2007 News

October 5, 2007
Loveland Reporter-Herald
Art of war - Exhibit offers views of 9/11, Iraq
By Cara O'Brien
A common visual thread ties the artists in a new exhibit at the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art. From the horizon of each painting rises a luminous figure: a golden mosque, a grief-ravaged Iraqi woman, a winged spirit, a sunrise. Read more...

September 27, 2007
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Artisans capture a world of pain, love, destruction
By Stacy Nick
War and politics are powerful. They have the ability to save, to destroy and to create. Some of the most revered art has come from the most reviled atrocities. From film to photographs and paintings to plays, war and politics have a place in art. "You can go to an Egyptian tomb and you will find images of a pharaoh's conquests," said Marianne Lorenz, executive director of the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art. Art tends to be about ideals, Lorenz said. Artists usually have a strong goal to improve the world, a motivation to sort of show people the way, to be the beacons of the future. Read more...

Upcoming Exhibitions

In This Life
Reflections on War & Politics
Sep 25 - Dec 8, 2007
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (FCMOCA)
Fort Collins, Colorado