![]() ![]() His studio and gallery - then called Santa Fe Pottery and now called Artists on Santa Fe - is the oldest on the strip. You could date the start of it all back 36 years, to the year Macy Dorf came to Santa Fe Drive. But the Art District on Santa Fe organized long before then and the galleries have been there even longer.Īrtists On Santa Fe, Santa Fe Drive, Aug. When Colorado decided to start certifying creative districts across the state, the Art District on Santa Fe was one of the first two, along with the Salida Creative District. ![]() The Art District on Santa Fe is, technically speaking, Denver’s oldest art district. The district started because it was cheap, and First Friday started because of a coincidence. It’s been the Art District on Santa Fe’s best advertisement since before the district formally existed and it embodies much of what it’s about: accessibility and community. Whatever your price point and interest in art, there’s something for everyone.” There’s highbrow art, there’s lowbrow art, there’s contemporary studios, there’s performance art. “Everyone is open, and it’s open to everyone. “The First Friday Art Walk, on one hand, it’s not always a revenue generator for the businesses. However, it’s a really unpretentious foray into the art world if you’ve never stepped foot into a gallery,” Art District on Santa Fe President Amy Phare said. On its biggest night of the year, galleries were packed as people wandered, beverages in hand, from studios to food trucks to a live music stage. The event has been happening for more than a decade, drawing a growing and changing crowd in a growing and changing city. Four blocks along the gallery-laden strip and its side streets have been fenced off and occupied by 15,000 people and dozens of food trucks for the biggest First Friday Art Walk of the year.Įvery month, galleries on and around the stretch from Seventh to 11th avenues leave their doors open late for a neighborhood-wide reception. It’s a blustery but mercifully cool summer evening in Denver, and Santa Fe Drive is buzzing. ![]()
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