Arts & Culture

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...

Building power

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If you live in Boulder County, you’ve probably heard the story of Zayd Atkinson and John Smyly. On March 1, 2019, Atkinson, a Naropa...

Arts | Week of April 10, 2014

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American West: Selections from the CU Art Museum’s Permanent Collection. CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300. Through May 10...

Sightlines: April 13, 2023

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We love our local arts scene here in Boulder County — but with so much going on, it can be hard to keep up....

Stormy inspiration

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At one point in his life, David Mayhew gave up on art. An art teacher in high school pushed an impressionist style when he wanted to go for a realistic one. The conflict steered him toward design engineering and graphic drawing — the career track that led to him ...

Cirque Dreams Holidaze is a real Christmas circus

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In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re just about up to our roasty chestnuts in the holiday season...

New leaf

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When visual artist Kristen Abbott sets out to make new work, she doesn’t know what she’ll get until it’s done. That’s because the art...

Inappropriate laughter

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The pilot of Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical Amazon Prime series One Mississippi wastes no time setting up the darkness that is — in all its...

Good to print

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Master Printer Bud Shark wouldn’t describe himself as the artist behind the prints at his studio, but more as a facilitator of the works...

Finding the fun in painting

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Other than his perpetually paint-stained clothes, Binghamton, N.Y., native Sam Jablon cut a deceptively ordinary figure during his four years (2005-09) at Naropa University, where he graduated with an interdisciplinary degree in writing, meditation and visual art. A ...

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

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Sourdough Baking — with Sarah Owens and Andy Clark. 5 p.m. Thursday, June 18. With the popularity of sourdough on the rise, many are turning...

Sheila Heti, everybody

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An artist and her form