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Neighborhood Ties: Washington Park

“I grew up in L.A. and I was trying to describe Wash Park to someone out there, so I said, it's like a beach in the middle of a city. A beach community is small and tight, and there's always lots of activity all over the place, all of the time. The park is the big draw here and there's so much activity going on all the time. It's an amenity that's really a plus for the neighborhood, just like a beach would be.”  -Janet Lammens, Wash Park neighbor  Continue Reading

Neighborhood Ties: Capitol Hill

"I don't think you can get any more centrally located than Cap Hill. I park my car on Friday and I very rarely turn it on before Monday. You've got the whole package here, there are singles and families; there are so many places you can walk to and there are so many events going on all the time." -Tim Vargo, Cap Hill neighbor  Continue Reading

Painted City: Anthony Garcia Sr.

Anthony Garcia Sr. – @birdseedanthony Anthony grew up in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver near 50th and Broadway. As a teen he did graffiti and feels that hanging out with other graffiti artists all over the city eventually lead to his evolution into an artist who now does studio work and murals. He also credits his experiences with the Art Street program for getting him into public art. Anthony is the founder and director of Birdseed Collective, a nonprofit organization that supports  Continue Reading

Painted City: Macaron Gallery

Each week, the talented pastry chefs at Black Eye Cap Hill, Alicia Luther (left) and Ann Marie Trent (right), have captured the unique colors and style of that week's featured artist on a delicate macaron shell. Check out their amazing work!  Continue Reading

Painted City: Thomas Evans

Thomas Evans – @detour303 Growing up in a military family, Thomas moved around a lot, but it was always his art that allowed him to connect to each new community. Eventually landing in Colorado, Thomas graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver with an MBA in marketing, but now works full time as an artist. He has a studio at The Temple at 24th and Larimer.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Gemma Danielle

Gemma Danielle – @optimysticism Weaving a world of surreal dreamscapes and captivating geometry, Gemma conjures a sort of Pythagorean quantum mysticism in her work. She plays with mathematical theory inspired by Torsion Field Physics, Sacred Geometry, and our experience of the many dimensions in Quantum theory.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Lauren YoungSmith

Lauren YoungSmith – @lolo.ys Lauren's work aims to create and populate a misfit wonderland in which imaginary heroines can address the absurdities of reality in the confines of a page or a wall. Dreams and mythology add to the myriad of influences that stem from her upbringing in Colorado and her time spent at Stanford, writing for Juxtapoz, working at DreamWorks, and teaching English to high schoolers at San Francisco's 826 Valencia.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Victoriano Rivera

Victoriano Rivera – @yungleeo Victoriano grew up in Harlingen, Texas (located at the southern tip of Texas, 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico), and came to Colorado to attend the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) where he earned a BFA in Fine Art Painting in 2014.  Continue Reading

Painted City: Mike Graves

Mike Graves – @mikeroane Mike grew up in Lakewood, Colorado and moved to Denver after high school. From 2003 to 2006, he lived in Hawaii where he made his first art sales along Waikiki. Before creating murals, Mike focused on producing work for gallery shows around Denver.  Continue Reading

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