Image: Anne Lindberg,lemon linen, 40” x 50”, image courtesy of the artist.

Participating Artists:

• Sami Al Karim

• Bill Armstrong

• Alyson Denny

• Chuck Kelton

• Anne Lindberg

• Elizabeth Mead

• Gelah Penn

The Gravity of Light
September 24, 2026 - January 3, 2027
@ BMoCA

The Gravity of Light brings together seven contemporary artists who use light as material and lightness as a physical experience. Through photography, video, drawing, and installation, the artists use color, shadow, and contrast to emphasize how light affects our physical experience.

Light plays a profound role in our lives by constantly influencing perception and physical sensation. Familiar yet mysterious, it surprises with dramatic displays or soft subtlety, emanating from both natural and artificial sources. The physical body experiences light through a complex array of responses to color, temperature, location, time and more. This subject has been interpreted by artists for centuries as a symbolic representation of hope and a powerful metaphor for life.

Guest curated by Kate Petley

Press Release

Opening Reception
September 24, 2026
5-6pm Members
6-8pm General Public
Pay From Your Heart Admission

Fall Exhibition Events @ BMoCA

Exhibiting Artist Panel with Curator Kate Petley,
Friday, September 25, 2026
11:30am - 12:30pm
$10/$5 members/Students are free BUY TICKETS

Curator Kate Petley and featured artists will discuss how they each approach using light in their art practices. Come enjoy coffee and light refreshments while you learn about our current exhibition.

Art to Heart: Unscripted & Unexpected Exhibition Walkthrough
Thursday, October 8, 2026
6 - 7:30pm
$15/$10 members BUY TICKETS

Come explore The Gravity of Light exhibition with a walkthrough by experts in varied professional fields using light. Haley Hartmann, a museum and theater lighting designer, and another guest presenter will lead a fun and lively tour of the exhibition.

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Art-Bathing Series - Light

Golden Hour Photography Tour
$55/$45 members
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm TICKETS
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm TICKETS
Experience our evening, outdoor workshop as an opportunity to increase your light observing skills. Learn how to use light to organize the world around you, and watch how its presence moves to make memories within, and on paper.

Mindful Mark-Making
$55/$45 members
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 1 - 3pm TICKETS
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1 - 3pm TICKETS
Join us for an expressive mark-marking and unconventional techniques workshop to embrace your inner abstractionist! From texture hunting to painting with non-traditional tools, this workshop, inspired by The Gravity of Light exhibition, will light the path for all those who refuse to color inside the lines.

Between Light & Shadow - Guided Meditation, Art Making and Cacao Ritual
$30/$22 members
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 5:30 - 6:30pm TICKETS
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 10 - 11am TICKETS
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 10 - 11am TICKETS
Light shapes so much of how we experience the world, affecting what we see and how we feel. Between Light and Shadow is a workshop inviting participants to explore that space where light and shadow meet within, a quiet practice of witnessing ourselves through mark, image, and contrast. This meditative experience will take place in the galleries and will include a guided cacao ritual.

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Storytelling with Light
Adults $40/$30 members, Youth $15/$10 members
Boulder artist Jules Jackson for a workshop on how to create your own shadow puppet shows using materials you can find anywhere! Learn techniques on how to create your own play scripts, puppets, and stages, so that you can tell stories using this ancient and beautiful art form. Bring a sketchbook/something to write on, pencils or pens. Ages 7+.
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 1-3pm TICKETS
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 1-3pm TICKETS

Animation Lightbox
Adults $40/$30 members, Youth $15/$10 members
Join local artist Jules Jackson to learn all about hand-drawn animation techniques! First, watch a live demo on how classic hand-drawn animation is made using the power of light - then, create your own hand-drawn animations using provided flipbooks! Bring a sketchbook/something to write on, pencils or pens. Ages 12+.
Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1-3pm TICKETS

The Fall Exhibition is generously sponsored by Penny & Barry Barnow, The Britton Fund, Audrey & Andrew Franklin, The Ghadimi Family, Amie Knox & Jim Kelley, Lynn McGowin, Sage Wirth, Nicky Wolman & David Fulker, Margaret A. Roberts Charitable Foundation, The Redman Foundation, Boulder County Arts Alliance, Aquila Cellars, Boulder Arts Commission, City of Boulder, Colorado Creative Industries, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, and United Way of Larimer County.