Cody Oldham is a professional wildlife and landscape painter who lives with his family — and several mountain lions that Cody’s dad rehabilitates for return to the wild — on 20 acres in the mountains of Colorado. As you will hear in this conversation, Cody also is a rather precocious Read more…
You might have seen Gregg Deal or his work at some point in the past decade or more, and not known it. He’s appeared in National Geographic magazine, the Washington Post, Huffington Post and on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, among other places in the media. Not to mention Read more…
After nearly three years and publishing 80 interviews on this site in a text-based, Q&A format, Humanitou is transitioning to podcast. Right now. In this inaugural Humanitou Podcast episode, I talk with my amazing wife, Becca Williams. I reveal a secret I’ve been holding throughout our 17-year relationship, something I’d Read more…
UPDATED: New trailer published March 2021 Hi. I’m Adam Williams, creator and host of the Humanitou Podcast. This podcast, which launched this month, is the next step in the evolution of Humanitou, a website that has shined light on humanness and creativity for nearly three years now. During more than Read more…
Humanitou hosted a pop-up event during Arts Month as part of ArtPOP, a local-arts series supported by the Pikes Peak Arts Council and the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region. Participants shared stories and were photographed during 30-minute sessions. The conversation below is one of seven in the Humanitou Read more…
Humanitou hosted a pop-up event during Arts Month as part of ArtPOP, a local-arts series supported by the Pikes Peak Arts Council and the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region. Participants shared stories and were photographed during 30-minute sessions. The conversation below is one of seven in the Humanitou Read more…
Several faces and stories of Humanitou will be featured next month when Kreuser Gallery exhibits “Community.” The show is a collaboration of several local artists, including Abigail Kreuser, Julie Kirkland, Chris Alvarex, Muriah Allen, Lori Sprague, Brian Tryon and me, Adam Williams. The opening of “Community” is 5 – 9 Read more…
Humanitou hosted a pop-up event during Arts Month as part of ArtPOP, a local-arts series supported by the Pikes Peak Arts Council and the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region. Participants shared stories and were photographed during 30-minute sessions. The conversation below is one of seven in the Humanitou Read more…
Humanitou hosted a pop-up event during Arts Month as part of ArtPOP, a local-arts series supported by the Pikes Peak Arts Council and the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region. Participants shared stories and were photographed during 30-minute sessions. The conversation below is one of seven in the Humanitou Read more…
There’s an energetic shift underway in David Gonzales’ art studio. In a small work space with David’s name on the exterior, the artist taps into a dynamic flow of one kind or another. The obvious: painting, nearly an aerobic workout in its rhythms. Most often vibrant in its colors. Always Read more…
In “The Last American Indian on Earth,” Gregg Deal has a lot to say — even when he’s not actually speaking. Maybe he is existing silently in a public space, walking through a shopping mall or standing on a city sidewalk. Maybe he’s ripping through the scene on one of Read more…
Yves Sturdevant sat with me at a picnic table somewhat cocooned by nature, by a river of noise flowing on Interstate 25, and the occasional train rolling on the rails laid a stone’s throw away. There are rabbits, trees, birds, blooms. It’s one of Yves’ many happy spaces. She shared Read more…
Jeff Harms is an artist who deals in words and wit. He sails the world on a stage, regularly performing his family-friendly stylings of observational comedy for audiences from around the globe aboard cruise liners. Among other things. Jeff, 64, is married to the actress Hannah Rockey, whom he has Read more…
Ramón Aguirre’s paintings express his interest in mortality and death as a matter of life. In conversation he’s easy-going and generous, and laughs often. We sat down to talk in Ramón’s above-garage studio, where he paints and otherwise creates, where philosophy books and analog cameras he still uses are within Read more…
After helping Nico Wilkinson feed sunflower seeds to the two resident goats of the Quaill Club in Colorado Springs, we sat down with a lot to talk about. Nico, 25, works as a community organizer, poet, publisher, and spoken word performance artist who rattles cages, sparks laughs and loves to Read more…
Natural light and wafting incense, works of art and elements of nature shape the space of Jasmine Dillavou’s studio in downtown Colorado Springs. Jasmine, 25, works full-tilt within the creative life. As a full-time henna artist at La Henna Boheme in downtown Manitou Springs. As a contemporary artist with an Read more…
By his own recognition, Vincent Coleman is going through a lot of changes. He’s making connections. He’s growing, as an artist and a human being. He sees it happening. Feels it. Vincent, 26, is immersed in creative work at Smokebrush Foundation. He took a break from hanging a sizeable art Read more…
Bryant Jones has been playing keyboards for more than 50 years. It’s the connective thread through a life of changes. He started in the late Sixties playing a keyboard his father bought for his 14th birthday. One year later, on his 15th birthday, life took an unconscionable, unalterable turn. Coming Read more…
Ace McCasland and her Studio Luna Verde have a following. The hard-won creative voice that calls to lovers of her jewelry design and metalsmithing is one she’s honed through nearly 30 years of living rugged and ready, open to adventure and … mostly not at the flame and workbench. Ace, Read more…
A lot happened with me and Humanitou in 2018, its first full year. Here are some gratitudes and highlights from the past 12 months, and some glimpses of what’s in the works for the coming year. Thank You … The list of good things below comes with credit due to Read more…