Untitled: Artist Takeover

Name: Untitled: Artist Takeover
Start: 2025-01-31T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-01-31T22:00:00-07:00
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204

Schedule

Fri Jan 31 2025 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204 | Denver, CO

Join us for a night at the museum unlike anything else! Untitled: Artist Takeover happens only four times a year, and is included in general admission.
Enjoy an evening of liberating yourself from the shadows and celebrate your authentic self in the light, with Sarah Darlene and King Bee, inspired by the exhibition "Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak."
Darlene is a painter exploring expressive abstraction intertwined with intuitive meditation practices, and Fox Drickey is a singer and musician with the band King Bee who focuses on theatrical performance and music as medicine. Untitled: Artist Takeover is included with general admission. Entry to "Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak" will require an additional ticket.
Contributing creatives include Alex Ammons, Felix Ayodele, Cassidy Bacon, Mallory Burgraaff, Will Carman, Madison Dezelsky, Grayson Fiske, Shilpi Gupta, Chelsea Hart, Rochelle Johnson, Kaylee Keim, Soraya Latiff, Susan Lucia, Sinead Maguire, Sophia Malonson, Karyn Murphy, Stevie Noll, David Rynhart, Shish Kabob Grill, Carl Sorensen, Morgynne Adiama Sulueti Tora, David B. Weaver (Raft Kunstkenner), and Ben Weirich.

PROGRAM:
PERFORMANCES & EXPERIENCES:
Not-to-miss moments happening throughout the evening. *Some performances will occur twice.
*6:45pm & 7:30pm, PERFORMANCE, Light and Shadow, Level 1 Atrium, Hamilton Building
Grayson Fiske and Ben Weirich express the tension between light and shadow with a musical performance featuring wearable art.
*7pm & 7:45pm, IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING, The Oracle Window Cat, Level 2, Newman Overlook, Hamilton Building
Visit the Oracle Cat in his ethereal home for non-linear narrative storytelling, as performed by David Rynhart.
*7:15pm & 8pm, OFFBEAT ART TOUR, Meditation, Visualization and Somatic Practice, Level 3 Gallery, Hamilton Building
Soraya Latiff will lead visitors in a meditation around a single artwork in the Modern & Contemporary collection.
6:15pm – 8:15pm, PERFORMANCE, The Three Princes, Level 1, Creative Hub, Martin Building
Find the Three Princes for divination and songs tending to collective grief and supporting personal metamorphosis. With Fox Linnea Drickey, Alex Ammons, and Cassidy Bacon.
*6:30pm & 7:30pm, MEET THE ARTIST, Collecting Dreams, Level 1, Duncan Hall, Martin Building
Chelsea Hart will speak about her new mural for the Denver Art Museum Mural Project, and the process of collecting dreams from local Denver residents.
*7pm & 7:45pm, MUSIC, The Creative Mystic, Level 7 Gallery, Martin Building
An ethereal musical performance with guitar and voice from Felix Ayodele.
*7pm & 7:45pm, OFFBEAT ART TOUR, RAFT: The Expert and Authority of All Art, Level 6 Gallery, Martin Building
Join a satirical tour with Raft Kunstkenner; he/him; authority on art and its meaning.
*7:15pm & 8pm, INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP, Rhythmic Engagement, Rhythmic Entrainment, Level 7, Summit Room, Martin Building
Facilitated rhythmic engagement and entrainment invites participants to express themselves on provided drums/percussion through simple instructions and games, with Carl Sorensen.
8:30pm - 9:30pm, PERFORMANCE, King Bee, Level 2, Sturm Event Pavilion
King Bee: Fox Linnea Drickey, Alex Amons, Cassidy Bacon, David Rynhart, Grayson Fiske, Ben Weirich
Rainbow Chorus: Sophia Malonson, Madison Dezelsky, Mallory Burgraaff, Kaylee Keim, Karyn Murphy
Shadow Characters: Shilpi Gupta, Will Carman, Susan Lucia, Sinead Maguire, Stevie Noll

DROP-IN EXPERIENCES:
Artmaking and other drop-in experiences available during the night.
6pm - 8pm, COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY, Sturm Event Pavilion, Level 2
Blooming Void – collaborative ropemaking with Sarah Darlene
6pm - 9:30pm, ARTMAKING, Freedom, Level 1, Sky Blue Workshop, Martin Building
Join Rochelle Johnson to create a figurative abstract artwork that speaks to your identity and helps you to see freedom.
6pm - 9:30pm, TEMPORARY TATTOOS, Elevated Self, Level 1, Wild Plum Workshop, Martin Building
Adorn yourself with a temporary tattoo featuring the artwork of Morgynne Adiama Sulueti Tora, or let the artist herself draw your temporary tattoo in the moment.
6:15pm – 9pm, CULINARY CREATIVE, Shish Kabob Grill, Level 1, Ruby Red Workshop, Martin Building
Learn about the culture and lived experiences of Shish Kabob Grill while enjoying free samples.

ART INSTALLATIONS:
One-night-only installed artwork by Sarah Darlene. More information to come.