There’s A Secret Garden Filled With Art Hidden Near Denver
Somewhere near Denver, an artist's backyard has been transformed into an outdoor art gallery. Tiffany Matheson is the artist and what started as a gesture of go...
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Public Outrage Changed the Elijah McClain Case, but Saturday’s Police Response Shows Issues Persist
Nearly one year after Elijah McClain died after an excessively aggressive encounter with a handful of officers from the Aurora Police Department (APD), his name...
Two Artists Tell Stories Through Portraits at ILA Gallery
Portraiture is a deeply human form of art. Unlike Abstract Expressionism or Impressionism, portraiture relies solely on the ability of an artist to represent a ...
CRUSH Announces 2020 Artist Roster, Changes Due to COVID and Promise of Censor-Free Art
Every year, street art lovers in Denver and beyond count the days until September, when the annual mural festival in RiNo gives them an experience unlike any ot...
Denver’s 2020 Primary Ballot, Explained
In one week, voters in Colorado will need to make their first decisions for the 2020 elections by casting their ballot in the June primary. This year is not a s...
Spray Their Names Aims to Paint Murals That Honor Lives Lost and Amplify Marginalized Voices
Art is a responsive media — even when a global pandemic and weeks of protests aren't simultaneously occurring. Many artists are like sponges, soaking everything...
What Does Defund the Police Mean in Denver?
Even though a sweeping police accountability bill (SB20-217) passed both the Senate and House of Representatives and will be signed into law by Governor Jared P...
This Fundraiser for Racial Justice Includes the Chance to Win an Original Piece of Street Art
A few blocks east of the Denver Art Museum next to the restaurant City O' City there sits a black door. For seven years, this door has been the home of a piece ...
Denver Finishes Black Lives Matter Mural on Broadway, But It’ll Only Last About a Month
On June 5, employees from Washington D.C's department of public works painted an enormous mural on the street leading up to the White House. The mural itself wa...
Three Cases That Explain Why Police Accountability Is Desperately Important in Colorado
Although Black Lives Matter protests in Denver have been attributed to outrage over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, many local activists and fami...
Colorado’s New Accountability Bill Has Added Measures to Protect Protestors
The Colorado police accountability bill (SB20-217) was introduced on June 3, barely a week after protests erupted in downtown Denver over police brutality and s...
Colorado’s Proposed Police Accountability Bill Has Passed
[Update June 9 at 11:11 a.m.: The Law Enforcement Accountability and Integrity Act has passed in the Senate. The final vote was 32 yes, one no and t...