Week’s highlights

Boulder Arts Commission presents The Year Ahead: Artists and organizations are invited to this annual event that will look at what 2023 has to offer in the Boulder County arts scene. Participants can give one-minute, informal presentations on the performances, exhibits, installations and new works that they are looking forward to or what they are doing in the coming year. Free and open to the public; RSVP to RSVP@bouldercolorado.gov to attend or present; 6-8 p.m. Wednesday; R Gallery, 2027 Broadway, Boulder; boulderarts.org.

Dairy Arts Center closes ‘Vessel’: Exhibit “Vessel” closes this weekend with a reception offering one final look at the display that had artists explore the vessel’s fluid boundaries through unconventional art. Both the curator and artists will be at the closing party; 5-8 p.m. Saturday; 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; thedairy.org.

East Window’s poetry series: “Mothers and Monsters,” opening Friday, is a collaborative poetry reading and exhibition featuring Toni Oswald, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Jaclyn Eccesso and Sara Veglahn. It is part of the gallery’s new “Frame” poetry series, which will be curated each month by Oswald and Schantz through December 2023; 7-9 p.m. Friday; 4550 Broadway, Suite C-3B2, Boulder; eastwindow.org.

Longmont Museum opens ‘Duality’: “Duality: Contemporary Works by Indigenous Artists,” showcases unique and authentic artists who highlight the resurgence of contemporary art for Native people in recent years. The exhibit kicks off with an opening reception 6-8 p.m. Friday and officially opens Saturday. It’ll be up through May 14; 400 Quail Road, Longmont; longmontmuseum.org.

Boulder area

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art: “A Home In Between,” works by Erin Hyunhee Kang that explore her Marshall Fire-damaged home; “Just As I Am,” large-scale works by Kristopher Wright; “Plane of Action,” photographic works from artists Kevin Hoth and George P. Perez, all up through Feb. 19; 1750 13th St., Boulder; bmoca.org.

BMoCA at Macky: “Beyond the Male Gaze,” Jerrie Hurd’s works seek beauty in the human figure while avoiding objectification, through May 26; Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., #104, CU Boulder campus; bmoca.org.

Café Aion: “Snippets of Self in Numbers & Nouns,” mixed-media exhibit from seventh and eighth graders at Casey Middle School; through Feb. 6; Café Aion, 1235 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder; boulderartassociation.org.

Canyon Theater and Gallery: “To Have and to Hoard,” a unique collection of eccentric Boulderite Joel Haertling’s found objects, on display through Feb. 5; Main Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; boulderlibrary.org/exhibits.

Collective Community Arts Center: “A Year at Waneka Lake,” exhibit with 50 local artists celebrating the lake through various seasons, up through March 5; 201 N. Public Road, Lafayette; lafayetteco.gov.

Museum of Boulder: “Chautauqua: 125 Years at the Heart of Boulder,” celebrates the landmark on its birthday, through April 2; “Voces Vivas,” explores county’s Latino heritage, through Feb. 26; “Joysome: Bringing Joy to the Streets of Boulder,” which features hanging images on printed flags downtown, has a few select pieces up at the museum, through March 31; 2205 Broadway, Boulder; museumofboulder.org.

SmithKlein Gallery: Works are up from Uruguayan artist Santiago Garcia, who explores realism and abstraction within his work that includes various paintings of Converse shoes, on display Wednesday through March 3; 1116 Pearl St., Boulder; smithklein.com.

Longmont area

Firehouse Art Center: “The Language of Landscape and Memory,” features a trio of artists exploring the human relationship to the natural world, up through Feb. 5; In the South Gallery, winter artist-in-residence Nancy Eastman’s works are on display, through Wednesday; 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont; firehouseart.org.