The Moth StorySLAM Lands in Denver Tonight

The inaugural Denver Moth StorySLAM, presented by The Moth Radio Hour, will land at Swallow Hill tonight. These events, which are set up like poetry slams — except with true stories that last no more than five minutes — have already been hits in major cities like New York City,…

Judy Chicago Talks About Feminism, Art and Life at 75

By the 1980s, feminist art pioneer Judy Chicago had secured a seat at the table of art history with her landmark installation, The Dinner Party. The triangular table, 48 feet on each side, was decorated with place-settings for 39 women from myth and history and celebrated another 999. The project…

The Mayday Experiment: Tiny House, Big Plan

There is nothing like a rainbow over a Colorado mountain valley. I had to pull over – not, mind you, for the rainbow, but for my new friend, a drifter named Apache who had first drained a Gatorade bottle full of whiskey and then attempted to drain his bladder into…

Colorado Modern Master Bill Vielehr Passes Away

Bill Vielehr, a Colorado modern master, died suddenly on Saturday, October 11. Vielehr was born in Chicago in 1945 but grew up in Boulder, and he launched his art career here in Colorado. He studied fine art at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where he earned a BFA in…

Lauri Lynnxe Murphy’s Laments Explores the Use of Oil in Art

Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, whose art often deals with environmental themes, has been on a mission to purge herself of oil-based materials. But boycotting oil is next to impossible. Next May, Murphy plans to leave her massive Five Points studio behind and embark on a cross-country journey in a tiny home…

Sam Spina Releases Know Me Now, His Latest Collection of Comics

Sam Spina compares the attraction of autobiographical comics with the appeal of reality television. “Super-trashy reality TV gets good ratings — it doesn’t necessarily have to be good,” he says. But Spina, a longtime Denver comic artist currently living in Atlanta, doesn’t think it’s the quality of these art forms…

Cabal Takes Over the Concoctory This Weekend

“The mindset of punk rockers, artists, hackers — it all boils down to the same thing: Critical thinking,” says Concoctory founder Mar Williams. Her hackerspace recently fused with Cabal Enterprises, a nine-person art cooperative supplying South Broadway with hyper-local art, creativity, and DIY, which is more than a mere hobby…