Cori Anderson
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Once again, the arts must bend the knee to commerce. This time, the subjugated in question is the inventive experimental art space Prismajic, which will close its location in the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood as of Valentine’s Day 2026.
According to Dana Waters, director of marketing for the Simon Property Group, which owns Colorado Mills, Round1 Bowling and Arcade will be taking over both the Prismajic space and the dining space next to it. While Round1’s website already lists the Colorado Mills location as “Coming Soon,” it plans to open later in 2026, perhaps as early as summer. This will be the second location for Round1 in the Denver area; the first opened in Littleton in January 2017.
Chief Creative Officer and co-founder Jennifer Mosquera reports that Prismajic was informed that its lease would be terminated only last week, and the art space was given thirty days to vacate. The team is “moving quickly” to respond, she says, adding that no details are yet available as to what happens after the mid-February closure.
Colorado Prismajic was born in 2017 and helped to strengthen the 40 West Arts creative district, starting with its first installation, Natura Obscura, and closing out its run with Shiki Dreams, which will also see its last day on February 14. The venue has hosted a number of events over the years, including the Poetry Brothel and Dogmata Unleashed.
The overall concept was to bring together dozens of local artists to create a vibrant and technologically impressive playground full of animation, soundscapes, sculpture,and visual arts meant to dazzle and captivate. A “dreamland,” according to creators and co-founders Eric Jaenike and Mosquera. It was so successful during its run that USA Today named it one of the Best Immersive Experiences in the country back in 2021.
“The closing of Prismajic and Shiki Dreams is not an ending rooted in loss, but a triumph of a long-held dream,” Mosquera says in a press release. “A final exhale. A gratitude-filled bow to the artists, collaborators, performers, and guests who co-created Prismajic’s majic and community together. Prismajic is a dream that we know has touched people in a beautiful way and will continue to resonate in the hearts of those that were able to wander its rooms.”
Guests both new and returning are invited to join Prismajic’s Shiki Dreams on February 6-7 and 13-14 to wander those rooms one last time. The Night Owls speakeasy will be open on these days, for those who wish to toast the final moments of majic. Prismajic will also host a few already scheduled events before shutting down; the Poetry Brothel will have one more go-round in a show called Devotion on February 14, along with Chef Tiffany Winters’ Love, Course by Course event that same day. A scheduled Awkwardly Zen “Hot Flash Party” is still scheduled for February 20, which is planned to be the last Prismajic event in that space.
“As Prismajic fades, we hope that its memory will carry forward inspiration for other creatives and stay in the memories of our guests,” Mosquera says. “This majic does not die, it just changes form, and because of this, dreams don’t disappear. They evolve. This isn’t the end of the story — it’s a beautiful completion of a chapter.”
So how might the story continue? Stay tuned.
Prismajic and Shiki Dreams will be open on February 6-7 and 13-14; the final regular night in the Colorado Mills Space at 14500 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood will be Valentine’s Day. For more information, consult the Prismajic website.
