Millers & Rossi Art Gallery and Speakeasy opens in RiNo on Friday
There’s something about not being able to have something that makes us want it more. That’s probably why the Prohibition era was one of the most exciting times for cocktails, with underground...
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Where science and art meet: Botanic Gardens’ illustration classes help...
A collection of exquisite illustrations of Colorado plants, from foothills to alpine tundra, drew accolades at London’s Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art Show in February. The artists — 10...
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With a new retail store for its artisans, RiNo wants to remind visitors of...
The RiNo Arts District will open a new retail store inside Zeppelin Station, a 100,000-square foot office building and market hall under construction at 35th and Wazee streets. The River North Art...
View ArticleMeet the cast of Broadway’s “Frozen,” debuting in Denver before heading to...
Producers for Disney’s latest big-budget musical have revealed the cast for “Frozen,” which will debut in Denver this summer before heading to New York City for its first-ever Broadway run. The...
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Young award-winning photographer in Conifer raises awareness for autism
At Meyer Ranch Open Space Park in Conifer, 11-year-old Morgan Wolfers suddenly veers off the trail and in seconds is on his stomach in the grass, peering through his Sony a6000 camera. “I saw that...
View ArticleHow to make your kid’s art last forever
By Elizabeth Mayhew, Special to The Washington Post For parents of a school-age child, there are two things that converge at this time of year: spring-cleaning and the realization that you have...
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Giving out money, but creatively: Arts in Society grants benefit those in the...
The granting world is divided into two general categories, and they rarely overlap. Some foundations give money to social service enterprises that provide things like education, mental health care,...
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10 places off the beaten path to see art in Washington, D.C.
By Winyan Soo Hoo and Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post Going to museums isn’t always easy in Washington. If you want to visit the African American Museum or find out what all the hype is about at the...
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Denver Art Museum will be the only U.S. museum to host new Degas exhibit
Provided by Denver Art MuseumEdgar Hilaire Degas’ Four Ballet Dancers on Stage, 1885-90. Oil paint on canvas. Collection of Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Assis Chateaubriand, Brazil. In a coup for the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Moscow’s grimy trucks inspire street art
MOSCOW — The grimy trucks traversing the polluted and dusty streets of Moscow have inspired a new kind of street art in Russia’s capital. When Nikita Golubev sees a dirty white truck or van he uses it...
View ArticleDoors Open Denver gives visitors a peek into the city’s architectural history
Moments after finishing a tour of LoDo’s warehouse district, Sebastian Montenegro scanned a list of Doors Open Denver’s annual tours of the city’s architectural icons as he picked out a second trip...
View ArticleDenver-based lawyer launches online art gallery
Denver-based lawyer and part-time artist Joanna Hogrefe found a unique way to combine her career and her passion while viewing some of the finest art in Italy. “Relatively recently, I had an epiphany...
View ArticleWhat’s with all the blue trees? Public art project takes over Denver Theatre...
Double takes and hasty smartphone pics—of the bright-blue trees in downtown Denver’s Theatre District aren’t the only way to interact with unusual public art project this month. Regular programming for...
View ArticleT.J. Miller, Karen Kilgariff lead first wave of High Plains Comedy Festival...
Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival will return for its fifth outing Aug. 24-26 with headlining performances at the Paramount Theatre from Denver native and “Silicon Valley” co-star T.J. Miller and a...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Painting pianos for Denver’s 16th St. Mall
Students decorated pianos that will be displayed through the summer on Denver’s 16th Street Mall on May 1. Your Keys to the City, a public piano art program created by the Downtown Denver Partnership...
View ArticleN.Y. museum displays Mohammed images: Muslims who have world’s most common name
NEW YORK — The blue-eyed Iowan shares a name with people of all ages and many races, in countries all over the globe. By most estimates, the name they share is the most common in the world. And yet...
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Are GIFs fine art? Ello and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art think so
The GIFs that Trevor Van Meter creates are not the sort that most people know through social media. Instead of short, looping video clips sourced from movies or TV shows — often with a text overlay...
View ArticlePen in hand, a legendary Disney animator comes to Denver for free masterclass
One of the best things about the 2016 documentary “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life” is not its unique subject matter, blunt honesty or upbeat tone — although all have charmed audiences since the film...
View Article“Dear Evan Hansen” will launch national tour at Denver Center
In another high-profile win for its Broadway division, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday announced it will host the national tour kickoff for the Tony-nominated musical “Dear Evan...
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Denver Art Museum to host first major exhibition from American Indian artist...
Jeffrey Gibson’s piece Like a Hammer provides the title for his first major museum exhibition, which opens in Denver in May 2018. (Photo by Peter Mauney, provided by Denver Art Museum) Jeffrey Gibson,...
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