Mark Penner Howell

The 2013 Denver County Fair comes with new poster, tattoo and expanded event schedule

It's not time for the Denver County Fair quite yet -- that won't happen until August 9-11 -- but it's time to start getting excited about it. To help you with your immediate pie cravings and future funnel-cake dreams, we present this year's Denver County Fair poster, the third in a fun and funky ser ... More >>

The Denver County Fair says: Yes, in my back yard! Enter competitions now

Update: A lot of folks are reporting bumper crops this warm summer. How about you? If you haven't already entered your prized eggplant or handmade quilt (because, hey, not all of us garden) in the Denver County Fair, you've been given a reprieve: The fair has extended its online competition entry d ... More >>

Denver County Fair unveils 2012 poster

Are you ready to "open up a can of Yee Haw!" at the Denver County Fair? While you'll still have to wait until August 10 for the second edition to start -- filled the National Western Hall of Education with a carnival, vendors and pavilions, and the return of the Freak Show -- the fair just unveiled ... More >>

Third Friday: Six mid-month opening receptions worth visiting tonight

Walker Fine Art: Mark Penner Howell, "Lotus Soup," acrylic and ink on canvas. ​ If you think Third Friday is an invention of the Art District on Santa Fe, think again. You can give them credit, perhaps, and Santa Fe will be aglow with happenings tonight. But that doesn't explain the profusion ... More >>

Dana Cain creates her own fun -- and makes Denver fun for creators

Tonight: DADA and Dana Cain launch an Art Collectors Summit series

Mark Penner Howell, "ONE," acrylic, ink, and spray paint on three canvas panels.​ Dana Cain makes no secret of her blossoming identity as a collector of works by local artists, and is always looking for ways to share her fervor: Her latest, the Art Collectors Summit series, debuts this evening ... More >>

First Friday: Co-ops celebrate milestones and art is in the air

Mark Penner Howell, "Broadcast," Acrylic and India ink on canvas.​ There's no time like the present. It's time to get gallery-hopping, and the first First Friday of the year has plenty to offer. Such as:

First Friday: Denver Arts Week kicks out the art-walk jams all over town

Drew Englander, Illiterate Gallery​Why is this First Friday different from all other First Fridays? In most ways, it isn't, and that's the real beauty of it. But it is Denver Arts Week's Know Your Arts First Friday Arts Walk, meaning the monthly evening art walk event in arts districts all ove ... More >>

Dana Cain's Art Collection: Mark Penner Howell

​Dana Cain is the lady with her thumb in a million pies: The local maestra of event-planning throws several well-attended collectors expos, art shows, parties, chocolate fests each year. Her latest -- and biggest -- project is next summer's Denver County Fair. But Dana is also an avid art coll ... More >>

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