Events

Keith Haring: Stairwell to Grace begins in the stairwell of Grace House and moves through Haring’s art and life. Director of the Keith Haring Foundation Gil Vazquez introduces the life and work of Haring. Host Carlo McCormick shares the history of the staircase in art and film, from Marcel Duchamp to Led Zeppelin to Alfred Hitchcock.

Dance played a fundamental role in Keith Haring's life and art. The ecstatic experience of dance and the visual dynamics of bodies in motion constituted a formal language for Haring as he translated the energy of the streets and nightclubs into fine art.

Artist Narkita Gold’s Black in Denver project features 100 portraits of Black Denver residents as well as accompanying interviews with the subjects of her photographs. The project explores identity and Blackness. In a society where Black people are seen as a monolith, Gold’s work reframes the narrative and gives voice to the power of being one’s self.

Artist Rick Griffith is joined by Evan Weissman (Warm Cookies of the Revolution) and Stephen Brackett (Flobots) to discuss non-violence and activism in art and beyond, asking the questions: How do we continue to apply pressure to our government? What is the action that moves the needle? How do you take activism from the digital world and social media to the real world? And what is the real work?

Artist Jaime Carrejo and Maurice Ka (Collaborative Partner at Denver's Rosehouse Botanicals) explore relationships to the plants that share our domestic spaces and the symbolism embedded within them, beginning with a deep look at Jaime's exhibition and continuing with a conversation on self-care, houseplants, and the comforts of gardening.