Jerry Vigil

Bare Bones Art

Photos: Love, murder and death, illustrated, at Emmanuel Gallery

José Guadalupe Posada's engravings adorned everything from National Enquirer-style stories of monsters and grisly crimes to devout religious pamphlets. Today, artist Jerry Vigil creates three-dimensional wood carvings that translate Posada's style for a modern age, just as the Mexican engraver tran ... More >>

Catherine Robles Shaw captures the fine art of Tebowing

​Nederland santera Catherine Robles Shaw usually sticks to the basics when creating her lovely retablos -- plaques depicting the saints that are hand-carved and painted in a folk style that's been handed down over hundreds of years in northern New Mexico and Colorado's San Luis Valley. Contemp ... More >>

Elder Statesmen

Coffee Break: A saint for sinners, by Jerry Vigil

Jerry Vigil​ This just in, from our friend and favorite Santero, Jerry Vigil: A saint for these times.

DEATH ON WHEELS

Denver Arts Week, Day 7

​Get inside the heads of a group of top local Chicano artists who work in a variety of media at tonight's 7 Minutos slide jam, hosted by Westword favorite Jerry Vigil and featuring Al Cardenas, digital media professor Rafael Fajardo, muralist Emanuel Martinez, mixed-media artist Jerry De La Cr ... More >>

Sugar (Skulls) and Spice

Ten treasures: A short guide to the underpinnings of Denver ArtsWeek

Art by Carlos Fresquez. I’m a Denver native who snuck away for seven years to live in San Francisco until circumstances called me back. A lot of people thought I was plain out of my mind to come back here, where the culture just doesn’t engulf the city like that famous San Franciscan fog. B ... More >>

Crossing Cultures

Longmont’s annual Day of the Dead contains art from south of the border.

Back to Skulls

Arts and crafts meet Day of the Dead.

C'mon, Get Hip-Hoppy

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

Role Reversals

CHAC's New World My Eye offers a new Chicano perspective

That's Edutainment!

Aztec Stories bring history to life at CHAC

CHAC It Up

Denver’s Chicanos step out in a new show.

Bring Out the Dead

Day of the Dead takes on artistic meanings.

Pepper Pot

Chile harvest promises hot times