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One year since the Rhinoceropolis evictions, Denver DIY struggles as the city welcomes Meow Wolf
The DIY community helped draw the formerly DIY, now profitable Meow Wolf to Denver. But as the city celebrates, those artists feel jilted.
Denver announces $300,000 Safe Creative Spaces Fund
The announcement comes right in between the anniversaries of the Dec. 2 fire at the Ghost Ship DIY art space in Oakland killed 36 people and the Dec. 8 shutdown of Denver DIY spaces Rhinoceropolis and Glob.
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Meow Wolf grants give lifelines to Denver art nonprofits and DIY spaces
The continued existence and success of the 19 Denver grant recipients means continued support for the city's creatives.
Denver artists will get more time to bring their spaces into compliance, but what they really need is money
Denver City Council voted 12-0 to approve a first-of-its-kind "safe occupancy" program to preserve DIY art spaces, but concerns remain.
Denver Arts & Venues is giving $20K to the Meow Wolf DIY & Alternative Creative Spaces Grant
Almost two months after Denver Arts & Venues announced that it had allotted $20,000 to "safe creative spaces," we now know how that money will be used.
Denver allots $20K for “safe creative spaces,” artists ask for help and clear plan
It was largely information we've heard before -- except for these three things.
DIY space Seventh Circle Music Collective passes Denver Fire inspection
At least one of Denver's DIY venues can rest easy for now.
Denver DIY space Juice Church gets inspected by the city, no one is displaced
The wave of inspections at Colorado DIY art spaces continued today when the city responded to a call to check on Juice Church.
Denver will host a forum on “safe creative spaces” in January
Denver Fire and Community Planning & Development have announced that they'll host a community forum on "safe creative spaces and artspace collaboration."
Q&A: Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, on his 6 years living at Rhinoceropolis and more
Though he lives in Brooklyn now, Rhinoceropolis is a place that he still calls home, and he explained its importance to Denverite.
What DIY spaces like Denver’s Rhinoceropolis and Glob do that others don’t — and what their options are now
DIY art communities around the country have a problem, and so do the cities now scrambling to identify them and prevent another Ghost Ship fire.
Three observations: Red Sox hammer Rockies 10-3
The Colorado Rockies lost their third-straight game, as starter Chad Bettis got rocked. Here's what we can take away from the loss.