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The Friday Experience: Patrick Kane McGregor - Esoteric Art

The Friday Experience: Patrick Kane McGregor – Esoteric Art

The mural/hand-painted ad artist gives of their creativity without restraint, their skill and artistic nature shows through even on the rugged surfaces that serve as their canvas. Patrick Kane McGregor is one such artist who has made the wall his canvas for the past 18 years.   “I have always been artistic. Shortly after my...
The Friday Experience: Paradise Earth - Show Extended - Reception 2/1/13

The Friday Experience: Paradise Earth – Show Extended – Reception 2/1/13

Together Marcia Ward and Edwin Forrest Ward have inspired each other to explore their creativity, to not be bound by the obvious in arts and to break down the barriers that are set in place by the “gatekeepers of the established art world”. They are a dynamic duo that effortlessly flow through life, and to...
The Friday Experience: Colleen Hennessy - More Than Meets The Eye

The Friday Experience: Colleen Hennessy – More Than Meets The Eye

Art can be a magical journey of light, color, texture, perspective and perception. Art doesn’t need to match your couch. Art should be more than a canvas likeness of your daily routine; it should be an exploration of your inner soul. Colleen Hennessy is an artist that has explored her talents in photography, painting, ceramics...
The Friday Experience:  The Gallery Exchange

The Friday Experience: The Gallery Exchange

Not everyone has to have a background in the arts to have a passion for the arts. Such is the case with entrepreneur, Kay Wilson, owner and creator of The Gallery Exchange. Forget what you thought about the on-line art gallery, it’s flat, stale way of viewing artwork. Wilson has taken on the old model...
The Friday Experience: Out & About with FirePower Productions

The Friday Experience: Out & About with FirePower Productions

The excitement in the air could be felt even prior to entering Casselmans Bar and Event Center on Walnut Street Saturday Night. Was it because of the light snow that was falling, or was it because of the event I was attending, FirePower Production’s “Naughty Noel Christmas Art and Music Showcase”. This event came to...
The Friday Experience: The Whimsical View of Tadd Moskal

The Friday Experience: The Whimsical View of Tadd Moskal

Everyone has a destiny, some may say. It is either predetermined or gracefully outlined by our own actions and energy. If either of these is true, then this places Tadd Moskal as one of the fortunate few whose artistic destiny was predetermined with a colorful outline.   Moskal is an artist that continually explores his...
The Friday Experience: Out & About

The Friday Experience: Out & About

Artistic adventures await us at every turn. This is how I like to live my life. However, these adventures will not  happen if you don’t get yourself out and about. Such is the case when I accepted the invitation to “The Jewish Experience”. Not knowing what to expect, but knowing that there was art to...
The Friday Experience: Laurie Maves - Living the Dream of Being a Working Artist

The Friday Experience: Laurie Maves – Living the Dream of Being a Working Artist

Art is a tool not only as a means to express, but to engage the viewer. Some artists have to work hard to maintain their skill of expression while others seem to flow effortlessly onto their chosen canvas. Laurie Maves is one such artist who was born to share her creative expression with the world....
The Friday Experience: The Artwork of Michael Schuessler

The Friday Experience: The Artwork of Michael Schuessler

They say that art is in the eye of the beholder. So what then do you behold when gazing upon the artwork of Michael Schuessler? The viewer receives a sense of serenity, peacefulness, sensuality and erotic playfulness. Schuessler is able to take the viewers and collectors of his work on a journey of light, color,...
The Friday Experience: Activist Art / Peaceful Protest

The Friday Experience: Activist Art / Peaceful Protest

Art transcends the barrier of language. Art also has a way of awakening our senses. What then when art is created to express brutal and unspeakable acts of human suffering and torture? Art becomes an activist for a peaceful protest, and such is the case with the One Million Bones project. Communities and people across...
The Friday Experience: Art of Winter Kickoff

The Friday Experience: Art of Winter Kickoff

Artistic adventures happen no matter what the season. In the summer the streets of Larimer and 14th Avenue become the canvas for hundreds of artists using chalk as their medium. In winter the canvas has changed to skis and snowboards. The Art of Winter, an indoor and outdoor exhibition, showcases over 40 local artists and...
The Friday Experience: Colorado ArtSeen - A Comprehensive Statewide Guide

The Friday Experience: Colorado ArtSeen – A Comprehensive Statewide Guide

A little known secret is that the State of Colorado is home to a plethora of artists. Our economy has flexed and is recovering. Which explains why the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) recent report reflects over 14.6 million people attending visual and performing arts events in 2011. Creating a $1.76 billion dollar...