First Friday: June

Alexis Randolph: Chasing the Dopamine

Alexis Randolph has spent her entire life in Colorado—growing up on Copper Mountain, guiding horseback tours through alpine meadows, and navigating heavy-equipment crews at the local resort. After graduating from CSU Pueblo with a Fine Arts degree, she’s busily building a functioning studio while homeschooling her youngest child.

Her journey into jewelry design began unexpectedly in Pueblo Community College’s welding program, where a required art class introduced her to metalsmithing. From that moment on, Alexis fell in love with the challenge of transforming raw materials into wearable treasures. Today, under her label “Jilted Kreations,” she crafts rings, pendants, and earrings that blend mountain-inspired motifs with contemporary flair—each piece meant to spark that rush of joy (“the dopamine chase”) when you slip it on. Alexis’s work has already earned ribbons at juried shows and found its way into Colorado galleries. For Chasing the Dopamine, she presents a curated selection of jewelry reflecting her mountain roots, her finely honed craftsmanship, and her unwavering passion for tactile, meaningful design.

• Hand-fabricated sterling silver and mixed-metal rings inspired by snow-capped peaks and forest silhouettes.

  
  

• Pendants that incorporate reclaimed steel and semi-precious stones sourced from local Colorado miners.

  
  

• Earrings featuring organic linework that echo the contours of horse trails and winding ski runs.

Find more of Alexis’s creations on Facebook and Instagram at @JiltedKreations, and prepare to let her work awaken that joyful, “dopamine-rush” feeling.

Bob Marsh: NINE TIMES NINE

Just two weeks after celebrating his 81st birthday, Bob Marsh unveils NINE TIMES NINE, a retrospective that delves into his life as a multidisciplinary artist. For Bob, the number 81—or “nine times nine”—carries deep resonance, prompting reflections on a creative journey spanning sculpture, drawing, painting, movement, and music.

Since the 1970s, Bob has forged invented instruments and composed graphic scores for avant-garde ensembles, integrating sound and form into one harmonious practice. When a friend gifted him a chunk of red cedar once found on an Oregon beach, Bob rediscovered his passion for wood carving after a 35-year hiatus. Now working with local slabs of cedar, pine, and juniper—each piece “alive” in his hands—he carves forms that appear to dance, as though echoing the motions of branches swaying in mountain breezes. His drawings and paintings serve as visual “songs,” completing the symphony that is Bob’s art.

Monumental wood sculptures, each carved from single slabs, evoking movement and the living spirit of trees.

Mixed-media drawings and paintings—graphic scores rendered in ink and paint—inviting viewers to “listen” with their eyes.

Reflections on ancestral connections to the natural world, rooted in Bob’s belief that his Druid forebears celebrated the “People of the Oak.”

Bob’s work invites you to linger, to feel the grain of the wood beneath your fingertips, and, if you listen closely, to hear the silent music within each form.

Let’s celebrate Alexis Randolph and Bob Marsh together—two artists whose passion, dedication, and love for their craft light up our community. Come for the art, stay for the conversation, and leave with a renewed sense of wonder.

First Friday 6 to 9 PM