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Retrospective of Colorado Springs artists Eric Bransby, Mary Ann Bransby, film installation, First Friday openings this weekend

“Bransby Retrospective”: Eric Bransby, who died in 2020, has 30-plus murals in prominent buildings across the U.S. His wife, Mary Ann Bransby, who died in 2011, was a longtime painter who founded Pikes Peak Watercolor Society. A collection of their works is up through March 13 at Pikes Peak State College Gallery at Studio West. The free opening reception is 5-7 p.m. Friday, 22 N. Sierra Madre St.; pikespeak.edu.

Eric Bransby with a draft of his Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College’s mural. Courtesy Fine Arts Center.

“Radish Row” by Jasmine McGlade and “Collecting Changes: A Permanent Record” by Diane Reeves, Surface Gallery: Inspired by the structure and life of gardens, McGlade created bold paintings indicative of plants. Reeves has a display of living plants that have been pressed, named and archived. A free opening reception is 5-9 p.m. Friday. Up through March 27 at 2752 W. Colorado Ave.; surfacegallerycos.com.

“Tomate” by Jasmine McGlade. Courtesy Valerie Lloyd

Works by April Stark and Ken Williams: Both artists work in watercolor, oil and acrylics. Exhibits open with a free opening reception with complimentary wine and chocolate from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Gallery 113, 125 N. Tejon St. The shows are up through March; gallery113cos.com.

“Maria Gaspar: Clamour”: In 2021, as Cook County Department of Corrections began demolishing jail dormitories, artist Maria Gaspar documented the event. “Clamour” captures one part of the building block being torn down. It’s part of the Contemporary Film, Video and Sound Series at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. It runs through April 4; 30 W. Dale St.

“Sacred Roots: The Art of the Living Earth,” with works by Madhuri, and “Step, Repeat,” Cottonwood Center for the Arts: Madhuri uses ancient Indian art forms to explore the relationship between heritage and the environment. In “Step Repeat,” works use a repeated pattern as an intentional element. Both are up through March 28 with a free opening reception from 5-8 p.m. Friday, 427 E. Colorado Ave.



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