By Loria Carnefix
Loria Carnefix makes art that pushes back, art that acts as a megaphone—a visual voice—a tool to help empower people with confidence and worthiness and validation in the only way she knows how: photography. Her featured photo is from a shoot called “Black Paint,” which was part of a collaboration with the band Zealot. You can find more of her work at www.carnefixphotography.com and on IG @carnefixphotography.
Douglas Spencer is an artist, musician, owner of Parallel Lines Framing, and founder and president of Disguise Club!
Kelsi Jo Silva is an artist and comic illustrator
based out of Denver, Colorado. She lives in a
small apartment with a small horde of plants,
comics, and coffee mugs.
Erica Keeling is an analog photographer and multimedia artist living in Seattle, Washington. Her photographs explore various social conditions, pulling from her own experience, that of those close to her, and what she witnesses on a larger scale. She exhibits nationally and enjoys creating for various performing artists and musicians. In sharing her work, she honors the connectivity of the human experience as well as the unseen becoming seen. More of her work can be seen at EricaKeeling.com
Jake Fairly oozed forth upon the Denver comics scene from the catacombs of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Be it comics about Neil Armstrong’s corpse, or generally being metal AF, Jake is a guy with considerably hefty night moves and described by the Westword as a Denver “street-artist.” He has a wild ass comic book series called, Heavy Metal and he currently illustrates the MF Ruckus’ rock comic, The Front Lines of Good Times. He is also the frontman of the popular heavy metal band, Hail Satan.
Aaron Howell is a musician, writer, actor and podcast host best known as the lead singer for the international rock combo MF Ruckus among others, the creator and author of “The Front Lines of Good Times” Rock Comic series and as the voice of Diesel and Bong Burgundy on the animated series “The Nug Nation”. He is a Pisces.
Sofie Birkin is a British digital illustrator living in Denver with her wife and tragic labrador. By day she’s an in-house doodler and designer for a marketing agency, and by night she draws powerful women and queer heroes in gaudy colors.
Morgan Beem is a freelance comic artist and illustrator who works predominantly with ink and watercolor. Her work includes The Family Trade, Adventure Time, Planet of the Apes comic books, and a number of anthologies. She is also a donut and whiskey enthusiast.
By Merhia Wiese
Merhia is an artist, creative, mother, Denver native and community outreach coordinator and marketing associate for Meow Wolf Denver. She connects people in need with those who can help, either personally or professionally. She’s been working with artists for the last 20 years on making their presence known and advocating for fair pay. She has been given accolades for her advocacy and was labeled one of 5280 Magazine‘s “Disrupters” for 2018.
By Kevin Mohatt
Kevin Mohatt is an international award-winning photographer based in Denver, Colorado specializing in editorial photography. He loves photographing people in real situations, with an emphasis on capturing decisive moments and creating images that have an authentic, unique and often edgy feel. Go to KevinMohatt.com to see more of his work.