June 8 – July 19 | Main Library, Canyon Gallery
Opening Reception, Wednesday, June 17, 5 – 7 p.m.
What happens when art and civic planning meet? This exhibition is a laboratory where creative practice and community voice help shape the city’s vision for the next twenty years.
Contributing Artists: Motus Theater, Cal Brackin, Chris Carruth, Becky Wareing Steele, Shannon Geis, Android Jones
In this introductory course, you’ll learn the basics of working with polymer clay as you make your own miniature 1:12 scale house plants. You’ll be guided through the process of making a small snake plant and a mini monstera. These tiny creations will make a wonderful addition to a dollhouse, scale model room, or adorn any shelf in your home.
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: RedLine Contemporary Art Center, 2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO
I will have a few pieces included in this exhibition of all things miniature. This is a collaborative exhibit presented in partnership by The Art Students League of Denver and the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, & Toys.
Exhibition Dates: September 5- October 18, 2025
Opening Reception: September 12, 2025 | 5:30-8PM
In this introductory course students will learn how to make miniature framed works of art using various materials. In the end students will leave with a miniature framed artwork and a better understanding of working with miniatures.
RedLine’s Winter Art Market is back!
Join us on Sunday, December 15th, from 11am-5pm.
Shop products from over 30 local vendors presenting original art, prints, jewelry, home goods, food, and more.
Come find the perfect gifts for the winter season or treat yourself to everything you never knew you needed!
Vendors
Agnes Ma - Jewelry and ceramics
Phillip Stearns (Glitch Textiles) - Custom textiles
Olivia McCann (Ephemeral Concrete) - Upcycled Clothing, Art Kits, Collages, Thrifted Pieces
Kenzie Sitterud - Prints, patches, cards
Leilani Derr - Hand pressed relief prints and fine art
Shieka Leslie-Eke - Jewelry, prints, original art, handmade gifts
Therin Zimmerman - Sculptural vases & planters out of recycled containers & paper mache, jewelry, art prints, stickers, and block print on thrifted clothing items
Terry Robert Campbell - Small original drawings
Elaine Kwan - Nimbus Makes - Ceramics
Nia Dawson (B.A. Rebel) - Handmade gemstone jewelry
Juliette O'Brill
Sam Grabowska - Prints, postcards, tree ornaments, enamel pins
Esther Hernanedez - Clay artwork/masks, various small sculptures, prints, cards
Lauri Lynnxe Murphy - Collages, sculptural lockets, stickers, cards, small sculptures
Raymundo Munoz
Javier Flores - Original Print Editions
Pattie Lee Becker
Becky Wareing Steele - Small scale sculpture
Anna Valenti - Ceramics
Keisha Makonese
Thane Benson - Original comics, art, prints, & games
Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand (Create ayA)
Norma Zúñiga (Sabor De Mi Casa LLC)
Averie Morgan (Puppet Me This) - Design and build professional muppet-style puppets in various sizes and types. Puppet-making workshops are also available.
ptisawquah (PTISAWQUAH's Plant Medicines) - Plant Medicines: tinctures, salves, oxymels, oils, medicinal honey, bath salts, and smudge sprays
Brian Fouhy - Prints and books
Catherine Alire
Michelle Y Martinez - Brown Babe Beading Boutique
Olivia Schmidt (OS Ceramics LLC) - Functional, handmade ceramics
Andrea Slusarski (Drawing from Nature Studio) - Original plein air drawings, editioned serigraphs, prints, cards
Harry Teller
Maki Teshima - Botanical Dye Textile Art, Clothes, Bandanna
Tiffany Medina
Devin Urioste - Mixed media collage
Leo Akers (Seagreen Art Co.) - Prints, pins, stickers, clothing (cyanotypes and patchwork), jewelry
Marie YellowHawk - Marie YellowHawk's Famous Navajo Tacos & YellowHawk Beadwork
Niney (Little Fawn Beadwork) - Native American Beadwork
Kharisha Torres (Kharisha's Art) - Paintings, Jewelry and baked goods
Julia Frances (Julia Francis Beadwork) - Handmade Jewelry and beadwork
Melissa Ivey - Organic Herbal Healing products
Narissa Ribera (Ch'il Indigenous Foods) - Organic Indigenous Baked Goods
Lewis TallBull Art - Painting and Ledger Art
Mar Williams - Vaguely cat shaped baubles
Cynthia Moreno & Ollin Cafetzin - Indigenous coffee and tea
Harry Teller Silver - Navajo Silverwork
Haleakala Brown (Lakota Body Care) - Organic Native Bath and Body Products
Join me Saturday, September 14th from 12-6pm for Fiction Beer Company’s Fall Maker’s Market. They’ve curated a wonderful market with a variety of local artists and artisans. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or for a gift, they’ve got some super talented people selling handmade items.
Join me and my studio-mate Martina Grbac for a studio sale/hang out. Shop from a variety of works and enjoy a self guided tour of The Temple Saturday August 24th from 2pm-6pm.
Please note our studio space is located on the third level of a historic building built in the late 1800s. Unfortunately there is no elevator in the building so if the stairs are a no go please reach out to bwareingsteele@gmail.com for other ways to shop the sale.
Dairy Arts Center Presents: Back to School Summer Art Market!
Join us for a vibrant and exciting Summer Art Market as we celebrate the back-to-school season! Explore offerings from 15+ local vendors, enjoy refreshing shaved ice, and groove to live music.
Special Event: Donation-based yoga session starting at 9:30 am. Don’t forget to bring your mat!
Come support local artists and enjoy a day filled with creativity, fun, and community spirit. See you there!
Explore the art that could’ve been. “I regret to inform you…” is commonly used in rejection letters sent to artists after submitting to exhibitions, calls, and public art opportunities. This exhibition highlights rejected public art proposals that were dreamed up by artists but were not selected to move forward. For every public art piece that you pass by, there were probably two to four others that never came to fruition. This exhibition is about those pieces–the art that never happened.
I’m thrilled to be back at my home away from home from 2016-2018, RedLine Denver for this incredible event. You can find me at my old stomping grounds Sunday December 10th from 11am-5pm at their Winter Market. Thanks to the efforts of an incredible group of RedLine Resident Artists and Alumni you'll have the opportunity to shop from a curated selection of local artists.
Help us celebrate supporting small, local, businesses and hand crafters this holiday season by joining us for an evening Handmade for the Holidays Market!
I will be demoing my figure painting skills live from 2pm-4pm Saturday December 2nd as part of the Denver Art Museum’s Member Holiday Shopping Sale. I’ll also have a variety of new crystal dioramas available for purchase through the gift shop.
37th Annual Fine Art Market
November 30 - December 17
Shop thousands of giftable items like jewelry, ceramics, ornaments, paintings, cards, and more from over 100 Colorado artists! Your purchases directly support the artists and the Arvada Center Galleries.
Free admission and open to the public.
Opening Day
November 30, 12 pm - 9 pm
Art Market and Holiday Pottery Sale Opening Reception
November 30, 5 pm - 9 pm
Meet the artists, shop early and enjoy this annual holiday celebration. Please RSVP so we know you're coming!
Sale Hours
Wednesdays and Thursdays 12 pm - 7:30 pm
Fridays and Saturdays 10 am - 7:30 pm
Sundays 1 pm - 5 pm
Opening Reception: October 6, 2023, 6-9pm
On view through October 28, 2023
Crossing Borders is a collaboration between Pink Progression and Athena Project. This group of diverse artists explores the limitless definitions of the term “border.” Is it a line separating two political or geographical areas? An edge or boundary that no one can cross, an invaded place? Or is it something much more personal?
Seen through the very distinct lens of each artist, this term may embrace migrant issues with their concomitant potential for human rights violations and sexual abuse—often a bitter reality for the vulnerable population of women living in the shadows at the edge of a place. Furthermore, borders may mean state lines in the United States which now stand as frightening barriers blocking women's reproductive freedom and endangering those who try to help them.
Colonialism would not exist without borders. It occurs when one nation or culture subjugates another, conquering and exploiting its population while forcing its own language and cultural values upon its people. In addition to these imposed physical divisions, invisible borders exist between people. These borders may be the result of cultural upbringing, race, gender and religion. Such boundaries may effectively prevent empathy, understanding and equality. Cultural challenges result, creating borders of expectation.
This exhibit does far more than simply explore the definition of this term. More specifically, each artist addresses how and at what price these borders may be crossed. In visually and conceptually striking ways, each artist places before the viewer important questions of human rights, cultural prejudices, inherent bias and stereotypes. We invite you to engage in this work, to allow yourself to be drawn into it.
The multi-dimensional narratives in Crossing Borders encourage inspiring, challenging discourse and candid discussions.
Athena Project focuses on getting women* artists out there for the world to know. For the world to grow. Athena Project is the Colorado nonprofit that celebrates and nurtures women’s artistic expression, working actively for equality of opportunity, recognition and pay based on artistic merit alone. We are excited to partner with the artist collective Pink Progression on this exhibition. Progression refers to the hope for progress in the issues that we explore as well as progressing away from prejudice/erroneous stereotypes. Pink Progression is an open collective, representing all gender expressions and identities, that explores social issues and concepts, such as human rights, equality, gender, identity, feminism, and more.
*At Athena Project, we believe that “women” means many things and can be a complicated term. We recognize that the term “women” does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum. We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
An exploration into the vessel as both functional and metaphorical, this exhibition will include a diverse range of mediums, showcasing artists across the Front Range and the country in this large group exhibition.
Participating artists:
Tyler Alpern, thnhdnh, Jane Glotzer, Dylan Griffith, Brenda Jones, Hannah Leathers, Marsha Mack, Peter Manion, Evan Mann, Layl McDill, Personal Geographies (Becky Wareing Steele and Shannon Geis), Andra Stanton, Lindsay Stripling, Robert Sunderman, Lucas Thomas, Chase Travaille
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday: 2 – 6 or later
Saturday: 2 – 7:30 or later
Sunday: 2 – 5:30 or later
(Gallery hours are subject to change. Galleries remain open each day until the last performance or film ends).
There is a $5 requested donation for visiting our galleries which can be processed by cash, check or credit at the Hartman Box Office.
For more info visit: thedairy.org/vessel/
PINKPROGRESSION is an open collective that explores social issues and concepts, such as human rights, equality, gender, identity, feminism, and more. In 2020, PINKPROGRESSION organized a series of exhibitions that featured collaborations. A selection of eight artworks from these shows are featured in SYNERGY. The synergy between artists in this exhibition inspired multi-faceted works with diverse approaches. Collaboration involves a leap into the unknown, a place of vulnerability, a way to find humility, and the blending of minds to obtain wisdom + common ground.
Every three years, all 10,000 square feet of the Arvada Center Galleries is filled with a celebratory survey of the incredible diversity, quality, and depth of work from Colorado Artists. After its start in 2013 and iterations in 2016 and 2019, Art of the State 2022 continues the legacy as a juried exhibition showing off the powerful scope of contemporary art from across the state. This open call open to all Colorado artists garnered 2,067 submissions by 734 artists. The jurors worked diligently to select a comprehensive overview of work that strives to capture a wide scope of art from across the state. From those entries, 149 artworks by 142 artists were selected.
I am excited to participate in this event for the third year in a row. The 35th Annual Fine Art Market features over 1,200 affordable items of original art from 70+ Colorado artists across giftable categories like jewelry, ceramics, ornaments, fiber, woodworking, painting, drawing, prints, glass, and mixed media works.
I’ll have twenty new, original works for sale including Seashell Dioramas and Stamp Assemblages.
December 2 - 19 (Main Gallery)
Your purchases matters! Every sale directly supports Colorado artists, the Arvada Center Galleries, and the Arvada Center’s Ceramics Education programs.
An exhibition of miniature installations and photography by Becky Wareing Steele. On view Friday September 3rd - Sunday October 31st at Baere Brewing, Denver, CO.
I am excited to have two new works in the upcoming exhibition Wish You Were Here opening Friday May 7th at 6PM at Sally Centigrade Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado. Their largest group show to date!
Inspired by the physical distancing and isolation caused by the ongoing pandemic the show will feature art roughly shaped and sized like a postcard.
Below is a list of participating artists in alphabetical order:
Aaron Jasinski, Alex Matthews, Alexandra Pangburn, Alexi High, Amanda Adomaitis, Amanda Reilly, Amandalynn, Anthony Ausgang, Anthony Debenedictus, Anthony Garcia, Ashley Anderson, Aunia Kahn, Becky Wareing Steele, Buket Savci, Caroline Weaver, Christybomb, CIOU, darktownsally, Dee Dee, Deirdre Sullivan Beeman, Dylan Scholinski, Ebony Russell, Emily J. Moore, Evan B Harris, Gabi de la Merced, Grace Lang, Heidi Taillefer, Jessica Perner, Jillian Doherty, Joel Swanson, Jonathan Reyes, Jonathon Hill-Jacquard, Kaitlin Ziesmer, Karl Deuble, Kelly Eden, Lauren Rinaldi, Lisa Vanin, Liz Gridley, Malojo, Mandy Yocom, Mary Syring, Megan Besmirched, Michael Reedy, Morgan Wilson, Nikola Cooney, Olivia Faust, Pastey Whyte, Patricia Ariel, Petite Luxuries, Pippa Mcmanus, Richard Ahnert, Risa Friedman, Sarah Fukami, Sarah Jamison, Sarah Lyons, Sean O'Meallie, Seaofdoom, Sierra Montoya Barela, Tammy Wampler, Terry Cambell, Tracy Tomko, Travis Egedy, Vasilisa Romanenko, Vincent Giarrano, Wey Mnky, Xhanthi
Starting November 30, you can shop the Arvada Center’s popular holiday sale in an all-new online format! The 34th Annual Fine Art Market features over 1,200 affordable items of original art from 70+ Colorado artists across giftable categories like jewelry, ceramics, ornaments, fiber, woodworking, painting, drawing, prints, glass, and mixed media works.
The Arvada Center’s own ceramics education program staff joins the online Fine Art Market sale to offer beautiful handmade mugs, bowls, sculpture, and more.
I will have a selection of new Aquatic Dioramas and Crystal Dioramas available for purchase.
The online market starts Monday November 30th and runs through Friday December 18th at acartmarket.com
I’ll be participating in this virtual artist talk along with other artists involved in Pink Progression: Collaborations, including my collaborator Ashley Frazier. Mark your calendar for Thursday October 1st from 6 - 8 pm to hear from some of the artist teams about their work, process and the unique collaborative challenges of this exhibition.
To learn more about this exhibition and to reserve your free, timed entry ticket visit: https://arvadacenter.org/events/pink-progression-collaborations
To see installation photos of my collaboration with Ashley Frazier click here.
Click the following link to join the virtual event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85167668842
I will be debuting a collaborative installation with fellow RedLine Alumn Ashley Frazier at the PINKPROGRESSION Exhibition at the Arvada Center. The exhibition is free and open to the public but tickets must be reserved in advance of your visit to allow for a socially distanced art viewing experience. Click here to reserve your ticket for free.
The year 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. This historic centennial offers us the opportunity to commemorate a milestone and recognize the consecutive dates in which all women attained the right to vote in America. In order to inspire social change, collaboration must occur. Working together allows us to share our knowledge and experience, while challenging each other to move outside of our comfort zone and discover a fusion of narratives.
PINKPROGRESSION PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Deidre Adams + Brooke Atherton, Judy Anderson + Ginny Hoyle + Christopher Hecker, Theresa Anderson + Alicia Ordal, Tya Alisa Anthony + Kim Putnam, Fawn Atencio + Bonnie Stolzmann + Sarah Wallace Scott , Mindy Bray + Tonia Bonnell, Trine Bumiller + Kathryn Winograd, Katie Caron + Lisa DiMichele, Irene Delka McCray + Tree Bernstein, Sally Elliott + 3rd Law Dance, Corrina Espinosa + Elisa Groglio + Joanna Bugajska, Lares Feliciano + Katy Zimmerman, Bonnie Ferrill Roman + Judy Gardner, Ashley Frazier + Becky Wareing Steele, Steven Frost + Frankie Toan, Sarah Fukami + Brooky Blunt, Melissa Furness + Rian Kerrane, Jennifer Ghormley + Victoria Eubanks, Ania Kumor + Leah Swenson, Susan Goldstein + Gayla Lemke, Moe Gram + Robyn Frances, Jane Guthridge + Voices of Light Chamber Choir, Kim Harrell + Lynda Ladwig, Ana Maria Hernando + Amie Knox, Veronica Hererra + Lola Montejo, Deborah Howard + Laurel McMechan, Micaela Ironshell-Dominguez + Darion Sanchez + Renee Chacon-Millard, Rochelle Johnson + Sylvia Montero, Samara Johnson + Alanna Lacey + Samantha Bares, Tsehai Johnson + Leslie D, Boyd, Margaret Kasahara + Jina Brenneman, Anna Kaye + Sarah Wallace Scott, Sammy Lee + Megan Gafford, Jessica Loving + Rachel Doniger, Marsah Mack + John Roemer, Virginia Maitland + Melanie Walker + George Peters, Julie Maren + Jessica Drenk, The Great Shout, Laleh Mehran + Jayne Butler, Susanne Mitchell + Janelle W. Anderson, Sophie Lynn Morris + Hannah Untied, Jennifer Pettus + Rebecca Vaughan, Sandra Phillips + Virginia Folkestad, Julie Puma + Patricia Mclnroy, Sangeeta Reddy + Jodie Roth Cooper, Susan Rubin + Peter Illig, Martha Russo + Tina Suszynski + Anna Suszynski + Elizabeth Faulhaber, Julia Rymer + Drew Austin, Dylan Scholinski + Scholinski family, Sue Simon + Mark Brasuell, The Great Shout, Autumn T. Thomas + Tya Alisa Anthony, Kaitlyn Tucek + Lindsay Smith Gustave, Susan Vaho + Elaine Stires, Sherry Wiggins + Luís Filipe Branco, Kate Woodliff O’Donnell + Stacey Stormes, and Belgin Yucelen + Anne Waldman
For more information visit: https://pinkprogression.wordpress.com
Pictured: A sneak peek at my collaboration with Ashley Frazier.
Join Shannon Geis and I Saturday June 27th at 2pm (EST) for a one hour long, virtual workshop as part of SOUND SCENE 2020 that explores individuals' memories of place in relation to our collaborative project Personal Geographies. This event is FREE and open to all. See event description below and click here to register.
What effect do places have on our memories? Why do certain locations stand out in our minds years, or even decades, after the last time we visited them? In this interactive workshop, artist Becky Wareing Steele and oral historian Shannon Geis showcase audio and sculptural highlights from Personal Geographies. Come ready to explore some memories of your own and join the conversation about how to harness memories to create a stronger sense of individual and community identity.
This discussion will include a map making exercise, so participants are encouraged to come to the workshop with paper and colored pencils, markers, or crayons. Participants will then break into smaller groups to discuss questions around their own memories of place and why certain locations stand out in their memories. The workshop will come back together as a large group to allow for time for discussion a brief QnA. Upon exit, participants will be encouraged to record a memory of a place of significance and submit it to Personal Geographies for inclusion in future exhibitions by the project.
*Participants should bring with them: a blank piece of paper and something with which to write and/or draw!
Join us on Facebook and YouTube on May 15, 16, and 17 at 7 pm MST for the Denver Art Museum’s first Untitled: Creative Fusions at Home! This is the online version of the Untitled: Creative Fusions event that happens quarterly at the museum. The online version, like the onsite version is curated by local creatives and inspired by artwork at the museum.
For this event, Becky Waring Steele and Libby Barbee are our two featured artists who collaborated with us and other local creatives to develop a three-episode online variety show full of fun and unexpected experiences.
The theme is Unearthing Place. Tune in to explore diverse narratives of the American West through shared experience and heritage inspired by the Natural Forces: Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington exhibition.