Arts & Culture
A show within a show
Some people might call Steve Hackman a rulebreaker, a rogue in the world of classical music. But the composer known best for his “mash-up”...
How to escape the office and never go back
Denverite Wendy Fox wins the Colorado Book Award for literary fiction with short story collection about corporate lives
Hiding in plain sight
Walk into the main gallery of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) and you will be blinded by industrial spotlights mounted on large...
Better than diamonds
Many artists have a trademark. For Monet it was water lilies, Warhol favored soup cans, and Picasso was partial to the rearranged face. But...
Cultivating and curating
In the Spring of 2016, artist William Singer got a flat tire on his way out of Detroit. Waiting for the tow, he sat...
Filling in history
In 1950, leaving behind conscious form, Grace Hartigan took her paints and translated her thoughts on the canvas in a burst of red, blue,...
Future vision
It was a winding road that brought Jane Burke back to Boulder as curator of the city’s flagship contemporary art institution. But during the...
Giving voice
There’s an earthiness in the air as several young people work on potting some 300 flowers in the lobby of the Boulder Museum of...
‘Representative and inclusive’: The 25th anniversary of the Boulder Jewish Festival
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Boulder Jewish Festival (BJF), a one-day celebration of Jewish culture that is open to the whole...
Susanne Mitchell explores legacy of colonization at east window exhibit
When Susanne Mitchell first traveled to Malawi in 1995, she found people very eager to share their thoughts.
“People were yelling out their opinions because...
The in-between
Here’s how it was supposed to go: In one of the tall, street-facing windows of the David B. Smith Gallery, a 6-foot-tall neon sign...
Unseen realism
Artist Jenny Morgan has always had a talent for painting the human figure. In the early days of her career, Morgan painted hyper-realistic canvases...
