DARIA Art Magazine

2 weeks ago | dariamag.com | Parker Yamasaki

Taking Her TimeAnnalee Schorr likes to be in control. She’ll be the first to tell you. “How much do you know about Spark Gallery?” the eighty-five-year-old artist asks moments into our first meeting, taking the reins of the conversation. “That's where I am so involved, and we've got a lot of exciting stuff going on. So, I'd like to talk about that.” Schorr became a member of the alternative artist co-op in 1985 after burning out on traditional commercial galleries.

1 month ago | dariamag.com | Paloma Jimenez

Avenir Museum of Design and MerchandisingUniversity Center for the Arts East, 216 East Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524Part I: Oct. 8, 2024–April 26, 2025; Part II: May 6-July 19Admission: freeSilk, pleats, pintucks, velvet, denim, lace, silver buttons, polka dots, and polyester. Fashion is full of material delights designed to express a vast array of personal and cultural values.

2 months ago | dariamag.com | Paloma Jimenez

Art Students League of Denver200 Grant Street, Denver, CO 80203February 21–March 30, 2025Admission: freeWhen we encounter Pad Thai sliding around in a warped plastic takeout container, a supermarket sandwich preserved in several layers of cling wrap, and nachos steaming inside a styrofoam tomb, it can be easy to forget that the food we eat comes from the soil.

2 months ago | dariamag.com | Madeleine Boyson

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 6901 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, CO 80003January 16–March 30, 2025Admission: FreeReview by Madeleine Boyson Picture it: Arvada, Colorado, on a clear but frigid day. The sun shines on Sprawl (2024), a formidable yet shrewd steel sculpture by Stephen Shachtman near Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities’ front doors. Just inside, Jodi Stuart’s spritely Arc (Extruded) (2021)—a welcome salutation—greets visitors and the filtered afternoon sun.

2 months ago | dariamag.com | Parker Yamasaki

Tointon Art Gallery 651 10th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631February 7–28, 2025Admission: Free There are lots of ways to know a place: by its streets, its people, its institutions, its landmarks, its sports teams, its skies. There are fewer ways to love one. To love a place is to pay it close attention, to accept its beauties and its flaws, and to make a commitment to its future.