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Monday evening, November 10, the Dazzle Jazz Club on Lincoln Street in Denver, hosted the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra (MJO). In turn, the MJO hosted the Rocky Mountain High School Jazz Band. As most of you know, Rocky Mountain High School is in Fort Collins. The jazz band is directed by Kenyon Scheurman, and I will […]

A Fall Preview by Gwen Gray We’ve bid adieu to summer, but fear not: fall and winter have so many creative, inspiring and invigorating cultural events coming our way that we’ll hardly give summer a parting glance. Here are eight organizations bringing us can’t-miss museum, science, and cultural events around Denver and Boulder this fall […]

Denver Fall Arts Preview by Theresa Anderson Metro Denver is bursting at the seams right now with high value programming from a variety of arts organizations that connect some of the best artists with the public in the form of exhibitions, education and community. From robots to queertooning- it’s hard to know where to focus […]

By Robin McNeil The Tesoro Cultural Center is many things. Primarily, it is one of the best organizations that I have seen devoted to preserving not only Colorado’s history, but the history of the Southwest, Spanish, early American pioneers, Mexican, Native American, African American, and early European cultures. They accomplish this with their Historic Lecture […]

by Theresa Anderson   Art Students League Denver From Monday, November 4, through Saturday, November 9 (during Denver Arts Week), the Art Students League of Denver is holding an open house where members and new prospects may sit in on as many classes as they’d like FOR FREE.* Click to see the schedule of classes. […]

by Theresa Anderson   I met with Very Special Arts (VSA) Colorado Executive Director Damon McLeese at Access Gallery + Studio in Denver to check out work by the artists Aj Kiel and Amie York. He let me poke around and look at the work both in the gallery and their more private work areas. […]

By Theresa Anderson March 1, 2013 The Art Students League of Denver (ASLD) has used the historic Sherman School at 200 Grant Street in Denver to hold panels, classes, workshops and exhibitions since 1987.  ASLD partners with places such as Redline, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Boulder Museum of Outdoor Arts and Meineger’s Art Supply to […]

By Theresa Anderson   Denver Architectural Foundation Doors Open Denver is one of Denver Architectural Foundation’s most popular events that support the organization’s dual purpose to increase awareness and appreciation for the impact of architecture on quality of life. Doors Open Denver is an annual event, but creates year-round discussion through related educational programming, conferences, and […]

By Theresa Anderson Platteforum Creative Residency Hollis+Lana, have been in residence since October 29th working on a new large environmental series, boom, bang and splat. Amorette Lana and Conor Hollis collaborate on graffiti/mural-like painting as well as organic, discrete, three-dimensional forms.  Each painting and sculpture is fabricated through natural interplay between the artists. The polyurethane foam […]