Matt Toole offers iron performance and lecture at UCD
The University of Colorado Denver is firing up its College of Arts & Media this week by bringing in iron sculptor and performance artist Matt Toole for a lecture tonight and live pour tomorrow.
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TEDx Mile High recreates the eighteenth century salon tonight
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