Keith Jive, l’enfant terrible of underground culture began his graffiti career in rural Connecticut in 1989 at the age of 14. He quickly catapulted into international success with his eclectic, visionary style.

His prolific pieces are found in countless graffiti magazines around the world, national street art festivals and legal walls. His exposure is wide-spread, exhibiting graffiti canvases and paintings in group and solo fine art shows throughout the United States.

Keith Jive is renowned for his neoteric stylization of letters and vibrant chromatic instincts. He is also recognized as a creative trendsetter, constantly evolving his personal style through the past 3.5 decades. His occasional use of unconventional materials (mechanical gears, mirrors, and other found objects) are a testament to him as a maverick artist and writer.

Raven Rohrig (they/them) is a contemporary artist in the Denver Metro LGBTQ+ community
whose primary art forms include figurative ink illustration, and mixed media endeavors. Raven's
art explores sexuality and identity, and centers body-inclusive, gender-inclusive,
pleasure-positive, and kink-positive subject-matter.
Raven is the sole owner and operator of Raven Rohrig Fine Arts LLC., based in Denver
Colorado. Raven's studio takes residence in their living room, ever ready for company. You can
find their ink drawings in galleries and their merchandise in local small businesses around the Denver area.

"It is a necessary task to find motivation in making and sharing art when seemingly everywhere
you turn artists are undervalued and over charged. I hear often that “art is a luxury.” How can art
be a luxury when humans (yes all of us!) are consistently drawn to creating a pleasurable
experience in our personal spaces and on our bodies? Art is not a luxury, it is how our stories,
memories, emotional expression, humanity are shared to strengthen community and belonging.
Is it bold to say: making a living off of creating aesthetics/art is not a trivial or useless line of
work - it is essential to maintain our wander, individuality, hope, emotional wellbeing - the very
reason this life is worth living! Just imagine, really spend some time with this thought: a world
without art; no music, no style, no imagery to enliven and contemplate. The work of an artist is
humanitarian work.
My stamina for making art has wavered in the last few years as I’ve faced the endless
competition with the capitalist machine grinding to make the rich richer through devaluing the
work of the artist while simultaneously replacing us with machines (think about mass made art
or now AI). 2025 was another year I battled futilely for the time I took to engage in the grounding
experience of making art; not to mention asking people to purchase it so I could pay my rent.
But this is the complicated cycle within capitalism, the aim of which is to squash hope and
creativity and gain control of all means of production.
I know many of us are longing for the connections provided by enriching experiences. As I
approach this new year, I am reframing and examining my experience with making and selling
my work. Whether it was made by my hands, or those of another artist, art enriches my life. It is
high time I recognize the value that I, as an artist, bring to the lives around me. Artists have a
responsibility to keep producing art. Art is the antidote to the “productivity narrative” we are
force-fed. Art is where hope is created, it’s where a different future becomes possible, where we
find pleasure and authentic expression, and a means to document what we are collectively
experiencing so we can reclaim our voices against the odds." - Raven Rohrig

Kayla Schoenkopf is a Denver based illustrator and storyteller, bringing whimsical worlds to life, with pen and paper. Her inspiration? Tapping into the subconscious and letting it all flow onto the page. This is Lil Cunts world, and we’re all just living in it. 

Belle is an artist, student, preschool teacher, videographer, music-maker, and general human being. She likes messing around with fabrics and watercolors.