{"id":27,"date":"2003-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=27"},"modified":"2003-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-23T07:00:00","slug":"art-auction-to-benefit-heller-center-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"ART AUCTION TO BENEFIT HELLER CENTER RESTORATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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April <\/p>\n

23, 2003<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Contact: Tom Hutton, University Relations, 262-3439<\/p>\n

Perrin Cunningham, coordinator, Heller Center, 330-3463<\/font><\/p>\n

ART AUCTION <\/p>\n

TO BENEFIT HELLER CENTER RESTORATION <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

COLORADO <\/p>\n

SPRINGS, COLO — Original and donated works of art will be auctioned <\/p>\n

May 15 to benefit efforts to create the Heller Center for the Arts and <\/p>\n

Humanities.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 5 p.m. May 15 in the University Center, the donated works <\/p>\n

will be on preview for individuals interested in bidding. Event organizers <\/p>\n

anticipate more than 40 works will be donated and that the event will <\/p>\n

raise more than $25,000. The auction will begin at 7 p.m.<\/font><\/p>\n

The donated works <\/p>\n

will include creations from campus faculty, staff and students as well <\/p>\n

as for bronze pieces created by the late Larry Heller. Local artists <\/p>\n

will also donate original sculpture, paintings and other artwork. Individuals <\/p>\n

may also donate works they have collected. Available work may be previewed <\/p>\n

at http:\/\/web.uccs.edu\/vapa\/heller\/<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

To donate artwork, contact: <\/p>\n

Perrin Cunningham, coordinator, Heller Center, 330-3463, or Gerry Riggs, <\/p>\n

director, Gallery of Contemporary Art, 262-3567.<\/font><\/p>\n

“The vision for the <\/p>\n

Heller Center is incredible,” Tom Bellamy, interim vice chancellor <\/p>\n

for academic affairs, said. “We envision a unique indoor and outdoor <\/p>\n

art ranch place where original artwork can be displayed, where artists <\/p>\n

in residence can create new works, and where gatherings of people interested <\/p>\n

in the arts and humanities and their relations to other disciplines <\/p>\n

can occur.”<\/font><\/p>\n

With the auction <\/p>\n

proceeds, the university hopes to stabilize the eclectic 1930s-era main <\/p>\n

building that previously was home to Larry and Dorothy Heller. The home <\/p>\n

needs extensive renovation. Long-term plans call for the creation of <\/p>\n

sculpture gardens, access improvements, renovation of the art studios <\/p>\n

and additional new meeting and exhibit space. The property is located <\/p>\n

on the far western edge of campus near Eagle Rock.<\/font><\/p>\n

Dorothy Heller died <\/p>\n

in Jan. 1999 at age 92, leaving the ranch, five buildings and a collection <\/p>\n

of artworks completed by her late husband, Larry Heller, to the university. <\/p>\n

Inside the home is an extensive collection of Larry Heller’s sculptures <\/p>\n

and paintings as well as mementos of the couple’s passions in <\/p>\n

addition to art – horses, racing cars, photography, golf and music.<\/p>\n

The Hellers asked the university to preserve the estate as a place for <\/p>\n

visiting artists and humanities scholars, retreats, workshops and exhibits. <\/p>\n

A three-stage plan is under development by a committee headed by Tom <\/p>\n

Bellamy, interim vice chancellor, Academic Affairs. Rex Welshon, associate <\/p>\n

dean, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Cunningham, serve as <\/p>\n

caretakers of the property and live in the small guesthouse while helping <\/p>\n

renovate a larger, main house. Their presence helps ensure the property <\/p>\n

is not vandalized or threatened by natural elements.<\/p>\n

For more information about contributions to the Heller Humanities Center, <\/p>\n

contact Martin Wood, vice president, University Advancement, 262-3438. <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

CU-Colorado Springs, <\/p>\n

located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the <\/p>\n

fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing <\/p>\n

universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, <\/p>\n

17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,400 <\/p>\n

students annually.<\/font> <\/p>\n

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April 23, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom Hutton, University Relations, 262-3439 Perrin Cunningham, coordinator, Heller Center, 330-3463 ART AUCTION TO BENEFIT HELLER CENTER RESTORATION COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO — Original and donated works of art (Full Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}