Arts & Culture

When the tight squeeze of Communist regime censorship applied itself to art in Poland, trained artists turned their hands to the unmonitored medium of poster production. Communist leaders believed that posters for cultural events, like film, opera, theatre and the ...

In Monique Crine’s picture “Jake,” a buff man stands alone in a pool gazing at the viewer. When standing a few feet away from the 6-foot-by-9-foot portrait, it seems as if you’re staring at a photograph. But upon closer inspection of the curve of the jaw or curl ...

Kelly Monico, Nebraska native though she may be, has always been a fan of rap — old school rap. Then the Metropolitan State University of Denver art professor encountered her first Nicki Minaj video on a student’s blog...

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 ...

While revitalizing a city’s art scene seems like a daunting task, there are people in Boulder working to make it a reality. Think: more venues, more art districts, more festivals and more resources for artists and the community...

Zombies are on the rise. And I’m not just saying that for the pun...

Colorado-based photographer Angela Faris Belt was uploading pictures to her computer when something dreadful occurred: it crashed. Once the shock settled, with a glass of wine in hand, she ran a recovery program to see what she could salvage. As it turned out, not ...

Igor Stravinsky: mashup artist...

Artist Kim Jongku creates calligraphic poetry on canvas out of the same material used in military tanks and weapons. Derrick Velasquez lets gravity work on boat upholstery to create stacks of vivid, colorful patterns in his wall installations. Aníbal Catalan examines...

The folks in Nederland, Colorado celebrated their 10th Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival from March 4-6. Check out some images from the events: 

This September, Longmont hosted their inaugural Chalk Art Street Fair & Bin Market, a free two-day street-painting festival where more than 38 artists spent...

Go ahead and play with matches — that was the directive Boulder area artists got last year from Sue Chambers Wallingford, core assistant professor at Naropa’s art therapy program...