Nov. 2019: From the Beginning Exhibit

From Nov. 8 to Dec. 31 in 2019, the Lumonics School of Light Art showcased a number of lighted cubes created by the students who each took the 12-hour class. The exhibit took place at The Storeroom, located at 1700 Vine Street in Denver, and managed by Brendan Gill.

The title of the exhibit, From the Beginning, got its name from including light columns and cubes by Dorothy and Mel Tanner, the building blocks of their Lumonics art form, and what we teach the next generation of light artists how to make. The light sculptures on the wall were Dorothy Tanner’s inspirational messages, first introduced to the public in 2018 at The McNichols Civic Center Building.

 

Daytime view
Students’ Cubes  Left to Right:
Kelley Bergmann, Sandy Maschan,  Marc  Billard (instructor) and Barbara Billard, Sabrena Sims,  Mia Sorensen,  and Tim Vacca
Wall Sculptures by Dorothy Tanner

 

Photo by Brendan Gill

 

Students’ Cubes  Left to Right:
Kelley Bergmann, Sandy Maschan,  Marc  Billard (instructor) and Barbara Billard, Sabrena Sims,  Mia Sorensen,  and Tim Vacca
Wall Sculptures by Dorothy Tanner

 

 

Cube on  left by Foster Brashear
Cube on right by Jami Duffy
Wall Sculptures by Dorothy Tanner








Opening Night





Opening Night





Foster Brashear and his cube on Opening Night

 Mia  Sorensen and her family on opening night

More student cubes created at the Lumonics School of Light Art

Information about classes

Nebular Wall Sculpture (1975) by Mel Tanner

Nebular Wall Sculpture
Whole & Its Parts

Nebular is a very intricate wall sculpture by Mel Tanner that includes 6 colorful paintings of various sizes and scribed lines.

Nebular by Mel Tanner
1975
10″ T x 30″W x 5″D

Nebular by Mel Tanner (detail)

Nebular by Mel Tanner (detail)

Just a reminder that Lumonics Immersed takes place on Saturdays.

“Lumonics is an absolutely beautiful immersion of love, original music, and mind-bending light and visual art that blends over 50 years of psychedelia-inspired artistic audiovisual mastery. I will always keep coming back to support and indulge in the immersive experience.”
– Connor H.
excerpted from Google Review

All the Immersive Art to See in Denver

All the Immersive Art to See in Denver

Thanks to Westword’s Cultural Editor, Emily Ferguson for including Lumonics Immersed in her article,  All the Immersive Art to See in Denver.

“Denver continues to be immersed in immersive arts experiences, with more to come. The Denver Immersive Gathering, a major confab for immersive artists and fans, will run from November 4 to November 6; get the details on DIG 2022 here.”

(here is the section on Lumonics; click on the link for all the immersive experiences listed in the article:)

 

The late Dorothy Tanner and her husband, Mel, started creating immersive experiences decades before the trend. Photo: Candace Hill

 

 

Immerse yourself in Lumonics.  www.lumonics.net




Lumonics Immersed
Saturdays, 8 to 10:30 p.m.
Lumonics Light and Sound Gallery, 800 East 73rd Avenue, Unit 11
The Lumonics art collective started offering immersive experiences decades ago, long before the immersive concept was exploited by companies that realized it was the perfect way to capitalize on iPhone-wielding influencers. Lumonics Light and Sound Gallery, which is devoted to the light sculptures of the late Mel and Dorothy Tanner, now offers weekly editions of Lumonics Immersed, an event designed to provide healing while the sculptures’ glowing lights pulsate to ethereal music produced by Dorothy and composer Marc Billard, the Lumonics studio’s creative director. “Dorothy used to call it a vacation from yourself,” Barry Raphael, the gallery’s archivist, told Westword last year. Tickets are $20.

Dorothy Tanner at Work and Play

Photos of Dorothy Tanner (1923-2020) working in the studio at Lumonics.

“The major challenge for me in art is to keep under control the tyranny of a logical mind. The spirit that moves me is capricious, unruly and irreverent. Most of my work grows out of intuitive impulse–the rest gets underway by just playing.”

Dorothy Tanner and Jabberwocky

Dorothy Tanner and Messenger
Photo by Todd Powers

Dorothy Tanner and Skeeter

Dorothy Tanner and Habitat

Dorothy and Future Past