The Digest | New Jersey Magazine
Issue link: https://magazines.vuenj.com/i/925836
In Denver, the art and music scenes find themselves incorporating quite oen. On the last Friday of each summer month, a grassroots arts and music event called Final Friday takes place in the city's various art districts. On Final Friday, art galleries, music venues and local businesses stay open late and invite the community to spend a warm, summer night traversing the city and participating in a free-flowing kind of cultural exchange. Wristband purchases of just $5 support this event and go a long way in revitalizing a sense of community and appreciation for local art and music. Artopia is an annual celebration of art, fashion, culture and music, hosted by the popular Denver blog Westword. Taking place in e Church, a multi-floor music and dance hall, this event emphasizes art that can be created before your eyes. Painters, sculptors, musicians and performers fill e Church and offer guests a full immersion in the artistic process. Much like Final Friday, Artopia invites local vendors to participate in their event—allowing the community's love of art and music to simultaneously support local businesses and the Denver economy. is culture of support, whether between the art and business communities, or the people of Colorado and the art organizations they happily fund with their taxes and their votes, is what makes Denver's culture unique and worthy of emulation. VUE ON TRAVEL