The DeMarcus Ware mural at Project Colfax entitled “BE WARE,” created by acclaimed artist and Broncos fan Gamma Gallery, was vandalized over the weekend. The urban-art piece wraps around the south- and east-facing walls of the enormous outdoor art project at Williams Street and East Colfax Avenue, which boasts the work of…
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. Students at East High School have challenged the adage about never judging…
Wilhelmina models hit the runway Saturday night in designer garb both drop-dead beautiful and nice-and-naughty during the Whiteout fashion show at Artopia 2016, where Denver designers D’Lola Couture, AnnaFesta, Gino Velardi, Denver Bespoke, Mona Lucero, Equillibrium, Elyse Rainbolt, YOCISCO and Leon Designs brought their best to the runway. To kick…
Artopia is this Saturday night guys and Westword gets all nostalgic about the amazing times had at the past 20 years of parties celebrating art, culture, Whiteout fashion, local creatives, international artists and all of the above. Plus, it’s shaping up to be the hottest Artopia in history, with a…
It’s cold outside, but plans are heating up for Artopia 2016 at City Hall on Saturday, February 20 — a night of art, culture and fashion. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through seven rooms of art installations and exhibits, curated by Jolt from Guerilla…
Artopia 2016 s just a month away, and you’ll want to get your tickets now — because prices go up tomorrow! Saturday, February 20 will be a night of art, culture and fashion at City Hall. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through seven rooms…
For a fast immersion in cutting-edge art, don’t miss Artopia on Saturday night. But this weekend features other opportunities to further explore art: Local artists will rub elbows with national names at MCA Denver for a set of winter shows, while Niza Knoll Gallery looks at the digital frontier and…
Earlier this month we walked through the process of having a building designated a historic landmark in Denver. Now we’re continuing the conversation we started in Building for the Future with this series that will look into the history of individual structures around town, and the people behind their creation. From its…
When I think of the Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State University’s off-campus art center, I think of contemporary art because that’s what’s typically shown there. So I was surprised to find the place decked out, in part, in James Gillray’s hand-colored etchings from the late 18th and early 19th…
Just in time for the media overload of campaign season, RedLine’s year-long series R/Evolution invites viewers to forgo the “white noise of politicians, to look to the artists to help frame political, social and political conversations,” says Louise Martorano, executive director of the non-profit, adding that the series is “motivated…
Over the past several years, Denver artist Nicole Banowetz has been getting attention because of the unusual medium she employs: inflated cloth. Banowetz is a member of the Pirate co-op, and her work is the subject of Gentle Infestation, now on display at the gallery. While the exhibit marks the…
Denver has a winning reputation — and not just because of the Denver Broncos. This city’s arts scene is renowned across the country, and for our annual Winter Arts Guide, inserted in this week’s edition of Westword, we asked a dozen people intrinsic to that scene a few questions about…
Dan Jacobs, the director at the University of Denver’s Vicki Myhren Gallery, used to be a high-ranking staffer at the Denver Art Museum. As a result, he has brought museum-like programming, like the current exhibit, Learning to See Color, to the Myhren. Jacobs and co-curator, Jeffrey Keith, a well-known Denver artist and…
Denver Comic Con has brought in some big names in its short history, but for year five it’s going straight for the top shelf. Comics legend Stan Lee was already on the roster for the June event when the announcement came late last week of the addition of a member…
There are so many reasons to love artist Gary Sweeney, who definitely made his mark on Denver. His “America, Why I Love Her,” an homage to family road tips complete with old postcards and Sweeney photos, continues to amuse travelers at Denver International Airport, two decades after it was installed at…
Are you “Crushing on Colorado”? Downtown Colorado Inc., a nonprofit membership organization committed to building communities in this state, has launched a campaign for Valentine’s Day that celebrates a love of Colorado people, places and things. DCI wants you to share your love for Colorado by snapping a photo “crushing”…
On February 9 hundreds of thousands of Denver fans were lucky enough to see Superbowl MVP Von Miller ride a fire engine much like you might ride a Bronco: legs splayed, a velvety cowboy hat firmly placed on your head. Well, maybe the fuzzy hat wasn’t typical rugged attire. Indeed,…
The wonderful solo Joel Swanson: Polysemic is approaching its final weeks at the Museum of Outdoor Arts. Despite the institution’s name, most of the works are actually indoors, but one, a billboard titled “Respectfully,” is sited outside. The billboard is a digital print on which the word “Respectfully” has been…
With election season in full swing, words like “immigration” and “detention” are repeatedly thrown around by candidates and the media; meanwhile, the people at the center of the immigration crisis are hardly ever given a voice. Detention Nation, a new exhibit opening at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 11, at the…
In its first year of operation Black Cube, a nomadic contemporary art museum, brought Denver a giant inflatable monument, live cinema and a sculpture that questioned the city’s aesthetics. As Black Cube gears up for year two with a new class of artist fellows, Cortney Stell, Black Cube executive director and chief…
Artists are natural hoarders. To us, everything has potential, everything has possibility. Add to that the word “free” and resistance is futile, I’m afraid. Though I’ve tried to be incredibly conscious about what I take into my life while building the tiny house, the general rule of stuff is that…
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 businesses around town. Mosaic artist Kasia Polkowska and her partner, Kyle Cunniff, took their show on…
