Passport to the Arts

• Each and every one of Denver’s gallery districts boasts its own charms, but the Art District on Santa Fe, with its ten blocks of galleries, businesses and studios, is most likely the busiest. And now, in tandem with the Biennial, the district is hosting an internationally themed Passport to the Arts, which offers patrons a chance to win prizes as a thank-you gift for visiting as many galleries as they can in a given period of time. [...] more

The Santa Fe Art Walk: Art, Architecture and Ambiance

• My visit to the Art District on Santa Fe Drive during their first Friday of the month ‘art walk’ took me to a whole other planet. I was shocked and put in a state of awe... [...] more

More businesses moving into ArtDistrict on Santa Fe Read more: More businesses moving into ArtDistrict on Santa Fe - Denver Business Journal

• Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe continues to attract new businesses as well as expand existing businesses and marketing, even in the economic downturn. [...] more

Biennial of the Americas could be eco-devo bonanza Read more: Biennial of the Americas could be eco-devo bonanza - Denver Business Journal

• Denver leaders are touting the upcoming Biennial of the Americas as a cultural celebration, but the event’s biggest benefit may be the number of South and Central American companies coming Read more: Biennial of the Americas could be eco-devo bonanza - Denver Business Journal [...] more

CORE gallery draws more than ‘First Friday’ crowd

• Fifteen years ago, the stretch of Santa Fe Drive from East 10th Avenue down to 5th still boasted boarded-up storefronts, broken glass and unsavory characters to create a trinity that “nice people” — and especially suburbanites wary of urban places — carefully avoided. But an early-80s influx of economic development [...] more

Art with heart

• Abstract painter Kathryn Hart paints from the heart. The paintings featured in her new exhibit — “Circle of Secrets” — showing at the Habitat Gallery and Studio lean heavily on emotions and conflicts. Her paintings pulse with an untold story; scrapings and scratchings dragged through thick paint gives a glimpse of what’s beneath the service, according to a press release. “Combining both expressionism and conceptual art into her paintings, Hart begins boldly and energetically, focusing on n [...] more

Another reason Denver is Cool - Santa Fe Artwalk

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Explore Colorado artist Gutierrez's unique identity

• Colorado artist Belen Escalante Gutierrez was born in Mexico, moved to the United States at age 2 and obtained her legal residency in the U.S. She created her 54-card "Mexican Bingo" game, an interpretation of Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14441107#ixzz0gCCYdPD3 [...] more

Heartfelt Artwork

• For 13 years, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council has celebrated hearts, February's most enduring symbol (not counting crusty frozen snow) with its Milagros del Corazon auction. Artists and would-be artists from all walks of life decorate a wooden heart that CHAC distributes about a month prior to the auction, which was held last week Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14397664#ixzz0fX77MvFA [...] more

Studio 6 Coffee House

• Welcome to Studio 6 Coffee House! We are a small boutique coffee house located in the 910 Arts Building in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe Drive. We serve only the finest Organic and Fair Trade locally roasted coffees as well as an extensive list of loose leaf teas. We are dedicated to creating an incredible atmosphere with a focus on community and creativity. Come check us out and experience our groovy little shop for yourself! [...] more

Latino Museum wins arts excellence award

• Maruca Salazar won the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2005 for past work in the Chicano art movement. But winning it this year for the Museo de las Americas signals the work that lies ahead for the institution she has led for less than a year. Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_14329511#ixzz0edPzdB5a [...] more

Timely Portraits

• The intense meets the expressive at the new exhibit showing at the Carla Wright Gallery. The collection features a series of 11 portraits by local artist Brian Comber, though the paintings are often more reminiscent of an intense vision in a frame than the “Mona Lisa.” [...] more

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An art scene celebration

• The Art District on Santa Fe is giving itself a well-deserved pat on the back with an exhibit that looks back at 2009. Art District Best of 2009 is a juried show that compiles a wide variety of art that has been shown in the Art District on Santa Fe throughout the year. [...] more

Art District Best of 2009 Winners

• The Art District on Santa Fe is in many ways a microcosm of the Denver Art scene and Dana Cain's inaugural [...] more

First Friday Art Shuttle on Holiday

• The Art District shuttle will not be operating this First Friday January 1. We will start it up again February 5th. All galleries in the Santa Fe District will be open as usual from 5-9 pm. The shuttle connects both the Santa Fe Art District as well as the Golden Triangle Museum District [...] more

John Fielder's "Ranches of Colorado" is a book with a mission

• Nothing says Colorado quite like the dramatic landscapes that distinguish every corner of our state, and no one captures them quite like John Fielder. Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_14012790#ixzz0aLHnp3Wt [...] more

Party Arty

• Take two superstar jurists, throw in everyone else, shake it all up with a year's worth of fantastic art seen at galleries on Santa Fe Drive, and you've got Art District Best of 2009, a confetti-ready celebration of one of Denver's most popular artwalk destinations and [...] more

A home for whimsy at Denver's Vertigo Art Space

• The Denver Art Museum's exhibition, [...] more

With help from city, Su Teatro buying Denver Civic Theatre

• Denver's only Latino theater company, with backing from the city, is buying the shuttered Denver Civic Theatre at 721 Santa Fe Drive. Su Teatro will reopen the Denver Civic as a regional Latino cultural and performing arts center as early as February, the company said. [...] more

Denver Arts Week Is Huge For City's Economy

• Denver Arts Week is officially underway and that means there are a lot of special events and deals at cultural attractions. "We have a very vibrant art scene whether that be performing art, visual art, galleries museums of all sorts and we just want to celebrate that," Daniele Robson with the Museum of Contemporary Art said. [...] more

New restaurant opens in Santa Fe Art District,

• Plenty of people will tell you: Part of the appeal of First Fridays is the free booze. It's not the best part. And for some, it might be the worst. But there's no denying that many art patrons' eyes light up when they walk in a First Friday gallery and notice a kind fellow pouring free glasses of wine in the back. Sometimes there's beer, too, and it's usually good beer. Budweiser simply won't do at most galleries — they're trying to sell original works of art, not throw a kegger. [...] more

Mel Strawn: A local favorite, pared down

• n 2006, the Denver Public Library mounted a large-scale exhibition with about 75 paintings, drawings and other works spanning nearly the entirety of Mel Strawn's six-decade career. The flawed yet still valuable offering brought renewed attention to the Salida artist, who taught at the University of Denver from 1969 to 1985. Although he could be inconsistent, Strawn managed to produce many strong, mostly abstract pieces. [...] more

ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and Golden Triangle District connect

• Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and the Golden Triangle Museum District have partnered to connect two of Denver’s premiere art and cultural districts. Beginning on First Friday October 2 art patrons can travel on a free luxury shuttle coach with an on-board guide between the two art districts. For the first time art lovers will have easy access to over 100 art galleries, museums, cultural centers, restaurants and shops. [...] more

Get on the Art Bus on First Fridays

• First Friday is on the move this month, or at least its artsy people are. Denver's ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and the Golden Triangle Museum District have teamed up to operate a joint shuttle bus connecting the two to each other. [...] more

Mile High Mural to be unveiled on Friday

• On Friday Nov. 6, the first section of an ambitious mile long mural project called the Mile High Mural will officially be unveiled as a part of the Art on the River exhibit at the Art Students League. [...] more

Metro State purchases space for Center for Visual Art, the off-campus art gallery

• On Tuesday, Oct. 27, the Metropolitan State College of Denver Foundation announced that it expects to close Friday on the nearly $1.5 million purchase of 965 Santa Fe Dr. to house its renowned off-campus art gallery, the Center for Visual Art. The more than 22,000 square feet of property, located in the heart of the Santa Fe Art District, includes 9,000 square feet of gallery space, 6,000 square feet of outlying buildings and 15 parking spaces. [...] more

Al Roker in your latte?

• Al Roker in your latte? Sure, Mike Keen of Studio 6 in the ArtDistrict can do that .... and does so on NBC's Today Show. [...] more

New Gallery Guide Available

• You can now download the new Denver Gallery Guide. [...] more

Denver Arts Week

• Listing of events for the 2009 Denver Arts Week [...] more

Bra Art show in Denver an uplifting way to help fight breast cancer

• Forty-three custom-crafted bras on display in Denver's ArtDistrict on Santa Fe this month are offering a different kind of consumer support. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, designers, TV anchors, artists, moms and students contributed to the first-ever Bra Art exhibit. The show, which benefits breast-cancer research, hangs through the end of October. [...] more

Anna Kaye at Sandra Phillips Gallery

• For a few days last month, Denver and the Front Range were shrouded in a smoky haze, courtesy of the forest fires in California. It was more than a little unsettling, lending the town a doomsday quality right out of a disaster movie. But fires are a natural part of the life of the forest, and some believe that efforts over the last century to prevent them have actually made matters worse. [...] more

CHAC galleries include bevy of atrtists

• CHAC Gallery and its twin, CHAC Norte, in the heart of the Santa Fe Art District, will be offering new art exhibits from July 1 to Aug. 1. The south gallery at 772 Santa Fe Drive presents a group show featuring paintings by... [...] more

Museo de las Americas hires Maruca Salazar

• The board of directors of Denver's Museo de las Américas (861 Santa Fe Drive, 303-571-4401, www.museo.org) has announced that Maruca Salazar, a well-known Colorado artist and arts educator, has been named as the institution's new director. [...] more

Rex Ray, Matt O'neill and Misch Kohn

• Artist Rex Ray and Matt O'Neill at T Gallery and Misch Kohn at van Straaten Gallery [...] more

Three shows take hold at Spark Gallery

• I've long felt that Judith Cohn was one of the top ceramic artists in the region. Her specialty has been sculptural installations made up of components based on classic ceramic forms, mostly vessels. That's why Thicket, at Spark Gallery (900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200, www.sparkgallery.com) was a surprise. It comprises artist-made tiles, some hanging on the walls and others on platforms on the floor. [...] more

A Prince of printmaking unearthed

• The Van Straaten Gallery typically focuses on contemporary art. But in its latest exhibition, it has traveled back several decades in time to highlight a little printmaking history. Through April 25 (some works will be taken down a day earlier), the gallery is offering a small but wide-ranging look at the work of Misch Kohn (1916-2003), an Indiana native who spent much of his career in Chicago. [...] more

Galleries put focus on abstract artists

• Given the attention generated by an ongoing, two-venue exhibition surveying past and present Colorado abstraction, it's only natural that area commercial galleries have tied into the unprecedented offering. At least five such spaces have assembled shows spotlighting artists who were chosen for [...] more

Dreams of a Unified Field

• Hobbs' approach to abstraction involves taking a view of nature and, through her personal perspective, rendering the landscape as voluptuous fields of paint. Dark and bright play off each other, rich contrasts that show a firm hand in terms of expressing her intent. So Field of Inquiry and Messenger, both from 2008, ask a viewer to explore her placement of color as well as the influence of line and form. [...] more

First Friday Artwalk: why Santa Fe’s art district is still chic

• People from all walks of life make the visit to Santa Fe’s art district come Friday: the young, old, artsy, cultured, and even colorblind can find something to their liking. If it’s not pretty things hanging on walls or sitting atop pedestals which spin your wheels, the live music, colorful characters and Capoeira practicing gurus surely will. [...] more

Inner Circle

• * What: Photographs by Aaron Jones and mixed media paintings by R.D. Anderson * Where and when: Space Gallery, 765 Santa Fe Drive; through Feb. 28 * Circular reasoning: Since Michael Burnett opened Space Gallery on Larimer Street, it has changed dramatically - and that goes beyond a 2003 move to Santa Fe Drive. That relocation led to a better-defined format and a happy penchant for abstraction. [...] more

Chuck Morris - Veteran concert promoter finds harmony with Anschutz Entertainment

• "Mayor (John) Hickenlooper told me this neighborhood is exploding and that he wanted to make it the SoHo of Denver, so I came down and fell in love with the neighborhood," Chuck Morris [...] more

Get A Taste of Motley and See Flynn

• Get a taste of Colorado native Lyle Motley's unique art at Limited Addiction Gallery and See Blake Flynn's surrealist paintings at Habitat Gallery. [...] more

"Fine Line" spans an intriguing horizon

• Given the hundreds of art exhibitions that take place each year in Denver, finding a fresh tack is no easy task. But Patty Ortiz, the always-enterprising executive director and curator of the Museo de las Americas, has managed to do just that in "Fine Line," an exhibition continuing through Feb. 15. In the main gallery, she placed a horizontal line along the walls 5 feet off the floor and asked four of the five participating artists to create site-specific installations that respond to it [...] more

First Friday

• The best local art walk you [n]ever heard of takes place in Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe. It’s been ranked as one of the top five in the country and provides today’s best local, national and international contemporary art — right in your backyard. [...] more

3 Perfect Days in Denver

• Denver’s savvy restaurants, state-of-the-art sporting venues, and booming art and cultural scene are making regular appearances on national best-of lists. In addition to having a thriving downtown and hip historic districts like LoDo, Denver is showing its diversity in up-and-coming neighborhoods like Highlands and the ArtDistrict on Santa Fe. [...] more

Network with the Art DIstrict

• Just created within the "Linkedin" social network is a new Group called Denver's Art District on Santa Fe. Here you can join in on discussions, ask questions of artists and gallery owners, get the latest information on exhibits, see photographs and videos about the ADSF and much more. This interactive site will allow anyone to be a part of the district. We welcome your input and look forward to many artful discussions. [...] more

Gallery vet brings superstar artists to Santa Fe Drive

• Even in Denver's fast-growing art scene, the number of real players remains small. That's why the June appointment of veteran dealer Ron Judish as director of the newly opened Gallery T immediately grabbed attention and gave the commercial space on Santa Fe Drive instant credibility. [...] more

Artists unbound At Access Gallery, professionals partner with disabled to give their visions wing

• Brittany Murdock is only 20, but her gait is stiff and halting. She shuffles when she walks. But she says the most painful part of having cerebral palsy is the way people stare at her. She wants people to talk to her and she wants to talk to them. Given the opportunity to express her feelings in art, Murdock chose a portrait of a butterfly, a symbol that suggests she is beautiful and she can soar. Reflecting on her poster, which was recently displayed as part of the "Giving Voice," exhibit [...] more

Julia Fernandez-Pol at Carson van Straaten Gallery

• When Sandy Carson, a fixture in Denver's contemporary art world, announced earlier this year that she had sold her namesake gallery, even insiders were shocked. Carson has been on the scene since the beginning of time, which in Denver means the 1970s. [...] more

Emerging artist's solo exhibition a bold display of color and texture

• With concept often trumping craft and the entire medium regularly receiving death notices, revelry in the physical act of painting has hardly been a prized commodity in the contemporary art world for many years. But if a striking exhibition on view through Nov. 14 at the Carson van Straaten Gallery is any indication, it just might be primed for a comeback. Vibrant textures and energizing colors dance through this group of 21 paintings and original prints by Julia Fernandez-Pol, 24. The St. [...] more

Fear No Art

• “I’ve lived everywhere from the Middle East to Europe to Canada, and what’s special about Denver is they have no attitude problem,” says Habitat Gallery director Georgia Amar. “They have a sense of self that’s very stable. They’re well-educated, and they’re participants in creating their own culture.” [...] more

Ceramics scene is all fired up

• But in terms of showcasing ceramic sculpture, that honor goes to Sandra Phillips Gallery, where work by Don Reitz, Martha Daniels and Maynard Tischler is on view in "Three on Fire." These three are practitioners of the highest order: Reitz, who lives in Arizona; Daniels, a longtime Denver artist who recently moved to New Mexico; and Tischler, a Denver-based educator and artist who has worked not only in innovative sculptural forms but also in tapestries (which also find a home in this show). [...] more

Collectors Preview Night

• Everyone knows that First Fridays on Santa Fe Drive are for people-watching, not art-buying. The ArtDistrict on Santa Fe hopes to change all that with Collectors' Night, starting tonight and continuing on the third Friday of each month. [...] more

In the Galleries: Assemblage and Recyclates

• Talk about mixed media: I've always considered that a catchall term, something tacked to a piece of art when it's not clear how to identify the materials. But in the case of "Assemblage & Recyclates," mixed media somehow works. After all, this somnolent title - "recyclate" is a word, but ... - covers an exhibition that is all about turning leftovers into a feast. [...] more

Denver’s Unconventional Art, Ready for the Convention

• DENVER — Just across town from the Pepsi Center, where Democrats will converge for their national convention beginning this weekend, there’s a statue of a yearling pony outside the public library, dappled red and white, gazing into the distance as though imagining the future. [...] more

36 Hours in Denver

• Denver's Art District on Santa Fe make #6 on The New York Times list of 10 things to do in Denver. [...] more

Passing through the light

• Gwen Laine has built a reputation in the region for what could be called investigative photography. [...] more

Ron Judish to Launch New Gallery

• In the 1990s, Ron Judish ran one of the best galleries Denver has ever known, Ron Judish Fine Arts. He first opened his eponymous operation in LoDo and then founded a successor in Highland, before economic conditions forced him into an early retirement. Judish has just announced that in collaboration with Andrew Kalmar, he’ll be opening a brand-new gallery to be known simply by the letter "T." [...] more

C C Opiela opens gallery

• Local woman to open new gallery on Santa Fe and share wall space with fellow artists. Ribbon cutting to be August 14th 5-7 pm. [...] more

Chandler: A quick course in abstraction

• Summer doesn't bring much fluff these days to Denver galleries, and "Abstraction" is a case in point. It's an opportunity to study serious non- representational work by artists who rarely show here. Gallery owner Sandra Phillips asked Sally Perisho to serve as guest curator, a welcome return to the art scene for the former head of what was then known as the Center for Visual Arts. [...] more

Three shows a crowd, but a welcome one

• Longtime gallery owner and consultant Sandy Carson left a message in late February that was a shocker: After a whirlwind two-week discussion, she had sold her businesses to William and Jan van Straaten, who've operated the respected publishing firm Riverhouse Editions in Steamboat Springs for 20 years. [...] more

Now Showing: Capsule Reviews of Current Exhibitions

• Berghaus, Douglas and Riverhouse Press. In the front spaces at Sandy Carson, there's a whimsical yet intelligent show called Clearing: The Kinetic Sculpture of Marc Berghaus. The pieces are mechanical, with the most clever use of machinery being "Freeway Chase," in which viewers look through the frame of a TV screen to tune into a miniature highway pursuit being played out on a rotating cylinder. [...] more

He Went Digital Before Digital was Cool

• But rather than rest on his laurels and take it easy, he devoted himself to some of the most daring and innovative experimentation of his career, venturing more heavily into the nascent world of digital photography, which he had begun exploring in 1981. The fascinating and in many ways groundbreaking fruits of those investigations, which ended in 1998 with his death, are showcased in "Critical Encounters," an exhibition running through April 12 at the Sandra Phillips Gallery. [...] more

New Trend in Event Hosting: Art Galleries

• With all of this momentum it is no surprise that people are now hosting their events in the numerous large galleries up and down the ArtDistrict. Two of the most successful event hosting galleries are Translations Gallery and the Reed Photo Art Gallery and John Fielder's Colorado. Reed and Fielder teamed up last year to open the largest photography gallery in Denver with almost 6,000 square feet of gallery space. Nationally renowned nature photography provides the backdrop for numerous even [...] more

Thirst Fridays: A mellow mix of booze and art goes down easy at First Fridays

• It's not that Jack Pappalardo means to be a party pooper, but a year ago, a river of booze was running through the monthly First Friday celebration at Denver's ArtDistrict on Santa Fe, and the district's 55 members finally stopped serving free drinks in order to reverse what had become [...] more

Museo de las Américas receives $100,000 to work with communities in Denver, La Paz, Bolivia and Xocotlan, Mexico

• Museo de las Americas has received a $100,000 grant from the American Association of Museums (AAM) through Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad (MCCA), a new international exchange program sponsored by the U,S, State Department. In conferring this award, AAM has recognized the Museo de las Américas as a leader in developing programming that engages community members beyond museum walls. The award will allow the Museo de las Américas to open dialogues between the people of Denver and the [...] more

Artwork Network puts fine art in companies around metro Denver

• Alan Kircher took a big chance leaving the banking industry to start an art consulting company that helps businesses decorate offices with works of art. Not only was there a tradition of banking careers in his family dating back to his great-grandfather, a banker during the Great Depression, but he entered the art business with zero art experience. In 2003, Kircher quit his job at U.S. Bank to launch Artwork Network, a $150,000 self-financed project specializing in managing, rotating and s [...] more

Denver's art scene soars with new galleries, events

• Watch out, Santa Fe. There's a new art mecca taking shape in the Rockies. [...] more

Family Tiles: Father-daughter team bond over passion for mosaics

• The water bill doubled this summer, and despite all your efforts, brown spots still mar the lawn. The solution? Forget green and aim for color, says Abbas Khajeaian. If Khajeaian had his way, he would replace much of Denver's grass with mosaic tile, and he'll do most of the work himself. He and his daughter, Roya, own Kashi Kari Gallery, which specializes in tile work. [...] more

"Masters in Clay" is a solid look at Colorado's ceramists, old and new

• California has led the way in contemporary American ceramics for decades, but Colorado has not been far behind, with its own rich history and extraordinary talent pool. [...] more

A Walk in the Art

• Rich Grant, director of communications for the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, found himself on Santa Fe Drive on the first Friday in July, and he couldn't believe his eyes. "I've been promoting the city for 27 years, and I've never seen anything that compared to it," he marvels. "Thousands of people on the streets, moving from gallery to gallery, everyone having a great time." From 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, the August First Friday Art Walk promises to be even better. A six-block-long s [...] more

Top of the Town

• Editors Choice for First Date: The Santa Fe Stroll! The Art District on Santa Fe Drive has garnered national attention lately - all the more reason to woo a date here. Stroll along the six-block radius and enjoy over 30 participating galleries and artist studios during a First Friday Art Walk. [...] more

Feminine Touches at Museo de las Américas

• I thought I knew everything, but I had no idea this was the Year of the Woman. With that knowledge swirling around in her mind and an unexpected bequest of the extensive Rickenbaugh Santos Collection in her lap, Museo de las Américas director Patty Ortiz began looking for a spin that would pull it all together in a show. The consequent exhibit, Altar Girls, is a brilliant fusion of basic femininity and its morphing status in Latino culture. [...] more

Surreal World Comes to Denver

• Bubbling up from the street-smart subcultures of surfing, hip-hop and hot-rodding, a new art form has emerged whose practitioners are as familiar with skateboard icon Tony Hawk and Krylon cans as they are with Picasso and paintbrushes. [...] more

Dream World Lives on Canvas

• Some people try to make wishes come true. Irene Delka McCray puts flesh on dreams. The paintings record things the mind wants to forget: abuse, tragedy, and unfathomable inhumanity. [...] more

SoHos of tomorrow: Up-and-coming gallery districts

• Ever on the lookout for more space, urban artists and art dealers pioneer the SoHos of tomorrow. Here, five of our favorites plus a sampling of cutting-edge galleries. [...] more

Georgia Amar

• Georgia Amar has always believed that art is dependant on the sophisication of one's senses. Throughout her life it has been her goal to hone these sense and the work in her latest show at Habitat Gallery is reflection of that. [...] more

Spotlight Section

• Though "Winter Garden" at Sandy Carson Gallery has a theme - and one much appreciated when Denver is captured by single-digit temperatures - I'm going to include it in this roundup because it includes work by artists who take such different approaches to the concept of the flower. [...] "The co-ops Spark Gallery and Sliding Door Gallery are now almost neighbors on Santa Fe Drive, since the latter just moved into the old Capsule Gallery space. But their current member shows are quite different. [...] more

Art District on Santa Fe

• In the last three years, the Art District on Santa Fe has grown from an adolescent collection of galleries numbering in the teens into a center of vibrant activity and is quickly becoming a tourist attraction known nationwide. To see for yourself, just take a trip down Santa Fe for a First Friday Art Opening. The street is so packed that it feels like a New York City sidewalk at rush hour. It takes effort and collective energy to make a city scene in Denver feel like that. [...] more

Luminarias on Santa Fe Light up the Holidays

• "This is a great place to be," Judy Hagler, owner of Translations gallery and vice president of marketing for the art district, said. "We have working artists, emerging artists, we offer classes. This luminarias event is geared towards the community. We want to get to know them and have them get to know us." [...] more

Collages a Glimpse of Libeskind

• Carson first approached the architect about the venture a couple of years ago, but his schedule made it impossible. Fortunately, she tried again, looking at a fall exhibition that could amplify the architect's way of seeing and working after residents had a chance to experience the museum. The result is an installation that includes two extravagant collage drawings Libeskind made in 1981 (have fun inspecting the fantastical The History of Vegetables and So Forth), a wall of chalk and charcoal dr [...] more

Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe in Top 5 of America’s New Gallery Districts

• The December 2006 issue of Travel+Leisure magazine lists Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe as one of their top 5 new gallery districts in America. The ArtDistrict is pleased to contribute to the increasing national attention to Denver’s vibrant cultural community. [...] more

Denver's change of art: Crowds fill gallery-rich streets for First Fridays

• Within a span of six blocks - Fifth Avenue to 10th Avenue - a concentration of galleries showcases diversity and attracts 4,000 to 5,000 people during regular First Friday Art Walks. "It keeps growing onto itself," said Macy Dorf, a potter who owns the Artists on Santa Fe Gallery. "New people come every month." [...] more

Community a Canvas of Ethnic, Artistic Layers

• Most of the buildings between West Fifth and West 10th avenues on Santa Fe Drive are turn-of-the-century vintage - some architecturally charming, some in desperate need of facade work. They are being joined by new construction that is affordable and definitely hip. [...] more

The Rules of Cool

• When artists and galleries were priced out of LoDo, many migrated to Santa Fe Drive, where they created a vibrant arts district. So now people are talking about its latest innovation: Nine10Arts, a trendy fusion of art and green building. "Nine10Arts is the coolest thing," says Denver developer Dana Crawford. "It's a green-complex co-op for artists, with condominium housing and a neat little cafe. It's so first-rate." She's not kidding. Nine10Arts recently was named the 2006 Legacy Project by th [...] more

Something to Consider, the Sandy Carson Gallery

• Something to Consider is a wonderful summer show filled with fresh-looking contemporary paintings and ceramic sculptures at Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585). I'm not sure the title means anything, but I am sure that the show is a knockout. [...] more

Denver Art Scene Finds Strength in Numbers

• While many American cities have single, concentrated art communities, Denver has managed to keep several districts thriving. People turn out by the thousands for Santa Fe’s First Friday events, and other districts are burgeoning, too. These creative communities didn’t pop up overnight, however. [...] more

Denver's Hot Art Scene Welcomes the Nomadic Project

• Lookout Santa Fe, Chicago and even New York, here comes Denver! The Denver art scene is thriving and shows no sign of slowing down. "The city itself is in the midst of a cultural surge with the opening of a major Denver Art Museum expansion in the fall which will bring hundreds of thousands of visitors. Our art district is the epicenter of the states culture with 4,000 to 5,000 in our district for each First Friday Art Walk." declares Jack Pappalardo, President of the art district, and Executive [...] more

In Denver, Home is Where the Art Is

• Raising the bar from simply living in a loft downtown, two projects here are combining residential space with art museums — the Denver Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, on the other side of downtown — that are being built with bold architectural style. [...] more

Along the Santa Fe (arts) Trail

• The art galleries that have driven the recent renaissance of Santa Fe Drive near downtown Denver continue to multiply. The ancillary growth they have prompted keeps expanding, as well. [...] more

In My Office

• How his office reflects Pappalardo: The combination of paperwork and artwork illustrate what might be considered Pappalardo's double life. By day, he's an attorney. In his off hours, he's president of the Santa Fe Art District, co-owner of Habitat Gallery, where he and his wife live upstairs, and is executive director of the summer art camp. [...] more

Mind and Matter

• Every year, the Mizel Center for Arts and Culture presents a thematically linked interdisciplinary program. This year the topic is twentieth-century scientific genius Albert Einstein, and the program, titled [...] more

"Antiwar Art" and the Beauty of Books

• Two of Denver's oldest cooperative galleries, which typically showcase their members' art on a rotating basis and cater to a loyal following, are offering exhibitions this month of uncommon ambition and scope. The Chicano Humanities and Arts Council is among the first area art institutions of any kind to address head-on the continuing Iraq war. Its show is titled "New Millennial Guernica: Antiwar Art by Chicanos & Latinos. [...] more