By Ray Mark Rinaldi Sunday, Dec 27 2020

…features 28 of Denver’s best artists…

Self-care: Redline Contemporary Arts Center. Redline Arts Center has become the go-to place for creatives in need. Not only does it support visual artists by giving them free studio space and mentoring, it also sponsors crucial art and funding programs that make art accessible to everyone — from the homeless people in its Curtis Park neighborhood to the art-savvy masses who visit its changing gallery shows. This year, RedLine came through meaningfully with Checking In, a series of exhibitions and events meant to give artists whose work had been cut off from the public legit places to exhibit. One example: RedLine’s current show,  also called “Checking In,” which features 28 of Denver’s best artists and is serving as “an emergency placeholder for a lost past and an unknown future.” Yes, there are barriers to seeing the exhibit — appointments, masks, time limits, resistance to leaving the house — but it includes important, of-the-moment work that deserves to be viewed.

By  Michael Paglia  Tuesday, Feb 14 2012

...but there are some standouts, including the...sophisticated painting by...A. Miriam Green

Guilty Pleasures. Although juried shows are typically open — meaning anyone doing any kind of work can enter — sometimes they have themes, as is the case with this year's annual at Spark, titled Guilty Pleasures. The juror is William Biety, who ran the Sandy Carson Gallery and, later, the van Straaten Gallery, and currently has his own business: Space-Editor, an art consultancy. Biety took an anything-goes approach in interpreting the idea of "guilty pleasures," and the result is a free-for-all. As could be expected, there are some goofy and funky interpretations of the theme — but there are also some standouts, including the interesting sculptures by Jeanette Bush, April Noble and Ted Fish and the sophisticated paintings by Christian Bailey, Barbara Yeatch, A. Miriam Green and Gabriel Luis Perez. The two Perez pieces are especially contemporary-looking. The pop-y, photo-based works of roadside scenes by Kelly McCormack and the unusual wall-reliefs made of cut pieces of wood by Chris DeKnikker are also very nice. Through February 26 at Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, 720-889-2200, sparkgallery.com