Mighty Maus
Art Spiegelman on the history and significance of comics, 4:30 p.m. today, Macky Auditorium, 17th Street and University Avenue, University of Colorado, Boulder; exhibit open 10:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. weekdays at the University Memorial Center art gallery.
Quick draw.
Hear a free presentation on comics, graphic novels and humanities from the celebrated author-illustrator Art Spiegelman. His graphic novel/memoir, “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale,” an account of his parents’ experience in the Holocaust, won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize. The speech is associated with an exhibit of rare and collectible comics.
Deep freeze
Conduit ice sculpture by Denver artist Lawrence Argent and ice sculptor Scott Rella, Gore Creek Promenade, Vail
Giant mollusk.
The highly anticipated ice snail now looms near the Children’s Foundation in Vail Village. The spiral sculpture, 28 feet across and 2 to 9 feet high, is a chilly reminder of Colorado’s very distant past as a prehistoric shallow sea.
Photo finish
“Colorado: It’s Agricultural” photography contest winners, Beede- Hamil Agriculture Building, Northeastern Jr. College, 100 College Ave., Sterling; colorado (enter “photography” in the search box).
Oh, snap!
Fleming photographer Dee Jensen won the grand prize and first place in the “People” category of the 2008 photography contest sponsored by the state agriculture department. Her image of worn hands testing a blade on branding day is timeless. Look for other category winners online.
