The Office of Arts and Culture presents a lecture series as part of the Experiments in Public Art program, which serves as a city-wide laboratory expanding the potential of public art. Unlike a traditional public art, Experiments in Public Art projects are as much a civic dialogue as they are opportunities for artists to work within unconventional parameters. The lecture series is a chance for the Boulder community to learn more about the program and what the possibilities of public art can be.

Today we welcome Ana María Hernando, from Argentina (b. 1959, Buenos Aires). Ana is a Colorado based multidisciplinary artist. She has a BFA from California College of the Arts, Oakland, and a BS from the National School of Education Eccleston in Buenos Aires.

Ana was the 2020 Prix Henry Clews in Sculpture awarded by La Napoule Art Foundation, with a one-year residency and solo major show at their Château, France. She has exhibited in other national and international museums.

In January 2024, her solo show To Let the Sky Know / Dejar que el cielo sepa, opened at Madison Square Park in New York, inaugurating the 20th anniversary of the MSP Conservancy’s public art program. A portion of this work travelled to Aspen, where it was shown in My Longing Doesn’t Quiet / Mi añoranza no se calla along with new work at Rubey Park Transit Center and Sister Cities Plaza.

Ana represented Colorado in 2024 Women to Watch exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is a 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellow and was a 2021-2023 RedLine Resource Artist. In 2016, she participated in the initial iteration of the Experiments in Public Art series.

Join the Boulder Office of Arts & Culture for a thoughtful and engaging lecture by a local or visiting artist. Free and open to the public.

This event is organized by a community partner and hosted by the Boulder Public Library.