Help Keep the Pages Turning for Birdy Magazine 🤍
At CreativeMornings Denver, we talk often about the importance of creative community. Not just the polished highlights, but the real, living ecosystem of artists, writers, musicians, photographers, designers, dreamers, and the people brave enough to create platforms for them to be seen.
That’s why today, we want to shine a light on one of our longtime community partners and beloved creative staples: Birdy Magazine.
For nearly 13 years, Birdy has remained artist-run, independent, and deeply human. They’ve published 148 FREE monthly issues, showcasing thousands of artists and creatives from Denver and far beyond. No paywall. No chasing algorithms. Just beautifully curated, tangible storytelling made with heart, grit, ink, paper, and a whole lot of late nights.
In a world increasingly ruled by scrolling, Birdy has remained a place you can actually hold in your hands.
Every issue is thoughtfully crafted by Jonny DeStefano and Krysti Joméi, two humans who have poured their lives into preserving analog culture and creating a screen-free creative space where artists can shine. Alongside a passionate volunteer crew of writers, artists, distributors, supporters, and advertisers, they’ve built something truly rare: a publication that feels like community.
But sustaining independent art spaces isn’t easy.
Birdy has grown into something that reaches tens of thousands of people, and the weight of carrying it can no longer rest on just a few shoulders. Right now, they’re asking the community they’ve championed for years to help keep Birdy alive and soaring.
And honestly? We know this community understands the value of that.
Maybe Birdy published your work.
Maybe you discovered a new artist through its pages.
Maybe a copy sat on your coffee table, your studio desk, your favorite café counter, or taped to your wall like a tiny paper rebellion against a disposable digital world.
If Birdy has ever inspired you, connected you, encouraged you, or simply reminded you that creativity still matters, now’s the moment to stand with them.
Because print is still here.
Print is undead. 🖤
But independent creative spaces survive because communities choose to protect them.
Please consider giving what you can, spreading the word, and helping keep this beautiful publication alive for future artists, writers, and weird little dreamers who need places like Birdy to exist.
A small collective act of kindness can keep Birdy soaring. 🤍
