Work in Progress with Laura Shill
Laura Shill, a Denver-based interdisciplinary artist, commits to creative community-building through the playful and profound lens of conceptual buffoonery, which she elevates to a high art form.
February 21, 2024
Denver
The Unholy Ecstasy of Black Mass Blood Ritual
Through the subversive and (sac)religious performance Black Mass Blood Ritual, Denver-based artists Mary Grace Bernard and Genevieve Waller create an occult celebration of pain, kink, queerness, and (dis)ability.
January 22, 2024
EssayCollectivity + CollaborationSouthwest
Hyperlink’s Creative Rollercoaster Embraces the Whirlwind of Interconnected Artistry
Hyperlink, a nebulous artist collective with projects in Denver, Chicago, and at a uranium mine ghost town in Wyoming, is a proven testament to the power of collectivity and collaboration.
December 13, 2023
In Todd Dobbs’s Typical American, AI Paints a Unique Portrait of Americana
Todd Dobbs’s captivating journey of AI-generated imagery and its complex relationship with human perception—packaged in a witty exploration of art and technology—challenges assumptions about the “typical American.”
October 17, 2023
The Broom of the System: Trey Duvall’s RETURN/SWEEP at Rule Gallery
Denver artist Trey Duvall combines digital, mechanical, manual, and natural tools in order to explore a multitude of concepts in his durational installation RETURN/SWEEP.
September 14, 2023
FeatureColoradoVol. 8 Medium + Support
Rough Gems, A Curatorial Fellowship for the Underdogs
Rough Gems, a curatorial fellowship at Denver’s Union Hall, provides funding and gallery space for emerging local curators.
September 01, 2023
Work in Progress with Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman, a Denver-based sound and performance artist, explores the aesthetic and conceptual contours of noise, music, and the body through installations and live events.
August 31, 2023
Work in Progress with Esther Hz
Esther Hz discusses soil and soul in her studio and reveals her passion for farming through zoetropes created for the exhibition agriCULTURE at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.
August 24, 2023
Work in Progress with Ramón Bonilla
The paintings and murals of Denver-based artist Ramón Bonilla explore the multifarious uses of the line and all of its subsequent meanings.
July 12, 2023
At Denver Month of Video, Experience a Medley of Video Art, Exhibitions, Performance Art, and Untraditional Cinema
Denver Month of Video founders Jenna Maurice and Adán De La Garza present a diverse array of video arts throughout July 2023 at venues across the city.
June 29, 2023
Curator Profile: Bobbi Walker Pursues Compelling Art With a Commercially Successful Model
Bobbi Walker, owner and curator of Walker Fine Art, blends aesthetics with business in her downtown Denver space that seeks to recast the “commercial gallery” stigma.
June 16, 2023
Junk Drawer Invites All To “Come As You Are” To Its Queer Rave Art Installations
Junk Drawer is an inclusive queer techno dance party in Denver featuring installations by local artists who bring together social-justice politics and joy.
June 14, 2023
Public Art That’s Not a Bummer: A Roundup of Denver’s Linger-Worthy Outdoor Artworks
Denver's public art collection boasts outstanding examples of monumental outdoor sculptures and includes works by Hebert Bayer, Sol LeWitt, Anthony Magar, Beverly Pepper, Bernar Venet, and more.
June 02, 2023
Hyunmee Lee’s Changing Shapes at William Havu Gallery
William Havu Gallery presents Changing Shapes, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Hyunmee Lee, with an opening reception on Friday, May 12, 5-8 pm in Denver.
May 09, 2023
Autumn T. Thomas’s Dancing in the Diaspora Explores Ancestral Connections Through Woodworking
Contemporary woodworker Autumn T. Thomas has developed a collection that speaks to her embrace of ancestry, community, and exploration of self.
February 17, 2023
Work in Progress with Mario Zoots
Mario Zoots is a Denver-based artist who has explored the medium of collage for nearly fifteen years, and pushed against the genre's boundaries and expectations.
January 17, 2023
Work in Progress with MarSha Robinson
Denver-based artist and entrepreneur MarSha Robinson creates elaborate, botanical worlds and runs a thriving business under the moniker Strange Dirt.
December 13, 2022
Whose Bodies? Authorship and Control in Anuar Maauad’s WE ARE BODIES at Black Cube in Denver
Anuar Maauad’s project brings up a question born of our contemporary political context: who controls one’s body and its off-shoots?
December 02, 2022
The Gallerist in Fuzzy Slippers: Doug Kacena’s Fashionable Footwear
Doug Kacena, owner of Denver art gallery K Contemporary, replaces art-world stuffiness with swagger through stylish and attention-grabbing kicks.
October 31, 2022
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 6 Rooted: Poetics of Place
Studio Visit: Steven Yazzie
Colorado-based multidisciplinary artist Steven Yazzie (Diné, Laguna Pueblo, European ancestry) thinks of his art studio as community and land rather than an insular space bound by four walls.
August 26, 2022
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Studio Visit: Michael Gadlin
Michael Gadlin, an artist and the executive director of PlatteForum in Denver, talks about the influence relationships and community have had on his creative practice.
February 25, 2022
FeatureColoradoVol. 1 Bodies//Boundaries
Margaret Neumann: I Just Like the Cherry
Colorado artist Margaret Neumann's paintings are rooted in the human experience as it is translated through time, through the body, and through our many coping mechanisms.
February 08, 2021
