With the end of the year only a few weeks away, people are saying goodbye to friends, pupils, and coworkers who are moving onto the next chapter in their lives. But rather than bemoaning this parting of colleagues, people like Dr. Michael Hackett, director of Jazz Studies, and Jazz Ensemble I are celebrating their relationship.
Katy Batsel is a dreamer wielding needle and thread to imagine a better world for herself and her queer community. As a member of the like-minded Secret Love Collective, she encourages the disenfranchised to step out of their world, try on identities and find new ways to live life. But her fiber works on their own can still be big and funny, cheeky, heavy with subtle memories and loud with slogans, ready for a parade, and evidence of a massive imagination.
What fires Batsel’s message? The artist tells all as she answers the Colorado Creatives questionnaire.
Westword: What (or who) is your creative muse?