Chief Niwot, Left Hand, is certainly the most famous of our Native American Boulderites. Niwot is known as a peacemaker and as a truly great chief of the Arapaho. Lives lived large spawn legends. Left Hand has birthed several. THERE ARE NO ACTUAL IMAGES OF CHIEF NIWOT KNOWN TO EXIST. TRUE! The closest we may […]

Dona Bollard, photographer and winner of the 2024 Boulder Art Fest 2D Art Award, has shared some of her finest and most interesting historical pictures with AboutBoulder and our readers. We are blessed and grateful! Along with her museum photographs of the blood descendant of Chief Niwot, Eldred Poisal, she has shared the history of […]

To me, this is as exciting as breaking the story of Watergate. To Boulder Valley, this is the discovery of a real missing link in Boulder history, a picture of Chief Niwot (almost). Santa Fe is home to photographer-artist Dona Bollard. Dona was declared the Best 2D Artist at the Boulder Art Fest. The competition […]

Smoking a joint and breathing air on a high particulate day exposes your lungs  to a variety of harmful substances. The nature and concentration of these substances can vary significantly. Here’s a comparison based on the types of pollutants involved and a chat about health concerns and remediation: Smoking a Joint 1. Combustion Products: Smoking […]

Boulder’s Art Fest had woodworker Robert Wilhelm as an exhibitor and I loved his work! Robert, out of Santa Fe, was showing salt and pepper shakers. But not just any shakers. These whimsical wonders scream “look at me!” On the one hand with a wood lathe, some paint and we could do this too.  NOT! […]

Boulder is included in today’s smoky air alert, declaring an ozone action day alert  for Monday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has recommendations. How to stay safe during air quality alert The National Weather Service has offered the following tips on how to stay safe on Monday while the action alert day […]

Meet Gary Chaffin I admit I am overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the level of talent that visits our Boulder Mall to hang  their masterpieces for our enjoyment and hopeful purchase. IMO (in my opinion) some of the art was without question of museum quality, the artists achieving true artistic professional status. Many are in fact professional […]

Fairs, fests, exhibitions, art shows and the like have long been a place where new art styles, schools, have been displayed. One which is worthy of great attention and which gets short shrift at time is the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The Boulder Art Fest, in its final day today, Sunday, is a chance to […]

This weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday has Boulder again hosting the annual outdoor Art Fest on the Boulder Mall. Many local artists display their works, lining the already beautiful Boulder Mall. I will write a blog with “real” pictures of my Sunday visit to the Art Fest. In the meantime, in anticipation of the fundamentally […]

pics Lenny Lensworth Frieling pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling Sunsets in Boulder get all of the credit. But is that rational, fair, and a good visual decision? Photographers, painters, very fast weavers, and artists of all flavors have long known that the “golden hour,” the time of sunset and sunrise, produces a […]