April Art & Poetry

 

It's a busy month in April with several events and shows!

Cottonwood Center for the Arts Friday, April 5, 5-8 pm be one of the first to see my latest work in this juried exhibition for the month of April featuring works in response to an open call to the public: OMISSION.

Negative space in a work of art is the space around and between the focus of the piece. That space has a form. For this call, we asked artists to create works that celebrate the value and import of negative space, to examine quiet empty elements and elevate them to primary subject matter.

 

It's National Poetry Month! Art Aloud 2025 celebrates this in live written works readings and artwork by local artists and poets. Art Aloud is featured at four locations throughout this month. My work will be shown with poems I wrote related to each piece and you can hear me read poetry at these specific locations and times.

 

Saturday April 5, 1-3 pm Sand Creek Library

Tuesday, April 15, 5:30-8 pm Rico's Cafe

Friday, April 18, 4-7 pm Academy Art and Frame Company

Saturday, April 19, 3-5 pm Platte Collections

 

New artwork can be viewed at Manitou Art Center as well.

 

Enjoy these spring arts events!

 

 

 

March Art & Poetry

 

ART

I was privileged to be invited to submit to the Purple Colorado show at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. I was then delighted when two pieces were accepted. This invitational exhibition is for the month of March. Purple Colorado asked creatives for artwork exploring Colorado on a micro level - depicting flora and fauna that are native and unique to the Colorado Rocky Mountains as the primary subject matter. I am exited to see what the other artists depict. 

Come experience this exhibit and enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this First Friday, March 7, from 5-8 pm, and all month during normal business hours.

I have other artwork still is on view at the Manitou Art Center's First Amendment Gallery and the Academy Art and Frame Company gallery in Colorado Springs. 

POETRY

Pikes Peak State College Creative Writing Program and Latino Alliance present Spring Reading 2025: The Nearby Universe, Students, Faculty, and Colorado Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre.

March 20, 2025

The Student/Faculty/Nearby Universe Reading group will be reading and there is an open mic from 6-7 pm. Finally, from 7-8 pm, Bobby LeFebre takes the stage! 

Join us at the Downtown Studio West Campus!

22 N. Sierra Madre Street

Colorado Springs, CO 

I will be reading some from my new poetry books and they will be available for purchase. 

Looking forward to seeing any of you at these art-full events and locations!

M.R. Hyde

 

 

February Art

 

I sat down recently and planned out my submissions for local art. It promises to be a full year of new challenges and opportunities. Stay tuned for new postings about where to see more.

This month I will have new pieces showing at the Manitou Art Center's First Amendment Gallery and the Academy Art and Frame Company gallery in Colorado Springs. 

There will also be a few public readings of poetry coming in the next few months. I will post those closer to the time of the events. 

Here's to a great February for everyone!

M.R. Hyde

January Art & Poetry

 

I recently renewed my membership with the Manitou Art Center and am looking forward to participating in future shows as well as taking classes there. The Manitou Art Center's First Amendment Gallery continues through February 1. Two of my pieces are there, with one new one titled "Juvenile Jackdaw (England)". 

 

Academy Art and Frame Company gallery in Colorado Springs has a 20% off of everything sale through January 31! My Gnarled series is still there along with the very eclectic artists represented.  Consider the gift of art for Christmas.

Don't forget about the poetry collections now available at Lulu.com and other fine retailers.