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Sharing our sincere appreciation for teachers across Colorado  and beyond

The closure of schools this spring has created an  unprecedented  challenge for teachers  to overcome.  Teachers were faced with daunting questions:  How do we teach from afar? How do we connect with our students when we cannot connect? How do we ensure students know we care?  We have seen teachers not only  rise to the challenge, but truly innovate during this time of need.
objects from the Denver Art Museum at a school for Art Lives Here program with DAM staff and students
School & Teachers

Apply for Art Lives Here/El arte vive aquí

Is your school actively engaged in promoting the arts? Do you work for a community center focused on exposing youth and families to new creative experiences and opportunities? Apply here to collaborate with the Denver Art Museum to bring the Art Lives Here/El arte vive aquí program to your site. Art Lives Here/El arte vive aquí is a FREE program created with the Denver Art Museum and your school or organization’s community. A collection of unique museum objects would live at your site for about a month.
staff rolling map onto sono tube
Conservation

Conserving a Ming Dynasty Map Made in Japan (Video & Photos)

This article tells the story of how the Denver Art Museum conserved this map. To learn more about the map itself read this article. No longer on view. History, Artistry & Science Traditional conservation embodies what I like to refer to as the “holy trinity” of disciplines: history, artistic competency, and science.
gallery view of Degas: A Passion for Perfection
School & Teachers

5 Fun Things for Teachers to Do at the DAM

1. Explore World-Class Exhibitions—Only at the Denver Art Museum! Degas: A Passion for Perfection investigates the creative experimentation throughout Degas’ career to capture contemporary life of late-nineteenth-century Paris, a transformation from his earlier focus on historical subjects. The Denver Art Museum is the only American venue for this exhibition. Degas: A Passion for Perfection is included in free general admission for school groups and available for school tour groups through March 16, and April 2–May 18, 2018.
Three magi on horseback
Conservation

Newly Conserved Magi on View at the Denver Art Museum

Note: This blog was originally published in 2015. Since these objects are on view in Stampede: Animals in Art, we are republishing it. Now on view in Stampede: Animals in Art are three exquisitely crafted kings on horseback made in Ecuador in the 1700s. They were once part of a larger Christmas nativity scene that illustrated the biblical story of the birth of Jesus. First displayed in Europe in the 1500s, three-dimensional nativity scenes included the Holy Family—Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus—with angels, animals, shepherds, and the three kings.
Video still of Jorge Rivas Pérez, Frederick & Jan Mayer Curator of Spanish Colonial Art
Conservation

Details of the Conservation of The Virgin of Valvanera

These videos tell the story of how curators, conservators, and educators worked to conserve The Virgin of Valvanera (on view in Revealing a Mexican Masterpiece: The Virgin of Valvanera), a painting created in the 1700s. Entering its seventh year, the Bank of America Art Conservation Project has funded more than 100 projects in 29 countries, on six continents. In 2016, the Denver Art Museum was among 21 institutions to receive one of these prestigious grants.
close up look at part of The Virgin of Valvanera painting with discolored varnish compared to the same portion when varnish was reduced
Conservation

The Virgin of Valvanera: Varnish

Artists have used varnishes to coat their paintings since the 1400s—some claim as early as the eleventh century. Varnishes serve to saturate the paint colors, provide some degree of protection for the paint surface, and to impart an even surface sheen.