Author: Colleen Smith Special to The Denver Gazette
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Denver developer John W. Madden Jr. dies
The longtime Denver developer died Friday, his family confirmed
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Denver artist Sandra Kaplan won’t paint herself into a corner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sandra Kaplan, an outstanding artist living in Englewood, has taught painting classes at the Art Students League of Denver for more than 20 years. She knows well the importance of art instructors. In an interview in her Denver studio, Kaplan recalled an assignment from her…
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Denver exhibit paints improved picture of artist Clyfford Still
Despite his obviously innovative flair for painting, Clyfford Still (Nov. 30, 1904 to June 23, 1980) has a tarnished reputation. The artist long has been viewed as a lone wolf with a stereotypically disagreeable artistic temperament. Still’s personal and professional life scandalized many. He pulled his paintings from galleries, and shunned and bashed the art…
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Yoshitomo Saito’s final bow from bronze sculpting
On the final day of 2021, bronze sculptor Yoshitomo Saito suffered a life-altering accident that tested his mettle and forced him to shift artistic gears. Particularly ironic given his solo exhibition titled “Of Sky and Ground,” Saito fell from a tree while clearing debris at his Lakewood home. After a long recovery, he’s still standing…
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How Denver’s popular Cherry Creek Arts Festival supports art education in Colorado schools
The Cherry Creek Arts Festival creates much more than meets the eye. The juicy razzle-dazzle is the most obvious fruit of the annual July tradition widely regarded as one of the largest and most successful arts festivals in the U.S. This year’s event happens Friday through Sunday, July 5-7, and offers arts of all stripes,…
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A closer look at Denver’s historic Craftsman-style homes
Congress Park is a neighborhood predominantly made up of American Craftsman residences built from roughly 1900 to 1929.
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A Ukrainian-American painter whose brush is actually a knife
“I live in a country which has much more freedom compared to Ukraine, but I became a slave of my own emotions that I created in myself by hating,” says artist Lyudmila Agrich, whose exhibition “Texture,” opens Saturday at Mirada Fine Art in RioNo. “But when you hate, you can be not free.” Courtesy Mirada…
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Climate crisis looms large for weaver Tali Weinberg
The word “weaving” is both a noun and a verb. As a weaver, Tali Weinberg deftly interworks warp and weft — two diametrically opposed fibers that under tension and her skilled hands form a third object: cloth. Indoors through June 9, Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG) exhibits Weinberg’s compelling weavings and fiber sculptures that the artist…
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Denver creatives deal in Artist Trading Cards
For Americans, international craze Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) first rose in popularity in the Mile High City. Denver was the first U.S. city to host ATC sessions, according to Jerry Simpson — an artist who leads two local chapters of the loosely organized international club. Swiss artist M. Vanci Stirnemann made the first ATCs in…