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…
The Huichol people of Mexico, a spiritual and tight-knit clan of shamans and artisans, create art like that of no other culture on the planet, working in all nature’s brightest hues to produce intricate patterns and images from tiny seed beads and beeswax. Wixaritari: Huichol Art of Mexico, a large…
From the 1940s to the 1970s, Aspen’s Herbert Bayer was one of the premier artists in Colorado; from the ’80s to the first decade of the 21st century, Denver’s Dale Chisman played a similar role. But beyond that, their work has little in common, with Bayer going for a hard-edged…
We’ve told you about Matt Scobey’s Not for Sale public art project. The rest is up to you. Scobey placed another work late this afternoon; check his blog for information on where to find it. And let us know if you do! And to keep up with the Froyd’s-eye-view of…
What is public art, and who gets to display it? How does that work? And why? Those are the initial questions that Denver artist Matt Scobey is asking with his Not for Sale: Denver project, for which he’ll be randomly hanging artwork in nondescript locations around town — artwork that…
For 150 years, artists from around the world have come to Colorado to record its majestic mountains in paintings, prints and photos. And while the Rockies are certainly the most dramatic element of our landscape, some artists have instead focused on other, less expected views of Colorado. This includes those…
On Sunday morning in Manitou Springs, early risers were treated to a sight they’re not likely to ever see again: The Manitou Chair Project went down as planned, featuring nearly 700 disparate chairs on loan from the tourist town’s artsy community lined up, one after the other, in a front-to-back…
Art by Craft, the Denver Handmade Alliance’s annual member showcase exhibition, opened at RedLine on October 1, and it’s stunning — a spectacle of work by local artisans with a fine-art credibility. But this Sunday, October 9, pieces by craft artists will come off the exhibit floor and into the…
After a successful summer program, Girls Rock Denver is kicking things into gear with Rocktober, a month-long series of events to help fund its upcoming 2012 camp and hopefully get the group into a permanent space. This evening, art from local musicians like Sonya Decman and Darci Armstrong and images…
Corey and Jesse Knapper, a pair of art-school students who were arrested for pasting massive posters on the sides of buildings, are the focus of “Buzz Kill,” this week’s cover story. Some people call their work vandalism, some call it art, some call it both. Their graphic poster art is…
