Kevin Beaty

Visual journalist

kbeaty@denverite.com @kevinjbeaty @kevinjbeaty

Staunch creative and engineer of .gifs, photos, video, illustrations and sometimes words. Find him on Twitter and Instagram at @kevinjbeaty.

Meow Wolf's Kaleidoscape at Elitch Gardens, April 12, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Take a trip through Meow Wolf’s new ride at Elitch Gardens

The art collective remade an Elitch Gardens attraction to keep Denver satisfied until their big show opens in 2020, a move that will, hopefully, be mutually beneficial.

Nga Vuong-Sandoval testifies to the Colorado Senate's State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee on SB 230, which would enshrine the state's commitment to resettling refugees in law, April 8, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado lawmakers are moving forward with an effort to ensure a steady flow of money for refugees

A bill that would lock the state into regularly seeking and providing aid for resettlement just passed Senate committee.

I-70 to close completely between Colorado Boulevard and I-270 this weekend

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District 9 candidate Jonathan Woodley (left to right) and mayoral candidates Pendfield Tate and Kayln Rose Heffernan ride an eastbound #3 bus. Denver Streets Partnership's Amazing Denver Mobility Race, April 4, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Talking about transit is something politicians do a lot. Let’s see how they experience it.

The Denver Streets Partnership stunt was meant to instill municipal candidates with a sense of urgency on transportation issues.

An oil and gas operation, March 9, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Polis’s squeeze on ozone will mostly affect oil and gas operators

Much of the ozone measured in Colorado comes from cars and oil and gas operations. In a region long out of compliance with federal standards, the state can only really crack down on one.

Gov. Jared Polis (left) raises a fist alongside Ramon Del Castillo during Denver's annual Cesar Chavez Day celebration at Su Teatro on Santa Fe Drive, March 30, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Immigration talk and politicos crowded Denver’s annual Cesar Chavez Day celebration

It was not lost on attendees that Gov. Polis' speech came on the heels of policy talk that disappointed some in the Chicano movement.

Colorado Guardian Angel Grizzly hugs Apache outside of their Colfax Avenue headquarters after she announced she'll be moving soon to Arizona, March 23, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

After 25 years on patrol, the Colorado Guardian Angels reach the end of an era

Sally "Apache" Martinez has held the local chapter together all this time. Now she's ready to retire.

Justin Cyrus, founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost, a startup that specializes in atmostpheric monitoring, lights a match under one of the air monitoring systems his company built for the city of Denver. The red lights indicate pollution is present. July 2, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver hopes to roll out the nation’s “most comprehensive” air monitoring network

It's about more than informing us what's in the air — it's about teaching kids and helping balance inequitable health outcomes.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette speaks to press at Focus Points in Elyria Swansea about a measure she'll introduce to limit releases of hydrogen cyanide, March 19, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

DeGette will try to clamp down on hydrogen cyanide emissions, but will it matter?

The congresswoman pointed specifically to Suncor, the tar sands refinery just over Denver's northern border, as a site that's currently allowed to choose its own limits.

A vigil for the victims of a massacre at a Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque at the Colorado Muslim Society, March 16, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado’s largest mosque to rethink security following white supremacist massacre in New Zealand

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