Arts & Culture
A year of Trump
For those who make their living producing political cartoons, it could be argued that the election of Donald Trump was a godsend. It has...
Chief Niwot’s Curse
On the longest night of the year, we sit cross-legged in a circle and watch unfamiliar faces across from us flicker in candlelight. We...
Art from the soul
"My dancing belongs to the world,” Anna Pavlova once said. Yet almost a century after the ballerina’s death, many people have never heard of...
The Francesca box
George Lange kept the box shut for nearly 40 years. So long as he did, his old friend Francesca Woodman stayed alive, in a...
The family in the house
For
writer/director/editor Trey Edward Shults, making movies is a family affair. It
doesn’t matter if he’s shooting in his parent’s home in Spring, Texas, for
2015’s Krisha,...
Unearthing a forgotten history
Adriana Corral’s art explores the human condition and our fundamental rights. Her research-based process has taken her from her home in Texas to present-day...
Faces of nature
During a snowy day, if you look outside the window, all you may see is a smattering of white flakes coating the landscape. But...
Only time to be yourself
Shantell Martin works fast. With a marker in hand, she stays in constant motion — drawing lines, faces, words, squiggles, stick figures and various...
The STEAM of dreams
“We believe art is a powerful gateway drug into science,” George Sparks,
CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), says of its...
To be transformed
As an avid theater lover, I’m always excited to try a new experience. Last spring, I was intrigued when a friend invited me to...
A little of the absurd
"Hold on just one moment,” Gerda Rovetch says over the phone, “I just need to fortify myself with a pen.”
She wants to take down...
Dark spaces
Stacey Steers’ films are far from straightforward. She uses collage to stitch together found imagery like Victorian illustrations and silent movie heroines to create...
