Rocky Mountain Triennial

May 26 - August 6, 2023, The Museum of Art Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

The Museum of Art Fort Collins is pleased to bring back the popular Rocky Mountain Triennial in 2023. The exhibition was juried from artists in seven states in the Rocky Mountain Region: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New  Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. The exhibition features 46 artists and 60 artworks in all mediums from painting, sculpture, ceramic, drawing, printmaking and more.

The exhibition this year was juried by Merry Scully. Merry Scully is currently the Director of the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino.  She was previously head of curatorial affairs, and curator of contemporary art at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM. Previous positions include curator of the Governor’s Gallery for Governor Bill and Barbara Richardson of NM; director of exhibitions and the associate director of exhibitions and public programs at the San Francisco Art Institute; and assistant to the artistic director Judith F. Baca, and gallery program director for the Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice, California. She holds a B.A. from Loyola Marymount University and an M.F.A. from theUniversity of New Mexico and has been a curator for exhibitions of contemporary and historic art, photography, and design in numerous locations including the New Mexico Museum of Art, San Francisco Art Institute, and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Scully also taught history of photography courses at Santa Fe Community College and contemporary art and ideas courses at the now closed Santa Fe University of Art and Design.

List of Participating Artists
Emma Adams, Fort Collins, CO
Jacquelyn Blackstone, Albuquerque, NM
Jonah Brock, Manitou Springs, CO
Austin Caswell, Englewood, CO
Paula Christenson, Cedar Hills, UT
Kelly Cox & Eric Mullis, Boise, ID
Lynné Bowman Cravens, Colorado Springs, CO
Catherine Cummings, Greeley, CO
Jane Waggoner Deschner, Billings, MT
Jane Dodge, Denver, CO
Bethany Economos, Fort Collins, CO
Molly Elkind, Santa Fe, NM
Nicholas Emery, Nederland, CO
Suzanne Faris, Fort Collins, CO– Grand Prize Winner
Jalaina Felker, Denver, CO
Donna Fleetwood, Santa Fe, NM
Chantel Foretich, Santa Fe NM
Christine Golden, Flagstaff, AZ
Noemi Gonzalez, Fort Collins, CO
Steven Gray, Park City, UT
Doug Haeussner, Denver, CO
Gwen Hatchette, Fort Collins, CO
Marilynn Jennings, Santa Fe, NM
James Johnson, Gilbert, AZ– Honorable Mention
Sara Johnson-Trujillo, Casper, WY
Sarah Konrad, Laramie, WY
ted laredo, Albuquerque, NM– 2nd Prize
Nick Larsen, Santa Fe, NM
Joanne Lefrak, Santa Fe, NM– 3rd Prize
Marius Lehene, Fort Collins, NM
Maureen May, Durango, CO
Jaclyn Miller, Arvada, CO
Elizabeth Morisette, Fort Collins, CO
Ben Nathan, Logan, UT
Kimberly Noel, Fort Collins, CO- Honorable Mention
Danielle O’Malley, Helena, MT
Heather Oelklaus, Colorado Springs, CO
Tony Ortega, Denver, CO
Heather Patterson, Johnstown, CO
Moe Scance, Golden, CO– Honorable Mention
Carol Sogard, Salt Lake City, UT
Benjamin Timpson, Tempe, AZ
Kathryn Vinson, Loveland, CO
Daralynn Weyna, Windsor, CO
Nick Zukauskas, Fort Collins, CO