Doors Open Denver

 

Mayor John Hickenlooper, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Denver Architectural Foundation invite the public to celebrate “Denver Redux/Denver Re-Do” with Doors Open Denver 2010.   

Doors Open Denver is a FREE two-day event celebrating architecture and design. 2010marks the sixth year of bringing awareness to Denver’s built environment.  This year's program is being held Saturday, April 17 & Sunday, April 18, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Specifically, 2010 will celebrate buildings whose purpose has changed from their original design and intent; buildings that started out as manufacturing, stores or warehouse facilities but now have a new life as office space, lofts or retail locations. The event is intended to create access, awareness and excitement about good design by welcoming a diverse audience into distinctive examples of architecture, engineering and design, both historic and modern. At the same time, it is an opportunity to invite Denver residents, as well as people from around the region, to come see what Denver has to offer and celebrate the city.

Andrew Speer

The Pattern Shop Studio opens February 5th, 2010 with an exhibition titled Induced Dreams and other paintings by Andrew Speer. A reception for the artist will be held during the First Fridays in RiNo event on February 5th from 6 - 9 p.m. The artist will be in attendance. 

Speer is an Emeritus Professor of art at Metropolitan State College of Denver and is the former area chair of the painting department from 1990 - 2005. His artwork has been widely exhibited throughout the country and critic writing and reviews of his work have been featured in many diverse sources.

Speer has received many prestigious awards including Pollock-Krasner Foundation artist grant, was one of nine finalists for the Reader’s Digest Artists at Giverny Program, to name a few.

Sharon Brown wins Juror's Award at Ice Cube Gallery's "Icebreaker" show!

Juror Michael Paglia, art critic for Westword magazine, selected Sharon Brown's three powerful black and white oil paintings of RiNo artists for his Juror's Award at the Ice Cube Gallery's "Icebreaker" show, running until February 20th at the Dry Ice Factory on 3320 Walnut Street. The show, which Paglia said was difficult to jury because of the high quality of over 140 entries, features 70 exquisite works of art by artists in, or associated with, the River North Arts District.  Don't miss this impressive group show, open Fridays 6-10 and Saturdays 12-5.