Arts & Culture

Faces of nature

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During a snowy day, if you look outside the window, all you may see is a smattering of white flakes coating the landscape. But...

How to start

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"Good morning, friends,” artist Kimmerjae Macarus says into her iPhone camera. “I’ve been feeling like my sculpture needs to move into something different, so...

Not entirely politically correct

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The art Todd Herman curates at east window is his way of addressing the injustices of the world.  “There's still racism, sexism—there’s a lot we've...

What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…

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If your organization is planning an event of any kind, please email Caitlin at crockett @ boulderweekly.com.  EVENTS Fifth Annual Virtual Colorado Pollinator Summit. 8 a.m.-4...

The conservator’s dilemma at Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum

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In the back corner of the Clyfford Still Museum, a glass door allows partial views of the interior of the conservation studio, where every few days, a new painting is unrolled and the work of preparing it to be exhibited — often, for the very first time — begins. ...

Mark Rothko: The vanishing figure

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If it is true, as Mark Rothko has said, that art lives in the eye of its viewers, then what comes to life in the Denver Art Museum exhibition of his work is the most formative decade of his life. A decade in which the nearly mature artist uses the anguish and angst ...

Lost and found

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For the past several years, Loren Eiseley’s story “The Star Thrower,” aka “the starfish story,” has made its rounds across the internet. Published in...

Off Country

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We end, I think, at what might be called the standard paradox of the twentieth century: our tools are better than we are, and...

My fellow Americans . . .

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By the spring of 2020, André Ramos-Woodard (they/them) was mad as hell. It started with Ahmaud Arbery, chased and gunned down by white men while...

Only time to be yourself

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Shantell Martin works fast. With a marker in hand, she stays in constant motion — drawing lines, faces, words, squiggles, stick figures and various...

The gray area

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For thousands of years, humans have passed stories down to younger generations with the hope they’ll continue the practice. As a member of the...

Flamenco gaining ground in Boulder

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The Spanish art form flamenco, known for its percussive footwork, sharp clapping, earthy dance movements and the rasgueos strumming technique, is taking root here in Boulder. There are a variety of classes that teach flamenco technique, the aesthetics of flamenco and...