“Tomorrow” art exhibit in Lakewood will bring awareness to today

The City of Wheat Ridge is recruiting residents wanting to be involved and participate in their government, by volunteering on the City’s Boards and Commissions. Applicants should live in the district for which they are applying. Applications from interested residents must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. February 12, 2023 to the City Clerk’s office at 7500 W. 29th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 or emailed to wrbnc@ci.wheatridge.co.us.

Applications for any position will be kept on file for one year. Term endings and or Openings are currently available on the following:

Board of Adjustment – District II, District III, District IV, and At Large. Meets on the 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Building Code Advisory Board – District I and One AtLarge. Meets as needed on the 2nd Wednesdays at 9 a.m.

Cultural Commission – District I, District II, District III, and District IV. Meets on the 2nd Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Liquor Licensing Authority Board –District IV (term to expire 3/2/24). Meets as needed on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 9 a.m.

Parks & Recreation Commission – District II, District III, and District IV Meets on 3rd Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Planning Commission –District II, and District IV. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Renewal Wheat Ridge (Urban Renewal Authority) –Alternates from any District (At Large) Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 6 p.m. as needed.

Go to https://bit.ly/WRboardscommissions for detailed descriptions of the Boards and Commissions and to submit an online application. Printed applications can be mailed to City Hall Attn: S. Pomponio at 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge CO., 80033 hosting a new exhibition from local artists Megan Morgan and Jennifer Ghormley this month called “Tomorrow.” e collaboration will bring not just the tones, but the physicality of soil and earth together with all the water, air and clouds that exist above it.

For more information please visit https://www. ci.wheatridge.co.us/1127/Boards-Commissions. Please contact Administrative Assistant to Mayor and Council, Stephanie Pomponio at 303-235-2977 or Deputy City Clerk Robin Eaton at 303-235-2816.

“Part of the inspiration for the idea of ‘Tomorrow’ is this kind of awareness right now of our footprint on the Earth and how we’re a part of nature, but are we helping it or are we destroying it,” Ghormley said. “For me, I’m thinking of water. If it runs out, then what happens?”

Contrasting will be Morgan’s textures of real soil and burlap, a reminder of gardens and fruits of the Earth.

“ at’s kind of the catalyst for my ‘Tomorrow’ series,” she said. “All the time that I spend in my garden and all the little interactions of it, and kind of taking that and seeing the parallels of problems I have, and problems in the world.”

“All of my gardens are like my laborate with. While they’ve mostly collaborated in concept together, not as much with physical pieces, they both hope the art will speak for itself and the similar messages between them will link the art in the audience’s minds.

“It’s not direct, no one is going to walk in and be like, ‘OK, weather over here and garden over here,’” Ghormley said. “As artists, we put all this thought and energy and words and talking into our work, and then we hang it and hold back and hold our breath.” e opening is from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.

“We hope that someone sees this or that, but I’ve been learning a lot more that it’s better to shut up and have someone else walk up to your artwork and talk about themselves, and what they see in it,” Morgan said.

Morgan will also be teaching gelatin printmaking at the gallery from 1-4 p.m. on Feb. 11, 18, 25 and March 4.