Rosane O’Conor’s Microbiological Habitat Lands at DIA

You can find art all over town — not just on gallery walls. In this series, we look at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery outposts around town. Rosane Volchan O’Conor grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and studied music…

Black Cube Artist Jon P. Geiger Rolls “ROAM” Into Denver

Black Cube’s artist fellows have pushed the boundaries of the typical pop-up show in the past year by creating giant inflatables, using sites that included both Red Rocks and an entire house, and even questioning Denver’s housing displacement. Now artist fellow Jon P. Geiger has created “ROAM,” a 26-foot-high neon sculpture…

The Mayday Experiment: Girl Power and Power Tools

It was 8 a.m. when the doorbell rang, the ordinarily melodic tones turning to scratchy demon fire against my eardrum. Anyone who knows me knows I’m absolutely not a morning person, and typically force myself to go to bed around 4 a.m. — so after a bleary ook at the…

History Colorado Finds New Head Close to Home: Steve Turner

History Colorado made more history today when, after a natural search, its board of directors announced that they’d found the ideal executive director right here at home: interim leader Steve Turner. Turner has worked with History Colorado since 2008, and was head of the State Historical Fund and the Office…

Shia LaBeouf Will Bum a Cigarette Off You (!) and Other Tidbits From a Weird-Ass Meet and Greet

Outside of a movie-theater screen and red carpet, most celebrities go to great lengths to make themselves invisible. But most celebrities aren’t Shia LaBeouf. These days, the former child and action-adventure leading pretty boy-turned gonzo performer is known more for his bizarre and very public performance-art pieces and tabloid-famous exploits than for his starring roles in…

The Mayday Experiment: Scratching the Surface

For me, designing things is a two-steps-forward, one-step-back cha-cha-cha. The interior of the tiny house has been redesigned multiple times, as I think through what I really want. And even when the stairs were half-built, I still decided to cut them out, build out the loft and go a different,…

Gallery Sketches: Three New Shows in Denver May 20-22

You can find new artwork wherever you go this weekend, from the Art District on Santa Fe to the co-ops of the Navajo Street Art District and the cultivated wilds of River North. Here are some of the hot spots…and hot shows. Modern Structure Space Gallery Through July 2 Space…