Some of you who are coming to Denver for AWP might be interested to know (and you probably didn't know) that Denver is home to a burgeoning hand-made movement, and Create Denver Week, one of its creatures, sanctioned by the city, begins on Saturday with a pop-up market just blocks from the convention center, described thus by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs:
Create Denver Commons: Paper Art + Pop-Up Market.
Produced by DOCA + Brian Corrigan
Pop-Up Market by Samuel Schimek of 15 min.
Sat, April 10 - Sat, April 17 11:00AM - 7:00PM
1600 Glenarm Place, Ste. 110 (across from the Paramount Theater)
Using this premium storefront space, DOCA will create an "economic garden" installation and pop-up store that visually represents growing Denver's creative sector. The installation will be designed by local professional artists and seeks to engage the community by asking them to help contribute to the garden participating in flower making workshops. All made from recycled paper, the installation will include flowers, garlands, garden monsters and laser cut cardboard cutouts.
Samuel Schimek, creative mind behind 15 min., will champion the Create Denver Pop-Up Store that will feature 100% Denver designed goods. Examples of merchandise are clothing, furniture, books, posters, art and jewelry.
In addition, we will continue to engage the public by inviting them to write their ideas on how to grow Denver's creative economy at designated areas in the space during both the flower making sessions and the pop-up store hours. We will capture this information on large pieces of white butcher paper that will later be used in future Create Denver endeavors.
Here's how Samuel himself describes it:
Installation of the POP-Up store is underway now. We are gathering great products designed in Denver to be featured in the store. Construction of the store is almost entirely of recycled cardboard boxes!
The Store opens April 10th and is open until April 17th. Business hours will be 11am - 7pm daily! Visitors can enjoy artwork, clothing, jewelry, paper products, and many other items all from Denver designers and artists.
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