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Tilting West: Defining a New Legacy

June 04 - August 23, 2026

Tilting West: Defining a New Legacy

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Tilting West is a large-scale group exhibition that reexamines the genre of the American West through a contemporary lens. Blending invited and juried artists from across the region, the exhibition includes 12 invited artists and 102 selected works chosen from 1,555 submissions by 335 artists. This exhibition presents a wide range of perspectives that engage with and challenge the traditions within Western art. Through fresh interpretations of place, identity, land, and culture, this exhibition explores how the mythology of the West continues to shape the present, inviting audiences to experience the region not as a fixed idea, but as a living and evolving landscape of histories, communities, and possibilities.

Tilting West: Defining a New Legacy

June 04 - August 23, 2026

Special Events

Opening Reception

Thursday, June 4, 2026 6–9 PM

Free and open to the public! Please RSVP so we know that you are coming.

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Round Tables: Hosted by Tilt West

July 14, 2026, 5-9 PM

Tilt West’s mission is to promote critical discourse focused on arts and culture through live events and publishing efforts. We aim to provide a platform for inclusive community discussion and debate on a range of issues relevant to cultural production in Colorado and beyond. Learn more at tiltwest.org.

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Participating Artists

Grant Adams - Marcos Acosta* - Asma Al-Masyabi - Florence Alfano McEwan

Fawn Atencio - Reen Axtell - Alicia Bailey - Jack Balas

Libby Barbee - Jeffry Basinkewitz - JayCee Bayale* - Andrew Beckham

Angela Belt - Marc Billard - Brenda Biondo - Gina Blickenstaff

John Boak - Garret Bock - John Bonath - Alexandra Branch*

Michael Brohman - Robert Burch - Rita Caldwell - Al Canner

Andrea Caretto - Beau Carey* - Daniel Carr - Cassandra Chalfant

Raj Chaudhuri* - Earl Chuvarsky - Dennis Cochran - Jodie Roth Cooper

Rebecca Cuming - Peter Cunis - Jason Cuomo - Charles Dürer

James Dixon - Michael Dowling - Corey Drieth - Maeve Eichelberger*

Norman Epp - Melody Epperson - Corrina Espinosa - Douglas Fey

Carlos Fresquez* - Kent Flora - Steven Frost - Spencer Fuller

J. Michael Gatlin - Christy Georg - Susan Goldstein - Joseph Graves

Eric Havelock-Bailie - Maureen Hearty - Alexander Heilner - Lucy Holtsnider

Peter Illig - Samara Johnson - Tsehai Johnson - Vicki Johnston

Matt Jones - Anna Kaye* - Wendy Kowynia - Bree Lamb

Eric Laurson - Jim Leggitt - Frank Lucero - Patrick Marold

David Martinez - Chris May - Catie Michel* - Susan Moldenhauer

Johanna Mueller - Trace O’Connor - Sean O’Meallie - Corey Pickett*

Rick Ragels - Sangeeta Reddy - Kim Robert - Andrew Roberts-Gray

Catherine Robinson - Chandler Romeo - William Rumley - Pedro Saldarriaga

Carissa Samaniego - Heather Schulte - Dave Sieler - Shelby Shadwell

David Sharpe - Aidan Shelburne - David Sloan - David Stallings

Sharon Strasburg - Brenda Stumpf - Tina Suszynski - Bala Thiagarajan

Meghan Wilbar - Mary Wilhelm - Edie Winograde - Kristopher Wright*

Steven Yazzie*

*invited artist

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