We are thrilled to be giving away 1 set of tickets to a lucky winner to be part of Art Meets Beast event at the Museum of Contemporary Art!
1 lucky winner will win the following:
KITCHEN–FARM–CANNERY–BREWERY TOUR.
Saturday, November 10
NOON–3:30PM
A bus tour of urban food starting at The Kitchen Denver and traveling to Happy Farms, MM Local, and the Denver Beer Company. Lunch and drinks included.
Scroll down to see the 2 days of events!
How can you win?
We want to know how you connect fashion with food. Tell us in a haiku! Our judges will be Sarah Kate Baie (Director of Programming at Denver’s Museum of Contemporary Art) and Jesse Lenaugh (Program Produce at the MCA) will be our judges! Submit your haiku to brandi@b23.biz no later than November 1st!
Art Meets Beast is a two-day exploration of food and art, culminating in a bison feast prepared by six of Denver’s top chefs.
DENVER (Tuesday, October 16) – The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) today announced the second annual “Art Meets Beast” festival, a two-day event showcasing a whole bison roast as well as a bison butchering workshop, a 4H animal showcase and an urban farm bus tour.
“Art Meets Beast is not just an opportunity for people to learn more about local production of food, it’s also a chance to have fun at the museum and have great meals,” said Sarah Baie, director of programming, “We want to invite audiences to consider the connections firsthand between food and culture by looking more closely at the food we eat.”
The event begins Friday, Nov 9 at 6:30PM at MCA Denver with “Bison Carving and Food Pornography” in which Denver’s own Pete Marczyk will conduct a bison-butchering workshop. The bison meat will then be distributed to six of Denver’s top chefs in preparation for the feast.
On the evening of Saturday, Nov 10 Jamey Fader of Lola, Keegan Gerhard of D Bar, Troy Guard of TAG, Max MacKissock of The Squeaky Bean, Jorel Pierce of Euclid Hall, and Sean Yontz of El Diablo and Sketch will present a six-course bison dinner, complete with music for stampede.
To produce the program, MCA Denver partnered with some of the biggest names on Denver’s food scene, including Charlie Berger at the Denver Beer Company, Jamey Fader of Lola, Keegan Gerhard of D Bar, Troy Guard of TAG, Max MacKissock of The Squeaky Bean, Pete Marczyk of Marczyk’s Fine Foods, Hugo Matheson of The Kitchen Denver, Jim Mills at MM Local, Jorel Pierce of Euclid Hall, and Sean Yontz of El Diablo and Sketch as well as the lesser known but equally intrepid farmers Donna Garnett of The Urban Farm at Stapleton and Pam & Bill Hyde at Happy Farms.
COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
BISON CARVING AND FOOD PORNOGRAPHY
Friday, November 9
6:30–8PM
Bison butchering workshop with Pete Marczyk.
Vegetarian pornographic food film with live score. At MCA Denver.
$10 / $5 members
4H LIVESTOCK SHOWCASE & B.SUE PERFORMING
Saturday, November 10
10AM–1PM
Farm animal showcase presented by The Urban Farm.
With music from B.SUE and donuts. At MCA Denver. Rain or shine.
FREE with museum admission.
KITCHEN–FARM–CANNERY–BREWERY TOUR
Saturday, November 10
NOON–3:30PM
A bus tour of urban food starting at The Kitchen Denver and traveling to Happy Farms, MM Local, and the Denver Beer Company. Lunch and drinks included.
$55 / $50 members. Reservations required.
BISON FEAST AND MUSIC FOR STAMPEDE
Saturday, November 10
Drinks 7PM Dinner 8PM
Six-course bison dinner with musical stampede.
Presented by Jamey Fader of Lola, Keegan Gerhard of D Bar, Troy Guard of TAG, Max MacKissock of The Squeaky Bean, Jorel Pierce of Euclid Hall, and Sean Yontz of El Diablo and Sketch.
Dinner includes drinks, dessert and entertainment. At MCA Denver.
$85 per person in advance / $80 members. $100 at the door.
About MCA Denver
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) is a non-collecting institution acting as an incubator for art and ideas, artistic exchange and dialogue. In 2007, eleven years after its founding, the museum opened a new David Adjaye-designed building in Lower Downtown Denver. MCA Denver presents exhibitions featuring local, national and international artists, as well as offering ongoing public programs that explore the relationship between art and contemporary life. MCA Denver has a robust youth program, with a focus on teens. In 2009, The Lab at Belmar merged with MCA Denver.
Museum Location, Hours and Ticket Prices
MCA Denver is located at 1485 Delgany on the corner of 15th Street and Delgany in Denver, CO. The telephone number is 303 298 7554. MCA Denver’s hours are Tuesday through Thursday NOON to 7PM, Friday NOON to 8PM, Saturday & Sunday 10AM to 7PM. The museum is closed on Monday. Adults are $8 ($5 after 5PM), College Student (with ID)/Senior 65+/Military $5, Teens (12-18) $3, Children (7-11) $1 and Children (0-6) are FREE.
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Media Contact: For more information, interviews and images, please contact Sarah Baie, Director of Programming &
Chief of Fictions, at sarahb@mcadenver.org or 303 298 7554 x202.