Costume Studio Demo Artist Colleen Audrey
Colleen Audrey will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating cosmic character design April 8-9, 2017.
Holly Nordeck: What will you be demonstrating at the DAM?
Colleen Audrey will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating cosmic character design April 8-9, 2017.
Holly Nordeck: What will you be demonstrating at the DAM?
Gabriela Martinez will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating costume design April 1-2 and May 6-7, 2017.
Todd Debreceni will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating special effects and character design March 25-26, 2017.
Kathleen Sherman will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating experimental mask construction February 18-19 and February 25-26, 2017.
Sherman worked for 30 years as a commercial artist and graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art. Her work has been shown and sold in galleries, museums, and sculpture shows. More recently she had a studio/gallery in the Santa Fe Arts District but now has a studio in her home, and is presently a member of the Art Gym in Denver.
Holly Nordeck: What will your demo at the DAM showcase?
Get to know our current Native Arts Artist-in-Residence Wendy Red Star at February's Untitled Final Friday on February 24 and the following Open Studio hours:
February 25-26: 11 am–2 pm March 18 and March 22-23: 11 am–2 pm March 24: 2 pm Wendy Red Star will interview her 9-year-old daughter, Beatrice Red Star Fletcher, about Beatrice’s new photo series Everyday Indian.Wendy's daughter Beatrice will not be at the events in February, but she will be back in March.
Café Cultura is now participating in Cuatro[4]: A Series of Artist Interactions at the Denver Art Museum. Poets from this spoken-word collective have audio performances in an installation on level 4 of the North Building available for visitors to enjoy through February 26, 2017.
Jessica Rowell will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating free-form costume design January 28−29 and February 11−12
Holly Nordeck: What will your demo look like at the DAM? What can visitors expect?
Inspired by the upcoming Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place exhibition, the Denver Art Museum invites you to share photos relating to place, home, and memory on Instagram with the hashtag* #PictureMiTierra.
Mi Tierra will feature installations by 13 Latino artists that express experiences of contemporary life in the American West.
Win and be among the first to see the completed exhibition and meet all 13 artists on Feb. 16 before it opens to the public.
Annabel Reader will be in the Costume Studio demonstrating fantastical costume design September 8 and 9, 2017.
Holly Nordeck: What will your demonstration at the DAM be like? What will you be showcasing?
Annabel Reader: I’ll be working on a new costume. It is an imaginary creature, a cross between a deer, a human, and a flower. It will be a two-legged stilt costume. I have been sewing together old sheets, upholstery fabrics, and clothes to make the fabric which I will then make the costume out of.
Art comes in many forms: paintings, sculptures, and household objects to name a few. The current Create-n-Takes focus on two very unique objects in the Denver Art Museum’s collection.
One Create-n-Take—Screen Stories—features a Chinese tabletop screen on Level 5 of the North Building. All ages are welcome to participate. Dive into a discussion about the intricate details imbedded in the six panels on the screen.
Adolfo Romero will be in the Costume Studio December 3–4, 2016 and March 4–5, 2017.
Holly Nordeck: What will your demonstration look like at the DAM?
Adolfo Romero: It will involve a series of masks in different shapes, which show the possibilities of this costume in action. It will be divided in both theater costume and a carnival project, which talks about our current society.
HN: How has your background influenced you as an artist?
The Denver Art Museum offers hands-on spaces for visitors to get creative. In conjunction with The Western: An Epic in Art and Film the museum is offering visitors an opportunity to explore the creative process of costume design.
This series introduces some of the artists who will be conducting demonstrations at the museum through September 10, 2017. Get to know them through these interviews and drop in the Costume Studio on Saturdays and Sundays to see their work.