Dianne Denholm

Color Shock celebrates color and couture at the TACTile Textile Art Center

The Yves Saint Laurent spectacular has come and gone from the Denver Art Museum, but its inspiration -- a renewed appreciation for the craft, creativity and sheer beauty of high couture -- stays on, especially within the local design community. The value of that exhibition certainly wasn't lost on ... More >>

Fallene Wells reaches her Kickstarter goal, will kick off Modern Nouveau Collection

Fallene Wells was getting ready to acknowledge defeat in her Kickstarter campaign, which ended on February 22. The Denver fashionista was even preparing a second fundraising effort -- with a more modest goal -- on another crowdsourcing website since she was so far away from the $20,000 she'd hoped t ... More >>

MasterMind Awards honor our eighth class of artistic entrepreneurs

On Saturday night, Westword introduced the eighth class of MasterMinds -- artistic entrepreneurs who are changing the cultural landscape. Since we started the program, we have given more than $130,000 in grants to artists and arts organizations. The latest winners (click on the link for profiles): M ... More >>

Fallene Wells throws a homestretch party at TACtile for her Kickstarter campaign

​ Westword MasterMind (class of 2010) and Project Runway alumnus Fallene Wells has a dream -- to produce a vintage-inspired line of clothing and start CoSewn, a local apparel manufacturing company. She's been inching ever closer to that lofty aspiration since she launched a $20,000 Kickstarter ... More >>

Dianne Denholm: 2012 MasterMind award winner

Founder, TACtile Textile Arts Center

Westword's MasterMind Awards for 2012

Five Colorado arts nonprofits to donate to on Colorado Gives Day

​ Update: Due to technical difficulties at the Giving First website, Colorado Gives Day has been extended until noon tomorrow. Go ahead. Knock yourself out giving! Read on: It's Colorado Gives Day, and since the stroke of midnight, nearly 1,000 Colorado nonprofits have been collecting donati ... More >>

All Steamed Up

Getting in Gear

TACtile gets all steamed up for a steampunk exhibit and fashion show

A steampunk bracelet by Jean Campbell.​If you've ever wondered what the future meets the past looks like, you might call to mind the antics of Marty McFly and the wonder DeLorean in the middle of the wild, wild west, or perhaps a robot tromping through the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. You'd be ... More >>

Tat’s All, Folks

Today's featured event: Get a load of those great big, beautiful dolls at Tamarac Square

 At first look, you'd think that the stylish Tamarac Square mall was practically a ghost town: One by one, the unique retailers who've kept the place afloat for years are abandoning ship - in some cases, for newer shores; in others, not. The latest to take wing is the saucy boutique Rosey's App ... More >>

A Stitch in Time

Stuck on a craft project? TACtile is here to help.

Talking Shop: TACtile Textile Arts Center

The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, July 16 Edition