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A virtual visit to per•spec•tives exhibit
Courtney Cotton
featured at the
Littleton Museum
By Amy Norton
YourHub Contributor
Denver Artist Courtney Cotton
is proud to announce the opening
of per•spec•tives at the Littleton
Museum. As the Best in Show win-
ner of the Own an Original Juried
show at the museum in 2019, she
was offered a co-exhibit with Eye of
the Camera show winner Gabrielle
Graves. Due to COVID-19, the pub-
lic is invited to enjoy the exhibit
and other programs virtually at the
littletongov.org website and on Fa-
cebook @littletonmuseum.
Once the museum is able to open,
the works can be viewed in person
at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S.
Gallup St. in Littleton, through July
19.
Cotton’s artwork is meant to
bring awareness to mental wellness
and emotional intelligence by using
visual metaphors and colors to em-
body concepts such as transforma-
tion and possibility.
Her abstract series of paintings
uses a limited palette of blues,
whites, and golds to express univer-
sal truths.
Her more conceptual mixed-me-
dia works—that she has deemed a
“plot twist” in her style—offer a de-
cidedly risky personal take on spe-
cific experiences and inner truths,
expressing her current emotions
and/or state of being.
“I have more than one visual
voice and some find it hard to de-
fine or categorize my style.” Cotton
says, “I consciously react with the
medium, the activity of creating is
paramount, and therefore the re-
sults happen automatically with the
unconscious influence of experi-
ences and emotions.”
V i rt ual Prog ramming
May 22— Online Exhibit Opens:
Visit littletongov.org/museum-per-
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spectives to see the digital version
of the exhibition.
June 5 at 4 p.m. — Studio Tour/
Artist Talk with Courtney Cotton:
Visit facebook.com/LittletonMuse-
um/live/ to see a live stream video
with artist Courtney Cotton as she
shows us her studio and tells us
about her creative process.
June 12, 2020 at 4 p.m. — Artist
Talk with Gabrielle Graves: Visit
facebook.com/LittletonMuseum/
live/ to see a live stream video with
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Courtney Cotton acrylic on can-
vas in the per•spec•tives exhibit
include “Connectedness”
(above), and “Listen” (left).
Image provided by Amy Norton
artist Gabrielle Graves as she talks
about her current body of work and
her unique photographic process.
June 26 — Virtual Tour/Exhibit
Video Release: Check out little-
tongov.org/museum-perspectives
to see the addition of videos and a
virtual tour of the installation in-
side the museum.
Gabrielle Graves’ work explores
the complex narrative of identity
and its intersection with consump-
tion and mental health. Her process
employs photography, painting,
video, and installation to create in-
timate experiences revolving
around changing landscapes and
internal dialogue. Hailing from
Michigan, she received her B.A. in
Psychology with a minor in Art and
Design from the University of
Michigan in 2017. After graduation,
Gabrielle Graves, Dreadful Sorry
Clementine 2020, digital print on
archival paper
Image provided by Amy Norton
she completed an internship at An-
derson Ranch Arts Center in the
Painting, and Photography & New
Media departments, where she also
became an Artist in Residence.
Littleton Museum offers visitors
a unique link between the past and
present. Located on 40 acres adja-
cent to Ketring Lake, the museum
encompasses three exhibition gal-
leries, a children’s interactive gal-
lery, research center, and two 19th-
century living history farm sites.
The Fine Arts Gallery hosts origi-
nal art and photography exhibits
sponsored by the Littleton Fine
Arts Board.
Cotton studied art and architec-
ture at the University of South Car-
olina, Rhode Island School of De-
sign, and Queens College. She cur-
rently lives and works in Denver.
In addition to her Littleton Muse-
um Best in Show recognition by ju-
ror Gwen Chanzit, she has recently
been featured in group shows at
Niza Knoll Gallery, Cooper and
Dash and Foolproof Contemporary.
Her work is also available at Kor +
Covet in Aspen.
For more information or to view
and purchase work visit
www.courtneycotton.com.
Amy Norton provides marketing and
communications to small businesses