Five Points Stories & News
Black in the West: Neko Upson, A Midwife
Neko Upson is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) who grew up in Curtis Park and currently manages the Certified Nurse Midwife practice at Saint Joseph Hospital. Looking back on her journey up to this point, Upson stated that “God puts people in your life, sometimes they don’t know what a difference they made.” Upson came from humble beginnings, it was the people that she met along the way that made her career possible. Upson shares her story of growing up in the Curtis Park projects and returning to provide healthcare to women in the neighborhood for nearly 20 years.
Black in the West: Robert Gray, An Art Curator
Robert “Rob” Gray, art curator and founder of the Black Love Mural Festival, wants to “Rob the art museum”. Of course not in a literal way, his mission as an art curator is to “inspire, engage, and educate the Black community through art”. He believes that traditional art culture is exclusive and lacks access for people of color. The moniker, “Rob the art museum”, comes from his fantasy of stealing popular art and showing it to his community in a robinhood fashion.
Black in the West: Brien Hollowell, a photographer
Brien Hollowell is a Colorado born African-American photographer currently exhibiting in Five Points. His newest exhibit captures landmarks and meaningful places in Denver and the 2020 George Floyd Protest, all in black-and-white to convey his artistic endeavor to create a memoir. This story is the first Five Points Atlas edition of Black in the West.
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