With the untimely death of the Great Gloved One, and the 24-Hour news cycle endlessly covering every detail, it got me thinking…
Yes, the King of Pop was an icon. He was a cultural icon, he was an international icon – but has he ever been a desktop icon? Surely during his heyday, someone somewhere kicked [...]
Finger painting on the cover of The New Yorker
May 27 09
Here is an example of why I love technology so much:
Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square.
The Brushes application costs $4.99 and allows for painting on the touchscreen using a variety of brushes tracking your fingers. Mr. Colombo [...]
Extinction: Artists Respond
May 26 09
To support the current dino-riffic exhibit “Jurassic Gardens: Evolution and Extinction”, the Denver Botanic Gardens talked Ivar Zeile, owner of Plus Gallery and Simon Zalkind, curator of Singer Gallery to jury a show featuring Colorado artists.
The end result of all their hard work is “Extinction: Artitsts Respond,” a introspective look into the concepts, problems and [...]
Obey Livestrong: Shepard Fairey decorates Lance Armstrong’s new whip
May 3 09
Our favorite underground superstar Shepard Fairey is in the news again, this time via everyone’s new best friend: Twitter.
Lance Armstrong posted photos of Mr. Fairey’s “Tour of Italy Trek Madone”, a stark Livestrong-yellow with intriciately laced black graphics, last night on his Twitter stream and they’ve been re-appearing all over the net today.
Read the entire [...]
Metro State BFA Thesis Show
May 1 09
Kick your First Friday off downtown!
The Center for Visual Art is showcasing Metro State’s BFA Thesis show: Sm’ART.
Featuring over thirty emerging artists…
“Sm’ART is a diverse exhibition of works that showcases talented metal smiths, ceramists, photographers, painters, and digital artists. The MSCD art department is dedicated to providing their students with an unparallel urban learning environment [...]
Communikey – Festival of Electronic Arts
April 13 09
This week Boulder gets back to the future with the 2nd incarnation of the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts.
Featuring over 35 new media artists and electronic musicians – either performing, offering up software workshops, or both…
Read the entire article at Examiner.com
ARTCRANK! A poster party for bike people
April 10 09
It’s Artcrank. Celerate the spring with a totally sweet poster party for bike people. That’s you right?
Dig this: Bikes plus affordable collectable local artist posters all smashed together on the best street in Denver – Colfax…
Read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Buh-bye The Lab at Belmar
April 5 09
Hello The Lab at the MCA Denver! That’s right, and it’s kinda old news. You see, Adam Lerner was recently selected as the new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.Hello The Lab at the MCA Denver! That’s right, and it’s kinda old news. You see, Adam Lerner was recently selected as the new [...]
Gallery Talks: Stratefied Senses and Sensualities
April 1 09
Colorado Springs brings out some big art guns, in defense of it’s point that Denver isn’t the only town with art culture.
Case in point: Gallery Talks, presented by Pikes Peak Community College.
I’m not sure how long this most awesome program has been in place, but I am already a fan. Basically, the current artists displaying [...]
We need a Copy Editor STAT!
March 24 09
This little verbose gem brought to you by the fine folks on the Adobe Updater Team. Obviously still getting paid per word.
