Salutations, Project Hello 2011!
June 27, 2011
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On Saturday, June 25th Redline hosted this year’s Project Hello. The event presented over 40 artists, designers, musicians, and poets. Redline buzzed with introductions and activity throughout the day.
Rebecca Peebles‘ project guided visitors through the creation of a drawing that mapped the different kinds of visitors to the space. With the [...]
Denver Art Museum Gets Down and Dirty
June 12, 2011
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This week marks the beginning of The Denver Art Museum’s first ever campus wide exhibition based on one material, Marvelous Mud: Clay Around the World. Every department in the Museum is involved from Design to Photography. In Director Christoph Heinrich’s words, “Don’t think pots”.
The entire Summer is [...]
Sandra Fettingis and Andi Todaro Shoot Laser Beams!
February 14, 2011
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This past Saturday I found myself eyeing some wonderful geometry from local artists Sandra Fettingis and Andi Todaro. Using similar processes both create works of Art with an aesthetic all their own. Each utilizes the power and precision afforded by a laser cutter but to different ends.
The overall gestalt [...]
MCA Denver Adopts Orphan Paintings: Unknown and Accepted
January 19, 2011
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Today I want to write about the role museums play in society. There are many kinds of museums: Art, History, Science, etcetera. For a long time I did not know there were museums that collect and ones that do not. Take for instance the Denver Art Museum, it is [...]
Scot Lefavor’s Got Wood at Crema
December 15, 2010
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Artist/Designer Scot Lefavor graced Larimer’s Crema Coffee House with Driftwood this past Saturday. The work on display has a definite air of sarcasm mixed with a graphic, cartoony, 1960′s aesthetic. Scot uses invented characters along with a creamy, muted palette on pieces of found wood ranging from two by [...]