What is street art? Where does it belong? We’re still asking that question. But in the meantime, this moment frozen in time comes from artist Rodney Wallace, who spotted it on a counter at the DUI education center, BI Incorporated. We won’t ask what he was doing there, but he…
PlatteForum has some big news to share with you. Problem is, the folks behind the Central Platte Valley nonprofit that pairs artist mentors with at-risk youth in collaboration with partnering youth programs can’t talk about it. Not yet. Let’s just say it involves a major honor, some money and even…
Sometimes the exhibition calendar seems to have a mind of its own, which is periodically revealed when there is a critical mass of shows on the same or similar topics all being mounted around the same time. This season, there have been many shows featuring unconventional views of Colorado. Some…
Everyone knows that, aside from being the greatest of facial accoutrements, the mustache serves several versatile and important societal functions — it’s great for saving small amounts of food, for example, and it’s incredibly sexy — but did you know that the mustache can also cure cancer? That’s the idea…
Quit horsing around! It’s time to come clean about how you feel about the public art at Denver International Airport, a collection that includes everything from Gary Sweeney’s beloved “America, Why I Love Her” to the loved, and loathed, “Mustang,” aka Blucifer, the devil horse. From 5 to 7 p.m…
What is it about Paonia? That scenic, green-leaning Western Slope haven of old hippies, envirojournalists and organic gardeners has produced yet another grim work of post-apocalyptic, steampunk sci-fi, set in a near-future devastated by climate change, genetically engineered plagues and humanity’s boundless capacity for betrayal and debasement. The book is…
Last weekend, zombies filled downtown. This weekend, it was gorillas — 1,200 of them, all participating in the eighth annual 5K Gorilla Run, which benefits the Denver-based Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund. That’s more runners than there are mountain gorillas left in the wild. See the slide show here…
Bill Amundson, once a local character and still the inimitable creator of what might be the densest work on the planet, took off last year for his home state of Wisconsin. But he’s back for a visit, and what might be the show of his lifetime (at least so far):…
Being a haunted house actor is a real niche job and one with a fairly short season. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy, says Mythica von Griffyn. In fact, acting in a haunted house takes a lot of work, with make-up, costuming and the constant need to frighten people for…
The seventh round of the Mayor’s Design Awards was presented last night, to a whopping seventeen projects around the city — some old, some new, all interesting. The program was started in 2005, when John Hickenlooper was mayor; Mayor Michael Hancock did the honors last night, awarding prizes in seven…
Maia Stone, executive director of Colorado Creative and founder of the Giving T.A.B.L.E. (Teen Arts & Business Leadership Experience) program, wants to see new opportunities for young artists in Five Points and decided to start as close to home as possible: Tonight at 5 p.m. she’s unveiling a new mural…
One thing promoters often struggle with is trying to figure out how many T-shirts they’ll need for their event. Whether it’s a fun run, a marathon or a block party, tallying up the numbers can be a difficult process. Troy’s Custom Tees’ Troy De Baca hopes to solve that problem…
In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Colorado photographer Robert Adams used his camera to record rapid development on the Front Range. In creating photos that were both traditionally beautiful and conceptually disturbing, he managed to turn the entire tradition of the Western landscape on its head and garnered international…
MileHiCon 43 went down over the weekend at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center, and photographer Stephen Cummings was there to capture what SciFi fans do in their down time. Among his pics was this gem. Feel free to write your own caption for it in the comments section below. The…
James Lorca Garcia Velazquez makes his own brushes, varnishes and pigments. He cuts all the glass for his pieces and hand-cuts the wood for his frames — frames he makes himself using a technique from the 18th century. Because he spends so much time on his process, and invests so…
The story behind the group show Carnivalesque, on view at the Niza Knoll Gallery since September, isn’t always bright and happy, as organizer and participant Penney Bidwell knows all too well. She comes from a family of carnies that goes back three generations on her father’s side, and as the…
It takes a certain type of person to step into an alligator pen or to play with a giant snake, but Jay Young of Colorado Gators Reptile Park in Mosca does just that, every single day. We caught up with him to see if our fantasies of living in reptile…
Multimedia artist Tara Rynders is at it again — this time bringing her vision of dance, videography and site-specific art to life though Railroad Stories, a video series opening Thursday night at PlatteForum…
The Colorado Ballet is going for grandeur and maybe a little Hollywood flash this season with Swan Lake, the opening production of the 2011-2012 season. Most apparent is the promotional material for the ballet, which seems to pay homage to posters for Black Swan, the film that earned Natalie Portman…
In the past few years, the Loveland Museum and Gallery (503 Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, 1-970-962-2410, www.ci.loveland.co.us) has stepped up its game by presenting the work of famous artists, and this fall the beat goes on with Chuck Close: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something. The New York-based Close is…
Two times a year, the Xeric Foundation gives out grants to comic-book creators so that they have the financial means to publish their work. One of this round’s recipients was local cartoonist Sam Spina, who last month used the grant money to publish Fight, the story of a champion who…
Boulder native Tina Anderson didn’t jump on the beer-can art bandwagon on purpose — she didn’t even know it existed. “I had no idea beer-can art was a thing,” Anderson explains. “The only thing I was really thinking was that I kinda wanted to be a green artist. But I…
