Innehållsförteckning för August/September 2018 från 5280 Home

NOT MUCH ABOUT MY JOB KEEPS me up at night. This gig is dreamy: I spend my working hours making a magazine full of spaces, people, and ideas that influence and reflect Denver’s aesthetic, as it exists in our homes and public spaces. Searching for and celebrating beauty are worthy activities, and I want our magazine to encourage those pursuits. But sometimes, when I’m flipping through photographs of a gorgeous home we’re planning to publish—the inimitable Colorado light making a dining room glow, the kitchen spotless with a bowl of citrus placed just so, a dog plopped effortlessly on a bed layered with luxurious linens—I get a pit in my stomach. What if, I wonder, 5280 Home makes readers think that we all have to create magazine-worthy spaces before we…

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Denver’s art scene has ignited in recent years—not just within the walls of our city’s impressive museums and galleries, but everywhere, from the vibrant murals in RiNo’s alleyways to the contemporary installations in LoDo’s boutique hotels to the handcrafted chairs at your neighborhood restaurant. “Art and real life are rubbing up against each other, and that’s where friction and inspiration come from,” says Laura Krudener, painter and owner of ATC DEN, a gallery in north Denver. This living, breathing, city-wide exhibition can be a lot to digest, even for design aficionados, so sit back and let us be your guide to a few new ways to experience local art.…

Earlier this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver launched an art-lending program called the Octopus Initiative. Here’s how it works: Denver residents enter a lottery to borrow a piece of contemporary art from the museum. If their name is drawn, they take the framed work home, enjoy it for 10 months, and then return it to the museum. Says Nora Burnett Abrams, curator at the museum: “This program is intended to support artists and our city at large. The two are very connected; a thriving artistic community is itself a thriving city.” Plus, she adds, “being surrounded by great art enhances your quality of life.” The museum commissioned 225 works—all from Denver artists, some of whom have shown at MCA Denver—for the lending library, and on the 15th…

TAKE A TOUR: Sign up for the Cherry Creek Trail Urban Arts Fund Bike Mural Tour and take a guided cruise along the path with a public art administrator to learn more about Denver’s grand plan to combat graffiti with art. artsandvenues denver.com TALK TO AN ARTIST: Visit RedLine Contemporary Art Center (Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.), which hosts two-year residency programs for emerging artists—and allows you to observe those creatives as they get down to business. redlineart.org THINK BIG PICTURE: Explore artists’ unique perspectives—and get a dose of inspiration—by attending a monthly meeting of Creatives at Roundish Tables (CART), where local artists get together to chat about such topics as inclusive art communities and social responsibility in art. Each discussion is hosted by founder (and artist)…

Where: William Havu Gallery When: September 21–November 10 What: To celebrate its 20th anniversary of sharing artwork with the Golden Triangle neighborhood, the William Havu Gallery is honoring a local creative’s contribution to the Mile High City’s art scene: Artist Emilio Lobato grew up in a small town in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, graduated from Colorado College, and has been making art for 30 years. At this solo retrospective, Lobato will share a collection of abstract collages and mixed-media works that explore his ancestry—he comes from a long line of farmers, shepherds, and craftspeople—and ties to the landscape.…

For most of us, picking out materials for a renovation is kind of like choosing a wedding dress: Once you find something you love, your search is over. Sure, you might spot something cool in a magazine or at a friend’s home, but you won’t spend every day thereafter discovering the fabulous styles you missed. Professional interior designers like Andrea Schumacher don’t have that luxury when it comes to remodeling their own homes. “Sometimes I think it’s harder to pull the trigger,” says the principal of Andrea Schumacher Interiors. “You’re afraid you might see something you like better.” One upside of being your own client, however, is immediately apparent when you step into the kitchen of Schumacher’s Bow Mar home and behold the mural-scale, hand-painted wallpaper that serves as the…

RUBA ROMBIC DECANTER Era: Art Deco Designer: Reuben Haley Why we love it: Rule breaking. When the Cubism-art-inspired piece debuted at a glass fair in 1928, one trade journal referred to it as the “craziest thing ever brought out in glassware.” Also, you can’t beat that smoky topaz. TRACCIA TABLE Era: International Style Designer: Meret Oppenheim Why we love it: Tasteful whimsy. The combination of simplicity and playfulness—traccia means “footprint” or “track” in Italian—makes this surrealist table the perfect accent. MARSHMALLOW SOFA Era: Modern Designer: Irving Harper Why we love it: The hilarity of impracticality. Made of individual barstools on a metal frame, this iconic sofa would flip if one person sat on the end of the empty seat. Fewer than 190 were made over five years. PATRIOT RADIO Era:…

Kathryn O’Shea-Evans WRITER “Nothing brings more life to an interior space than a beautiful original painting,” says writer Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, who penned three stories for this issue (“Color Guard,” page 25; “Dream Team,” page 32; and “All Together Now,” page 84). “But it has to speak to my soul. At estate sales and auctions, I look for landscapes of a view I don’t have at home, like a non-cheesy ocean scene or rolling farmland in moody weather.” When she’s not on the art hunt, O’Shea-Evans contributes to the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, and House Beautiful. David Lauer PHOTOGRAPHER For architectural photographer David Lauer, the inspiration to buy art is similar to the inspiration he finds in the homes he shoots. “I usually buy a piece because it speaks to…

1. Art: Deborah Zlotsky, “Was and Was Not” Architect: Kristin Park Design Designer: Katie Wolfe Agron, Wolfe Design House Ann says: “The clients wanted the unexpected for their traditional Georgian home in Observatory Park—they are fearless when it comes to color. Deborah Zlotsky, an artist based in New York, fulfilled this need with her brightly painted geometric work.” 2. Art: Clay Wagstaff, “Circle No. 6” Designer: Peggy Robbins Bender, Robbins Weiner Design Ann says: “This clean, chic, oversized kitchen needed one large vertical piece to hold the entire space. Clay Wagstaff creates serene fictitious environments that give calmness to this room.” 3. Art: Mike Piggott, “The Adventures of Mickey and Minnie” Architect: Alvarez Morris Architectural Studio Designer: Casey St. John Interiors Ann says: “This child’s room needed to have whimsy…

1 Kristen Hatgi Sink Denver native and fine art photographer Kristen Hatgi Sink’s new exhibition “Honey” at the MCA Denver (through August 26) is a video series of—you guessed it—honey dripping over composed objects, such as fruit, flowers, and even a young woman. Sink’s work has long explored femininity, and this show, like her still photo-graphic work, is a study of sensuality and the natural world. kristenhatgisink.com 2 Diego Rodriguez-Warner Printmaker-turned-painter Diego Rodriguez-Warner “is pretty much the most important artist in Denver right now, as far as I’m concerned...because his work is about what it means to be alive at this point in time,” says Eric Nord, co-owner of Leon Gallery. Rodriguez-Warner creates work that is hard to ignore, employing vibrant colors and vaguely familiar images from famous painters (Is…

1. KAITLYN TUCEK painter: George P. Perez (@georgepperez) 2. KEALEY BOYD art critic and writer for Hyperallergic: Daisy Patton (@daisy_patton) 3. RAMÓN BONILLA painter: Derrick Velasquez (@transformingmilk intomilk) 4. THOMAS EVANS ( aka I Am Detour), painter and muralist: Anna Charney (@annacharneyart)…

ABEND GALLERY You’ll find a broad spectrum of mediums—think oil paintings, encaustic, and mixed media—from local, national, and international artists at this large, well-lit gallery. (A robust inventory practically guarantees you’ll find something you love.) Tuesday–Saturday noon–6 p.m.; 1412 Wazee St., 303-355-0950, abendgallery.com ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER Since 1987, the Art Students League of Denver has supported artists of all levels through its diverse fine-arts classes. The league’s exhibitions are the perfect place to score high-quality pieces at reasonable prices. (We’re especially fond of the annual Summer Art Market, where more than 250 artists showcase and sell their work.) Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.–7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; 200 Grant St., 303-778-6990, ext. 105, asld.org ARTWORK NETWORK GALLERY & EVENT CENTER This airy two-level gallery is all…

Where: Abend Gallery When: August 4–25 Opening Reception: August 4, 6–9 p.m. What: Thanks to this gallery show, you can admire exotic creatures without braving crowds at the zoo. At this exhibition, Denver-based surrealist Shay Davis aims to lead gallery-goers on a journey through a world of his creation. The University of Colorado graduate blends reality and fantasy in his large paintings, which depict imaginative animals and fictional landscapes inspired by real endangered species and global destinations.…

5280 Home : What’s the best meal you’ve made lately? Andrea Schumacher: My son and daughter won’t eat red meat, and my son won’t eat white meat either, so I made a smoked-salmon pasta with capers, and they both loved it. I was excited they tried something new and different. Favorite cooking tool? I am so happy to have a pot-filler above the range. We have those cast-iron Le Creuset pots, and it gets really heavy to have to go to the sink, fill them up with water, and put them back on the range. Top storage tip? I like deep drawers; they give you a lot of opportunities to store pots and pans, or you can put your plates in there. Most overrated kitchen trend? Just having it…

WHEN IT COMES TO FURNISHING a home, most of us can’t rest until every square inch is finished. But not artist Jeanne Oliver. She decided to embrace the notion of empty walls and corners as she outfitted her family’s Castle Rock digs—because sometimes finding the right piece can’t be rushed. “I’m someone who believes that you don’t just redesign everything all at once,” she says. “We took time to live in the house as we slowly put it together.” For Oliver, her husband, and their three kids—ages 11, 15, and 18—that process began with a simple refresh of the 20-year-old space: painting the walls and baseboards white and the window frames black, replacing the lighting, and adding built-in bookshelves and a new fireplace. From there, Oliver began the work of…

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Think collecting art is out of reach? Enter Art Money, a no-interest, 10-month payment plan that makes art purchases (ranging from $1,000 to $50,000) more feasible. It’s a win-win for the collector and the gallery: You take the piece home after the first payment, and the gallery gets paid up front. At press time, nine Denver-area galleries were participating in the program, including Abend Gallery, David B. Smith Gallery, Gildar Gallery, and K Contemporary. artmoney.com…

1 Un-Museums If you happened to catch Happy City: Art for the People, a multi-media, multi-installation “pop-up” art project throughout Denver’s public spaces earlier this year, then you’ve already experienced the power of Black Cube. The nonprofit calls itself a “nomadic contemporary art museum,” which means it has no brick-and-mortar location. (In the art world, indoor galleries and museum spaces are called “white cubes”; the name “Black Cube” plays the foil to this idea.) Its exhibitions—created by local, national, and international artists—appear for a limited time, usually in the public sphere, then disappear as quietly as they arrived (think: a giant inflatable prospector near the Colorado State Capitol building, and an “Emotional Baggage Drop Off” kiosk at Union Station). “The most powerful contemporary art relates to the world we’re in,”…

✗ Early 2020 No conversation about the future of Denver’s art scene is complete without a mention of the highly anticipated Meow Wolf project. A Denver outpost of an immersive-art destination (imagine a carnival funhouse for art-lovers) created by the eponymous Santa Fe arts group is slated to open in early 2020 in a $50-million building near Broncos Stadium at Mile High. Tickets are already on sale. denver.meowwolf.com ✗ September 1–2 Artists from Five Points’ Temple and community members will transform three floors of studio space into a giant “exploratorium” and host the Temple Tantrum, a 4,000-person costume party complete with installations, performances, and live music. “Meow Wolf is our main sponsor,” says Lewis Neeff, artist and the brains behind the event. “Temple Tantrum will be a festival of characters…

By now, you’ve likely heard about the expanded Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, which opened to the public in March. And you’re probably aware that moving Denver artist (and museum-namesake) Vance Kirkland’s original, 107-year-old studio to its new Golden Triangle location one mile away was a well-documented, 12-hour spectacle. But if you haven’t visited yet, you may not know that the $22-million-plus, 38,500-square-foot space offers a fresh opportunity to see one of North America’s most important collections of decorative arts. Because lovely home furnishings are sort of our “thing” here at 5280 Home , we scoped out the galleries to create this guide to what you need to know—and see—to soak up all the inspiration. THE NAMESAKE Vance Kirkland—an educator and director of the University…

Homeowner Nelson Perkins, owner and executive chef of Denver restaurant Colt & Gray and speakeasy Saint Ellie, shares one of his go-to drinks for summer get-togethers on the patio. “This drink is a variation on the traditional Aperol Spritz from Italy, which is traditionally enjoyed on warm summer afternoons,” he says. “I’ve added Chartreuse, which adds the flavors of honey, fresh flowers, and anise, and pairs particularly well with the citrus flavors of Aperol and grapefruit.”…

When Claire Jordan and her husband, Chad Chuenchit, set about redesigning their dated, carpet-clad staircase—part of a total reno of their 1960s-era Longmont home—they took inspiration from the crisp colors and clean lines of Scandinavian design, and…skydiving. Connecting the new rectangular handrail and square support posts are 100-foot lengths of orange parachute cord, which Jordan—a designer at architecture firm Arch11—purchased online for a whopping $11 each. “Stairs can cost a lot of money, so we started to look at what we could do that was affordable,” she says. (Spiffing up pre-made pine treads and risers with a coat of gray paint also helped cut costs.) The bold design was “an exercise in randomness,” Jordan explains. “The kids [now ages 5 and 10] helped us, and we just started feeding the…