Best in Show at Design After Dark's CAST 2014!!!

This past weekend the "Design Council of the Denver Art Museum had its tenth annual incarnation of Design After Dark, an annual winter party and fundraiser benefiting the Department of Architecture, Design & Graphics at the Denver Art Museum". 

My husband Mathias has been participating in this event for six or seven years now.  He continuously makes the most amazing pieces for the auction and it always inspires me.  This year, for the 10th anniversary, I too was invited to participate along with eight other artists and designers.

The event was wonderful, and hey, I won Best in Show!!!!!!!  I even got this neat-o ribbon.

Objects in Place - Snacks!!

Thank you all for coming out in support of me and my work.  It means the world to me!  Also, thanks for munching on my edible art:

'Objects in Place' Snacks, Firehouse Arts Center, Longmont CO, marshmallows, hard boiled eggs, salt, wonder bread, goat cheese and cucumber sandwiches, yogurt-covered almonds, mints, paper plates and napkins, patterned paper, 30" x 72" x 9", 2013

Click here to see the series, 'Objects in Place'. 

'Objects in Place' Snacks, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont CO, 30" x 72" x 9", 2013

Opening Reception this Friday, August 9, 2013 - Objects in Place

I'd love to see you!  Please come on by and see my new works which are based upon my archived photographs.  I've also updated my website with the Objects in Place series, so take a peek. 

Opening Tonight: Visual Environments: Pattie Lee Becker & Suchitra Mattai

I'll be showing my Powers of Ten series alongside the work of Suchitra Mattai.  Come on by!

UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art

GOCA 121

121 S. Tejon Street, Ste. 100

Colorado Springs, CO  80903 

OPENS Friday, August 2, 2013 from 5-9 pm

Artist Talks: 5:30pm

Exhibits through September 17, 2013

BMoCA Ropes Exhibition

The exhibition Ropes at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art has been up for a couple of months and has one month to go before it closes.  Please stop by and check it out if you are in the area.  The series is composed of sixteen drawings and two sculptures all of which explore the simplicity and complexities inherent in ropes. Youngna Park at 20x200 wrote a nice piece on their blog: http://www.20x200.com/blog/2010/03/ropes-by-pattie-lee-becker-at-bmoca.html

Thanks to all of you who came out to the opening or otherwise and supported me and my practice.  It means so much to me that all of you have shown up to take a look.  Here are some exhibition images taken by the fantastic friend and photographer Ashley Davis.

Pattie Lee Becker's Ropes exhibition at BMoCA 2010

Pattie Lee Becker's Ropes exhibition at BMoCA 2010

Pattie Lee Becker's Ropes exhibition at BMoCA 2010

Pattie Lee Becker's Ropes exhibition at BMoCA 2010

The hanging sculpture is made of woodblock printed linen, batting, tubing, and steel.  Theresa Haberkorn, a local Boulder woodcut printmaker helped me with the carving and printing.  I had never met her before she agreed to come help on the project, and it was really nice working with her.

The Rope Pile (below) is made of handmade ropes that I created from various twines and other materials.  Mathias Leppitsch, a  fabricator, designer, and artist in Denver,  welded me a specific hook that fit into my drill to speed up the otherwise antiquated process.  We spun rope into the wee hours of the morning as the installation date drew near.  A life saver.

There are also two other shows up in the first floor galleries that are very worthwhile: Beverly McIver and Steve Steele.  It’s a privilege to be in their company.