Apr 12

April Newsletter

Happy Spring, Everyone!
After a long winter, we aren’t complaining about the recent heat!

Thanks to Denver Westword for this acknowledgement:

 

link to article


Lumonics Immersed
Every Saturday at 8 pm

“The art here is breathtaking! All the colors, lights, and dimension you see when walking through their rooms is absolutely beautiful! What a light show!”
– Miranda F. (Google Review)


+




Join us at Lumonics for a captivating Immersive Jazz-Art Series on the last two Fridays of the month!
Bios of vocalist,Venus Cruz and pianist, Bharat Bharvada who will be performing on Friday, April 21:
www.lumonics.net/jazz

 Janine Santana hosts the series. She is Artistic Director/Radio Personality at The Arts Validation Network and Leader/ Conguera at Janine Santana Latin Jazz.

She was a popular on-air host at KUVO Denver for many years.
Janine hosts Afternoon Jazz Mondays through Fridays from 3-6 pm Mountain Time on TAVN-Jazz.
https://tavn.org


“Janine Santana here…and I want to personally thank all who have attended our Jazz-Art Immersion events. The response has been absolutely heart-warming! Each event is unique, with different jazz musicians, a different film and an individualized light experience curated by Lumonics Gallery. A percentage of any profit goes to support The Arts Validation Network, too!” 

“Really interesting, tucked away spot. I went for a jazz show with inspiration by Sun Ra and it fit the space well. They showed a short film and also gave a taste of the normal programming there which involves all of the light based art and visuals on screen synchronized to music. There’s comfy couches, floor cushions, and snacks included with the ticket price.” – Steve K.
***** (Google Review) +




photo of west wall by Jessica Hughes/303 Magazine
link to article in 303

  Lumonics Immersed is a transformative multi-sensory art experience. It originated in 1969 by the late light artists Dorothy and Mel Tanner, and continues to evolve. Its intention is to stimulate your imagination, and bring you into a state of comfort and expanded awareness. Each performance is orchestrated live and never repeated.

While preserving the light art of the Tanners is of prime importance, we are also focused on furthering Lumonics with the School of Light Art, publishing, and new additions to the immersive experience. Marc Billard continues to build on his many years of collaboration with Dorothy Tanner by tapping into our extensive archives, producing new music and video, and live orchestration of the immersive experience.

Lumonics has a Blog page on the website with photos and stories about the light sculptures, upcoming events, recent articles about Lumonics, healing aspects of art and light, information about the latest edition of the Lumonics book, and other light artists and art movements. 

Thank you for your support of these events which enables the preservation and evolvement of this artform.

Best regards from Marc, Barbara, and Barry

Apr 08

Thanks to Westword for Best of Denver Award

BEST OF DENVER® /// ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/// 2023
BEST LONG-RUNNING IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

Artists Mel and Dorothy Tanner began experimenting with immersive experiences decades before it hit the mainstream, starting in Miami in the late ’60s. Although the Tanners have both passed away, their legacy is kept alive at Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery, which opened in Denver in 2008, by Marc and Barbara Billard, along with archivist Barry Raphael, all of whom were part of the Tanners’ collective. Lumonics Immersed is meant to be a healing experience, in which the Tanners’ light sculptures pulsate to soothing music by Marc Billard. The $20 immersive happens every Saturday from 8 to 10:30 p.m., and provides a mind-expanding, unforgettable experience.

Apr 04

Galactic Trio by Mel Tanner

Galactic Trio (1983) by Mel Tanner is one of the newest additions in the performance space at Lumonics, and can be seen at Lumonics Immersed on Saturday evenings and at the Immersive Jazz-Art Experience, hosted by Janine Santana on the last two Fridays of the month.

Galactic Trio, a lighted wall sculpture, looks two-dimensional from a distance, but as you get closer and also look at it from an angle, you notice how three-dimensional it is, and how the colors change upon close viewing.

Mar 21

Colorado Matters Interview with Dorothy Tanner (2015)

In June 2015, Ryan Warner, host of Colorado Matters, interviewed 3 people in the arts: age 82, 92, and 102.
Here are excerpts from the interview with then 92-year old Dorothy Tanner.

“Sculptor Dorothy Tanner’s work is best seen in the dark. That’s because the 92-year-old works with light, using materials like plexiglass to bend and blend vibrant rays of color. She’s been making art for more than 60 years.”
Ryan Warner, Colorado Public Radio

Stephanie Wolf produced the interview with Dorothy Tanner.

Ryan Warner and Dorothy Tanner

Jabberwocky by Dorothy Tanner

“Light artist Dorothy Tanner, 92, speaks with 5-year-old Kaya Naslund about one of the “creature-like” sculptures
featured in her current exhibition, ‘Creatures From Left Field,’ at the Lakewood Cultural Center.”
(photo by Corey H. Jones/CPR News)
(2015)