"We've stumbled on an economic model for the creative process that is new," Kadlubek explains. He credits much of that success to a smart concept - one that's been shared over and over in social media.
"We thought it would catch on after a year or two, but it happened immediately." "We have been totally surprised by the success," Kadlubek admits. The complex took off faster than its founders could have imagined, earning raves across the country - and making it possible to consider expanding the concept to other cities. "This unique fusion of art and entertainment gives audiences fictional worlds to explore."Īnd the audiences keep coming. "Our work is a combination of jungle gym, haunted house, children’s museum and immersive art exhibit," the Meow Wolf website pronounces. Meow Wolf The Meow Wolf Art Complex opened on March 17, 2016, with a permanent, 20,000-square-foot installation called The House of Eternal Return, as well as a makers' space and a children's area. Martin pledged $2.7 million to the project Meow Wolf got an additional $50,000 from the city of Santa Fe and $100,000 from a crowdfunding campaign. That move was made possible two years ago, when author George R. Meow Wolf got its start almost a decade ago as a collective arts production company - but it really took off after it got a permanent home in an old bowling alley in south Santa Fe. A native of Santa Fe, in high school he and his friends would come up to Denver for concerts and arts immersions Kadlubek got to know the people behind Rhinoceropolis, the groundbreaking DIY space that was closed by the city last month, after a dozen years of making art and music. Denver is one of the places the group is looking at so are Austin and Las Vegas.īut Denver could have an edge, because it's "always been sort of a sister city to us," says Kadlubek. "We've been having success in Santa Fe, a pretty small market, and we've started to take the steps to look at other markets and explore possibilities of Meow Wolf in a large city," Kadlubek says. From people who we've talked to, that's really been a consistent theme."Īnd it's a theme that Meow Wolf would embrace if it opens an outpost here. There's a pride around keeping Denver special, keeping it unique. You can sense this energy of creativity, of self-initiative. "There's a lot of momentum happening in Denver," says Vince Kadlubek, one of the founders of Meow Wolf. A crew from the Santa Fe arts sensation was in the Mile High City this week, scouting locations and exploring the local arts scene, a mission that included sitting in on the Amplify Arts Denver town hall on January 10. Meow Wolf could roar into Denver one day.
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