Category: Colorado

Those who came up in the ‘move fast and break things’ era are learning to slow down and make things: The Maker Movement

  A recent Washington Post article by Lisa Bonos, “They built the digital world. Now they just want to sew and make chairs,” focuses on new workshops that teach people how to work with their hands, and how gratifying the process is. Many attending are technology workers who sit in front of computer screens all …

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May Newsletter

Happy May, Everyone!Appreciating the longer days! Lumonics ImmersedEvery Saturday at 8 pm Hope you can see Sanctum (1992) by Mel Tanner, the “newest” addition at Lumonics Immersed. Teammate Marc Billard recently photographed Sanctum. So happy it is no longer in storage! Light artists Dorothy and Mel Tanner originated this multisensory experience in 1969. Although they …

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Art and Well-Being

The relationship between art and wellness has been important to Lumonics since its inception. Shanna Shelby, the Program Administrator at the McNichols Civic Center Building in Denver, when nominating Dorothy Tanner for the Denver Mayor’s Award for Innovation in the Arts in 2018, wrote about the increasing awareness of how art and mental health are …

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Luminaries Exhibit at Children’s Hospital Colorado in 2021-2022

Luminaries at Children’s Hospital ColoradoNov 8, 2021 – Jan  20, 202213123 East 16th Avenue, 160  Aurora, CO 80045  Ph: (720) 777-0078 | Lumonics is honored to be participating in this light-themed exhibit at Children’s Hospital. We have selected light art from Dorothy Tanner and  Mel Tanner, and video art by Dorothy Tanner and Marc Billard. At Children’s Hospital Colorado, the …

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