1968 was a sociopolitical crossroads at which a war, political schisms, activism, youth culture, style, the arts and the widening gender gap all converged in a fast moment of change. The exhibit 1968: The Year That Rocked History at History Colorado, which officially opens to the public on Saturday, February…
Westword’s Artopia now includes Whiteout, our annual fashion show. In advance of this year’s art extravaganza, which is coming down on February 21 at City Hall, we checked in with the seven designers and boutiques that will be part of the Alice in Wonderland-themed Whiteout to ask what they have…
Please Stop Calling My House, a new group show opening tomorrow at IndyInk, is all about love — or what happens when the idea of love and the reality of love mix. “A couple of years ago we did a Valentine’s Day show that was pretty similar to this one…
RetroActive Pirate: Contemporary Art 3655 Navajo Street The idea for Denver’s Spark Gallery actually came about in Boulder in the 1970s. At the time, exhibition space for emerging artists was scarce, so a group of University of Colorado undergrads, graduate students, instructors and professors got together with the purpose of…
For the U.S., 1968 was a sociopolitical crossroads at which a war, political schisms, activism, youth culture, style, the arts and the widening gender gap all converged in a fast moment of change. The exhibit 1968: The Year That Rocked History, which officially opens to the public on Saturday, February…
Westword’s Artopia now includes Whiteout, our annual fashion show. In advance of this year’s art extravaganza, which is coming down on February 21 at City Hall, we checked in with the seven designers and boutiques that will be part of the Alice in Wonderland-themed Whiteout to ask what they have…
Artist House Tours Series Featuring: Diane Allison of Sloan Lake.
Before seventeen-year-old Jessica Hernandez became a household name after she was shot to death by Denver officers while in a stolen car, she was part of Art From Ashes, a local program — and MasterMind Award winner — that works with at-risk youth through creative-empowerment workshops. Here are two of…
I was making another interminable hardware-store run after one of the heavy rains that had been slowing our progress on the tiny house last summer. Even though I was often up late working, Philip Spangler, my friend from graduate school who was helping me build the tiny house, was generally…
When Cal Eichinger learned that the building on Tennyson Street housing Elitch Lanes had been sold, he didn’t waste any time. Right away, he started looking for a new location for the beloved neighborhood bowling alley — and in May, right after the original Elitch Lanes closes, a new Elitch…
Westword’s Artopia now includes Whiteout, our annual fashion show. In advance of this year’s art extravaganza, which is coming down on February 21 at City Hall, we checked in with the seven designers and boutiques that will be part of the Alice in Wonderland-themed Whiteout to ask what they have…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. “I paint thick, and I really like the physical aspect to painting,”…
Westword’s Artopia now includes Whiteout, our annual fashion show. In advance of this year’s art extravaganza, which is coming down on February 21 at City Hall, we checked in with the seven designers and boutiques that will be part of the Alice in Wonderland-themed Whiteout to ask what they have…
This weekend’s gallery slate includes transformations of place, fanciful collaborations and an artist-curated pop-up, and wraps up a great month of shows. Keep reading for a look at what’s on the walls…and the floors. See also: 10 Things to Do for $10 in Denver This Weekend (Six Free!), January 30-February…
2015 Faculty Triennial Vicki Myhren Gallery 2121 East Asbury Avenue Over the past decade, Dan Jacobs, the director of the University of Denver’s Vicki Myhren Gallery, has built an impressive exhibition roster and presented one interesting show after another. In his related if distinct role as the curator of DU’s…
Westword’s Artopia now includes Whiteout, our annual fashion show. In advance of this year’s art extravaganza, which is coming down on February 21 at City Hall, we checked in with the seven designers and boutiques that will be part of the Alice in Wonderland-themed Whiteout to ask what they have…
The road to simplicity is complicated. I crave simplicity. Even sitting down to write this now, my mind races with my extensive to-do list, between the tiny house, my three jobs, my studio practice, design gigs, needs of students, trying to plan this giant project…this constant dance to stay afloat…
As if Denver hasn’t already gone to the cats — as evidenced by the recent opening of the Denver Cat Company, the city’s first cat cafe — the Denver County Fair just announced its first-ever Kitten Pavilion for the 2015 edition, which opens on July 31 at the National Western…
You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we’ll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. “I am a transplant,” says painter Sarah Fitzgerald. “I went to design…
Denver may no longer have an adult poet laureate — the position was eliminated a few years ago to save money — but the state still does: his name is Joe Hutchison. But on Friday, Colorado Creative Industry — the state’s art agency announced that it is accepting applications for…
Matisse and Friends Denver Art Museum 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway There’s a tight and tasty little painting show in the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building right now that has really flown under the radar. I’m talking about Matisse and Friends, which closes in just a couple weeks. There are…
What would you do if you had just 36 hours in this city? “The signs of Denver’s economic high times as a pot boomtown and bastion of progressive urban policies are everywhere,” says the New York Times in the just-published “What to Do in Denver.” Although the Times doesn’t mention…
