Arts & Culture
A people’s history
It’s no great secret: Colorado is not the first place that springs to most people’s minds when considering racial diversity. That’s especially true in...
Making scents
In ancient Egypt, to anoint a statue of a god with perfume was to bring that statue to life, for the gods were imbued...
Arts | Week of Jan. 22, 2015
Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 15...
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,...
Caution: High Voltage
Mitch Levin’s studio is an electric, eclectic creative space, filled with sparks, artists and vibrant ideas. What else would you expect from a place...
The science of Signtology: Crafting pop art from the everyday
While Dan Ericson was attending Arapahoe Community College to tighten up his graphic design skills, he didn’t expect a simple homework assignment to shape his career as an artist...
The intimate is political
In the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election, Boulder-based artists Julie Maren and Joy Alice Eisenhauer were excited. The two had partnered...
Making a thing while the world ends
As the pandemic stormed in and unceremoniously upended in-person events last March, it also cast members of Writer’s Block across the country.
With the university...
Arts | Week of Dec. 18, 2014
Affordable Art Show. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303- 651-2787. Through Dec. 28...
Good to print
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...
How a sunset feels
Try to describe a sunset without using colors; think about how it feels, how the air smells, perhaps about the sounds that arise at...
Performance soul in black and white
When Lisa Siciliano bought her neighbor’s camera on a whim in 2002, she had no idea that such a small decision would alter the course of her life...

















