Join us for the opening reception of a new exhibition, Future Archives, by PlatteForum Resident Artist Erica Rawson in collaboration with ArtLab youth interns!
About the Artist: Erica Rawson is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, printmaking, performance, collage, digital media, and installation. Through an exploration of materiality, she examines the intangible connections that bind us to one another, using memories and objects as vessels for storytelling and transformation. Her work often embraces decay, allowing materials to evolve over time and reveal new meanings.
Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Erica relocated to Denver in 2012. With more than a decade of experience in metal fabrication, she has contributed to local installations and public art projects nationwide. Deeply committed to collaboration and community engagement, she taught at the Community College of Denver and served as Artist Fellow at the Museum of Outdoor Arts in 2023 and 2025. Erica earned a BFA in Sculpture and Printmaking from Metropolitan State University of Denver and is currently an MFA candidate in Studio Art at the University of California, Davis.
About the exhibition: Future Archives is a multidisciplinary art project that invites interns to explore memory, identity, and creativity through analog artmaking. Working across collage, printmaking, and sculpture, participants transform personal experiences, family histories, observations, and collected materials into original works of art. Alongside these hands-on practices, they examine emerging technologies and reflect on how digital tools shape memory, creativity, resource use, authorship, and our everyday lives.
The culminating exhibition features individual and collaborative artworks that celebrate the creative possibilities of working with physical materials while inviting visitors to consider what is gained, altered, or lost as more of our lives move into digital spaces. Through making, experimentation, and conversation, Future Archives affirms the enduring value of human imagination, craftsmanship, and shared experience.
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Accessiblity and Parking:
PlatteForum's Address: 910 Galapago Street, Denver CO 80204
Street Parking: There is lots of street parking around the neighborhood. Keep in mind, street parking fills up on First Fridays.
Lot Parking: There are a few paid lots around the neighborhood. West High School usually offers a paid parking lot during First Fridays. This lot is directly adjacent to PlatteForum.
Public Transportation / Biking: PlatteForum is a 7 minute walk from the Kalamath Street & 10th Avenue bus stop, and a 15-minute walk from the 10th & Osage light rail station. Bike racks available on site on the west side of the building.
Accessibility: PlatteForum has reserved one accessible parking space on the east side of the building (marked with a cone). There is also a ramp with a handrail from the east side of the building to PlatteForum's door on the 2nd level. Once inside, you can move throughout PlatteForum's spaces and to the restroom without steps. One restroom is ADA accessible. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requests or questions. Contact: info@platteforum.org, 303-893-0791.