
Gesel Mason Danced Solos By Noted Black Choreographers. Now She’s Archiving Them
Mason left CU Boulder for a UT Austin position that supports her work documenting these dances and the legacies of the choreographers who created them.

When You’re On The West Slope, It’s Hard To Miss A Funky Lyle Nichols Sculpture
The artist’s signature works include life-sized horses and large chickens, including a special one in Fruita to commemorate “Mike the Headless Chicken.”

Jeffrey Gibson’s DAM Exhibition Breaks Open Race, Identity and Masculinity ‘Like A Hammer’
The Native American artist has his work on display at the Denver Art Museum now through August 12.

This CU Boulder Professor Is Taking Art For Human Rights Straight To The Korean Border
Rivera has traveled the world, organizing hundreds of art exhibitions in regions experiencing conflict or human rights issues.

As Telluride Bluegrass Tunes Up, Here’s A Look At Some Bands Birthed At The Festival
Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins found themselves singing in a Telluride bathroom, and formed I’m With Her.

‘Underground Railroad Game’ At Curious Theatre Embraces Uncomfortable History
Sex, slavery and race — nothing is off the table for the “shocking” and “lacerating comedy” playing at the downtown Denver theater company.

The Level Of Care Invested In Denver’s Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Is Excruciating
How careful are exhibit conservators? Well for one, the scrolls flew business class to Denver in their very own seats.

An Obsession With Her Family Tree Has Transformed Tya Anthony’s Art
Tya Anthony keeps a trunk in her office that represents a personal archive of family history, lineage and her own life.

At Breckenridge’s WAVE, You’ll Be Able To Make Music With This 8ft-Tall Sculpture
“Interphase” was created for the third annual WAVE, an art festival that runs Thursday through Sunday in downtown Breckenridge.

Get Ready To Smile: New Downtown Art Will Give Denver A ‘Happy City’ Makeover
“We feel the art excites people, it disarms them and it sort of makes them ready for the conversation,” says David Ehrlich of the Denver Theatre District.

Why Is Denver Artist Travis Hetman Obsessed With Tom Waits?
It’s more than the music that inspires Hetman. Images of Waits started popping up in the visual artist’s work around 2013 or 2014.

This Artist Used 3D Printing To Reconstruct Artifacts Destroyed By ISIS
Works from Morehshin Allahyari’s collection “Material Speculation: ISIS” are on display at The Collective as part of the Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival.

Aurora Fox’s Latest Season Shows Off Their New Producer’s Boundary Stretching Vision
New executive producer Helen Murray comes to Aurora via Fairfax, Virginia, where she was artistic director and a co-founder of The Hub Theatre.

War Veteran’s Art Seeks To Make Connections, Change Perceptions
Mark Fitzsimmons walked nearly 13 miles through Denver and Lakewood for his performance art piece called “Identification Please (Flag Piece).”

Why Esther Hernandez Is Obsessed With Turning Awkward Blind Dates Into Art
“I have an absurdist flare about me and the art that I make is very absurdist and out there,” Hernandez says.

Higher Taxes On Marijuana Sales Could Boost Affordable Housing Under New Proposal
To double its affordable housing fund the city would also reappropriate some money from the general fund.