Illiterate Film Night Thursday: Stingray Sam (Official Screening)
On Thursday night, July 8, Illiterate is proud to present Cory McAbee's follow-up to his gritty, interstellar western musical, American Astronaut. Shown in six consecutive episodes, STINGRAY SAM hurtles across the galaxy as a dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. $5 admission...Read more
Illiterate Opening This Friday: Ravi Zupa's
PRESENTS "The Pyre" New Works by Ravi Zupa JULY 2 - JULY 30, 2010 Opening Reception FRIDAY JULY 2, 6PM click for directions To schedule a private showing call Illiterate at or email us at ABOUT THE EXHIBIT Temperatures rise at Illiterate as Ravi Zupa engulfs the gallery with his searingly sharp representations of the past and present. Historical styles are collected and rearranged as the kindling for drawings, paintings and sculptures that blaze with the intensity of a modern man’s angst as he attempts to place his own contemporary struggles amongst turmoils in...Read more
Illiterate Film Artist Series: Jason Appleton Presents Battle in Heaven
Each month on the last Thursday of the month, Illiterate invites it's exhibiting artist(s) to present a film in relation to their artwork in the gallery. On Thursday June 24 at 8PM, artist Jason Appleton presents Battle in Heaven, a sexually charged story of intrigue and salvation set in modern Mexcio, directed and written by Carlos Reygadain....Read more
Illiterate Film Night: American Astronaut Official Screening
It's official, tonight, Thursday, June 10, Illiterate screens the widely acclaimed intergalactic frontier musical, American Astronaut. "Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Written, directed, and starring Cory McAbee of the legendary cult band The Billy Nayer Show, this sci-fi, musical-western uses flinty black and white photography, rugged Lo-Fi sets and the spirit of the final frontier. We follow Curtis on his Homeric journey to provide the all-female planet of Venus with a suitable male, while pursued by an enigmatic killer, Professor Hess. The film features music by ...Read more
The Mix Tape Release Reading: Denver Edition
Answering the battle cry to human evolution's call for shorter and shorter attention spans, comes the June release of The Mix Tape--the new international anthology of 1,000 words or less fiction from Fast Forward Press. Stay tuned for a full review of the entire book, coming soon to an Illiterate Fiction Section blog spot near you. Right now all you need to know is that the annual Fast Forward Flash Fiction anthologies have managed to gather some of the best new writing out there, and that at this particular event a handful of extremely entertaining fuckers will be reading from the new edition. “Fun will be provided.” --Super Troopers and ...Read more
Illiterate Opening: Jason Appleton Saturday, June 5
New Works By Jason Appleton June 5 - June 25, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 5, 6PM Illiterate (click for directions) To schedule a private showing starting Friday June 4, call Illiterate at or email us at About The Exhibiton On Saturday June 5, Illiterate welcomes the prolific artist Jason Appleton to the gallery for a solo exhibition of new works. After a self imposed art world hiatus, Appleton emerges to unleash the culmination of these years spent honing new developments in his energetic art, including multiple new series.&nb...Read more
Tonight! Illiterate Film Night: Artist Series - An Even With The Group Show Artists
You've seen their artwork, now learn where it comes from! Starting tonight, each month the exhibiting artist(s) at Illiterate will take over one our Thursday Film Nights to present and discuss movies, segments and shorts in relation to their own work. Grab some popcorn, take a seat and take a look beyond the wall into the influences behind the art. Tonight at 8PM we start off the Film Night: Artist Series with Illiterate's four studio artists, Sander Lindeke, Katherine Rutter, David Coccagna and Andrew Hoffman who are currently exhibiting as part of the Group Show (Closing on Friday!). Oh and in case you're wondering, admission is FREE! ...Read more
Thursday = Film Night - Pick The Flick: Homeless
Shut up. So I lost a stupid film competition because the two stoners who showed Illiterate's April Pick The Flick Film Night got bored during a movie about the perils of smoking marijuana. Big f$#@*%# deal! The real travesty is that now Illiterate's Director, inflated by his sham victory, has truly begun to show his inner charlattan *#$*rag colors, calling himself "The Director of Destruction" and claiming that he's going to make a two month sweep by beating this month's contender. DONT LET THAT F$*#TARD WIN! MAY 20th's Theme: HOMELESS The theme for this month is "Homeless" and of course the Illiterate boob who stepped up as the challenger isn't going to make it ea...Read more
White Out Poster Show This Thursday!
At Illiterate you create and vote on new art. At Mountain Dew you create and vote on new flavors of a caffeinated beverage that will keep you up all night so you can make more new art. One of three teams competing in the cross country DEWmocracy Flavor Campaign, Team White Out is campaigning through Denver and coming to Illiterate to secure the creative constituency for their flavor. How? By hosting a black and white screen print show featuring an incredible lineup of illustrators and designers. The low-run series of prints will be on sale for $20 each with proceeds donated to a local arts charity. If that doesn't get you casting a ballot, what about a free live performance by Jos...Read more
Illiterate Group Show
On Friday, May 7 The Illiterate Group Show opens, an exhibition without bounds, featuring new works by Illiterate's four studio artists: David Coccagna, Andrew Hoffman, Sander Lindeke and Katherine Rutter.Working alongside one another at Illiterate, each created individually cohesive series to collectively form an exhibition emancipated from premise. four studio artists who have created individually cohesive bodies of work alongside one another to form an exhibition void of uniformity and emancipated from premise. However displayed together these four separate bodies of work enter into surprising conversations, creating a dialog of unexpected connections. Pieces range from figurati...Read more
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tags: Illiterate Group Show 2010 Sander Lindeke David Coccagna Katherine Rutter Andrew Hoffman