MCA Denver announces new glasses for color blind visitors to have richer, fuller, colorful museum experience
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) announced it would be the first museum in Colorado to offer visitors EnChroma glasses for color blind visitors. The museum began offering four different pairs of EnChroma glasses for visitors to borrow during their visits starting on December 10, 2019. “We are thrilled to be participating in…
40 West ArtLine is accessible, interactive art for all
The 40 West ArtLine is a four-mile walking and biking arts experience in the heart of 40 West Arts Creative District near historic West Colfax Avenue and the West Line Light Rail in Lakewood, Colorado. The ArtLine is part of a major effort to encourage and promote the West Colfax corridor as an economic and…
Venue Theater provides safe creative space for kids
In Conifer, kids know that the Venue Theater is a place they can explore their creativity, learn the craft of theater and simply not feel judged. “I love the Venue because you can just express how you are, any way,” said one participant. With a high school, middle school and elementary company, the theater stages…
Young adults living with disabilities make their own way with art
The artists at the Access Gallery are focused. Each day nearly a dozen of them gather in their makers space to practice their craft and learn more about the business of art. The gallery, in Denver’s busy Santa Fe Arts District, is a home for these young adults as they transition from high school to…
Young ornithologists spread their wings at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Moses likes the speed of a peregrine falcon. Garret is captivated by the colors of the redtailed hawk. Isabella can’t wait to explain that an owls eyes are cone shaped. All of these kids and dozens more spent their summer learning about the birds of Colorado with teachers at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’…
Culture lives at the Colorado Black Arts Festival
For more than 30 years, the Black Arts Festival has captivated audiences with and eclectic mix of song, dance, art and food, all capped off with a parade. The festival has always been a celebration of black art and culture, but at its core, its has always been intended to be much more. Noticing work…
Tweens and teens learn the art and craft of film making with Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
Tweens and teens with a gift for storytelling and the passion to learn film making meet each summer in Aurora. Each summer, Downtown Aurora Visual Art’s Job Training in the Arts & Technology students take part in a full immersion film program at the Colorado Film School. The long-term partnership offers tweens and teens access…
Neighborhood man saves community garden with a little help from his friends
It was around four years ago when David stumbled upon Bruce Randolph Community Garden, a struggling garden in his neighborhood. When David joined the garden, he began to clean things up. Weeding here and there, repairing old garden beds, and sprucing things up. His hard work in the garden didn’t go unnoticed, and a year later,…