Coming to the Coconino Center for the Arts for the fifth time, the NightVisions V exhibition celebrates the beauty of the night sky. Nearly two-thirds of Americans live where they can no longer see the Milky Way galaxy because of light pollution. We have grown so isolated from night that in much of our culture it has become alien and fearful. NightVisions seeks to re-open our positive connections to the natural night and to bridge the divide separating artistic from scientific perception, promoting the idea that science and art are two intertwined aspects of human experience.
The juried exhibition features artists from all over the world and art in a variety of media: painting, photography, ceramics, glass work, textiles and more. The exhibition opens with a Reception on Saturday, September 20.
NightVisions Satellite Exhibition with ten Flagstaff artists will be exhibiting at Lowell Observatory in the lobby. The free opening reception will be held from 6-8pm at Lowell Observatory Sunday, September 21, 2014. The Observatory’s Festival of Science Open House will run concurrently from 5-9:30pm, and will include free telescope viewings and other activities.
Flagstaff has a very active and strong scientific community. As home to the world-famous Lowell Observatory where Pluto was first discovered, Flagstaff is the world’s first International Dark Sky City. The community advocates for the value of maintaining quality dark skies and reducing light pollution.
My Beautiful Friends, paintings by artist Sky Black will be exhibiting in the Jewel Gallery during NightVisions. Sky Black is a local oil painter who explores a narrative surreal style while mixing humans and their materials with the natural world. The result leads to strange juxtapositions and paradoxical situations with the objects and characters involved.
Virtual Gallery – NightVisions V
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- Fireballs of the Gods by Andrea Mastrangelo
- Buffalo Bird Girl-Scalp Dance by S.D. Nelson
- Cotton Lane Bridge by Jim Witkowski
- Moonrise over Harness Track by Jim Witkowski
- Milky Way Rising by Jody Tanner
- Total Lunar Eclipse, 2014 by Stan Honda
- Silver Trails Necklace by Betsy Eigenberg
- Uranus by Lee Davis
- Saturn by Lee Davis
- Northern Nebula Sextet by Cynthia Miller
- Jupiter by Lee Davis
- Take the Back Road by Emily Jacob
- Humphrey’s Peak and Beyond by Arline Martens
- Celestial Rose by Klaus Brasch
- Scorpius Rising by Klaus Brasch
- Starbirth in Sagittarius by Klaus Brasch
- Plaza Hotel by S. K. Yeatts
- Ponderosa Starfield by Theodore Greer
- Mountain Stars by Rob Dutton
- LH95 by Theresa Hentz
- Narrow Space by Theresa Hentz
- Kolob Star Trails by Marc Toso
- Eternal Procession by Marc Toso
- Cosmic Soup video by video by AandD Projects
- Manhattan Stars video by AandD Projects
- Looking to the Heavens by Sharon Richards and Cathi Borthwick
- Looking to the Heavens by Sharon Richards and Cathi Borthwick
- As Night Falls by Sharon Richards and Cathi Borthwick
- Grand Canyon Startrails by Brian Thomas Bradley
- Saguaro and the Milky Way by Ty Cook
- Pacifica Pier by Joe Cornett
- Seneca Park by Joe Cornett
- Crisp by Joe Cornett
- Jellyfish Constellations by Deb Danziger
- Moonlight on the Waters by Lance Diskan
- Great Comet by Bill Ferris
- Comet and Moon by Bill Ferris
- Blue Lightning IV by Lisa Grossman
- MilkyWay by Frederica Hall
- North Alignment – Chaco Canyon by Pilar Hanson
- Canyon Night by Lyn Hart
- Scarlatti Sonata K27 – Stellar Nursery by Kerry Hirth
- Scarlatti Sonata K27 – Dove Shaped Nebula Sketch by Kerry Hirth
- Pines and Stars by Judith Mariner
- Peaks II by Joe Sumner
- Mars, Spica, and the Libra Full Moon Eclipse by Georgia Michalicek
- A Star to a Wish by Fran McNamara
- Nightfall, Otter Cliffs by Jim Nickelson
- Evolution of Understanding by Stewart Thomson
- Evolution of Understanding by Stewart Thomson
- Core Sample of Northern Sky by Cozette Phillips
- Space Dust by Diane C Taylor
- De Chiricos Dilemma by Greg Mason
- The North Star by Jared Stern
- Shared Visions by Kenneth Walters
- A Grand Night Sky by Kenneth Walters
- Maia & Asterope (within Pleiades) by Kristin Whitten
- green sky by Darleene Nelson
- dark sky, wonderfilled by Darleene Nelson
- Silently One by One by Sharon McGinnis
- Driving Through the Stars by Linda Shearer-Whiting
- Nightfall on the Downtowner by Linda Shearer-Whiting
- Like Moths to Light by Judy D. Robbins
- The Waiting Sands video by Margaret Rorison
Virtual Gallery – NightVisions V Satellite Show
at Lowell Observatory
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- Dark Night by Gallina Franz
- Universal Source by Nick Lawrence & Josh Nelson
- Moon Painted Desert by Alex Buhmeyer
- Crimson Veil by Greg Brown
- Garland Prairie Milky Way by Don Hutter
- Symbiotic Chaos by Steve Lawton
- Alycone by Jocelyne Champagne Shiner Alycone
- The Enchanted World by Paula Rice
- Thunder Spirit by Adam Schallau
- Flagstaff Starry Night by Lynn Overend