{"id":82196,"date":"2020-06-17T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-denver-museum-of-nature-science-to-open-the-art-of-the-brick-june-25\/"},"modified":"2020-06-17T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:09:02","slug":"el-museo-de-naturaleza-y-ciencia-de-denver-inaugurara-el-arte-del-ladrillo-el-25-de-junio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-museo-de-naturaleza-y-ciencia-de-denver-inaugurara-el-arte-del-ladrillo-el-25-de-junio\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Museum Of Nature &amp; Science To Open The Art Of The Brick June 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">DENVER<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0&#8220;The Art of the Brick,&#8221; a captivating exhibition featuring art made by renowned contemporary artist <span class=\"xn-person\">Nathan Sawaya<\/span> from one of the most recognizable toys in the world\u2014the LEGO<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>brick\u2014opens on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 25<\/span> at the Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg77e7left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg77e7left\" title=\"Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/794433\/Denver_Museum_of_Nature_Science_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Designed to inspire ingenuity and creativity, &#8220;The Art of the Brick&#8221; is the world&#8217;s largest and most elaborate display of LEGO art, featuring 100 works of art.\u00a0The exhibition includes original pieces as well as re-imagined versions of famous masterpieces along with an innovative,\u00a0multimedia collection of LEGO brick-infused imagery produced in tandem with award-winning photographer <span class=\"xn-person\">Dean West<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Art of the Brick&#8217; takes LEGO somewhere you wouldn&#8217;t expect and shows you things you have never seen before,&#8221; said brick artist <span class=\"xn-person\">Nathan Sawaya<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors will get up close with the fan favorite &#8220;Yellow,&#8221; a life-size sculpture of a man opening his chest allowing thousands of yellow LEGO bricks to cascade from the cavity. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Art of the Brick&#8217; exhibition is an exciting blend of fine art, math, science, and engineering,&#8221; Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Sciences Paleontologist and Exhibition Curatorial Advisor <span class=\"xn-person\">Ian Miller<\/span> said. &#8220;I played with LEGO bricks all the time growing up, and I wish I had been exposed to the artistic depth that LEGO bricks offer when I was building my castle sets as a kid!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Exhibition Free through Labor Day<\/b><u><br \/><\/u>As the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt by all of us in so many ways, the Museum and Sawaya are supporting our communities by offering &#8220;The Art of the Brick&#8221; free with membership or general admission through Labor Day. Timed tickets are required, and advanced reservations are strongly encouraged.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Preview<u><br \/><\/u><\/b>A press conference and media preview will be held on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 23<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">10 a.m.<\/span> at the Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, and via Zoom. To confirm attendance or receive the Zoom link, contact <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:maura.oneal@dmns.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">maura.oneal@dmns.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2833386-1&amp;h=507582667&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FDMNSbrick&amp;a=dmns.org%2Fbrick\" rel=\"nofollow\">dmns.org\/brick<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b><u>About the Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science <br \/><\/u><\/b>The Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science is the Rocky Mountain Region&#8217;s leading resource for informal science education. Connect with the Museum on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2833386-1&amp;h=3128407473&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDMNSorg&amp;a=Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2833386-1&amp;h=2906208687&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FDenverMuseumNS%2F&amp;a=Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2833386-1&amp;h=5172412&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fdenvermuseumns%2F&amp;a=Instagram\" rel=\"nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT<br \/><b>Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science<\/b><br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Maura O&#8217;Neal<\/span><br \/>303.370.6407 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:maura.oneal@dmns.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">maura.oneal@dmns.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2833386-1&amp;h=3345985976&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F794433%2FDenver_Museum_of_Nature_Science_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F794433%2FDenver_Museum_of_Nature_Science_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/794433\/Denver_Museum_of_Nature_Science_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">DENVER<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 17, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0&#8220;The Art of the Brick,&#8221; a captivating exhibition featuring art made by renowned contemporary artist <span class=\"xn-person\">Nathan Sawaya<\/span> from one of the most recognizable toys in the world\u2014the LEGO<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>brick\u2014opens on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 25<\/span> at the Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg77e7left\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg77e7left&quot; title=&quot;Denver&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-y-cultura"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}