Permenant Art Installations
Tomlinson Library features contemporary original art in a variety of mediums displayed throughout its three floors, gracing our spaces with wonder and vibrant color. Among the art on display are works by current and former faculty and artists from the local community.
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Oblivious, 2016
Theresa Booth Brown, Longmont, CO, Oil and collage on wood, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor One: Northeast
Day Break People
Paul Pleka, Lithograph, Permanent Collection, Location: Floor One: East
Fearless, 2016
Christopher Owen Nelson, Superior, CO, Carved and painted cast iron, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor One: Southeast
First Snow in Unaweep, 2016
George Callison, Grand Junction, Oil on canvas, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor One: Southwest
Full Bloom, 2016
Meagan Crowley, Dolores, CO, Forged, fabricated steel, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: North
Spirits of the Canyon, 2016
John Anglim, Grand Junction, Photograph, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: North
Still Waters, 2016
Melody Randol, Loveland, CO, Fiber, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: East
Untitled, 1996
Bowerman, Oil on canvas, A gift from Dennis F. O'Connor, Location: Floor Two: East
Winter in Arroyo Canyon, 2016
Lorenzo Chavez, Parker, CO, Oil on canvas, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: Southeast
La Puerta de Luz, 2016
Lorenzo Chavez, Parker, CO, Oil on canvas, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: Southeast
Inflourescere, 2016
Meagan Crowley, Dolores, CO, Forged, fabricated steel, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: South
Narcisse, 2016
Wendy Wischler, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mirrored mylar and paper, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Two: South Atrium
Saturday Night at Funston
Jack Roberts, Oil on canvas, A gift from Dennis O'Connor, Location: Floor Two: West
A2Z, 2016
John Anglim, Grand Junction, Digital collage print, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Three: North
A Head for Learning
Rick D. Adleman, CMU Associate Director of Development, Permanent Collection, Location: Floor Three: East
Bust of Dr. Carl R. Wahlberg, Jr. Past President, Mesa College, 2017
Bust of Dr. Carl R. Wahlberg, Jr. Past President, Mesa College, 2017
Wide Plant, 2016
Eric Elliott, Grand Junction, Charcoal on paper, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Three: South
Cattails in Motion, 2016
Edward Kunzelman, Grand Junction, Photograph, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Three: Southwest
Tell Me a Story, 2016
Krista Harris, Bayfield, CO, Acrylic, graphite, graffiti, paint, shellac, AiPP Commission, Location: Floor Three: West
The Book Cliffs, 2013
Jeremy M. Smith, CMU Senior Graphic Artist and Creative Projects Manager, Grand Junction, Pencil drawing and digital painting, Permanent Collection, Location: Floor Three: West
Portal, 2016
Anthony Gunten, Greeley, CO, Steel, AiPP Commission, Location: Library East Entrance
Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado By Dave Showalter
In partnership with the Ruth Powell Hutchins Water Center and with support from Braided River, we're welcoming Dave Showalter's photography exhibit: Living River. This 20-piece visual journey encapsulates the resilience of the Colorado River and its keepers, illustrating how we can create an enduring watershed. This exhibit is free and open to the public!
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Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado
Dave Showalter: Exhibit Photographer
Conservation photographer and storyteller Dave Showalter's exhibit is based on his award-winning book, Living River. Showalter’s book was awarded the National Outdoor Book Award for Nature and the Environment, and also was one of Kirkus Reviews’ 100 Best Indie Books of 2023.
Hope in Rainbows
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado after a rainstorm
Adult Bobcat
An adult bobcat pauses on a bluff above the green river
Canyon Lands National Park
Morning light pierces an opening in Canyon Lands National Park, Utah, to paint a rock formation of the doll house and the Colorado River in reflected gold.
Pronghorn
A small herd of Pronghorn race across snow-covered sagebrush flats in Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming. Pronghorn, the western hemisphere's fastest land mammal, are neither goat nor antelope, but a singular 20 million year-old species.
Sage-Grouse
When a Greater Sage-Grouse female raises her wings, signaling her readiness to mate, the male puffs up his chest and spreads his tail feathers as these noble, emblematic western birds do their part to continue the species.
River Otters
A Trio of river otters haul up on Green River shore ice with a fresh catch of an endemic American Whitefish. Wyoming's Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge has a healthy otter population estimated at more that thirty pairs of breeding adults, an indicator of good water quality and abundant fish stock.
Grand Canyon
Floating through geologic time in the Grand Canyon's inner gorge.
Inter-Tribal Coalition
Elders of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition-Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, Hopi Tribe, and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe - held a ceremony that lasted through the night.
Yellow Warbler
A brilliant male Yellow Warbler sings from restored willow along Colorado's Fraser River while defending breeding territory in May.
American Pelicans
Someone has to take the leap. American Pelicans roam the Green River channels throughout Seedskadee in summer, finding healthy fish populations to scoop in their massive bills.
Voices Seen Portraits of Diversity Exhibit
The Voices Seen Exhibit, a collaboration between the Tomlinson Library, the Department of Languages, Literature & Mass Communication, and the Cultural Inclusion Council is located on the 2nd floor of the library in the "Skinny Gallery" near classroom 212.
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