WHERE I LEARNED TO LOOK: Art from the Yard

WHERE I LEARNED TO LOOK: Art from the Yard
Curated by Josh T Franco
On view at the El Pomar Galleries, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College and The Yard
March 6 – July 25, 2026

Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard celebrates the foundational role of yards in shaping contemporary art in America. Building upon existing scholarship on Yard Art, artwork created to exist in the transitional space between the home and wider world, artist and art historian Josh T Franco examines the lineage of this robust American art form. Featuring over 30 works, the exhibition spotlights both community and academically taught artists over the past five decades including David Driskell, vanessa german, Donald Judd, and Finnegan Shannon, revealing connections across communities in creative world-building with what is available.

Where I Learned to Look: Art from the Yard is curated by artist and art historian Josh T Franco in partnership with Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.

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