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Shawn Narcensio

The Artists: Oh, the View from Up Here; How Nancy Smith turned a childhood love of dangling from trees into dance

November 30, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

Nancy Smith, founder of Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Company, confessed that the movements of animals or bugs don’t really influence her aerial dance choreography. However, one can’t help but see a caterpillar’s fate in her story. As someone trained in…

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The Artists: The Way To Be Uncivilized

October 23, 2024 2 0 Shawn Narcensio

How political cartoonist Jim Morrissey sees the world

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The Artists: A Whole Crew in the Dog House

September 30, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

Kenny and Liz Vasko’s Hero’s Journey creating Dog House Music Studios

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The Artists: Now You Hear Me

August 29, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

How ZBassSpeaks was given life and voice through the power of poetry

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Afterschool Programs: Socialization and Innovative Education

August 28, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

How afterschool programs can help close gaps in student learning and social skills

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The Artists: An Inheritance of Hope

August 1, 2024 2 0 Shawn Narcensio

For Helanius J. Wilkins, a multihyphenate choreographer, it’s about the conversation. During the interview, Wilkins reached back to Louisiana, where his artistic journey began, narrating every significant milestone as we trekked the path that led him to Boulder, where he…

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The Artists: A Trail Across Oil-slicked Rainbows

June 13, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

Traveling painter David Sockrider is living the artist’s dream

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The Artists: Rocks in the Glass House

May 7, 2024 2 0 Shawn Narcensio

Ascending the bends of Bellevue Drive towards the Glass House up near the reach of the Flatirons, the phrase “big guy upstairs” became a touchstone of my conversation with Matt McMullan, award-winning architect and designer of the Glass House. Having…

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The Artists: A Fit for Found Pieces

March 23, 2024 Like 0 Shawn Narcensio

How illustrator Steve Skelton reignited his passion for art through puzzle making. Completing a puzzle is as close as one can get to completing a work of art without creating it. Having a clear view of a picture in one’s…

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Black History: A Little Grace for Mr Popo

February 22, 2024 1 0 Shawn Narcensio

The Evolution of Black Characters in Animation from West to East The most memorable whisper passed across the fifth-grade playground of my youth was the existence of four secret characters in the classic fighting game “Street Fighter II.” Not only…