Located just north of downtown Denver, RiNo includes a remarkable concentration of over 50 creative businesses, including architects, art galleries, ceramic artists, designers, furniture makers, illustrators, painters, media artists, photographers, sculptors and an array of studio spaces.

While retaining its industrial roots, the RiNo neighborhood is now fertile ground for arts and artists. The River North Art District is dedicated to promoting and supporting the 150+ artists that live and work in the area. 50% of the art focused businesses in the neighborhood own their own spaces. As advocates for artists, RiNo also encourages developers and city agencies to embrace the artistic personality of the neighborhood. Several RiNo locations are open for First Fridays, Denver Arts Week and their annual Open Studio Tours. For more information on RiNo visit their web site at www.rinoart.org.



Plus Gallery has enriched Denver's contemporary art scene since 2001, providing one of the leading, reputable platforms for prestigious artist representation and exhibitions of note in the region. The gallery was named "Art Space of the Year" in 2009 by the Denver Post. Plus Gallery represents Bill Amundson, William Betts, Karen McClanahan, Jenny Morgan, Riva Sweetrocket, Mike Whiting, Dave Yust and many other of the top artists from Denver and around the nation.



Weilworks See the space between thought and art. Weilworks is owned and operated by local artist Tracy Weil. This breakthrough art space hosts a regular series of contemporary exhibitions and events.

Painting for over 20 years, Weil is known for his bold use of color. Unabashed and expressive, Weil's zest for people and life emerges clearly in bright works thick with paint. Weil has also been working in bronze, iron, recycled materials and clay transforming his imagery into sculpture and public art.



Lisa Kowalski Studio and Gallery is a space to view finished works and works in progress.

"Everything in life inspires me, not quite with direct interpretation, but as I see and experience faces, words, gestures, colors and shapes Ð all of it Ð I am always looking and reacting to the energy around me. These explorations evoke sensations in the viewer that are not bounded by the literal, but can be broadly identified as physical, spiritual or psychological."



Plinth Gallery Jonathan Kaplan is a well known and visible presence in contemporary American ceramics for over 40 years. His new work of slip cast assembled vessels references the Moche Culture of Northwest Coat of Peru dating between 100-800 CE.

Plinth Gallery is a premier exhibition space for collectible ceramic art in Denver and provides an educational forum for the introduction of clay arts to our community. The Gallery provides an intimate and ever-changing exhibition space for outstanding ceramic forms, whether uniquely sculptural or purely functional; and by artists both newly emerging, and the very well-recognized. Plinth Gallery is a recipient of a Denver Mayor's Design Award.



Ironton Studios & Gallery Complete with metal fabricating facilities, two woodshops, sculpture and painting studios, Ironton is a place for artists to collaborate with one another and engage the public through the gallery and open studios. Andy Berg, Sharon Feder & Hadley Hooper maintain painting studios at Ironton.



Ice Cube Gallery is a contemporary fine art co-op providing space for critical dialogue and monthly exhibits for artists who are pushing beyond the norm and out of their comfort zones. Members have the desire to broaden their aesthetic, process, material and conceptual base. Located in the Dry Ice Factory.



Pattern Shop Studio Winner of architectural and design awards, the spectacular Pattern Shop Studio displays work by resident artist Sharon Bond Brown and many other local and regional artists. Summer 2010: Sharon Bond Brown. Fall: Michael Ensminger, Roger Rapp, and Jeff Richards.



Hadley Hooper uses non-traditional printmaking and painting techniques to create iconic paintings and illustrations. The images are unsentimental, emphatic representations of subjects and objects caught in moments of creation and entropy. Text is often used as an armature for the work, with humor and pathos offered in equal parts.



Andy Berg Artists can use line and color to represent or to abstract the world of appearances. Andy Berg uses line and color to signify the experience of being in the world. With no preconceived structure, he intuitively makes marks and applies paint in a push toward revelation.



Sharon Feder
Contemporary urban landscape paintings using color, structure and volume to explore the architecture and choreography of our existence. Representation: Michele Mosko Fine Art is featuring Feder's work in The Architect Within, through July 30 at 136 West 12th Avenue (303) 534-5433 in Denver's Golden Triangle.