, Mel Tanner enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School under the new G.I. Bill. This photo was on the cover of the 1950-51 School Catalog. Max Beckmann (foreground), Mel Tanner (far right). Mel was a student in Mr. Beckmann’s painting class. Max Beckmann died in 1950. Mel Tanner …

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Field Trip at Lumonics for 1st Graders

  On November 14, 2025, we hosted first graders from Leawood Elementary school in Jefferson County, Colorado. In the above photo, students are watching the first segment of the field trip,  “The Art of Seeing”, video of many Lumonics art works. The video is intended to train students’ eyes when they look at art. It …

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