Fifteen Things for Art Lovers to Do on First Friday Weekend

Spring is here, and so is art — it’s popping up all over, with something for everyone over a First Friday weekend that promises sunshiny weather.  Retrospectives, installations in alternative spaces, surprise pop-ups, a show-and-tell session and some spooky fun are all part of this week’s roundup of fifteen picks…

Colorado Creatives: Charles Parson

Being creative has been Charles Parson’s major occupation for close to fifty years, and the scope of what that entails is impressive: Large-scale sculptures, murals and drawings rendered with skill and an architectural eye all define his prolific art practice.

Colorado Creatives: Sherry Wiggins

Sherry Wiggins is a traveler in life and in art, resulting in a multi-disciplinary practice with an international scope. Add a feminist outlook, and you’ve got a powerful artist who makes work that covers the gamut from drawing to performance, sometimes paying tribute to the oeuvres of other women artists…

Colorado Creatives: Susan Goldstein

Denver-based photographer and collagist Susan Goldstein re-conforms old, imperfect materials, images and glimpses of a dying America into new works with political and pathos-heavy messages.

Eight Songs for a Mad King Is a Dream Come True

Conrad Kehn was singing in the metal band Skull Flux when he first heard the avant-garde song cycle Eight Songs for a Mad King, a work with a birdhouse-shaped score by composer Peter Maxwell Davies that left mouths hanging open in the audience when it was first performed in 1969.

Five Things for Art Lovers to See and Do This Weekend in Denver

This weekend you can see work by a Denver old-guard artist or buy an affordable collage by the one and only Phil Bender, Famous Artist; revel in the culture of Casa Bonita as interpreted by local creatives; gain insights at a photorealist’s talk; or take in a new 2019 Month of Photography exhibition of photos by veterans.