New Horizons

In the midst of celebrating twelve wonderful years of facilitating projects by kids and artist-mentors, PlatteForum is pulling up stakes from its Riverfront-neighborhood home and taking a leap into the Temple, a Curtis Park venue-in-progress in the heart of Denver’s growing artist community.

Though the nonprofit still has a lease with Riverfront for at least a couple more years, PlatteForum’s founder and guiding light, artist Judy Anderson, says the move doesn’t spring so much from necessity as it does from a need to spread out and explore wider horizons. “We’ve outgrown the space,” she explains. “The neighborhood has grown around us, and it’s gotten hard to park; the community is established. The community we’re moving to feels like it’s more affiliated with PlatteForum’s original mission to pair artists with underserved youth.”

While PlatteForum isn’t finished carving its new digs in the Temple — which also houses artist studios, the Denver Zine Library and Processus, an evolving community workshop space — Anderson and crew are throwing a housewarming tonight. Festivities include an exhibition of works created by artists during a series of mini-residencies awarded over the past couple of months, as well as a chance to see what’s cooking in the new space.

Visit PlatteForum’s Art Moves: Pop-Up Exhibition and Preview from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Temple, 2400 Curtis Street, and get a fresh taste of the future. Admission is free; for more information, go to platteforum.org.

Fri., Dec. 5, 5:30-8 p.m., 2014