Tag: artist
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Divide artist among many participating in annual pottery sale
Mystical things happen when Deborah Hager sits down in the morning to throw a lump of clay on her pottery wheel. Not only does she transform a shapeless mass into something beautiful and functional, she also moves into a flow state where her previous night’s dreams begin to unravel. “The allure of pottery is sometimes…
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…
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Denver Art Museum reopens three exhibit to the public this weekend
The Denver Art Museum is set to unveil three reinstalled collections Sunday in its Hamilton Building. The newly reinstalled collections include Arts of Africa, Modern and Contemporary Art and Arts of Oceania. These collections haven’t been open to the public since 2016, when the museum began construction on the Hamilton Building.
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NEWS | Local artist paints mural to honor victims of Club Q shooting
Local artist Paes 164 works on a mural near downtown Colorado Springs to honor the victims of the Club Q shooting.
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NEWS | Colorado Springs artist used pandemic lockdown to hone her paper mache skills
Sabra Overby began learning paper mache during the COVID-19 pandemic and now makes and sells hand-made dragons in her home studio in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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LIFE | Etch A Sketch Artist
Daneeca Medina found her artistic niche in college when she picked up an Etch A Sketch. (Video by Katie Klann)
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LIFE | Colorado Springs artist goes ‘beyond the ordinary’
Colorado Springs artist Gene McLain’s goal is to make people laugh with his artwork. (Video by Skyler Ballard)