This year, Andy Warhol’s birthday falls on one of the Santa Fe Art District‘s First Friday events in Denver… August 6, to be exact. And the Art District is celebrating in a big, big way with Warhol-themed events throughout the 50-plus gallery district all evening. Already home to the largest First Friday Art Walk in the nation, Santa Fe Drive is pulling out all the stops to pay homage to one of the art world’s most recognized icons.
Planned events include:
WARHOLOVE: a juried open show
at Niza Knoll Gallery, 915 Santa Fe
Show runs August 6-29
Exploding Santa Fe
Inevitable After-Party
at Space Gallery, 9 pm-midnight
with Velvet Underground cover band, Sweet Nothin’
Canned Soup Drive
CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive
Everybody’s a Warhol: Photo Booth
at Anthony Camera Studio
900 Santa Fe Drive, Behind CORE
Put on the Warhol wig and glasses–bam–you’re Andy!
Andy Warhol Screen Test
Starring Justin Simoni as Andy Warhol
Get your 15 minutes of fame on camera!
Location to be announced
Andy Warhol Birthday Cake
at Boxcar Gallery, 554 Santa Fe Drive
Cake Cutting and Birthday Song at 8:30 pm
Andy Warhol “Geronimo” Posters
Limited Editions! at the Center for Visual Art
965 Santa Fe Drive
Andy Warhol Look-Alike Contest
Win Warhol-themed prizes!
Glovinsky Gallery, 800 W. 8th Ave.
Robots Decorated with Warhol Art
Gamma Two Robotics, 209 Kalamath
…and more events are being planned!
Admission is free and open to the public. For more info, go to DanaCain.com.
