City of Greeley News

GREELEY, Colo. — North Carolina artist Diane Bronstein’s work will be featured at Greeley’s Tointon Gallery of Fine Art from December 20 to January 17, 2025. The exhibit title is “Unreal City.” An artist’s reception will be held on December 20 from 5-7 p.m.

As an artist who utilizes a combination of photography, collage and embroidery, Bronstein explores the imbalance of nature and human-built environments. She is fascinated by the relationship between our cityscapes and the battle for nature’s survival, and she uses the subject of climate change to create works that offer introspection.

Her work focuses on nostalgia for typical street scenes, sometimes populated with people but where nature is rapidly encroaching. Each piece has been heavily embroidered onto vintage and original black-and-white photos, and she adds dimension to the surface by extending the embroidery off the photo. She wants her work to show both humor and dread — that feeling that something’s not quite right, but no one seems concerned.  

“I’m afraid that we’re all guilty of this when it comes to how our world is trying to right itself from humanity’s damage,” she says.

The gallery, located within the Union Colony Civic Center and Greeley Recreation Center complex at 651 10th Avenue, is open weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.  

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