Martha Weidmann
Martha Weidmann is the CEO and Co-Founder of NINE dot ARTS. She started her career with Walker Fine Art gallery in Denver, then moved on to the most prestigious art consulting firm (at the time) in the region, McGrath and Braun. She is the Executive Director of Union Hall, an emerging and established artist platform giving Denver’s vibrant arts community a dedicated position in the Union Station neighborhood, and co-founder of dotfolio, an online art selling platform. She is currently serving on the Board of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts.
3 words to describe Nature?
Omniscient. Life-giving. Generative
3 things Nature taught you?
Humility
Beautiful decay
Connectedness
3 most treasured Nature spots?
Dauphin Island, AL, USA
Blue Lagoon, Capri, IT
Pawnee Buttes, CO, USA
When you look at the ocean, it makes you feel...?
Small (in a good way)
When you see a forest, it makes you feel...?
Alive
When you see a volcano, it makes you feel...?
Like I should look for water
When you see a sunrise or sunset, it makes you feel...?
Humble
When you hear thunder, it makes you feel...?
Like I should look for shelter
When you hear the wind howling, it makes you feel...?
Like it's time to batten down the hatches
Are you an Ocean, Mountain, Forest, or Desert person?
Ocean
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is Nature to your well-being?
9
Share with us a childhood nature memory?
As a girl growing up in Georgia, I used to hide in the azalea bushes catching and releasing color-changing green anoles. Sometimes I'd collect them in my lavender purse, but they'd always find their way out and escape. I always wanted to know if they'd eventually turn lavender being surrounded by all that purple.
A girl in my class used to catch the anoles, pinch their jaws slightly and release the grip near her earlobes so that their mouths would clamp down on gently on her earlobe flesh for a temporary display of "lizard earrings". It was quite a sight, but I thought the lizards didn't like it at all.
