Art Students League of Denver

Love Stinks

Fox Art School inspires creativity through puppetry and fashion-themed summer camps

When Sarah Fox began Fox Art School in 2010, she wanted to fill what she saw as a hole in the arts community. "I have a background in art education and I was really missing it," says Fox, who at that point had taken some time off from teaching art -- which she had been doing in Colorado and Oklahoma ... More >>

CPAC begins its long goodbye to Belmar with a Month of Photography multimedia show

Tonight the Colorado Photographic Arts Center will be all lit up inside and out for the opening of Phos: Light Today, a splendid Month of Photography show that deals with the role of light in photography and multimedia art. But in the coming months, CPAC will be winding down in anticipation of a mov ... More >>

Clear Creek Academy's jewelry show and sale is "all about the love"

There's a lot to love here: The teachers and students of the Clear Creek Academy of Jewelry and Metal Arts will be showing and selling handcrafted pieces as part of the Navajo Street Art District's First Friday gathering. Through classes at the school, beginning to advanced jewelry-makers have had a ... More >>

Now Showing: Catherine O'Neill Thorn gets straight to the art

For Now Showing, our fall arts guide inserted in the September 27 issue of Westword, we asked dozens of luminaries on the local arts scene -- including winners of the Westword MasterMind awards -- to take a survey about the state of the arts. We published many of the responses in Now Showing, but an ... More >>

Art to Heart

Comic artist Stan Yan explains why Garfield got him drawing

Stan Yan always had a fascination with comics. Even before he understood what they really were, he would draw stick figures in frames. And since then, he's been a bit obsessed. "All of the stories I think up in my head are in comic form," he says. Yan recently took a break from dreaming up graphic ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, December 10-12, 2010

Hamilton was once quoted as saying, "I can last all night."​Sure, you still need to find a Christmas present or holiday gift for your dad that isn't somehow related to golf, but maybe if you hit up some awesome DJ nights, the Candy Cane Festival or any other event this weekend you'll have a cr ... More >>

Drawn to Life

Tonight: Get your art on with free open studio at the Art Students League of Denver

​Art is expensive. Between the paint and the clay and the canvasses and the brushes -- to say nothing of the time it takes to create art -- it's no wonder artists are starving. Then again, perhaps the suffering builds character. But that doesn't mean that artists and aspiring artists shouldn't ... More >>

Latino Lessons

Today's featured event: This weekend's events go highbrow, lowbrow and over the rapids

Here comes the weekend, kids, so pray for more sunshine and fewer thunderstorms, because there's just a lot to do. To begin with, you can check out Westword's events search page for a bounty of weekend recommendations. But -- what the heck -- here are a few more. Tonight from 5 to 9 p.m., the gal ... More >>

Collage Education

Learn at the feet of a mixed-media master.

Today's Night & Day featured event: Superheroes fly at the Art Students League of Denver

I clearly remember what kinds of pictures we drew when I was a kid: battles with tiny bullets and daggers flying everywhere, helicopters, horses (me), fairies, juvenile political cartoons and everyone's reckoning of what a superhero, usualy caped, should be and look like, beyond that he or she shoul ... More >>

Your Cheatin' Art

LOL League

Leave it to the Arts Students League of Denver to look on the bright side.

River Art

Different artists take different perspectives from the same subject.

Soap Box

The Art Students League of Denver raises its voice.

Talkin' Trailer Trash

Connect with an interactive work of art.

Bob Gamage Remembered

Forever 21

Green Lawns and SAM

The Art Students League's summer market is back.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

C'mon, Get Hip-Hoppy

Give these creative classmates extra credit -- and Experience the Movement

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Curious Invention

Curious gets a chance to stage a hometown playwright’s take on Van Gogh.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Talking Shop

Tune In

Swallow Hill offers the finest in folk

Bite Me

How I Learned to Love Kimchi

Ready, Set, Paint

Paint Our Town offers a variety of Denver perspectives

Wall Flowers

The art of the mural is alive and well in Denver.

Human Touch

A sense of adventure powers Ann Cunningham’s tactile fairy tales.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Culture Clash

As nonprofits fight for SCFD funds, some arts groups could be sqeezed out of the picture.

Hot Shots

Three photography shows feature very different styles.

Night & Day

November 12 - 18, 1998

Off His Rocker

Artsbeat

Thrills for the week