Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

®ARTS&FOOD’s Jack Atkinson – A New Discussion Group – Q&A about ART

Hello, my name is Jack Atkinson, Founder, Editor and Publisher of ARTS&FOOD® Magazine. ——————– WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF  RECORDED TRAINING VIDEOS FOR A 10 LESSON COURSE AVAILABLE SOON. NO CALLS OPEN FOR NOW. “ARTISTS – PROMOTE YOUR ART PRACTICE DURING THE SHUTDOWN & AFTER” 1st Discussion: “New Ideas for Artists During Uncertain Times” […]

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’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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Denver Museum of Contemporary Art – The contemporary edge of art.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) explores the art and culture of our time through rotating exhibitions and public educational programs. Featuring regional, national and international artists, MCA Denver offers a wide range of exhibitions promoting creative experimentation with art and ideas. Through adult and youth education programs and other creative events, the […]

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms: We visited one, come take a look inside!

ARTS&FOOD® Magazine recently visited Crystal Bridges Museum and walked through their wonderful Yoyoi Kusama Infinity Room. Here are our photos from that visit. The lights inside the balls are constantly changing colors making this infinity room an ever-changing world.       (Source: A staff member visited the exhibit and all photos were taken with […]

The Clifford Still Museum is worth a visit!

Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. Still has been credited with laying the groundwork for the movement, as his shift from representational to abstract […]