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Caleb Hahne standing in his art studio
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Paint Studio Demo Artist Caleb Hahne

Caleb Hahne will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating painting emotion noon–3 pm August 24–25 and August 31–September 1, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under. Caleb Hahne graduated from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in 2014. He currently lives and works in Colorado. Hahne is an artist in residence at RedLine Contemporary Art Center. His art has been included in multiple solo and group exhibitions in Denver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Montreal, Berlin, and the United Kingdom.
Quana Madison sitting in front of a wall with the words Paint Studio
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Paint Studio Demo Artist Quána Madison

Quána Madison will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating expressionist painting as a path to well-being, noon–3 pm August 10-11 and August 17-18, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under. Quána Madison is an expressionist artist, author, speaker, model, and arts wellness workshop facilitator. She developed disruptive chronic illnesses after surgical treatments for the beginning of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers.
photo of the artist holding up one of her works so you can't see her face; the painting is filled with squares painted different colors
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Paint Studio Demo Artist Lucía Rodríguez

Lucía Rodríguez will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating painting related to color as light, noon–3 pm July 27-28 and August 3-4, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under. Lucía Rodríguez (1986) was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. She got her BFA from Universidad Católica de Chile in 2009. In 2014 she moved to New York City where she got her MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She currently lives in Denver where she develops her studio practice, teaches at RMCAD, and runs the art space JuiceBox with her husband.
Angela Craven in her studio
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Paint Studio Demo Artist Angela Craven

Angela Craven will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating painting related to empathy, noon–3 pm July 13-14 and July 20-21, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under. Angela Craven is a Denver-based abstract expressionist painter with a studio in the RiNo Art District. She studied in Siena, Italy with abstract painter and video artist Franca Marina and holds a BFA in painting from Colorado State University.
Leticia Tanguma
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Paint Studio Demo Artist Leticia Tanguma

Leticia Tanguma will be in the Paint Studio demonstrating portraits in oil and acrylic noon–3 pm June 29-30 & July 6-7, 2019. The Paint Studio is included with general admission, which is free for members and youth 18 and under.
2 images: a photo of Jim Howard at the DAM and a photo of a page from his paper doll book Four Famous Dandies
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Meet Jim Howard & Learn About Fashion History in Drawn to Glamour

Drawn to Glamour: Fashion Illustrations by Jim Howard was on view March 25, 2018–Aug 5, 2018. In conjunction with the exhibition Drawn to Glamour: Fashion Illustrations by Jim Howard (on view through August 5), this blog explores the history of dandyism through the lives and styles of two of the decidedly dapper icons featured in the paper doll book Four Famous Dandies. Meet the Artist The book’s author, Jim Howard, is an esteemed fashion illustrator who also happens to be our own resident dandy, and the subject of the current exhi
Sandra Garcia in an orange dress with multicolored ribbon trim that is a traditional Mexican dance costume
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Costume Studio Demo Artist Sandra Garcia

Sandra Garcia will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating Mexican heritage through dance and costume September 2-3, 2017. Holly Nordeck: What will you be demonstrating at the Denver Art Museum? What can visitors expect to see? Sandra Garcia: I will demonstrate the fabric and color selections for the regions of costumes from the 1800s to 1930s era of Mexico's dance costumes. Showing how to cut the patterns, pictures of samples for selecting the style of a region and how to create a design to complete the item.
A mask created by Daniel Crosier
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Costume Studio Demo Artist Daniel Crosier

Daniel Crosier will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating Monster Mask Making June 17-18 and 24-25, 2017. Daniel Crosier graduated from Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design with an BFA in sculpture. He is a mixed-media artist, and began a neo-kabuki performance group called OFM: OdAm fEI mUd in 2003, which ran till 2011. Crosier came on the comic book scene in 2006 writing and illustrating Sons of Soil, The Exquisite Vanishteer, Distortions Unlimited, Vincent Price Presents, as well as illustrating Bartholomew of the Scissors & Caustic Soda.
Gregg Deal
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Native Arts Summer Residency Program Kicks Off with Gregg Deal

On Saturday, May 6, 2018 Native Arts Artist-in-Residence Gregg Deal will be painting a mural in the Native Arts Studio. Drop by to watch him work and chat about his process and inspiration! During a previous residency (watch video below), Deal painted a mural titled Defiant to Your Gods, which now hangs near the Native Arts Studio in the Denver Art Museum's American Indian gallery. This time, Deal is planning a mural that "deals with images in stereotype, [with] typographical treatments using words that pertain to the previous subject, some portrait and more.