Mary Voelz Chandler

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Mary Chandler, arts writer and critic: Long before earning a degree in journalism at the University of Missouri, I knew I wanted to work for a newspaper, and I have now worked for six, in both news and features, and as a reporter, critic and editor. That includes 20 years at the Rocky Mountain News, where in the late 1980s, with the encouragement of my editors, I began to craft a job that would involve being able to cover subjects of particular interest. So eventually a general assignment entertainment job added public art, then arts funding, then architecture and preservation, and finally the visual arts. Put it all together, and it presents an opportunity to watch closely — and tell readers about — changes in the way Denver and Colorado, particularly, relate to the creative energy of artists and the hits and misses in the built environment. Along the way, I’ve taught some classes and written some books, most recently a guidebook to Denver architecture, which gave me a new appreciation of how a city’s relationship to design reflects its maturity, social history and economic choices.

Recent stories:

• MCA Denver's new director brings innovative attitude to art museum
  February 25, 2009
• MCA Denver hires Lerner as new executive director
  February 24, 2009
• CHANDLER: Staking a claim for Western art
  February 19, 2009
• IN THE GALLERIES: Emmett Culligan + Robert Delaney + Jeff Wenzel
  February 12, 2009
• When images collide
  February 12, 2009
• Petticoat work tribute to culture
  February 10, 2009
• Artist's estate sues gallery owner for payment
  February 6, 2009
• CHANDLER: Sour economy a factor in many civic projects
  February 6, 2009
• IN THE GALLERIES: Dreams of a Unified Field
  February 5, 2009
• CHANDLER: Foothills mines political themes
  February 5, 2009
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