Imagine stepping into a world where light sculptures, video art projection, and music converge to relax your body and engage your mind and emotions.
“Lumonics is such an incredible collection. They are part of the Crown Jewels of Denver.”
– Justin Stucey, Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering
Enjoy a guided tour of one of the first and longest-running light art projects in the United States. It concludes with the award-winning light and sound immersion.
For Companies, Organizations, Friends and Families
Up to 40 people are recommended at a time
$300 for 90 minutes
Additional time: ½ hour increments of $75
for more information or to reserve:
lumonics@gmail.com
303.568.9406
You can also fill out the form at the bottom of the web page.
Brainstorming and Idea Incubation
Lumonics is a wonderful resource for your company or organization.
It is a multi-sensory environment of light sculptures, video art projection, and music. Your body is relaxed, and the right side of your brain (the creative, emotional side) is at full stimulation. It is intended to bring you into a state of comfort and expanded awareness.
Lumonics can be a transformative art, a tool for personal growth, emotional release, intellectual stimulation, and provide a setting for powerful shifts in thinking.
The whole experience can stimulate people’s creative juices and enable fresh insights, which can directly benefit the individual and your company or organization.
The Elements of the Guided Tour
tour of the gallery, art studio, and the Lumonics School of Light Art
tour of the gallery, art studio, and the Lumonics School of Light Art brief history of Lumonics
award-winning light and sound immersion
We can customize the elements of the tour to meet your needs, including hosting a meeting for your staff, with the full use of our PA system and video screen for presentations. We also have areas for refreshments.
Lumonics meets all the guidelines for ADA accessibility.
With a special request, Lumonics will adapt the sensory effects of the program such as light, music, and projection to accommodate attendees with special needs.
Below is a Virtual Tour of the Gallery and Performance Space at Lumonics Wait a few seconds for the virtual gallery to load to begin the tour of the room. You can also use your mouse to manipulate the images, or use your fingers on a mobile phone:
Lumonics is the creation of the late light and space artists Dorothy Tanner (1923-2020) and Mel Tanner (1925-1993).
Mrs. Tanner was the recipient of the 2018 Denver Mayor’s Arts & Culture Award for Innovation in the Arts when she was 95 years old.
Guided Tour Advisor:
David Henley, PhD, author, retired professor, and former chair of the Creative Arts Therapy Program at the Art Institute of Chicago and Long Island University
“We took residents from Kavod Senior Life to the gallery and they absolutely loved it. They were fascinated and SO complimentary. Thank you Lumonics, for the experience! Seeing art that is unfamiliar and taking it in is very helpful for brain health. They were also in community, sharing their impressions which helps counter what some older adults experience with social isolation. Wonderful!”
– Elizabeth Stanbro, Kavod Senior Life (Facebook post)
Lumonics Legacy Project
Your financial contribution goes toward protecting and preserving more than 200 light sculptures created by the late Mel and Dorothy Tanner, the founders of Lumonics. The money raised helps create a sustainable legacy and future.
Viewers in one of the Gallery Rooms
The Public Health Institute of Denver Health’s Engaging Youth Expertise for Prevention (“EYE for Prevention”) has been coming to Lumonics for the expanded tour and immersion since the program began. It strives to prevent the onset of substance use among Denver’s youth. The purpose of the program is to provide young people in the Denver area with a safe, inclusive space to explore different forms of art as healthy coping mechanisms.
Group Photo:
:
Art and Well-Being
The relationship between art and wellness has been important to Lumonics since its inception in the 1960s..
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 connected:
“Several panels at the national AFTA (Americans for the Arts) conference this year explored artistic approaches to community health. I believe that Dorothy’s vision is a prime example of how arts and wellness intersect and promote public health goals.”
“Through the years people have commonly reported having profound spiritual and emotional experiences while contemplating the Lumonics art pieces. It is possible that Lumonics is exerting its effect by creating an immersive experience that feels safe and soothing, but also stimulating and expansive.”
Jomar P. Suarez, MD
Therapeutic Potential of Lumonics
“When perceiving an artwork in-person, the brain is ‘lit up, by something akin to beams from a lamp’…seeing or making art can play a crucial role in healing our bodies and minds.”
excerpted from the Lumonics blog about the book, Art That Heals by Pierre Lemarquis
“Scientific studies increasingly confirm what human beings across cultures and throughout time have long recognized: we are wired for art. The arts in all of their modalities can improve our physical and mental health, amplify our ability to prevent, manage, or recover from disease challenges, enhance brain development in children, build more equitable communities, and foster well-being.
The International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab)