Category: Marc Billard

June Lumonics Newsletter

An Evening of World Percussion with Lil Sum’n Sum’n and Friends  Friday, June 9 Concert begins at 8:30 pmDoors open at 8 pmAdvance Tickets $20Door $25 Featuring a Traditional Nepalese opening set from Bijay Shrestha (sitar) and Andy Skellenger (tabla) and then joined by David Hinojosa (guitar) and Gilly Gonzalez (percussion). Closing the night will be a drum extravaganza …

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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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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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