by Madison Lauterbach | Apr 6, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Moe Gram, Denver-based artist, educator and public speaker, sits in her home studio in Denver on Jan. 11. Gram’s work is a blend of her passion for social justice and art. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com When Denver artist Moe Gram was growing up, she...
by Emma Jerry | May 21, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Casey Stelter, owner of SheWolf Studios, holds one of her art pieces, a ceramic vase sculpted out of doll faces. Lafayette on May 10. Photo by Polina Saran | Polina.sarana@gmail.com SheWolf Studios’ inventory is literally eye-popping. A commonplace macrame plant...
by Lexi Reich | Apr 1, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features
//Creative Director Von Ross (left) and Founder Charmaine “Charlie” Billingsley (right) at the Museum for Black Girls in Denver on March 31. Photo by Karson Hallaway | karsonhallaway@gmail.com As a Black female photographer, Charlie Billingsley struggled...
by Madison Lauterbach | Apr 8, 2021 | Badass Women, Features
//Bree Davies, host of City Cast Denver, at her Denver home on Apr. 3. Davies records the daily podcast remotely. Photo by Ali Mai | alimai@msmayhem.com The name Bree Davies is as well-known to her fellow journalists as it is with DIY artists and political activists....
by Lexi Reich | Apr 20, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Equity, Features
//Artist Amy Lummus sits beneath a portrait of her daughter, Penny, at the Electric Cherry Shop + Studio in Olde Town Arvada on April 16. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | efernandez@msmayhem.com With arched backs and mouths slightly agape, Amy Lummus’ pin-up portraits of...
by Toluwanimi Obiwole | Dec 29, 2020 | Arts/Entertainment, Badass Women, Features
//Still of Nadiya Jackson from the short film Planning a Wedding During Quarantine. Photo provided by Jackson. Nadiya Jackson’s work, ranging from theater to photography, to even her personal fashion, interrogates if and to what depth we engage with our...
by Erica Buehler | Sep 17, 2020 | Arts/Entertainment, Badass Women, Features
//Photo provided by Gina Ilczyszyn. We—the women, the alternative, the proud non-binary and beyond—are lucky to live in an artistic, open-minded, and flourishing city. The constant motion of city streets, flashes of colorful, painted walls, the buzzing of tattoo...
by Doug Hrdlicka | Nov 17, 2020 | Features
//Akiala I, the face behind the Buy Back the Block fundraiser on GoFundMe. Photo by Doug Hrdlicka | doug.hrdlicka@gmail.com Art is at the vanguard of revolution. Similarly, it is at the vanguard of gentrification. The two are fated to dance for eternity, weaving and...
by Jenna Thomas | Feb 12, 2021 | Features, Local Business
//Sandra Lin, the owner of Disruptive Ink Tattoo Studio, tattooing a client on Jan. 28. Photo by Polina Saran | polinasarana@gmail.com Editor’s note: This story comes with a content warning, as it includes a story about sexual assault. Within the walls of...
by Annie Burky | Jan 14, 2021 | Arts/Entertainment, Badass Women, Features
//Chelsea Lewinski working on her Bob Marley mural located at Denver Limo Inc. on Jan. 12. Photo by Esteban Fernandez | este.fdez20b@gmail.com This week, Chelsea Lewinski unveiled her first large mural following a wrist injury in October. The mural is on a wall at...
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