Upcoming Exhibits in the Helen T. White Galleries

Allan McConnell:  Contrasts

Regional Gallery | September 23 – November 12, 2017

Allan McConnell is a local photographer who received a formal photographic education in photojournalism from the University of Wyoming in 1962. He has continued his arts education in various formats throughout the years and has published two photo books. He has shown his work in many solo and group exhibitions and was the Artist In Residence for the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in April, 2010.

Allan lives in Pueblo West with his wife, artist Fran Dodd.

Frances Dodd:  Compelling Color

Hoag Gallery | September 23 – November 12, 2017

Fran Dodd considers color to be her passion. These colors seen in nature will be enhanced or invented entirely!  Fran looks for small fragments of beauty in the landscape - those moments that take the breath away in awe and wonder.  Interpreting the landscape from her own viewpoint, she hopes to engage the viewer to stop and experience a little of the excitement and joy felt while painting.

Fran lives in Pueblo West with her husband, photographer Allan McConnell.

Billy Schenck: The Myth of the West

Hoag Gallery | October 7 - January 15, 2018

Billy Schenck is a contemporary artist with work in over 40 museum collections and corporate collections that include Sony, IBM, Saatchi and Saatchi, American Airlines and others. His subject matter spans genres from western landscape to cowboy pop. He has been exhibited widely in the United States and Europe. His work is characterized by hot colors, surreal juxtapositions and patterning which explore the collisions between wilderness and civilization, the individual and community, nature and culture, freedom and restriction. 

Imagimation:  100 Years of Animation from Around the World

White Gallery | Summer 2018

A journey into IMAGIMATION:  A Hundred Years of Animation Art From Around the World celebrates the ongoing 100 plus year history of original rare animation production artwork since the creation of this magical art form. This extensive exhibition presents the full range of animation techniques, from the ground breaking traditional animation of Gertie the Dinosaur created by American, Winsor McCay, in 1914, through to today’s many digitally supported animation productions and applications. 

Luster:  Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting

White Gallery | Summer 2019

The birth of the modern car occurred over 150 years ago in 1860 in Germany.  In the United States, Henry Ford Company was established in 1901. A year later it morphed into Cadillac Motor Company which Ford left, along with the rights to his name. A new Ford Motor Company emerged in 1903 in Detroit with backing from a dozen investors, including the Dodge brothers. The same year, 1903, Harley-Davidson, was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Much has changed since those early automotive years, but perhaps nothing more so than America’s love affair with cars and motorcycles, which has expressed itself culturally and artistically in so many ways.