Make & Tell 2025

What is Make & Tell?

It’s simple: bring anything you’re making or working on or thinking about making or working on: a song, a quilt, an idea, a car, a drink, a tattoo, a poem, a plan, or really any creative work-in-progress. You show it, tell a bit about it, and we all ask questions and discuss. It’s super relaxed but often surprising and inspiring. And, of course, you can simply just attend and enjoy the night without bringing anything — it's just as interesting to sit back and ask questions.

What Happens Each Night?

6:30p-7p: Drinks

A welcome cocktail plus beer/wine & lite appetizers included with your ticket.

7p-7:45p: Open Mic

This is when you share your thing!

8p-8:45p: Featured Presenter & Q&A

8:45p-??: What's better than a party? An after-party!

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Seating is limited. Please purchase a ticket to reserve your spot. Tickets include entry, a welcome cocktail plus beer/wine, and lite appetizers. If you're interested in sharing during the Open Mic, please be sure to indicate that when you get your ticket. Proceeds from ticket sales help us keep Make & Tell going and pay a stipend to our featured presenters.

No children, please.

2025 Featured Presenters

July 24 • Eileen Roscina, Artist & Experimental Filmmaker

Eileen Roscina is an artist, experimental filmmaker, and naturalist from Denver, Colorado. She holds an MFA in Art Practices from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BFA from Emerson College in Boston, MA, and also trained at the School of Botanical Art and Illustration in Denver. She teaches at University of Colorado, Boulder and Metropolitan State University in Denver and in many K-12 classrooms. Through biomimicry and the study of biophilia, her work examines humans' spiritual and social (dis)connection with nature, and seeks to raise questions about realizing a radically different metaphoric mapping of time, space, and our place in the world.

www.eileenroscina.com

August 21 • Yumi Janairo Roth, Sculptor

Yumi Janairo Roth was born in Eugene, Oregon and grew up in Chicago, Metro Manila, the Philippines and suburban Washington DC. She received a BA in anthropology from Tufts University, a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston and an MFA from the State University of New York-New Paltz. She currently lives and works in Boulder, Colorado where she is a professor of sculpture and post studio practice at the University of Colorado.

Roth’s research-based practice includes projects built around social engagement and site-specific installation. She has developed projects in the Philippines and projects focused on the Filipino diaspora, having worked with Manila-based artists and call center agents, jeepney drivers, and artisans to develop projects that explore labor, creative exchange, and cultural translation. Since 2017, she has worked closely with professional sign spinners in southern California, Las Vegas, and Denver and developed collaborations between sign spinners and professional dancers, conversations between sign spinners and contemporary art curators, engagements with audiences, and participation in professional sign spinning competitions. More recently, she and Emmanuel David have worked collaboratively on a project that unearths the story of Filipino performers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

www.yumijroth.com

September 18 • The Made Shop, Graphic Design

The Made Shop is a shape-shifting design studio based in Denver and L.A.

We build brands, make art, and design spaces.

themadeshop.com

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Presented by The Made Shop

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