Bragging Rights 2007-08:

Rian Kerrane

 

Assistant Professor of Sculpture Rian Kerrane's foray into the world of neon is now on display at the Pikes Peak Community College Downtown Studio Gallery. "Icons and Whispers: Domestic Dioramas" an art exhibit of painting and sculpture by Daisy McConnell & Rian Kerrane through April 15.

The opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Friday, March 14, 2008, from 5 – 7:30pm.

Gallery Times: 10:00am – 8:00pm, Tuesday – Friday

PPCC Downtown Studio
100 West Pikes Peak Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Gallery Contact: Ruth Graves 719-502-4040

Photo right: Daily Routine by Rian Kerrane, neon, cast iron, 2008

www.riankerrane.com

 

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Kerrane presented her work, "The Periodic Table of Elements, 103 drawings," at the Edge Gallery, 3658 Navajo St., Denver. The exhibit runs February 1-24 with a reception for the artist on Friday, February 1 from 7-10pm. For more information about the exhibition, please call (303) 477-7173 or visit Edgeart.org

Rian's "The Periodic Table of Elements" was reviewed by The Denver Post arts and entertainment writer Kyle MacMillan on Friday, February 15.

 

RIAN KERRANE - VAIL "HEAVY METAL WEEKEND"

The 5,000-year-old process of casting metal came out of the foundry and onto the streets of Vail Jan. 18-20.

GAS-Global Art Symposium
Vail Art in Public Places
Vail, Colorado
January 17–19
FREE
Sponsored by: Visual Arts Department

Sculpture students from UCD worked with Assistant Professor Rian Kerrane in a weekend-long event focusing on iron and bronze casting “performances” in Vail. Over the course of a weekend, more than thirty artists from all over the world met in Vail to conduct “metal casting performances” for the public, learn from each other and share their ideas and experience of metal casting. The process includes heating metal in furnaces built by the artists to 2,800 degrees and then ladling or pouring liquid metal into molds to create sculptures. Many of the sculptures that will be cast during the performances were created by Vail school children and community members. Bronze sculptures will be cast on Jan. 18 & 19. The finale, an iron pourdescribed as more exciting than an erupting volcano, took place from 5 - 9 p.m. Jan. 20.

Assistant Professor of Sculpture Rian Kerrane and her husband Mark Guilbeau formed SPH ArtFunctions in 1993 with the aim of deepening the public?s understanding of all aspects of the creative process. Over the last ten years, they have poured thousands of pounds of metal for audiences all over the U.S. The equipment used during an SPH ArtFunctions bronze and iron pour was built by Guilbeau using ancient techniques developed for metal casting, in combination with both discarded and space-age materials. Whenever possible, Guilbeau and Kerrane use recycled and found objects in their art and in their lives. In addition to educating others about the origins of items in everyday use, Guilbeau and Kerrane believe it is important for artists to have the opportunity to share their expertise and learn from each other. Heavy Metal Weekend marks their first opportunity to bring more than thirty artists together and to reveal the contemporary relevance of the industrial process.

Photo above of Rian Kerrane: Clinton T. Sander, photographer and alumnus of UC Denver.