Gallery Exhibition:

Shared Vision: The Sharon Prize Artists    

This exhibition celebrates the visionary work of artists supported by The Sharon Prize, an annual grant established by Denise Horton and Kathleen Economos in honor of Sharon Riordan McAvoy. A visual artist and elementary school art teacher, Sharon believed deeply in nurturing creativity in others; a legacy that continues through this program's commitment to emerging and mid-career women and non-binary artists living and working in Colorado.

The works gathered here reflect The Sharon Prize's core belief in the power of togetherness to build vibrant, inclusive, and loving communities. Spanning visual arts, music, dance, film, literature, and multidisciplinary practices, these projects engage with some of our time's most pressing concerns: climate change, immigration, human rights, and social justice. Each piece represents not only artistic excellence but also a commitment to strengthening the fabric of Colorado communities.

On view in the gallery through 03/01/26. Gallery hours are M-F, 10AM-4PM (ring the doorbell!), and by appointment with the owner.

Syzygy is the precise alignment of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system. Together they form a constellation. Individually, they are particles, astrological dust, the seed of what could be, fragments of a larger whole. This body of work began as excavation. Where LaBauve’s practice has long been additive, these sculptures were carved from solid blocks of clay, material slowly removed through intuitive, repeated interaction. The subtraction became its own bodily language. What emerged were voids: openings, passages, spaces where light enters the dark and dark enters the light. Raw, intimate, still arriving.

Some of these sculptures were divided and rejoined, concealing their own interior history. Others remain as two, born from the same block, separated in the making. The connection between them is invisible but present, sensed rather than seen. In both cases, they started as one.

Syzygy is a collection of small sculptures, presented together as a single work and available to collect in sets. It is a teaser — a first encounter with work that will expand into a larger in-person exhibition this summer. Consider it an invitation to look closely, to choose a few pieces to carry home, and to return.