On April 1, the 2016 Kaiser Permanente Masks Project kicks off as the Masks Exhibition opens at the Fort Collins Museum of Art during the Downtown First Friday Gallery Walk,
5:00-9:00 p.m. First Friday's are open-admission events made possible by funding from the Eye Center of Northern Colorado.
The project celebrates 12 years of Masks, the museum's signature fund-raising campaign. With the focus on community and creativity, Masks is Fort Collins largest visual art event with an exhibition of 200 masks designed by both professional artists, student artists and more casual artists whose daily endeavors are directed elsewhere.
Initially, masks leave the museum with the artists who responded to the call for entries as simple ceramic forms and return transformed into ingenious works of art to be exhibited and sold in the museum's silent auction. The in-gallery auction is but one part of the fundraising components of the project, which provides a major portion of the museum's annual budget.
Midway through the 30-day span of the Masks Project, a gala celebration pays tribute to an individual or individuals selected as the Masks Honorary Chair. This year's gala celebration, Carnevale di Venezia, is being held April 22 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are available at FTCMA.org.
The 2016 Masks honorary chair is Michael Powers. Powers, who served on the museum's board of directors and was instrumental in the original purchase of the museum's building in 1989, it's reclamation from floodwaters and its successful sale to Brinkman Partners in 2012, worked for the City of Fort Collins for 25 years. During majority of his years with the City, Powers was the director of cultural, library and recreational services.
The 2016 Masks Project concludes May 6, also during the Downtown Fort Collins First Friday Gallery Walk. The silent auction bidding closes at 9:00 p.m. when top bidders are awarded their masks-of-choice.
About the Museum
The Fort Collins Museum of Art is located at 201 South College Avenue in Downtown Fort Collins. Museum hours are Wednesday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Admission fees are for adults, $5; students and seniors, $4; youth 7-17, $1; kids 6 and under, FREE; members, FREE. Downtown First Friday Gallery Walk, 6:00-9:00 p.m. are open admission nights sponsored by the Eye Center of Northern Colorado. Visit FTCMA.org for the FCMOA exhibition schedule, ART.EDU.OSITY Creative Space kid’s activities and membership information.
5:00-9:00 p.m. First Friday's are open-admission events made possible by funding from the Eye Center of Northern Colorado.
The project celebrates 12 years of Masks, the museum's signature fund-raising campaign. With the focus on community and creativity, Masks is Fort Collins largest visual art event with an exhibition of 200 masks designed by both professional artists, student artists and more casual artists whose daily endeavors are directed elsewhere.
Initially, masks leave the museum with the artists who responded to the call for entries as simple ceramic forms and return transformed into ingenious works of art to be exhibited and sold in the museum's silent auction. The in-gallery auction is but one part of the fundraising components of the project, which provides a major portion of the museum's annual budget.
Midway through the 30-day span of the Masks Project, a gala celebration pays tribute to an individual or individuals selected as the Masks Honorary Chair. This year's gala celebration, Carnevale di Venezia, is being held April 22 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are available at FTCMA.org.
The 2016 Masks honorary chair is Michael Powers. Powers, who served on the museum's board of directors and was instrumental in the original purchase of the museum's building in 1989, it's reclamation from floodwaters and its successful sale to Brinkman Partners in 2012, worked for the City of Fort Collins for 25 years. During majority of his years with the City, Powers was the director of cultural, library and recreational services.
The 2016 Masks Project concludes May 6, also during the Downtown Fort Collins First Friday Gallery Walk. The silent auction bidding closes at 9:00 p.m. when top bidders are awarded their masks-of-choice.
About the Museum
The Fort Collins Museum of Art is located at 201 South College Avenue in Downtown Fort Collins. Museum hours are Wednesday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 12:00-5:00 p.m. Admission fees are for adults, $5; students and seniors, $4; youth 7-17, $1; kids 6 and under, FREE; members, FREE. Downtown First Friday Gallery Walk, 6:00-9:00 p.m. are open admission nights sponsored by the Eye Center of Northern Colorado. Visit FTCMA.org for the FCMOA exhibition schedule, ART.EDU.OSITY Creative Space kid’s activities and membership information.
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