CMC Spring Valley hosts prototype lab opening, student portfolio show

A new prototype lab at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley will provide students from the college’s Isaacson School for Communication, Arts and Media more learning opportunities in photography, digital media and graphic design. An example of the practical, yet visually intriguing, lab is this “wrench bench.” A grand opening, student portfolio show and a discussion about the influence of the Bauhaus movement will take place May 2 at the campus. Photo Debra Crawford
wrenches at CMC Spring Valley's wrench bench
A new prototype lab, including this wrench bench at CMC Spring Valley will provide students more learning opportunities. Photo Debra Crawford

Colorado Mountain College will present the Prototype Lab Grand Opening and Isaacson School Portfolio Show, an open house in the college’s new prototype lab at CMC Spring Valley on May 2. The event is free and the public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

The afternoon will begin with the lab’s grand opening from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. An open house from 4:15 to 5 p.m. will allow community members to see what the new lab offers students. From 4:30 to 7 p.m. the Isaacson School Portfolio Show will feature students’ work from the school’s focus areas of professional photography, digital media and graphic design.

The grand opening will also feature Katie Carlsen, program coordinator for The Aspen Institute’s Aspen Community Programs. Carlsen will speak about the Bauhaus, a German art movement with surprising connections to the Roaring Fork Valley and the Isaacson School. Numerous local events are being held to celebrate the Bauhaus movement’s 100th anniversary this year.

The Prototype Lab Grand Opening and Isaacson School Portfolio Show will take place from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at CMC Spring Valley, 3000 County Road 114, Glenwood Springs. To learn more about the Isaacson School, go to isaacsonschool.org.

For more information, contact Seth Goddard at 384-8506 or slgoddard@coloradomtn.edu.