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Meow Wolf opens new 95,000-square-foot installation space in small plot surrounded by three highways in Denver

2022-04-01T19:35:00-04:00

Let’s start with a little exercise. I would like you to input “Meow Wolf Denver” on Google Maps (here, I did it for you) and look at where the red pin falls on the map. Do you see it yet, the small, somewhat tear-shaped building tucked inside an interwoven web of highways? That, my friends, is Denver’s newest arts destination—and it sits on a tiny, triangular plot of land at the intersection of three highways.

Meow Wolf, the Sante Fe-based arts and entertainment company that specializes in hosting large-scale immersive experiences, has set up shop in Denver, with a new, uniquely-positioned space that opened to the public in September 2021.

The building, spanning 5 stories and 95,000 square feet, was designed to fill the void between a stretch of I-25 and two off-ramps. Its façade is clad with specialty matte panels to ensure the building doesn’t create a glare for drivers.

Before settling on this location, Meow Wolf had two other potential locations in mind, both located in Denver’s River North Art District. The team decided against these locations because building would have required the displacement of existing organizations in an area that was already experiencing gentrification. Meow Wolf, thus, called upon Denver-based architecture firm Shears Adkins Rockmore (SAR +) and boutique real estate firm Revesco Properties.

The key to utilizing such a constrained space was building the st...

100+ artist-collective Meow Wolf brings their unique combination of architecture, art and technology to the Life is Beautiful festival in Vegas

2017-09-25T15:17:00-04:00

Meow Wolf is a unique collaboration of more than 100 artists and designers. They use architecture, painting, sculpture, video and audio engineering to create immersive multi-sensorial environments. The works of art they create can be walked in, climbed on and played with.

Truly multidisciplinary, Meow Wolf mixes architecture, art and entertainment to create fantastical environments.

Kate Russell courtesy of Meow Wolf

In 2016, they opened their first permanent exhibition, called “The House of Eternal Return” in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Meow Wolf transformed a former bowling alley in the industrial area of Santa Fe, into a 20,000 square foot fantastical immersive environment. The exhibition is composed of dozens of rooms and secret passages for kids and adults.

House of Eternal Return, Santa Fe. Lindsay Kennedy courtesy of Meow Wolf

House of Eternal Return, Santa Fe. Kate Russell courtesy of Meow Wolf

House of Eternal Return, Santa Fe. Lindsay Kennedy courtesy of Meow Wolf

Meow Wolf also r...

Art collective Meow Wolf's cool new model for artists to make an excellent living

2017-07-13T13:53:00-04:00

Full-time creative positions, like architects and sound engineers, come with considerable salaries and benefits. “We have 20-year-olds making $50,000 a year with us,” remarks Everett.

Meow Wolf may have put the starving artist trope to rest in the form of a magnificent new business/installation model.

Photo by Kate Russell. Courtesy of Meow Wolf.

As this article explains:

Since the Santa Fe-based art collective Meow Wolf opened its permanent installation, the House of Eternal Return, in March 2016, the project has been an unmitigated success in terms of viewership and profits. Housed in a 20,000-square-foot former bowling alley, the sprawling interactive artwork welcomed 400,000 visitors in its first year—nearly four times as many as expected—and brought in $6 million in revenue for the collective’s more than 100 members.

Founding members of Meow Wolf: Corvas Brinkeroff, Sean Di Ianni, Vince Kadlubek, Caity Kennedy, Matt King. Courtesy of Meow Wolf.

In even better news: at this time of this report Meow Wolf is currently hiring!