Artopia 2015: Twenty Favorite Instagram Images of the Art and People of Artopia

The "art" in Artopia really popped at Saturday night's Artopia 2015. Jolt — Guerilla Garden street artist and art curator — presented a three-ring circus of big, front-and-center artworks, some of them created on the spot, some of them interactive and none of them hidden away in dark corners. Live...

By Westword Staff

February 23, 2015

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The "art" in Artopia really popped at Saturday night's Artopia 2015. Jolt — Guerilla Garden street artist and art curator — presented a three-ring circus of big, front-and-center artworks, some of them created on the spot, some of them interactive and none of them hidden away in dark corners. Live music, the first of the annual MasterMind awards and Westword's annual WhiteOut Fashion Show added to the white-out entertainment inside — despite the white-out conditions outside.

Throngs of art fans braved the conditions to crowd into City Hall, and many of them posted shots of all the fun at #artopiaden. Our top twenty follow.

#ArtopiaDen bout to pop off!!! I'm over here settin up with @detour303 and crew....playing a set off a #Nas piece tonight! City Hall on 12th n broadway #Artopia #denver #dnvr #soulcity #theyshootn #cityhall #saturdaynight

A video posted by MikeyFreshMusic (@mikeyfreshmusic) on Feb 22, 2015 at 12:08am PST

#artopiaden Total success!!! Sold out show in a blizzard!! Thanks to everyone that came out and and mega shout out to all the artist and performers! Over 2000 people came out! And a very special shout out to Nikki, Meagan, and Jenny from @denverwestword for making it happen and my right hand woman @phancysawce for all the amazing work! Shout out to Dynamic Events and The Art Shoppe without y'all this could not have happened....and again @phancysawce @phancysawce @phancysawce always holding down the Guerillagarden brand!!!

A photo posted by Guerilla Garden (@guerillagarden) on Feb 22, 2015 at 9:35am PST

Installation art at #ARTOPIADEN

A photo posted by Sarah Bouma (@sarahjbouma) on Feb 22, 2015 at 10:46am PST

#artopia2015 #artopia #artopiaden

A photo posted by Anthony Garcia Sr. (@birdseedanthony) on Feb 22, 2015 at 10:40am PST

#ArtopiaDen #Denverartist #spraypaint #stencilart #DowntownDenver #seanpowellart #Colorado #graffittiart #graffitti #contemporaryart #modernart #artforsale #abstractart #art #fanluv #streetart #supportlocal #screenprinted #shirtdesign

A photo posted by Sean Powell (@seanpowellart) on Feb 22, 2015 at 10:21am PST

#repost from last nights show #artopia #artopiaden #Artopia2015

A photo posted by Anthony Garcia Sr. (@birdseedanthony) on Feb 22, 2015 at 9:30am PST

Confetti finale at the Artopia fashion show last night! #artopiaDEN #westword #denver #5280 #whiteout #latergram

A photo posted by @emprobst on Feb 22, 2015 at 8:47am PST

Love and art. #ARTOPIADEN

A photo posted by Sara Fossum (@saramfossum) on Feb 21, 2015 at 11:51pm PST

#ARTOPIADEN

A photo posted by Sara Fossum (@saramfossum) on Feb 21, 2015 at 11:49pm PST

Tonight's "blizzard" was actually kinda dope... #ArtopiaDEN, well played

A photo posted by @wheelchairsportscamp on Feb 21, 2015 at 11:21pm PST

Gregg likes weird sex pantings #artopiaden

A photo posted by Rubedo (@rubedomusic) on Feb 21, 2015 at 10:17pm PST

Love the make up for #westward #fashionshow can't wait to get on that run way with my girls. #fashion#artopiaden#partyon

A video posted by Stephanie Larson (@stephlarson135) on Feb 21, 2015 at 9:58pm PST

Cheshire cat! #artopiaDEN

A photo posted by Teresa Scaggiari (@teresasphotography) on Feb 22, 2015 at 11:46am PST

#artopiaDEN

A photo posted by Teresa Scaggiari (@teresasphotography) on Feb 22, 2015 at 11:51am PST

Interactive paint, y'all. #artopiaden

A video posted by Isa Jones (@isajones) on Feb 22, 2015 at 5:59am PST

Artopia is tonight & bomb! #ArtopiaDen

A photo posted by Mythica von Griffyn (@iammythica) on Feb 21, 2015 at 8:21pm PST

I will be working on this bad boy tonight at #Artopia. We won't let this weather stop us. See you there! #artopiaden #guerillagarden #denverartist #denverart #westword

A photo posted by Anthony Garcia Sr. (@birdseedanthony) on Feb 21, 2015 at 3:03pm PST

Barth Quenzer bringin the heat #artopiaden

A photo posted by Diego Manuel (@boombangarang) on Feb 21, 2015 at 3:02pm PST

#is recovering from a wild night with #oaf #obscureartistsfront reigning mini-canvases of obscure #art from bike pump powered art-fetti canons onto apathetic patrons at #artopiaden.

A photo posted by Institute of Sociometry (@is.press) on Feb 22, 2015 at 1:02pm PST

Mythica does some pretty amazing #BodyPaint work!!

A photo posted by brandi shigley (@bshigley) on Feb 22, 2015 at 2:07pm PST

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