Creative Classes
Connect with professional creatives, learn a new skill, and expand your own creative practice in 1-day, 4-week, and 6-week creative classes at the Denver Art Museum. These classes are taught by practicing artists and are taught in a studio art environment in the new Creative Hub located on level 1 of the newly reimagined Martin Building.
Untitled: Creative Fusions at Home
Untitled: Creative Fusions is a collaboration with local artists and creatives to create an evening full of events, performances, experimentation, and one-of-a-kind experiences. Throughout the night, artists will showcase their work while providing a hands-on and engaging atmosphere.
Upcoming Creative Programs
Come explore your creativity at the Denver Art Museum with these various programs and classes.
Mindful Looking Online
Drop-In Drawing Online
Drop-In Writing Online
Drop-In Drawing
Drop-In Writing
Flow State
Wet Felting Bowls and Bags
Memory, Space, and Mixed Media Collage
Art Into Words: Using Art as Inspiration for Writing
Off-Loom Weaving
Woodcut Mixed Media Prints
Craftivism
The Studio
The Denver Art Museum’s interactive Storytelling Studio is a place to spark your creativity, connect with Denver’s creative community, and get a new perspective on the artistic process!
Visitors will have the chance to explore themes of place, identity, and imagination in the brand new Studio from 11 am to 4 pm. The Studio will have interactive, self-guided activities and art created by local artists.
Programs & Talks
The Denver Art Museum hosts a variety of online lectures and talks with curators, artists, and leaders in their fields.
A Case of Cultural Appropriation: The Virgin of Guadalupe from Mexico to Spain
The Greatest Unknown American Painter: Dennis Miller Bunker and His Wild Asters
Anderman Photography Lecture
Drawn to France: American Painters & Their Patrons
This four-part course is inspired by Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France. Learn more about the lure of France for American artists and patrons in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This artistic mecca—both the cultural capital of Paris and artist colonies further afield—offered a change of scenery, top-rate venues for training and exhibiting, and an opportunity for artistic exchange.
Whistler to Cassatt: The Making of an Exhibition
Impressionism's Summers
Mary, Louisine, and Bertha: Three American Women Who Put Impressionism on the Map
Henry Ossawa Tanner and Black Artists in Paris, c. 1900
Symposia
These symposia provide opportunities for in-depth explorations related to the museum's exhibitions and collections. Come connect with colleagues and peers with similar interests and learn from experts.
Earthworks: Land Art in the West
Dressing for the Creator
ReVisión: A New Look at Art in the Americas
Group Tours
Groups of a minimum of 10 and maximum of 40 are welcome to request a guided group tour of the museum’s collections and special exhibitions. Requests must be made at least two weeks in advance. To make reservations and schedule your group tour, call 720-913-0088 (Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm) or email groupsales@denverartmuseum.org.
Become a Member
Join today to get free general admission for an entire year, discounted tickets and access to member-only hours for ticketed exhibitions, free general admission guest passes, and much more!
Lifelong Learning and Access programs are supported by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education Programs, Nancy Benson Education Endowment Fund, CenturyLink Endowment, Jim Kelley and Amie Knox Education Endowment Fund, and the Cooke-Daniels Fund. Support is also provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, NextFifty Initiative, Colorado Garden Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).
