Buh-bye The Lab at Belmar

April 5, 10:53 PMDenver Art ExaminerMichael Salamon

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Hello The Lab at the MCA Denver! That's right, and it's kinda old news. You see, Adam Lerner was recently selected as the new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

You know Adam. He's the boss-man over at (the soon to be closed) Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar. Who do you think overseesall those sweet Mixed Taste lectures and bad ass installations? Mr. Lerner does, thats' who.

And now we're gonna get his muscle behind the MCA Denver. But what exactly is that going to mean?

Well for starters, The Lab has to close. Its last day of operation will be April 26, 2009, (following a Gallery Talk the previous night with curator Michelle Baldwin and artist Andrew Novick - chatting about the current exhibition The Astounding Problem of Andrew Novick). After the 26th all of The Lab's programming and events will take place at MCA Denver.

Beginning May 1st members of The Lab with receive comparable memberships to MCA Denver, so don't worry 'bout getting cut out of any art culture, mmmmkay?

All of this and more will be covered at the MCA Denver 13th Annual Meeting. Memebers can get an earful on Tuesday, April 21st, from 5:00 - 6:45 pm. There will be a cash bar and members reception for the first thirty minutes, before they get to the nitty-gritty of the night.

If you're a member and intend to attend RSVP micheller[at]mcadenver.org or call (303) 298-7554.

Otherwise, we'd all better get over to the Belmar before it becomes a Disney Store or something.