BLOCK 7
Design imitates life. Life responds.
Belmar features design and fine art works from the region including furniture, graphic design, interiors, fabric design, photography, art education and more. Through partnerships with design, business professionals, artists and students, Block 7 has been created to serve as the center for a synergy of artists and designers in the Denver art community. Seven individual storefronts and one main gallery house a dynamic schedule of exhibits and events.
For more information please call 303-837-1341.
Happenings:
Ink Lounge Gallery | inkloungegallery.com
445 S. Saulsbury | Studio H
VOLUME: Posters & Art from Jay Vollmar's Basement
Westword Art Director, Screen Printer, and 3D Artist, Jay Vollmar, will show a variety of works pulled from the depths of his collection. Students are invited for an informal chat with Vollmar about printmaking and graphic design at 4:30pm, before the opening.
Exhibit opening Friday, August 1, 6-9p
Anam Cara Living Arts Studio & Gallery
445 S. Saulsbury | Studio B
With & Without:
A solo art exhibit by Kyle Carpenter
Carpenter's latest works in spray paint on varied mediums are a visual
playground
Exhibit opening Friday, August 1, 6-9p
Flash Gallery | workingwithartists.com
445 S. Saulsbury | Studios A-C
Third Annual Member's Show featuring Photographic & Photo-based Mixed Media
Exhibit opening Friday, August 1, 6-9p
Working With Artists, Belmar's photography school, offers year-round photography workshops and classes-beginning to professional!
Beginning and Continuing photo classes start monthly in Belmar, weekend workshops change every month and include programs in Adobe Photoshop, Digital Printing, Portraiture, Figure, Landscape, Special Processes and more! Prices range from $45 - $400 for local programs. International programs are offered annually in Spain, France, Indonesia and Australia.
Working with Artists- 445 South
Saulsbury / Main Gallery Lakewood, CO 80226
For more information or to register call WWA at 303.837.1341 or visit
www.workingwithartists.org.
Flash, A Working with Artists Space
The WWA gallery offers a new photographic exhibit every month featuring work from established and emerging artists - local, regional, national, and international. Calls for Entries are open to everyone and are posted monthly for each upcoming show. Coffee with the Juror is usually scheduled during the show and the public is invited to attend free of charge.
3rd Thursday Art & Ideas in Block 7
A different presenter is scheduled every month on 3rd Thursdays at FLash, A Working with Artists Space ($6 Members/$10 General), followed by an open critique (FREE Admission) - photographic artists are encouraged to bring 2-4 prints for friendly feedback. Visit www.workingwithartists.org and click on EVENTS or QUICK REFERENCE links for more details.
Open Studios and Special Events
All the Block 7 artists and designers offer regular events and activities along with their regular merchandise and services. Stop by the studios for more information and be sure to join their e-mail lists.
On the Block:
GIMME GIMME PILLOW TOAST
Hey! We're really excited about
our new store and we're having a fun party with cool Japanese music, videos,
Beer, Pocky, Coffee, Vietnamese Coffee Cupcakes and more!
In case you're not already in the know...Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast brings
you an amazing selection of one of a kind and hand-chosen Asian pop-culture
items. Most things you will not find anywhere else! We carry clothes,
accessories, snacks (including many different kinds of Pocky!), toys,
housewares, media (videos, books, magazines, etc) and stationary...a lot
of wacky stuff!
Gimme Gimme Pillow Toast Open WED-SUN, NOON to 7p
445 S. SAULSBURY, Space E
303.872.7706
Denver, Japan (otherwise known as Lakewood!)
IDAHOSTEW
The folks over at IdahoStew
like to think of themselves as modern-day storytellers, using creative
skills to make their clients' stories heard.
Their studio, letter G, is an urban oasis of wood grain and astro-turf,
where ideas flourish and great tales are told.
303.321.7101
INK LOUNGE GALLERY
Experience various printmaking
techniques including screen printing, letterpress, lithography, etching,
etc. We’re looking to quench that dry mouth creative thirst kind of feeling
for the arts of printmaking.
They are in Studio H! Look for Workshops in 2008!
For more information visit: www.InkLoungeGallery.com 303.321.7101
MGW
MGW is a custom sewing business featuring home interiors and alterations--windows, bedding, pillows, cushions, slipcovers, and hemming. MGW is located in Studio F.
WORKING WITH ARTISTS
Working with Artists is a nonprofit art school offering programs focused in the photographic arts. Workshops and classes are offered year-round in our professional studio and digital classroom. WWA is located in studios A through C, and their gallery FLASH is in the middle of the block.