Traditional Plains Indians Quillwork - Danielle SeeWalker & Cecelia Bernice Bull Bear

Quillwork is a unique Indigenous art form that precedes the use of beadwork of Plains' Indian tribes. Quillwork is often referred to as a dying art and opportunities for direct instruction are increasingly rare, especially in urban settings like Denver where many Native American people relocated to from Indian reservations. The overall objective of the project is to pass down direct teachings from Oglala Lakota elder and quillwork master, Cecelia Bull Bear, to our Native youth and community. The Red Road Project is an arts organization that fosters the empowerment of Native artists to create opportunities to keep our cultures alive. We are excited to support respected Native elder, Ms. Bull Bear, in transferring her quillwork knowledge through a series of workshops.

MUSUBI 結び//CONNECTIONS - Maki Teshima

Musubi will be a large-scale knot installation, consisting of thousands of colorful naturally dyed recycled fabric knots flowing across a vertical surface-the fence along Alameda Ave between Marion Parkway and Lafayette Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The work will flow with wind and passing cars and after creation the community will interact with it visually and will be invited to add knots. Kanou Musubi's literal meaning is "wishing knot". Each participant will put their individual wish into their knot as they tie it in a collective experience. Musubi's figurative meaning is the act of connection. The goal of this project is to create a participatory, collective artwork that expands and evolves over time as more people interact with it and add their knot -wishes

Firefly Music- Lauri Lynnxe Murphy

Firefly Music uses motion and light-triggered sounds via cameras and programmed code to introduce Coloradans to the magic of fireflies through live webcasts. Audiences will be able to view live concerts on the web and in person where the flashing lights of the insects will trigger pre-programmed sounds and video for a unique experience each time. Musicians will be invited to program the sounds and then perform live improvisations with the projected video and triggered sounds in a collaboration with nature.

Collective Misnomer 2023 Summer Program - Collective Misnomer

Collective Misnomer (CM) is an artist-run project focused on exhibiting contemporary time-based art on the occupied Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe land in what is currently called Denver, Colorado. A strong anticapitalist and DIY ethic inform our curation and general mode of operations. Collective Misnomer has explored various ideas through its programming and has historically focused on subjects such as beauty, the landscape, decolonization, censorship, dystopian potential, alternative truths, sex, and absurdist humor to explore our political agenda.

Gold King & Associates: Denver - Steven J. Yazzie

"Gold King & Associates: Denver", takes the form of a real estate sign, giving the appearance that the property may be for sale. If an interested party calls the phone number on the sign, they will hear a poem, quote, excerpt from a story, or personal writing addressing environmental concerns about urbanization, land use, over-development, colonization, or any range of expressions related to human impacts on the land. At the end of the voice recording, the caller may leave a message of their own, which will be archived in the form of an audio file and transcription in an email.

Holding Pattern - LA Samuelson

Seated at the edge of a drained out swimming pool, an audience gazes down upon 3-5 rooftops fastened to the pool’s floor. The rooftops cap off small house-like structures that appear, from above, to extend through the floor of the pool, encased up to their rafters in the pool’s concrete. A dancer teases out physical impressions made on the body through friction with the roofing material, and tests out what can be done with memories we no longer have access to, but still feel the shape of.

Esenciales durante la pandemia y lo sigueremos siendo: Cronicas de la comunidad de inmigrantes y de asilo en Denver - Efraín Leal Escalera

Esenciales durante will collect and jointly analyze stories with essential employees as they recall their experiences and, adaptations to the “new normal”, and as imposed by the pandemic. The collective wants to present relevant findings from the stories we collect in an accessible way via a process video that employs visual arts techniques, and which can possibly influence social policies that most often maintain essential employees at the margins. In addition to the creation of the video, the collective will invite families to explore other forms of art that can represent our research findings.

Irene's Spot - Yazz Atmore

This project is the build out of retrofitted shuttle bus designed for the community that provides safe spaces for Denver's Creatives. This mobile creative, fun and unique hub will be housed in a retrofitted shuttle bus that provides safe spaces for Denver’s creatives to expand their artistic horizons, connect with their communities & make magic. By providing Denver creatives with safe spaces and resources that enable them to work within their communities, gain hands on experience, explore and experiment with new ideas, and grow their art practice; it births the opportunity for true healing and transform to take place not only in our communities, but also the world.

Caravanas Culturales. Una Celebración de la Diversidad / Cultural Caravans. A Celebration of Diversity - Adriana Paola Palacios Luna & Luna Cultura

A collective project: to share culture, history, ancestral knowledge, art and maker education.

The Cultural Caravans are small festivals of culture, art, science and technology within different communities. We will visit different neighbourhoods and grassroots community organizations to celebrate and strengthen leadership skills by sharing and embracing our cultural identity and creativity through a festival of art, culture, storytelling, reading and maker education.

ARIA - Bruce Tetsuya

After the death of her reclusive father, Aria ventures deep into the woods to clear out his cabin, when she encounters a supernatural presence.