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COMES IN WAVES

Just months after the massive

devastation of the earthquake and tsunami in

Japan, best-selling Boulder scribe

John Shors hits a raw nerve with

his !fth novel, Cross Currents

(NAL Trade, September).

The poignant tale follows the

intertwined relationships of three American

tourists and a family of modest

Thai resort-keepers on the

remote island of Ko Phi Phi

o" the coast of Thailand. Shors’

adept storytelling and beautifully

detailed landscape descriptions

coax the reader into falling in love

with both his characters and

the idyllic island—which is why his

retelling of the tsunami’s wrath,

based on the actual disaster in

Thailand, has such an emotionally

jarring impact. —JD

Know someone with a creative edge who needs a little publicity boost? Enter RAW: natural born artists (rawartists.org/denver), a grassroots arts organization spanning 20 cities nationwide. The Denver o"shoot, which

launched in February, transforms one of LoDo’s swankiest nightspots, the Jet Hotel, into a showcase and gallery every !rst Thursday. The idea: Spectators can peruse everything from visual art to live dance to hair

and makeup artistry—and meet the talent behind the work. Each artist is hand-selected through RAW’s public application process and receives a month of promotion. “Denver has a great art scene,” says Giulia

Pecone, RAW’s director, “and a plethora of artists who deserve the support and recognition.” We agree. This month, look for Lisa Marie Correia, a fashion designer who uses recycled vintage sweaters to create whimsical jackets. —EM

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dan ericson wasn’t looking for the gra!ti-meets-fine-art niche he occupies

in the Denver arts scene—it found him. While making caricatures for a college art class, he ran out of canvases and improvised last-minute with a discarded “No Parking” sign and a black marker. One sketch of rapper Ice Cube later, a medium was born. “I always wanted to do something with music, hip-hop specifically,” Ericson says, “but never knew how I

could tap into it, especially being a white kid from Denver.” He begins by recycling street signs that Colorado mu-

nicipalities can’t use—occasionally ordering specific signs

for commissioned projects—then adds texture and shadows with black acrylic paint

and shreds of reflective stickers to create mono-chromatic silhouettes of musicians and other

heroes who inspire him, from hip-hop icon KRS-One to the Dalai Lama. In 10 years, he’s created

hundreds of sign portraits, and has donated most of them directly to the subjects. His moniker, the Signtologist, came from the Roots’ legendary rapper Black Thought after Ericson gave him a “No Parking” sign painted with the group’s likeness. His work has been featured in na-tional outlets and shows, including his big break in XXL Magazine a few years ago. “I take something that is part of everyday life, which conveys orders or laws,” Ericson says, “then I make it so it can be viewed di"erently.”

—SARAH CARPENTER

CHECK IT OUT: Watch for Ericson’s work at gallery openings and music festivals, including this month’s solo showcase at the Wash Perk in Washington Park. thesigntologist.com

COLORADO BOOKSHELF

MONTHLY ART FIX

Sign Language How one Denver artist brings street style to his work.

Dan Ericson

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