Category: Dorothy Tanner

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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Review of the Tanners’ Lumonics Retrospective at MOA by Todd Siler

Todd Siler Luminous Art Inspiring Our Hearts-n-Minds To Dream With Wonder: Experiencing the Art of Mel and Dorothy Tanner Art Review by Todd SilerFebruary, 2017 When I first encountered the art universe of Mel and Dorothy Tanner in the current retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Outdoor Arts, my mind leaped “back to the future”. …

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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 …

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How Triptic came into this world

In the mid-1970s, 2 students from Miami Beach High School, David Chesky and Bill Borkan, came to Lumonics after school one day to introduce themselves.  I thought of them as whiz kids. David played a Mini-Moog Synthesizer, and soon after we met him, composed some music for one of our Lumonics performances. He went on …

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