Laura Phelps Rogers

Experience

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  Hot Spgs Trading Co, Macys Mattress Firm t, ADT/Spinmaster, CU, Trailways/Roadway Express

  Mar 1979 - Mar 2014

  Sales - Account Manager, General Manager, Marketing, Visual

  Woven into the highly visible visual practice side of Laura's professional life is her story of how she developed sales acumen & agile approach to business management. Her career began with opening & operating her first fine art business in 1979. A retail presence that has been continuous to present. She secured a position running a Continental Trailways Terminal to obtain additional capital for her second retail gallery space, Hot Springs Trading Co. This led to her first property development & spurred her to create a historic retail dist. in Salida. Laura used her retail space as a springboard for her core income generator producing fine art shows & sales in Aspen, Vail & Santa Fe. During an economic downturn, she opened her 3rd retail gallery space in Denver in 1983. An opportunity to work in the LTL transportation sector at Roadway Express presented in 87 as an Asst Dock Supervisor & inside sales work comingled w/ resolving LTL shipment issues. Unable to advance, she returned to finish her undergrad in 2005, Laura opened her 4th retail gallery space in a warehouse that has become a popular art dist., RiNo. Throughout her management, sales & retail career, opportunities working outside her own business led to experiences she gained in various roles such as computer lab supervisor, visual work at Macy's, sales at ADT Security, & Denver representative for Spinmaster. Laura's focus shifted to a change in business practice through the gallery space in RiNo. She added contemporary art to her business repertoire. As a fine art dealer these experiences bolster her sales & mgmt. skills allowing her to develop agile mgmt. & leadership skills. She excels in planning, problem-solving, striving for excellence, integrity & innovation. Her leadership, drive, & ability to adapt have paved a path for her business to survive downturns, business & technological shifts; with a natural ability to empower people & a keen interest in strategies crossing social & cultural barriers Show less

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  Hot Springs Trading Co, Confucius Institute, Spinmaster, Macys and Mattress Firm

  Dec 1979 - Aug 2018

  Retail Visual Design, Management & Merchandising

  From luxury retail fine art & antiques to exhibition & show promoter to retail store design & visual management - the early part of her professional career Laura produced events Shows & Sales in Aspen, Vail & Santa Fe as Hot Springs Trading Co. Now 3240Design LLC (listed above as current employment) Laura has designed and visually managed 4 retail gallery locations continuous in the context of her own business. One of her first visual gigs outside her own business was working for the Confucius Institute to open a Denver location on the Auraria Campus in 2009. This project entailed the installation of numerous exhibits and her own personal installation of 2 large sculptural doors. Since that opportunity, she has created numerous single displays on a contract visual basis through the company including a 4 story installation at City Hall, an intensive visual display for a GDVN conference, performed visual work for Tri-Con Films, brought street art to the conversation at a IRDC conference in 2021 and a most recent example of ambitious holiday display at Partners in Crime for the holidays in 2022. Laura has worked for Macy's where she facilitated holiday display directives working at Northfield location for Holly Bonnes (now at Target). As store manager, where she turned around 2 different locations numbers performing both visual directives and implementing independent visual management at Mattress Firm. Most recently as Denver Sales & Visual Representative, beyond the gallery and curatorial work, Laura performed visual merchandising and fulfilling visual directives for Spinmaster a Canadian toy company at big box locations in the Denver market while advancing orders based on store specific needs. Show less

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  City of Denver Inst.-Stud. Teaching CCD-Early Excellence-UCD Lab Supr.-Emp Training-Lecturer/Speaker

  Jan 1980 - Jan 2022

  Teaching, Mentor, Coach

  This section will be developed further to provide detailed information on Laura's assorted experience teaching, mentoring, and speaking. To start out, Laura has had various teaching roles (the longest with the City and County of Denver as a recreation instructor for Parks & Recreation.) Employee training has been a constant through her management roles. Mentoring and coaching as Gallery Director is a large part of her role with internal clients (artists.) Higher Ed - Laura was assistant to the Art Department Head at the Community College of Denver and performed student teaching. Laura was an art lab supervisor at University of Colorado Denver. Laura has presented on numerous occasions lecturing. Several in the academic sector and several at conferences. A short teaching job arose when invited to consider developing art curriculum for the Early Excellence School in Five Points, funding was not received the position extended as an alternative as instructor not pursued. Laura has held numerous workshops at 4 art centers/galleries and in higher ed at the University of Hawaii Maui College and at the College Art Assoc. Conference in Chicago 2020 for the large sculptural quilt a social engagement project.Laura has held a Colorado Substitute Teacher License which has lapsed. Show less

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  See - below

  Jan 1981 - now

  Fine Art - Curation and Collection Consulting

  Fine Art, Curation, Consultation, Acquisitions and CollectionsLaura's 3rd Fine Art location opened for business in Denver in 1983 working with 15th Century to Midcentury fine art and collectible items up until she relocated in 2005 to her 4th spot in what is now the RiNo Art District. She introduced Contemporary art there as a solitary focus in 2010 - Switching entirely to a contemporary art focus then & up to the present. The contemporary gallery she runs specializes in all mediums of contemporary art 2d, 3d and new media. There is a focus on sculpture.Expertise in period accurate and sympathetic collecting for Modern, Post-Modern and Mid-century period architecture. Expertise from Colonial to our evolving metamodernism. Identifying herself a contemporary art specialist, Laura has a background in historic and period fine art & collecting that allows her to translate her knowledge of periods and architecture to your project if required.Individual Clients and Projects - range from film set design and staging to private, corporate, hospitality, non-profit and public collections The retail Contemporary Art Gallery has a commitment to accommodating entry level collectors and advanced collectors as well by carrying an assortment of original art in all mediums. Location: fooLPRoof contemporary art owned by 3240design LLC. Former locations as: Hot Springs Trading Co. Show less

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  Urban Renewal, South Broadway, Salida Historic, West Colfax Bid

  Sept 1981 - Sept 2014

  Community Development

  Board Chair Englewood Urban Renewal, Vice Pesident Englewood Urban Renewal, Board Member Englewood Urban Renewal Member 2004-2014 - Englewood Alliance for Commerce 2014 - Vice President West Colfax Business Improvement District - NoBo (North of Broadway) Business Association Founder 2005 - 2009 - South Broadway Merchant Association 1983 - 2000 - Downtown Salida Historic Districting Project 1980 - 1981 Formerly engaged in a top leadership role of Acoma Street Redevelopment Project and Creative Enterprise Advancement. Leader of a team in pursuit of visionary outcomes for the City of Englewood.Appointed in 2004. Show less

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  Various

  Jan 2005 - now

  Property Management
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  Laura Phelps Rogers

  Jan 2005 - now

  Visual Artist

  A selection of recent exhibitions:Public Art Placement Sculpture Tucson, Western Cast iron Exhibition in El Cajon, CA, Artnauts in Ireland Columbia & Brazil, Several exhibitions in Chicago including Absurdity In Dada We Trust - Artnauts Resilience in Sarajevo Expert in Site Specific Installation Art & Sculpture - Solo Exhibitions visit https://www.lauraphelpsrogers.com - most recent Iron Art Friends and Triptych of Solo Exhibitions with Louis Recchia & Jennifer Hope A small sampling of older inclusions: Grass Roots, Woman Made Gallery, ChicagoColorado Environmental Film Fest Photography Exhibition - Juror Eric PaddockPresence Absence, Lakewood, Cultural Center, Lakewood, COA few more Solo Exhibitions - HOME ECONOMICS, Pirate & UTOPIA - sculptural interpretation of the landscape, Ice Cube GalleryJuried - Western Spirit, Cheyenne, WYJuried - Art of The State, Arvada CenterVancouver Biennial Collaboration with Shwetta Battad/Farmer Ken OltjenbrunsFired - Iron Invitational Group Show, Arvada CenterActive Staircase Project at Metro West Housing Solutions - a four story permanent installation; TriCon Films -HGTV production outside set designUniversity of Northern Colorado - Speaker at 2015 Art Educators ConferencePresenter - International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Denver Art Museum - Guest Artist - Interactive Studio DemonstrationStop by fooLPRoof art gallery to check out her curatorial approach or for a personal view into her practice. Contemporary artist known for Cast Works (bronze/iron) - Sculpture: Immersive & Site Specific Art - Active Staircases - Entry pieces - Fabricated sculpture - of course Gallery works & Gallery type Installation works - as well as Photography & Large Format PhotographyServices include: Fabrication, Installation & Design, Set, Events, Graphics & Visual Design - Text based projects & solutions-Custom LED letter based work & Billboards. Props for rent or sale - events, staging, film production Show less

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  3240design llc

  Jan 2005 - now

  3240 Design LLC is the parent company of fooLPRoof contemporary art. At 3240 Design LLC we perform Design and Project Management, Fabrication managing you project from purchasing to logistics & operations. We specializing in sculpture and public work but are experts in film or retail visual design and event design.We are known for these types of work: Sculpture - indoor/outdoor Sculpture 3" - 300' - Immersive & Site Specific Art - Active Staircases - Entry pieces - Gallery type Installation works - Sculpture - Cast Work (bronze/iron/aluminum) - Photography & Large Format Photography Range of services include: Fabrication, Engineering solutions, Installations, Transportation Logistics, Design Cad/3d etc., Set - Retail/Commercial - Event - Graphic & Visual Designs Text based projects & solutions-Custom LED letter based work & Billboard Design. Also available an inventory of materials/components and props for rent or sale, for events, staging, film productions to work with Show less

  • Business Strategist - Customer & User Experience - Customer Service - UX Design / Research

    Mar 2007 - now

  • Creative Director

    Jan 2005 - now
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  FooLPRoof contemporary art

  Apr 2018 - now

  Gallery Director

  Contemporary art gallery in RINO's (River North Art District) Situated on the North end of Larimer in Denver's hottest district, the Gallery is surrounded by chef owned restaurants, wineries & breweries. Never a dull moment. We are up to are 26th Exhibition. We rotate artists into cohesive exhibitions every 2-3 months - 100s of works on hand in every medium. Great selection of professional artists, professors and artists in major museum collections.A few titles of our curated exhibitions include: Maiden Voyage, Vitrine, Spellbound, Cold Play, Wonderland (reviewed), Pulchritudinous, Artilicious, Grown Up, Feel, Beat Clack Snap, Blue Skies Forever, Underwater (pre covid) and a few 2021/2022 Exhibitions included: Deep Space (reviewed), Textured, The Natural World and Other Wonders, Everyday and Everyday Objects Recontextualized, L. Recchia solo and so on.. Now in 2023 we and the district are going strong. 2023 exhibitions at the gallery include: Menagerie, Ground, a Triptych of Solo Exhibitions, Wood Paint Metal, Naturally. Moving through 2024 with a great array of exhibitions now to 2025 Show less

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  Womens Caucus For Art

  Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  Board Director and Environmental Art Caucus Mentor
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  MICA

  Sept 2022 - now

  User Experience Design - Design Thinking - Master's Degree 2024

  In UX design, I love the intersection of human centered design with design technology. Fitting projects to the user with a human centered approach creating products with expert functionality & accessibility. Research driven outcomes celebrate design thinking approaches to create the best user experiences possible.To add to this new degree & its exciting means of elevating research skills into products & creating physical spaces, environments & products for users, stakeholders, customers, employees or viewers - enrolled in Six Sigma Scrum Master & Agile Professional certification. Both digital product management & design or new omnichannel will be elevated meeting client/customer needs & expectations. With a background in forward facing retail environments logistics and transportation related management, this new master's degree adds to my fine art lens, retail & project management experience. Having worked in a diverse set of industries with 10+ years focusing on product sales success, content creation & success driven strategies for those businesses - retail to transportation, real estate to fine art. Industry experience Visual & Retail Management - Loss & Risk Management - Business Development: Sales & Marketing - Logistics/Transportation Management - Hazmat Coordinator - Social Media & Content Management - Web content - Content Production - Fine Art & Commercial Images creation, rework, shoot & production - Graphic Design - Large format print billboard - Fine Art Print & Darkroom & file creation, editing & review - NFT creation & sales. Fabrication & Construction related management. Current client projects: include mentoring artists, real estate management, retail gallery management, sales & curation. TEFL certification for fostering diverse environments. Show less

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  Laura Phelps Rogers User Experience Design

  Sept 2022 - Jan 2024

  Fine Art Specialist - Added Masters Degree MICA