THIS FRIDAY: Using Sound to Make Art Come Alive

Hi everyone, Josh here!

We've all been to that museum exhibit where we get the audio guide and are... bored. There's a dry voice, telling you what you're looking at and why it's important but it's missing something. It's missing a reason to keep listening. 

In her various roles in museums from Denver to New York and now independently, Sarah Wambold has made it her mission to change that. At the beginning of A Daughter's Voice, a project Sarah made at the Clyfford Still museum, Clyfford Still's daughter Sandra recounts a story where as a child Clyfford was lowered into a well in order to light some dynamite for excavation. It's a riveting story, and it was presented in a way that made me forget that this was audio from a museum. It sounded like a narrative podcast. That's when I knew Sarah was doing something different. She skillfully combines her knowledge and love of art with her background in journalism to make excellent work, like the podcast Immaterial from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 

So join us this Friday, August 15th at 6:30pm at the Denver Press Club as we chat with Sarah about how she went from journalism to art museums, and what it takes to make visual art come to life through an audio medium. RSVP here!