Art Opening: Love Lines Tonight at RedLine
With an opening tonight from 6PM-9PM at Redline, the Valentine's appropriate Love Lines exhibit plays matchmaker between Denver and the art world at large. The group show does what many in Colorado attempt and rarely achieve: pairing local, national and international artists together cohesively. Curated by one of Denver's preeminent contemporary art heavyweights, Robischon Gallery, three distinct interests become apparent in this assembled lineup. A selected group of artists (Halim Alkarim, Jack Balas, Xiong Lijun, Xing Danwen, Yu Fan, Ann Hamilton, Wes Hemperel, Jerry Kunkel, He Jian) represents the gallery's stable of talent. Another clique (Jeff Page, Jonathan Saiz, Ian Fisher, Terry Camp...Read more
Website Release Party Recap
On Thursday February 12, 2009 illiterate celebrated the launch of our online community (the one you're browsing through right now!) at RedLine. The event was more than another art party. Though raucousness and revelry surely had their place of honor, as they should at any illiterate event, the celebration and unveiling of illiteratemagazine.com physically embodied the collective spirit of the community curated website. With over one hundred people working together, including artists, musicians, fashion designers, makeup artists, hairdressers, filmmakers and photographers, many volunteering time and expertise, creative collaboration was the essence of the night: from planning,...Read more
Stumbling on Design After Dark
On Friday January 31, in an attempt to work out some remaining details for Illiterate's big events on February 12, I decided to poke my head in to speak with our hosts over at RedLine. When I walked through the large double glass doors of the warehouse turned arts incubator, I found that the zig-zag walls from the previous labyrinthine exhibit had been removed to give way to a clean checkerboard of black pedestals each anointed with a miniature glass-encased installation. Laura Merange the director of RedLine explained that it was all in preparation for this year's Design After Dark, and directed me to speak with the woman wearing black and glasses. ...Read more
Make Your Own Illiterate Valentine
Print this. Cut it up. Paste it back together, then bring your resulting illiterate valentine to the illiteratemagazine.com Launch Party on February 12, 2009 at RedLine to receive a $2 discount, a free drink ticket...Read more
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