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Stepping Back and Giving Thanks NOVEMBER IS OFTEN MARKED AS A TIME FOR REFLECTION AND PEACE— HOLDING SPACE TO LOOK BACK ON THE YEAR’S EVENTS AND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT’S WORTH CARRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Historically, the month seems to be the calm before the holiday whirlwind of food, family and festivities.

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This month is also Native American Heritage Month. A time we stop to pay tribute by recognizing the contributions and sacrifices of Native Americans and celebrating their rich and diverse cultures, traditions and ancestry. Look for incredible work by Indigenous artists in the pages that follow. In this issue, we shine the spotlight on those giving back and lifting each other up, through their own unique work, who have gone above and beyond. We peek behind the curtain at good—really, really good—things happening. There is always so much to be thankful for, isn’t there?

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INSIDE THE ISSUE NOVEMBER 2021 FEATURES 30 Artist Topher Straus is One With Nature His Collection of Art Represents an Unconventional Approach to Depicting Landscapes

40 Celebrating Three Indigenous Artists for Native American Heritage Month JayCee Beyale, Anna Tsouhlarakis and Melanie Yazzie Create Art for the Community, Inspired by Their Navajo Upbringings

52 Getting to Know Liz Vehko We Sit Down With Liz Vehko, Co-owner of Shaver-Ramsey Fine & Custom Rugs Located in the Cherry Creek Neighborhood

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24 Around Town 30 Artist’s Palette 48 Hot Spot 52 Inspired By 56 City Scene 64 Parting Thoughts

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ARTIST’S PALETTE

Artist

Topher Straus is One With Nature

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HIS COLLECTION OF ART REPRESENTS AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO DEPICTING LANDSCAPES

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ARTIST’S PALETTE (CONTINUED)

TOPHER STRAUS IS A FINE ARTIST WHO

thinks through his craft with both logic

HAS A CREATIVE YET METHODICAL

and emotion. Much like the unrepeatable

APPROACH TO HIS ARTISANSHIP. One

methods artists have for creating, observ-

look upon his art, and it is apparent that

ers experience art uniquely as well. For

he is one with nature. New adventures, fun

Topher, this is the most valuable aspect of

hobbies and the great outdoors inspire his

art. “We all take in art differently. It’s such

collections of large scale paintings.

a powerful medium. Art inspires people to

There seems to be this perceived notion

think and feel.”

that an artist is an individual who only

To interpret something so uniquely from

spontaneously creates. This is quite the

the person sitting next to us, truly is remark-

opposite for Topher.

able. Although human minds encapsulate

“My work is very calculated. I wake up

art differently, it is still powerful enough to

every day, around 5 or 6:30, and I try to

bring people together. “Art is a form of con-

get work done before my son wakes up for

nection. It is a way to communicate thoughts

school. It is very hard work,” Topher says.

and ideas. Due to COVID, this is what is

His creativity comes alive through a very

most important now more than ever. We are

methodical process, giving attention to

learning the importance of connection and

every detail. It is evident that he thoroughly

how to connect again,” Topher says. CONTINUED >

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“Art is a form of connection. It is a way to communicate thoughts and ideas.” Courtesy Topher Straus

Courtesy Topher Straus

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ARTIST’S PALETTE (CONTINUED)

Topher believes that one way we connect

about adventure and experience. “I immerse

as human beings is through our appreciation

myself in the environment. I stay in hostels, I

for nature—his current muse. The message

hitchhike to the top of mountains, I meet with

he hopes to communicate through his latest

locals, and I get on my bike and ride from zero

work is the preservation of nature. In view-

to ten-thousand feet above sea level.”

ing Topher’s natural landscapes, one may

Embarking on great adventures plays a

feel motivated to experience the wonder of

huge role in his artistry; it is his favorite

the great outdoors. “People have a personal

way to capture the richness and authen-

connection with nature. Nature has given

ticity of a scene.

me so much and has filled my canvases over

However, in the beginning, art never

the years. The iconic vistas and views that

crossed Topher’s mind. While attending

I capture really resonate with people and

Kent Denver School he gained experience

even first-time collectors.”

working as an actor. Later, he went on to

It is no secret that artists do unexpected

attend Syracuse University’s film school in

things to set themselves apart from creators

New York where he received a Bachelor of

in their same media. With just one glimpse

Fine Arts. He was surrounded by students

at Topher’s work, his signature style immedi-

who had been creating art their whole lives,

ately becomes memorable. By using modern

and that is how he learned his craft.

technology and methods that are fairly new

His focus remained on making movies,

to the art scene, he creates in a way that is

directing, acting and producing films. Upon

very rarely utilized by other fine artists. He

graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and

begins with a photograph of a natural land-

worked with Academy Award-winning direc-

scape and examines the photo. He seeks the

tors Robert Altman and Curtis Hanson. He

most intriguing aspects of the image and

continued his film career in New Zealand

the most prominent colors. Then, he takes

and traveled the world. Over the years he

a stylus and selects specific colors from the

painted but never revealed his art to anyone.

original image—turning it into a palette—

While in New Zealand he became a father

and paints over the photograph with those

and made the choice to finally share his work

original colors.

with others. “I decided I needed to be a good

“My art is full of rhythm. I have always

role model for my son. He helped me put my

seen nature in a very delineated and abstract

heart out there and share my own unique way

way. I don’t know of any other artist that sees

of looking at the truth.” Soon after, he moved

nature this way.” For him, the process is all

back to his home roots here in Colorado.

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ARTIST’S PALETTE (CONTINUED)

Currently, as an artist, he believes his main responsibility is to give back. He feels very humbled to be in a position where he has the opportunity to raise money to help people in need. Through selling his art on his online store, he has given back $40,000 to nonprofit organizations. “It fills my heart to know that I can use my work to create a positive change in our community. Now more than ever, we need active participants to help make positive changes.” He strives to be an advocate for the arts community and for his home state. As for future plans, in 2021 his “Tetons

National

Park”

painting

will be on permanent exhibit at the visitor’s center in the Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming. Art collectors can purchase various pieces on his website. He offers one original sized 45” x 90” and 25 limited editions sized 30” x 60”. “I value my collectors and want them to have something special, so I only create one series of each landscape.” Observers can find his work represented in many areas of Colorado, Vail International Gallery, Breckenridge Gallery, R Gallery Art Bar in Boulder, The Kowen Gallery in Westminster, Uptripping in Winter Park, Evergreen’s Mystic Trinity Gallery and Slate Gray Gallery in Telluride. TopherStraus.com

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Growing up in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, near his family’s Navajo reservation they visited regularly, JayCee Beyale watched his older brother graffiti fonts and styled lettering around town. Intrigued, JayCee checked out books at the library on street art and practiced drawing his own bubble letters. “Graffiti is what made me want to do art,” JayCee says. After earning a bachelor’s in printmaking from the University of New Mexico, JayCee creates art combining the sharp angles and bright colors found in graffiti aesthetics with traditional, geometric motifs found in Navajo rugs and pottery. A Buddhist of eight years, JayCee applies his religious and lifestyle teachings—which are in line with his Navajo upbringing in a spiritual household—to his art, combining indigenous ideologies and Buddhism with motifs of modern technology. “The act of creating art is like a form of prayer,” says JayCee, who projects his thoughts and energies into what he paints, the same way his grandfather and uncles practiced as traditional healers. JayCee often depicts Navajo people in his murals in order to pass on and restore his culture. Since 2020’s start, JayCee has painted seven murals in Colorado and now serves as a co-curator and assistant to marketing and advertising at the Dairy Arts Center.

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CELEBRATING THREE INDIGENOUS ARTISTS (CONTINUED)

Anna Tsouhlarakis: SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, VIDEO AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST

An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, Anna Tsouhlarakis grew up between Kansas and New Mexico and naturally had access to creative materials. Her father, who was a construction worker then jeweler, brought her home wood for sculptures and metal scraps to stamp and roll out.

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Courtesy Anna Tsouhlarakis

Anna’s degrees from Dartmouth in studio art and Native American studies, as well as her master’s from Yale in sculpture, inform one another and allow her to reshape Indigenous art’s aesthetics. “I knew there were gaps in native art history that needed to be filled,” Anna says. While in the early 2000s, African American and Asian American artists created in thenunique mediums of performance, installation and video, there were few contemporary Native American pieces in these mediums. In order to work across several artistic disciplines, Anna avidly reads and follows Native American news dealing with land rights, the environment and social issues. Her pieces’ foundations start with Navajo philosophies and teachings. Anna moved to Boulder in May 2020 from Washington D.C., catching the tail end of her artist residency in nearby Colorado Springs through the year. Her children Mahate, Akocha and Oaks Carreiro are the most important part of her life here, as there aren’t many native families in Boulder. “One of the most exciting things about being in Boulder is the native community at the University,” Anna says. She’s the Director of Foundations and a tenure-track Assistant Professor in CU-Boulder’s Art and Art History department. “It’s absolutely amazing to be on a campus with native students and colleagues.”

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CELEBRATING THREE INDIGENOUS ARTISTS (CONTINUED)

Melanie Yazzie learned the art of studio practice from her grandmother Thelma Baldwin, a traditional Diné (Navajo) weaver. Melanie sat with her while she wove quietly and intentionally, meditating while she worked. As a printmaking professor at CU-Boulder since 2006, Melanie preaches the same method of carving out creative time to her students.

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PRINTMAKER, PAINTER, SCULPTOR AND MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

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Raised in Arizona on a reservation, Melanie felt encouraged by her parents to explore her artistic sense. A part of the Salt and Bitter Water Clans, Melanie creates what she believes in around themes of post-colonial dilemmas, Native American womanhood and her personal experiences, all to educate viewers on the issues shaping modern Diné people. After receiving a bachelor’s in studio art from Arizona State University and a master’s in printmaking from CU-Boulder, Melanie attracted attention for her realistic art. “Artists don’t go into the studio to become famous,” Melanie says. “They do it to honor their grandmother and community. When you’re honest with your craft about things beyond yourself, people want to connect with that.” Her self portraits, for example, portray her experience as an unseen brown woman in society, mixed with bright colors and fun animal imagery. Last October, when Melanie’s mother passed from the coronavirus with no preexisting conditions, she painted from childhood memories, then made stencils of homes around Boulder and added healing and prayer imagery. “If I depict the reality of our situation and histories, it’s so bleak,” Melanie says. “I have to make this beautiful work, put on rose-tinted glasses to see the world and heal myself.” With more than 500 group and solo exhibitions around the world under her belt, Melanie has also organized other artists’ work through more than 300 print exchanges. She collects several of the same print from a handful of artists before sending or delivering them to regional and national collections. This way, even rural artists can advertise their name and work.

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WE SIT DOWN WITH LIZ VEHKO, CO-OWNER OF SHAVER-RAMSEY FINE & CUSTOM RUGS, LOCATED IN THE CHERRY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD

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ARTICLE EMILY O'BRIEN | PHOTOGRAPHY LAUREN DEFILIPPO JACKSON

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LIZ VEHKO, OWNER-PARTNER OF DENVER’S SHAVER-RAMSEY,

more about the popular “The Magic Carpet Ride” series and

IS PASSIONATE ABOUT TEXTILES—AND LIFE. She tells us how

films that you showcase?

her cultural experiences shape her ability to assess craftsmanship and

Shaver-Ramsey has always considered itself a place for the com-

quality design and how her business has a broader reach, not only to

munity to gather and not just a store. We hosted Cherry Creek Theatre

the Cherry Creek community but also beyond.

for many years. We disassembled an entire room in our store for three months out of the year and it was transformed into a set with live

How did you first get involved in the rugs and textiles industry?

performances on the weekends. More than 20,000 people attended

My first involvement working with textiles was through a sum-

performances over the six years we hosted. “The Magic Carpet Ride”

mer job in college on Nantucket Island at Nantucket Looms. It

is a course that Paul Ramsey has taught for over 40 years about rugs.

was a gorgeous store that had actual working looms that wove

He has even taught it at The Denver Art Museum. We host foreign

beautiful throws, blankets, shirts and fabrics with materials

films and many other non-profits throughout the year as well.

such as wool and mohair—pure luxury. That gave me a taste for weaving. Then, right after college, I started working at Shaver-

What’s one of the most satisfying parts of your day-to-day role?

Ramsey, which has a reputation among rug and textile collectors

I love going to customers’ houses and putting a room together

world-wide for high-quality, collectable pieces. I never imagined

with a rug. The right rug pulls everything together—fabrics, furniture,

it would turn into my life’s work, traveling the world to find one-

paint and art!

of-a-kind rugs and textiles. You travel all over the world. Tell us how this influences your What do you find most inspiring about your career?

choices when selecting rugs.

Beauty inspires me daily, and I know that sounds broad, but I am

Traveling influences one’s tastes for sure. Exposure to more cul-

surrounded by beautiful hand-woven works of art every day. Color

tures—their histories and their art—expands my understanding all the

and design also inspire me.

time of art, color, and design, which influences what I buy for the store.

How do you determine the characteristics of a good rug?

Your reach seems broader than only homeowners. What other

The quality of the wool and dyes are first and foremost the

types of clients do you work with?

most important characteristics of a good rug. Hand-spun wool, as

We have provided rugs for world leaders, such as the Pope’s suite

opposed to machine-spun wool, and natural plant dyes are the best

when he was in Denver to the G8 conference years ago. We part-

combination for a high-quality rug. Density of weave follows those.

ner with galleries and museums for exhibitions, such as the Matisse and Friends show at DAM to a current collaboration we have going

You’re not only connecting people with fine and custom rugs,

on with K Contemporary Art. Rugs enhance important artwork and

but you’re also hosting programs and films. Can you tell us

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A MOUNTAIN LIVING VISION FULFILLED IN CARIBOU RIDGE

Situated on 40 acres of tree-filled mountain bliss, Caribou Ridge is bordered by more than 800,000 acres of private land, protected Boulder County Open Space, national forest THE STORY OF CARIBOU RANCH

and mountain wilderness. It’s a locale

IS A MUCH-LOVED AND LAUDED

that feels secluded, serene and a

TALE

LOCAL

world away from the everyday bustle,

FRONT RANGE LORE. A scenic

but still retains proximity to modern

4,000-acre ranch perched just outside

amenities through eclectic Nederland

of Nederland and 20 minutes from

and exciting Boulder. Skiing, snow-

Boulder, it’s a site that has played host

shoeing, hiking, mountain biking and

to spectacular views, outdoor recre-

fly fishing are just some of the world-

ation opportunities and idyllic cattle

class outdoor activities that Caribou

grazing throughout its long history. It

Ridge serves as the portal to, and it is

was also home to the Caribou Ranch

enveloped by the buzz of wildlife and

Recording Studio—an escape for

mountain living potential.

INGRAINED

countless famous musicians seeking a

Residents live what the Caribou

peaceful retreat where their creativity

Ridge team calls “the Colorado Way”—a

could thrive—until its closure in 1985.

lifestyle that is centered on nature and

But these weren’t the only elements

its inspiring beauty. This inimitable

of Caribou Ranch dreamt up by owner

connection to nature is reflected in

James Guercio, better known as Jim.

the form that the community takes

He also originally envisioned the area

as well. The development consists of

as a home—a site that could echo his

custom-designed, custom-built homes

reverence for nature through abodes

visualized and created by Cornerstone

that residents could enjoy for gener-

Homes, a third-generation custom

ations. Enter the Caribou Ridge hous-

CONTINUED >

ing development. “An appreciation of the beauty of the local land is one that Jim wanted to share with families,” says Monika Dinges, co-owner and managing partner at Caribou Ridge. “We are walking in his footsteps to fulfill this vision.”

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“The pandemic changed the way people thought about urban environments versus more remote settings.”

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Photography Dane Cronin

home builder in Boulder County.

of construction, it’s a style

firm

in which the structure itself

with over 20 years of experience

is left exposed on the inside,

creating mountain escapes, the

imbuing a natural beauty that

Cornerstone Homes team works

integrates with the surround-

tirelessly to cultivate relationships

ing landscape and serving as

with buyers to ensure that their

an architectural focal point.

boutique

design-build

homes facilitate their specific living

Caribou Ridge homes incorpo-

needs while expressing the unique

rate a plethora of natural, organic

spirit and beauty of the mountains

and locally sourced materials—

through both site and context.

including timber and stone—

Evolving the vision for the

with modern design forms and

development by incorporating

contemporary

finishes.

The

mountain modern architecture

structures draw inspiration from

into its structures was sparked

their surroundings inside and out

by the initial on-site musings

with features including vaulted

of Keenan Tompkins, owner of

ceilings, expansive windows to

Caribou Ridge and Cornerstone

maximize views of the Indian

Homes. One method in particu-

Peaks mountain range and inte-

lar pays homage to the develop-

grated, environmentally-friendly

ment’s symbiosis with nature—

technologies to keep the homes

timber framing—which Keenan

operating at peak sustainable

envisioned using both in a tradi-

efficiency. It’s this desire to be

tional mountain style vernacular

immersed in nature in both

and a mountain modern design

form and function that unites

aesthetic. An ancient method

the Caribou Ridge community, CONTINUED >

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Photography Dane Cronin

Human Arts Photography

which has seen a surge of interest

“The

pandemic

changed

and growth over the past year and

the way people thought about

a half in particular.

urban environments versus more

“The pandemic has been an

remote settings,” Keenan says.

inflection point for prioritizing

“Companies shifted their thinking

family values, lifestyles and hous-

in terms of flexibility in working

ing,” Monika says. “The impacts

from home. These factors have all

of the pandemic have sparked a

driven interest in our community.”

renewed idealizing of the moun-

It’s a shift that the Caribou

tain lifestyle. We have seen a

Ridge community encapsulates

dramatic

families

naturally and beautifully, immers-

choosing to make Caribou Ridge

increase

ing residents in the tranquility of

their primary location.”

mountain life, the proximity to city

Monika notes that the pan-

amenities and an unmistakable

demic has changed the way that

connection to the character of the

many people view their homes.

mountains. It’s at once a celebra-

They are not just a simple safe

tion of and redefined take on the

haven to retreat to after a long

potential of mountain modern liv-

day of work, but are filling myriad

ing—an experience that’s wholly

other roles and need to provide

unique in Boulder County.

spaces for work, education, fitness, staycations and more.

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“The structures draw inspiration from their surroundings inside and out.”

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