After a big problem when we tried to level the tiny house, I returned the broken jacks to Harbor Freight. (Thank you to the kind manager and clerk who took them back, even though they were past the ninety-day deadline — when something looks that dangerously broken, I suppose you…
Sitting in the cozy mastering room tucked into the back of his RiNo office space, Jeff Merkel can’t help but smirk. “It’s been a while since I’ve been in here,” he says, looking around at the various speakers on the wall. In fact, it’s been a long time since Merkel…
Denver artist and maker Matt Scobey is one of those people who quietly do what they do and don’t make a big deal out of it. He’s also a community-builder who likes to share ideas and take on projects that morph and change without finite boundaries. When Scobey isn’t at…
When Ice Cube Gallery director Sarah Rockett had some extra space at Ingrained, the co-op’s December group show, she decided that it should take a village to fill it. Inspired by her longing to build a community in Denver as tight as the one she’d left behind in New Orleans,…
December brings group shows, big and small, to Denver galleries — as well as one epic, plein air painting journey. Boughs of holly aren’t the only thing decking the halls around town. Despite the holiday hustle, there’s plenty of art to see this weekend — here are a few places…
Geeks love to toke, too. That was the premise behind Chromic Con, the only-in-Colorado gathering that brought together stoners, fans and geeky guests in Colorado Springs and Denver on November 22 and 23. Billed as the world’s first-ever weed-friendly comic and fantasy convention, the event included a cosplay contest, exhibits…
Blurred Lines Sandra Phillips Gallery 420 West 12th Avenue Blurred Lines. The Sandra Phillips Gallery is a cozy space, making it a challenge to put on a group show, especially one made up of artists who work in large formats. But that’s exactly what’s on tap there now with Blurred…
With a grant from the city of Denver, Birdseed Collective is beautifying RTD bus benches in its own Globeville/Elyria/Swansea neighborhood. With two benches already finished and four more on the way, the art and community service collective is working with LiveWell Colorado on the P.S. You Are Here Grant to…
Director Travis La and the crew behind the latest 303 Boards skateboard team video, Landrace, liked the sound of 12/13/14 for a premiere date. While we’re counting, this marks the thirteenth team video from the little Colfax shop that could (tagline: “Holding down the Colorado skate scene since 1997”) and…
Ann Hamilton and Jae Ko et al. For Ann Hamilton: Selected Works, the initial enfilade of spaces at Robischon Gallery is taken over by works on paper by this noted conceptualist. The first group is from her “visite” series, the name of which is taken from the term “carte de…
Jill Hadley Hooper: Interiors Goodwin Fine Art 1255 Delaware Street Jill Hadley Hooper is nationally known for her illustrations, which have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times. Around here, though, she wears many hats, and may be better known as the co-founder, with Tracy Weil, of the…
After returning from its journey to City, O’ City for a fundraiser last week (thank you to all who came and contributed!), the tiny house still needed to be leveled so that we could install the windows — a task that requires, as much as possible, a level house. I…
Have a Die Hard Christmas! Last week Amanda Moutinho unwrapped her list of the Five Least Christmas-y Christmas Movies. And one of her favorites, Die Hard, will be showing not once but twice this week, in a special gift to this city’s fans of merry mayhem. Keep reading for the…
Though the First Friday of December traditionally collides with the Parade of Lights, art-lovers still flocked to Santa Fe Drive, despite interfering downtown gridlock. Read on to see photographer Danielle Lirette’s images from the art district’s monthly gallery stroll. See also: Laura Goldhamer Brings Stop Motion to Gregory Alan Isakov…
Geeks have a tendency to self-segregate into little geeky ghettos — Star Wars fans over here, Lord of the Rings devotees over there — and that makes it really easy to miss out on some cool shit. If you’re suffering from the effects of this self-imposed exile and would like…
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. “Mazes are a metaphor for life — you run into a dead…
Plenty of Denver galleries will kick off December with shows of small and affordable art for the holidays. But there’s much more to see this First Friday, and it’s a good night to venture from the downtown area, where the Parade of Lights will create gridlock and parking nightmares, and…
In the world of stop motion, sometimes you have to embrace mistakes. Denver artist/musician Laura Goldhamer is used to doing just that, most recently when she created the video for Gregory Alan Isakov’s “Amsterdam.” One of the props was a large piece of glass with-cotton ball clouds to serve as…
Colfax Avenue’s sordid and fascinating history provides a road map for the evolution of the metro area. The longest uninterrupted main street in the United States, Colfax coasts from Aurora to Golden with chunks of Denver and Lakewood in between, providing an excellent cross-section of Colorado commerce, culture and community…
Surveying Judy Chicago RedLine 2350 Arapahoe Street There are three solos on display now through the holidays that focus on internationally known conceptual artists. RedLine is hosting a retrospective dedicated to Judy Chicago, a pioneer in feminist art, while Robischon has given space to two artists, Ann Hamilton and Jae…
Over the time that Gary Isaacs has been photographing Denver landmarks, he’s become something of a local landmark himself. The photographer has a show up at Leon Gallery, 36 Views of the Lion’s Lair, which runs through January 4. As Isaacs recalls the inspiration for the series,he was just back…
The Dairy Center for the Arts is opening a new exhibition, The Art of Fiber: Fifty Years of the Handweavers Guild of Boulder, that showcases a juried exhibition of new work as well as a historical display of textiles and technology. In celebration of the show, the Handweavers Guild and…
