What does the present moment call for? What is your response? What is our response, collectively?

How can our creative spirits teach us to transform shared outrage into effective resistance? How can advocacy through music bring our community together?

Jonny 5 invites you to explore these questions by raising your voice and experiencing the power of song as a tool for protest, mobilization, and community defense. Set within the exhibition Gary Simmons: Rush, this gathering continues conversations sparked by the installation — both of attempted erasure, and the resilience of collective memory.

On the eve of MLK Day, join us for an immersive demonstration designed to spark your own form of creative resistance.

Jonny 5

Jonny 5 is a lead emcee with the band Flobots, best known for their 2008 platinum single “Handlebars” and their commitment to using music as a vehicle for social change. He is a member of Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, where he has been co-hosting NOENEMIES song circles since 2015.

Cookie Factory

Dedicated to fostering creativity and dialogue, Cookie Factory collaborates with internationally renowned artists to create new, site-specific works inspired by Denver and Colorado’s landscapes and cultural fabric. Housed in a revitalized 1940s fortune cookie factory in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Cookie Factory operates on an intimate, human scale, cultivating personal, intuitive experiences through art.
Cookie Factory