Just a reminder ....
that this amazing showing of Sent(a)Mental Studios - Youth Project artwork will be closing in a week. You have until 5pm next saturday - may 29th - to personally witness the incredible work of over 80 young artists that have participated in the youth project this year... including the first showing of the
LEAD WITH YOUR HEART COLLECTION
you really don't want to miss it.

introducing...  lead with your heart ...
an ongoing collection of
sent(a)mental studios - youth project.

This collection began at the 2nd Annual Queer Youth Summit this year in Denver CO. Sent(a)Mental Studios was there providing a day long open-studio environment. The theme this year was "lead with your heart" partially due to the timing being so close to Valentines Day. I began by thinking about how when i was in grade school the goal was really all about collecting as many valentines as I could... definitely more about quantity than quality. This led to my thoughts around how if we are truly to lead with our hearts - perhaps it should start with our own - and so this collection was born. The idea being to use the image of the heart as a template to fill and show how your heart feels on the inside and to use the space outside of the heart to show what is effecting and influencing it. Each person took it there own way and a variety of work was created. I decided to continue this as an ongoing project in the hopes to collect the expressions of individual hearts and hang them together as the project grows... to show how the heart connects us all.

If you are interested in contributing to this collection just shoot me an email through the contact page on this site and I will send you the page to work from so you can print it out and then you can send it to me.

As many of you know the sent(a)mental studios youth project's annual art show opened this past Friday (May 7th). It was awesome. Thank you so much to all the youth who chose to participate this year. As a result over 80 youth are represented in this years show. Many students, parents, teachers, and community members showed up to support the youth this year. If you did not get a chance to stop by seriously make time over the next few weeks. Here is a picture - but really, a visit in person is so much better.

Show Dates: May 7th - May 28th
Gallery Hours: 12-5 Tues-Sat
Location: The Other Side Arts - Community Gallery
              1644 Platte St. Denver CO 80202
              (303) 561-3000

Use the contact page of this site if you would like to schedule a different time to view the show or if you have any other questions.

You can click on the photo below to be directed to more
photos of the show or to learn more about the project
on the SAM-Youth Page.

look forward to seeing you around.

love, dylan