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…
The Denver Botanic Gardens has a permanent reminder of last year’s blockbuster Chihuly exhibit: “Colorado,” a piece by artist Dale Chihuly that was made possible through funds provided by donors Robert and Judi Newman and the Kemper family, and installed a few weeks ago. And now four more Coloradans have…
MCA Denver director Adam Lerner has promoted the idea that Mark Mothersbaugh — co-founder of the ’70s- and ’80s-era New Wave group Devo — is much more than simply a former rock star but is actually one of the major creative forces of our time. Lerner lays out this powerful…
I have lived and worked in over thirty spaces in Denver. Most of them have been in Five Points, City Park and Northside if you’re old school, Highland if you’re new. But notably, I was also involved in founding the third gallery on Santa Fe Drive back when it was…
The Colorado history contained in the 26 miles of Colfax Avenue, the longest main street in America, is thick with truth and tall tales. You can read some of this history in the commercial signs that still exist on Colfax; we’ve already profiled the best commercial signs on West Colfax…
There aren’t many filmmakers who are in the right place at the right time to capture the start of a subculture; most documentary projects come together around an idea or movement when popularity is at a fever pitch — but by the time the dust settles and the film comes…
From pop art to cutting-edge art to public art and beyond, there’s a little bit of everything to see this weekend, as gallery spaces kick off the new year with looks back…and looks forward. Keep reading for a look at some of the new shows opening this weekend, and one…
When metal sculptor Jamie Vaida packed up and moved his Grand Junction studio to Oakland, California, a few years ago, he quickly found an audience for the architectural details he specializes in — like some of the coolest spiral staircase handrails and hottest fireplace screens you’ve ever seen — and…
As a Chicano artist in the 1970s, Jerry Jaramillo was shut out of many studios and galleries. So, in 1978, he co-founded the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council as a way to give Chicano artists a chance to be seen. “It was really hard for Latino artists to find a…
Collage artist Peter Yumi hasn’t exactly been in hiding the last five years, though he’s rarely shown any work in galleries during that time. But he has been busy in the studio and sharing work with other artists on the Internet, and in 2015, he’ll be back on gallery walls,…
Continuance: Charles and Collin Parson Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs Charles “Chuck” Parson is one of Colorado’s preeminent abstract and conceptual sculptors, with an illustrious career that stretches back to the 1970s. His son, Collin Parson, is best known as a curator in his…
I have a confession to make. I’m a hoarder. Not in the “as seen on TV” sense, thankfully — though I suppose I’ve come close at times. I don’t hang onto things out of sentimentality, but because everything is useful in my eyes. Everything. See also: Everything You Ever Wanted…
This weekend, you can see a tribute to photographers who share their technical knowledge as teachers, a sweeping stock-show-ready survey of Western art and new work from an installation artist on the rise. Read on for the details. See also: At Home/On Stage: Photographic Works by Glenn Ross…
Yeehaw! The National Western Stock Show is in town, which means that Denver hotels are full of boots and cowboy hats. The Four Seasons is offering an artful twist: Today Western artist Duke Beardsley will take up residence in the front of the Edge bar/lounge, where he’ll be painting throughout…
When Ice Cube Gallery’s Icebreaker show opens today, you’ll be seeing only the tip of an iceberg of entries that arrived for the juried national showcase that’s now in its sixth year. It took an exceptionally able eye to whittle more than 1,000 entries down to 60 works by 43…
