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Artist Konstantin Dimopoulos Is Painting Trees Blue in the Denver Theatre District

By Susan Froyd

Denver gets ribbed for its fixation on blue public art — the curious blue bear that welcome visitors at the convention center and the demonic rearing horse at the airport both evoke controversy, each in its own way. But for Konstantin Dimopoulos, who arrived in Denver last week to begin painting trees blue in the Denver Theatre District, blue public art is no joke.

Let It Fall and LA 92 Look Back on a City in Flames

By Alan Scherstuhl

How do you document in a film the crack-up of something as complex as a city a quarter-century past? A pair of new documentaries about the Los Angeles riots of April, 1992 take wildly different approaches — and produce wildly different results. In the vigorous and illuminating Let It Fall:…

Graduation Lays Bare the Cost of Thriving in a Corrupt Society

By Bilge Ebiri

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation is one of the best films I’ve ever seen about corruption. That’s true despite the fact that Mungiu underplays the typical elements found in tales about this subject: You won’t find many fast-talking crooks, sinister cops or elaborate sting operations here. Or a looming sense…

100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Nicole Banowetz

By Susan Froyd

A traveler whose monumental inflatable sculptures have taken her around the world, Nicole Banowetz blows up microscopic rotifers and radiolaria into larger-than-life airborne monsters and forms, sharing them through residencies as close to home as the Children’s Museum of Denver and as far away as Ustka, Poland.

Derrick Velasquez’s The Stacks Takes on Race and Rhinoceropolis at the MCA

By Susan Froyd

The cornerstone of any library is in its stacks, where living records in the form of books and media sit, waiting to impart knowledge and share stories. When tasked with curating a show for the shelves of MCA Denver’s Open Shelf Library space, artist Derrick Velasquez began by deconstructing the library aesthetic and finding parallels in life, bringing together what might seem like a scattered group of collections in repose.

Dancer and Model Jewels Ramer Spotted at Denver Fashion Weekend

By Mauricio Rocha

Models are always on the go, and dancers are always on the move. Denver-based model Jewels Ramer is both, so she is always ready for an audience. We spotted Ramer at Denver Fashion Weekend, and caught up with her to learn about her inspiration, her favorite ways to accessorize an outfit, and her fashion philosophy.

Where You See Trash, Teresa Castaneda Sees Art

By Ana Campbell

“When we’re done with this conversation, I’m going to look like a big bum,” says Teresa Castaneda, laughing as she stands by the front door of her home on Elati Street. She’s petite and tan, and a shock of gray curly hair frames her face like a wave. It takes…

100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Esther Hernandez

By Susan Froyd

Performance artist and RedLine resident Esther Hernandez calls her work a “living collage” or “social sculpture,” but these descriptions only address the performance experience in real-time, an interaction between artist and audience.