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Featured Artist: Winston Harrell – ARTS&FOOD Gallery Exhibition

Our latest featured artist is Winston Harrell: a Chef, Illustrator and Graphic Designer from Mesa Arizona. Below are some of the most popular artworks and food he has created. ARTWORKS All gallery art featured was created using acrylic paint, watercolor and/or colored pencil. He often uses Photoshop to color enhanced his final art prints. WEARABLE […]

Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures at MoMA, NYC

Toward the end of her life, Dorothea Lange (1895–1965) reflected, “All photographs—not only those that are so called ‘documentary’…can be fortified by words.” A committed social observer, Lange paid sharp attention to the human condition, conveying stories of everyday life through her photographs and the voices they drew in. Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures, the first major MoMA […]

Denver Loves Turkey Lasagna for a Cold Night’s Comfort Food Dinner

Delicious Turkey Lasagna Ingredients 2 1/3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 yellow onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 pound ground turkey 3 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced 4 teaspoons dried basil 4 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste 6 cups chopped […]

Denver’s Cherry Creek Arts Festival – 350,000 visitors a year

This Denver Arts Festival brings together artists from across the USA Every Fourth of July weekend, Denver Colorado hosts the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in it’s upscale Cherry Creek shopping district. It is a very competitive, juried festival and the artists are selected from around the country. The jury selects the artists based on the […]

DENVER / THINGS TO DO / PLACES TO SEE / FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

DENVER Situated in the South Platte River Valley, this modern city draws openness from the Great Plains to the east and features spectacular Rocky Mountain views to the west. Residents of this mile-high landscape are noted for their sunny dispositions and can-do attitudes. (Downtown Denver, at the capital steps, is exactly 5,280 feet above sea […]

Denverite Jim Milmoe Paints Abstract Art with his Camera

Denver Photographer Jim Milmoe notices compositions as he drives, walks and travels. Then with a precise crop through the viewfinder and a quick click of the shutter a “Photo Painting” is created. These photos are abstract in design, but one could not call them non-objective because they are not inventions of the mind, but real […]

COLORADO’s Centerpiece – DENVER Jan/Feb 2020 ISSUE

Denver, Colorado – Mile High City, the Youthful and Energy-Filled, Urban Hub of the State. It’s the main Gateway for America to the Majestic Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. COLORADO IS KNOWN FOR ITS SNOWY WINTERS!   WINTER IS COMING! – The thought of winter weather and snow on the streets can put fear […]

Mid-Century Art & Design at The Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art

Artist Vance Kirkland is best known for his dot paintings and his paintings based on the cosmos.   One of the premier museums in Denver: Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, in Denver, Colorado, allows visitors to time travel through about 150 years of art. The evolving […]

The National Western Stock Show & Rodeo is held in Denver – Every January

MUTTON BUSTIN’ The National Western Stock Show has been held annually every January at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado since it started in 1906. The purpose of the event is to better inform stockmen on breeding and feeding techniques and equipment. The founders included Elias M. Ammons, president of the Colorado Cattle and Horse Growers Association and later governor […]

Colorado Cowboy Meal – Grilled Steak Rellenos, a Coors Beer and a Shot of Jack

  The poblano is a mild chili pepper originating in the state of Puebla, Mexico, popular in the dish Chili Rellenos Poblanos. Dried poblanos are called ancho or chile ancho, from the Spanish word ancho or “width”. Start with a New York Strip Steak, then take some roasted poblano chilis (roasted, skin and seeds removed) […]