Contemporary Art and Libraries: A perfectly unexpected match
Kiah Butcher’s curatorial career grew because of her commitment to community engagement. Placing contemporary art in unexpected places, like libraries, is the perfect venue to connect Colorado artists to different…
ART that includes all creatives
Stevie and Corey, both accomplished artists, don’t use conventional methods to make their art. They can’t. But what the two artists and others like them who are living with disabilities…
Get to know Joyce Tsai, innovative leader of the Clyfford Still Museum
Less than one year ago, Joyce Tsai took the helm of the Clyfford Still Museum from its founding director. She is an award-winning educator and scholar whose research received support…
The Considerable Contributions of Bennie L. Williams
“I don’t feel no ways tired. I’ve come so far from where I started from.” — Traditional Spiritual Bennie Lucille Williams has always felt the music first. Since she was…
Columbusing and the art of modern Indigenous Living
Gregg Deal is an artist and member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Nation. His body of work, from performance art to murals and more, explores what it means to be…
Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Latinx arts and culture expand influence, inform a deeper understanding of identity
In the Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Latinx community there isn’t always agreement on self-identifiers. Applying just one broad brush moniker can quickly wipe out thousands of years of ancestral tradition, rich…
Meet the new leadership of the SCFD
Since voters created the seven-county SCFD more than 30 years ago, the district has been overseen by an 11-member board of directors that ensures the district is delivering the value…
Thoughts on freedom
During July celebrations of our nation’s founding, our thoughts often turn toward the nature of freedom as it relates to the higher calling of our country’s creed. We might also…
Our understanding of the natural world roots and connects us
When you think of culture, what do you include? Maybe the traditions and holidays your family holds dear. Or your favorite works of art hanging in a museum or gallery….
Diffuse in their focus, one in their mission
The arts and culture landscape surrounds us every day. It buoys and challenges our thinking. It illuminates our most sacred moments and our largest gatherings. It was built and is…
At SCFD, #CultureForAll means culture BY all
For Paul Stewart, it all started with a fascination with the Black experience in the American West. It became an ever-growing display on the walls of the barbershop he owned….
Arts through it All holiday campaign launches to help save local arts and culture
New SCFD survey data signals threat to arts and culture sector due to economic challenges of the pandemic Read the full COVID impact survey If you just can’t live without…