Flashpoints By Joshua Viola and Keith Ferrell Published Issue 089, May 2021 The first half of Flashpoints was published in Issue 089, May 2021. Click this skull icon for Part 2 to finish where you left off reading in print. Max lay in bed, accompanied by the familiar chirping beeps of his health monitor. Brave, his dog, […]
Moe Gram on MCA Denver Teen Workshop and the Role of Empathy in Art By Rachel Grammes Photos by Adrienne M. Kendall This is an excerpt from a recent interview with Denver-based artist, educator, and community organizer Moe Gram to learn about 3D collage. Gram recently worked with 11 metro Denver high school students to create
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Glide By Steve Haney aka Visions Collage Published Issue 089, May 2021 Steve Haney — aka Visions Collage — is a visual collage artist and a percussionist for Jungle Fire, a Los Angeles-based TropiFunk juggernaut that digs deep into Afro/Latin Funk with an approach that is authentic and highly explosive.
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 089, May 2021 The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (2020) When four members of the Blackfeet Nation make the ill-advised decision to hunt elk on land reserved for elders, their fates are sealed as a violent haunting starts to unfold around them. Stephen Graham Jones’ newest
The Sounds of Omega Mart: How Brian Eno, Beach House realized Meow Wolf’s plans for a transformative audio experience. By Dylan Owens Published Issue 089, May 2021 Sounds stimulate our brains as much as sight. By now, you’ve seen on social media — or experienced firsthand — some of the incredible visual art of Meow
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Triunity By Nick Flook Published Issue 089, May 2021 Nick Flook aka Flooko is “the O.G astronaut painter” and takes his fans on adventures through original acrylic paintings and animations. This Toronto-based artist specializes in assurrealism, space-themed work and impressionistic city and landscapes. See more of his work on his site and follow him on Instagram
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 089, May 2o21 American Culture | For My Animals For its latest album, American Culture seems to have imploded the tropes of indie rock of the past decade and assembled something fresh out of the ruins. You hear echoes of psychedelia, surf, post-punk and garage in the
Smoke and Mirrors By Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 089, May 2021 Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film
The Waters Have Calmed, But Don’t Drop Your Guard By Graham Franciose Published Issue 089, May 2021 Graham Franciose grew up in the forests of Massachusetts. His work reaches back to those times of exploration and imagination, where anything was possible. His whimsical, sometimes emotional, illustrations show a sliver of a story, a moment between
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Shortened Fiction By Brian Polk Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 089, May 2021 The Moment I Realize I Drink More Now Than My Recovering Alcoholic Friend Ever Did “Wait,” I say as I run the numbers on just how bad of an alcoholic my friend Richie used to be. “So you were drinking every