M12 (Midway – 12) is an art focused 501(c)(3) not-for-profit and NGO.
The M12 art collective is organized and operated by a collective of artists and creative professionals and is based in Denver and Byers, Colorado. We also operate a rural field office and land-based project site that is located 2 miles south of the HWY 71 and 36 intersection in Last Chance, Colorado. M12 creates interdisciplinary site-based art works, research projects, and education and outreach programs. Working in the fields of sculpture, architecture, and public art and design, we favor projects that are centered in rural areas and which can be developed through dialogical and collaborative approaches. Our projects explore community identity and the value of often under-represented rural communities and their surrounding landscapes. We strive to be stewards of effective local and global creative problem solving, and a community resource for evolutionary thinking and innovative communication.
M12 affiliates have worked locally in Colorado and internationally with programs and exhibitions appearing at The 2011 Australian Biennial (SPACED), The Biennial of the Americas, The Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah, The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, The Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Boulder, Colorado, The Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, the Wall House Foundation in Groningen, the Netherlands, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland.
Since 2002, M12 and its projects have been supported by the following groups and foundations:
Anschutz Family Foundation
Colorado Creative Industries, A Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
The National Endowment for the Arts
IASKA, “Spaced-Art Out of Place”, International Biennial, Perth Australia
VC Farms of Yuma, COLO.
Washington County, COLO.
The University of Colorado at Boulder
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
Indianapolis Community Foundation
The Colorado Gay and Lesbian Fund
The Maryland Institute College of Art
Alabama Power Company
The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture
Pasadena City College
Byers America, Roberta and Ed Roth
M12 is organized and operated by:
Richard Saxton, Creative Director — richard@m12studio.org
Kirsten Stoltz, Program Director — kirsten@m12studio.org
Brian Cook, Ecology Director— brian@m12studio.org
Board:
Todd Bockley
Matthew Fluharty
Margo Handwerker
Kris Harzinski
Jared Walters
Collaborators:
Stuart Hyatt
Alvin Gregorio
David Wyrick
Valerie Albicker
Bill Rumley
Zach Boddicker
Internship Program Participants:
Kim Inglis
Jon Geiger
Adrianna Santiago
Yolanda Chichester
Cole Cleland
Lindsay Kotovsky
Byers, Colorado
Office for Connective Aesthetics
350 W. Front Street
Byers, Colo 80103
