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There is a insane amount of radness going down this weekend in Denver, it’s like an art orgy – dance party – plushed out free ride! Below is a small sampling of all things awesome…. It’s going to take some plotting & mapping, but done right you can hit up every spot and sneak into the background of every picture. Let’s make magic Denver!!!

Friday Night:
Andenken Gallery – Alex Pardee : 7PM – 10PM : 2900 Larimer St.
The Shoppe – The Horndribbles present Tote-Tacular : 7PM – 10PM : 3103 E. Colfax Ave.
Loops Tour De Arté – Group Art/Bicycle Ride – Starts @ Fancy Tiger 8PM
Beta – Submission w/ Starkey, N-Type, Cacheflowe : 10PM – 2AM : 1909 Blake St.

Saturday Night
The Shoppe – Sandi Calistro new works : 7PM – 10PM : 3103 E. Colfax Ave.
The Fabric Lab – Leigh Viner new works : 7PM – 10PM : 3105 E. Colfax Ave.
Plastic Chapel – Julie West new works : 7PM – 10PM : 3109 E. Colfax Ave.
Hi-Dive – Robot Dance Party : 9PM – 2AM : 7 S. Broadway

May 9th is shaping up to be a night of extreme art overload here in Denver… though there is a bit of a silver lining… all the shows are all in the same general vicinity nestled in a quiet but vibrant little neighborhood off of the East Colfax strip otherwise known as the “Super Block”.

Basic Run Down:
Oxymoron by: Andrew Hoffman @ The Shoppe ● Fight or Flight by: Adam Reker @ Plastic Chapel ● ARTCRANK group show @ The Fabric Lab ● Seinfeld Sessions by: Keith Jive @ Newspeak ● Cephalic Combustion by: Nathan Reker @ Neopolitan

May 9th, 2009 : 2907 East Colfax – 3109 East Colfax : 7PM – 11PM : The Super Block Rides again!

ARTCRANK – A poster party for bike people goes down tonight!!! And it’s gonna be a blast – Originally started in Minneapolis, ARTCRANK has come to Denver for it’s first year thanks to the super block (The Shoppe, Fabric Lab, Neopolitan, and Plastic Chapel). 40+ of Denvers finest artists offering work all under $40. Live music, trick competitions, give-aways, + a ton more bike centric goodness.  Show up and party!!!

Scot Lefavor for ARTCRANK Denver

Indyink a little torn up... Of the roughly 50 artists on board for ARTCRANK Denver 2009 Indyink handled the printing of 24 poster designs comprised of over 50 individual color screens in just 10 days and all after hours - all as near to perfection as one can get with hand pulled screen printing. Fuck Yeah.

There’s all sorts of great shit goin’ down on East Colfax this weekend, thanks to Josh & Tran at The Fabric Lab and The Shoppe, Dee and Dave at The Plastic Chapel, and the rest of the E. Colfax crew.

To get the full lodown on what’s shakin’ go HERE.

Ojo Por Ojo (Eye For Eye) is the title of Shitty Kitten’s new show at Plastic Chapel which opens February 14th! Can you tell me a better way to spend Valentine’s Day?… suriously? Shitty Kitten aka Markham Maes always comes full force, his last show on East Colfax nearly sold out… I’d suggest rolling through early if you’d like to get your greasy little mits on a piece. The super block will be lit up that night… with shows also running at The Fabric Lab (Photogrpaher: Ryan Resch) as well as The Shoppe (Theo Knox).

This Saturday is shaping up to be one for the books. Tons of goodness happening around town, so get out early and start making rounds. Personally I’m super stoked on the line-up that we’ve put together along the sunny and vibrant corridor of East Colfax. Scot Lefavor shows us all how to improve our lives ten fold, in his solo show Products For A Better Living at The Fabric Lab. Snowblinded (Anthony Cozzi) will be burning retnas & birthing pure light, with his first solo show Snow & Light at The Shoppe. And last but not least Plastic Chapel channels the power of time and space in the second opening of the Square Footage show.

7PM – 11PM : The Shoppe 3101 E. Colfax : The Fabric Lab 3105 E. Colfax : Plastic Chapel 3109 E. Colfax

Tony Cozzi’s (AKA Snowblinded) debut art show is Dec. 13th from 7pm to 11pm at The Shoppe, 3103 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colorado. Tony will be showing a couple of new and unreleased giclée prints and some rarities.

Scot Lefavor will be showing next door at Plastic Chapel.

Square Footage at the Plastic Chapel was a blast.  We had a great time making our pieces and checking out all the other great work. We have to apologize for the lack of photographs, our photographer hit the PBR hard and early (cough…Todd…cough).  The show is running all month, so go check it out!

NOTE: We feel a little explanation about our pieces is in order. Soooooo basically we roughed out the square footage of the profile of each animal and found the fraction that you could see through our 12″x12″ squares.  For example, if you held the ‘Blue Whale’ piece directly in front of your face, swam deep down into the ocean and a blue whale swam by, that’s exactly what you would see. Got it? Good.

We got rolling on our pieces for Plastic Chapel’s “Square Footage” show last night and thought we would give you a little sneak peek!  The show is this Saturday and will feature 12″ x 12″ pieces from all your local art heroes!

Kristian Kluver’s masterpiece from this Saturday’s SOFT&FURRY™ exhibition opening. Photos are being optimized for the web as we speak.

Pics from S&F™ at Dea Webb’s and Dave Wendt’s Plastic Chapel coming later today…

After much anticipation and excitement, it is officially the day of the SOFT&FURRY™ show. From 7PM to 11PM this evening, get ready for what could be the greatest toy show, ever. Make your way to the Plastic Chapel to see international artists, U.S. artists and local Colorado artists exhibit their renditions of Looft, Doo, and Groond. This truly is a show not to be missed.