Calendar of Events
October 2008, solo show at the Highland Tavern, Denver, CO
August 23 - Sept 17th, SOLO show at Meade Street Station, Denver, CO.
August 3 - August 17th, SOLO show at Dazzle Jazz Lounge, Denver, CO.
Saturday July 19th, ARTFARM Full Bloom, curated by Eric Matelski.
Saturday June 19th, handbag painting party at the Bad Kittie Salon, 2909 Colfax, www.thebadkittiesalon.com
Friday July 18th, painting one of a kind Anastasia Collection Handbags at 201 Milwaukee, Cherry Creek North, 10 am - 4 pm.
Thursday July 10th, Live Painting and group show at the Meadowlark, RiNO district in Denver 7-10 pm, 2701 Larimer Street.
4th of July weekend, see me paint live in front of Anastasia Designs boutique in the fancy Cherry Creek North District during the Cherry Creek Arts Festival Weekend, - 201 Milwaukee Street, Denver, CO
Saturday June 28th, Taste of Centerra, Arts Festival in LOVELAND, Colorado. Located at Centerra Shopping Center - exit hwy 34 from I25 (north of Denver) Live Street Painting from noon - 6 pm.
Sunday June 22, Open Studio at my studio: 855 Inca. See 5 other studios as well as browse through Translations Gallery. 10 - noon.
Thursday June 19th, at the private residence of Liz Richards, Women's Networking Event featuring over 20 of my paintings. 6-9 pm (email me lauriemaves@denverartists.com for details)
Wednesday June 18th, Live Painting at Dazzle Jazz Club located at 10th and Lincoln in Denver, with Eric Matelski 6 pm
La Piazza Dell Arte coming the first weekend in June (7th and 8th) 2008 - on Denver's Larimer Square I will have 3 works available for purchase (silent auction) and watch me work on one of my Orb eyed women.
Friday June 6th, First Friday on Santa Fe - at 9th and Santa Fe in Denver. Live painting for Artwork Network combined with my open studio at 855 Inca Street, Denver, CO.
Saturday May 31st - at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, THE MASK GALA, the final event for the Mask Project to benefit the Denver Hospice: www.themaskproject.org
Bad Girls Bad Art show - curated by Bob White, coming May 23, 2008, at the Continental Club in Denver!
Thursday May 22nd visit the Oriental Theater and watch me paint live to the music of the Missing DuFrenes and the BlueBird Equation!!! sweet! 7- 11 pm, 44th and Tennyson, Denver.
Saturday May 17th at the Soiled Dove - www.thesoileddove.com I'm painting live with Singer/songwriter, ROB Drabkin www.robdrabkin.com 7 - 10 pm
Saturday May 17th tune into KSUA 9 NEWS from 7 - 9 am for coverage of the Mask Project at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, CO. I will be appearing with Jared Steinberg....artist ectraordinaire.!!!
Wednesday May 14th. Painting live for Zebra Junction at Boulder's FOX Theater (fancy fancy). I'm truly looking forward to this - the event will be the third of a series of live painting events for this fabulous Denver band!!! see: http://www.zebrajunction.com
FRESH Fashion Market for Fashion Denver - show at the Oriental Theater, in Denver, Saturday, May 10th, noon - 7 pm - come see the latest designers and their fashions for Denver (and that now includes me and my handbags...right ON!)
Friday May 9th, Red Rocks Elementary - selling handbags to raise money for the school's Project Pride - a project to build an outdoor learning center and amphitheater.
Trunk Show at Fashion Denver- 321 W. 11th Street on Denver's Cherokee ROW. First Friday in May (2nd)...wtf I am psyched! 6-9 pm...http://www.fashiondenver.com (thanks Brandi)
The Mask Project - all lucky 13 masks I have created for the event plus the 2 paintings I created live during their promotional events will be available for bidding starting May 1, 2008. (http://www.lauriemavesart.com/maskproject08.htm) see these masks and others on display at the Cherry Creek Mall in Denver.
Tastes Wine Bar UPTOWN, 1033 E. 17th Street, Denver. Come see the new digs and the bartop I painted for them, along with new work which will be displayed the month of April. (Tastes Uptown is scheduled to open 4/15/08.)
Live Painting in April (16th and 19th) with Zebra Junction and Eric Matelski http://www.zebrajunction.com
Saturday APRIL 12th, 10 am - 2 pm Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design's (RMCAD) 2nd annual ART and MUSIC festival...be there or be square...http://www.rmcad.edu
*Friday April 11th, 2008*save the date for this HUGE art PARTY! at the new home of Liz Richards: 3637 Kalamath in NW Denver - www.lizrichardsrealestate.com .My work will be featured with Dan Berv. Come for the art, stay for the drinks and fancy company.
also on Friday April 11th at the new DITTO gallery: 1224 Speer....Right ON! www.grimedia.net
FIRST FRIDAY April 4th 855 Studios ='s OPEN STUDIO 855 Inca Street, Denver. 6-9 pm
March 7th SOLO SHOW at Square 101 gallery. www.square101.com 6-9 pm.
Also on March 7th - I made it into LAPIS GALLERY's Attic Show - a group show on the First Friday of March, as well as the first Friday of April, the 4th. www.lapisarts.com Lapis Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Painting LIVE with Eric Matelski at the Jet Hotel in Denver on Thursday February 21st from 6-8 pm for the Mask Project's young Professional's party. http://www.themaskproject.org
Painting LIVE at the Denver Art Museum: 2/9/08 for their Culture Haus Event. 7 - 11pm
Open Studio at 855 Inca, Denver, Friday February 4th - 6-9pm. Come see my new Hand Painted One of a Kind Recycled Hand Bags.
January 2008 brings new opportunies and a new studio for my painting efforts!
855 INCA in the Santa Fe Arts District will be my new art home for awhile. I will be there for open studios on the First Friday art walks. The first one to showcase some of my newer work will be Friday January 4th from 6-9pm. Come see my new space and check out the work of my studio mate - Kelly Pierce!
Saturday Janurary 12th and February 9th I will have my tree paintings I completed in collaboration with painter, Laura Kazzaz, at Bonacquisti's Winery from 11 am - 5 pm. http://www.denverwine.net/events.cfm. stop by for Wine and Chocolate Saturday February 9th!!!
I welcome the month of December and the much needed break I hope it will provide. If you would like to view my work in person, please contact me for a private showing at my home studio in Lakewood, Colorado. Or you can see my work on display at the following venues indefinitely:
David Cole and Associates, 1600 Stout Street, Denver, CO,: www.djcoleassociates.com
The Bad Kittie, 2909 Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO: www.thebadkittiesalon.com (through December 8, 2007)
December 07- February 08: I will be working on a number of masks for the Denver Hospice's annual fundraiser, "The Mask Project" www.maskproject.org.
So far I have completed one solo, one in collaboration with Denver fabric artist, Cheryl Peterson. I will also be painting masks that have been autographed by singer/performner Keith Urban, actress, Joan VanArk, as well as one for the crew of Monty Python. These as well as collaborating with a new art "opportunities creator", Artwork Network.com, www.artworknetwork.com and scheduling live painting venues with my favorite Denver curator/artist, Eric Matelski, I should keep myself busy enough for the spring of 2008. And who knows, there are always new series in the works as well as commissioned portraits.
Saturday November 3rd, and Friday November 16th 6-10pm, My painting, "The Rooster Plates" 2006, will be on display with the work of 17 other favorite Denver artists, who all have been featured as past Artists of the Month to celebrate DenverArtists.com 2nd Anniversary at Kazzaz Art Corporation, 350 S. Garfield, Denver, 80209: www.denverartists.com
November 2nd- First Friday's event at The Other Side Arts (TOSA) - group show. Come see 4 NEW WORKS created in collaboration with Laura Kazzaz, plus pieces from my newest SilveryStars series...www.theothersidearts.org Featured artists include: myself, Laura Kazzaz, Don Campbell, Deidre Hardin, and Cheryl Peterson. Opening reception, Friday Nov. 2nd, 6-10 pm. TOSA is located at: 1644 Platte Street, Denver 80202, 303.561.3000. I will be sitting the gallery on SATURDAY November 3rd from 11-2 - so come meet the artist that day. This show will come down on 11/29/07.
Also on Friday November 2nd, 6-10 pm, come to Lora Power's newest salon, the Bad Kittie, located at 2909 East Colfax in Denver, 303.377.HAIR. www.thebadkittiesalon.com She will be having a grand opening and will be featuring my artwork as part of the newest COLFAX art walk developments.
As well as the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7850 on Friday, November 2nd. Come to their annual Dia De los Muertos Celebration. I have 2 paintings that have been juried into their "Houses of the Dead" exhibition. 6-9 pm. www.lakewood.org
Thursday November 1, 5:30-7:30 pm, I will be painting live with 3 other well-known local artists at The Mask Project's annual kick off party. (details tba) "...The 2008 Mask Project opens on May 5th when hundreds of masks by renowned artists, celebrities, sports figures, political and community leaders go on display in the prestigious Cherry Creek Shopping Center. The Mask Project is free and open to the public, with hundreds of masks on display in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center from May 5 to May 31, 2008..." see more information for bidding and event details at www.themaskproject.org
Saturday October 13th, BAREWALLS. Live Painting Event for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago,IL. I will be painting Live for my alma mater's annual fundraiser.
Friday Oct 12th and Sat Oct 13th. Bad Art for Bad People's ZOMBIE PARTY. I will have at least 2 paintings and some of my new prints for sale at this amazingly goulish event. Located at the Flying Dog Brewery. www.badartforbadpeople.com
Wednesday October 10th, 6 pm at Dazzle in Downtown Denver located between 9th and 10th on Lincoln, I will be painting live that evening. Come for some great music, art and drinks!
October 6th - Denver Center for Performing Arts - 6-7:30 pm. I am SO VERY fortunate to show with some of Denver's finest artists including Marie Gibbons, Eric Matelski and Jimmy Sellars. One night only to celebrate Denver's ART WEEK.
September 22, 2007, ART FARM "Harvest" Show, Denver Urban Garden's West Washington Park site at 2nd and Grant in Denver. 4-7 pm.
September 21, 2007: 2 Shows to see at the Lakewood Cultural Center: 1) "HOUSES of the DEAD" juried show. 2 of my paintings can be seen in this fabulous group show in the South Gallery located at 480 S. Allison Parkway in Lakewood, CO. This show will have its reception on Friday November 2nd (Dia de los Muertos). 2) "Lakewood City Limits" juried show. Come see my "Venus 2 Frida" painting on display through November 3rd.
September 2007, THE RED ROOM, in Downtown Denver - solo show organized by the Scattered Arts Collective. 10 PAINTINGS - most of the from my TREE SERIES....
AUGUST 16th, LIVE PAINTING AT THE GOTHIC Theater, Denver, Colorado, with S.M. Kirk, at the gracious request of ZEBRA JUNCTION...see them play while we paint from 9 - 10 pm.
August 1, 2007 - September 1, 2007, "Grandmother's Collages and the Meadowlark...": solo show at Smoky Hill Library, Centennial, Colorado 80015 Phone: 303-693-7449
Saturday July 21st: ART FARM's "Full Bloom" show at Lowry Garden (Beeler Street and Pavillion Place) in Denver. Group show from 4 - 7 pm
Monday July 9th: RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATER - LIVE PAINTING to the live music of Zebra Junction and working side by side with NBC's "LAST COMIC STANDING WINNER" Comedian JOSH BLUE, Eric Matelski and Matt Kirk, http://www.redrocksonline.com/news_details.asp?id=16 Doors open at 6 pm, band and painting begins on the Main Stage at 7:00 pm
FIRST FRIDAY on Sante Fe Art Walk, JULY 6th - 20th, SoulRise Gallery, with my Frida and Venus Series....6-9 pm (on 7/6/07), just east on 8th at the corner of 8th and Sante Fe in Denver, Colorado.
May 2007 - NOW, Dynamis Art, 60 E. San Francisco, St. Suite 118, Sante Fe, NM: http://www.dynamisart.com
June 8th-10th 2007, The Art of Drinking Event, at Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO. Group Show with 40 artists from around the nation
June 1, 2007, Art O Mart, at Capsule Event Center, 560 Sante Fe Dr., 303.623.3460, as part of Denver's First Friday Art Walks, 6-10pm, http://www.capsuledenver.com
May 26th, 2007, ART FARM Denver Urban Gardens Event - 3825 Shoshone St., Denver, 10am - 6 pm
May 23rd - June 6th, 2007
, works on display at Mynt Mohito Lounge, 1424 Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Artist's Reception, Friday May 25th, 7-10 pm. http://www.lotusentertainment.net/mynt/mynt_main.html
