Denver Art Museum Blogs

Mexican Modernism for Kids & Families

Families can explore the exhibition with a pop-up guide and through our online Museum Web Quest.

I Can Play a Video Game at the Denver Art Museum?

Yes, you can!

How to Take a Great Pet Photo

See Your Pet on the Gallery Wall For the exhibition Stampede: Animals in Art the Denver Art Museum invites visitors to share photos of your pets on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #DAMpets. These photos will appear in the exhibition’s “Beloved” section in a livestream on a framed iPad hung side-by-side with artworks from DAM’s collections. You will find this section on level 3 of the DAM’s Hamilton Building. Upload your pet photo and use the hashtag and maybe you'll see Fluffy or Spot on the gallery wall! (There's up to a 10-minute delay.)

Visit the Early Childhood Student Art Showcase

Creativity and imagination fill the gallery space in the lower level of the North Building at the Denver Art Museum. The DAM is currently showcasing artwork by early childhood students—children under the age of six. All of the pieces on view were created by the students of Mile High Early Learning and Clayton Early Learning. The artwork has been created in a variety of ways with a wide range of materials.

Announcing the Winners of the Let's Go Colorado! Photography Contest

Earlier this month, the Denver Art Museum held the Let's Go Colorado! photography contest. Participants were instructed to follow in the footsteps of photographers Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William H. Bell, whose work is currently on view in On Desert Time: Landscape Photographs by O’Sullivan & Bell, 1871-1874, and capture an image that reflects both the bones of the Colorado landscape and their own discoveries in the area. Check out our Facebook page to see the top 30 winning submissions, which will be on view at Untitled: Stop Motion on September 30.

Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month at the DAM

October is Art Beyond Sight Awareness Month, a monthlong event wherein numerous museums and cultural institutions around the world support and bring awareness to the importance of the arts in the lives of those with vision loss. This annual celebration is the creation of Art Beyond Sight (ABS), a New York-based nonprofit organization dedicated to making art, art history, and visual culture accessible to people who are blind or have vision loss.

Family Guide to the 2016 Friendship Powwow

It may be September but the Denver Art Museum is still celebrating the summer of Dance! with the 27^th Annual Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Celebration. On September 10, 2016, dances, drumming, and more take place on Acoma Plaza (between the museum’s North Building and the main branch of the Denver Public Library). There also are great programs happening inside the museum—and general admission is free!

LET’S GO COLORADO! PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

Have you ever been surprised by seeing a landscape for the first time or excited by discovering something new in a place you have visited before? Follow in the footsteps of photographers Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William H. Bell, whose work is currently on view here in On Desert Time: Landscape Photographs by O’Sullivan & Bell, 1871-1874, and capture an image that reflects both the bones of the Colorado landscape and your own discoveries in the area and submit it in our Let’s Go Colorado!

Students Explore Home, Family, Celebration, & Identity in Art Showcase

The Denver Art Museum partners with Denver Public Library’s Plaza program to bring creativity and artmaking to five of the local library branches—Hadley, Hampden, Gonzalez, Montbello, and Ross-Barnum. Once a month, students and families in the DPL Plaza program create amazing works of art that are now on display at the Denver Art Museum. Each art project focuses on a theme that is communicated through the artwork.

Celebrate Spring Break at the Denver Art Museum

Join us March 19–April 3 for hands-on artmaking, performances, and more fun for families. The Paint Studio, Create-n-Takes, Family Activity Cart, and Just for Fun Center–Japan (it's new!) will be open every day. A performance of ART EMERGENCY! CODE RED... by Real Live Theater Company kicks off Spring Break on March 19. There are two performances: members-only at 9:30 am; and everyone at 10:30 am.

Boys & Girls Clubs Fine Arts Showcase

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver connect children to opportunities for community involvement and personal growth, including access to museums. The Denver Art Museum’s core educational values for creative thinking, expression, and transformative experiences help provide a platform for the emerging artists of the Boys & Girls Clubs. Each year, members of all ages submit artwork to their local Boys & Girls Clubs Fine Arts Showcase to be juried by a panel of judges.

Dec. 5 Book Launch Celebrates Creative Collaboration Between Mother & Daughter

The story begins on a rainy day with a bored Sophie Mouse. She discovers a mysterious poem and is inspired to go on kindness adventures “anonymousely." As the story unfolds, her small acts of kindness inspire others throughout the forest, resulting in a kindness culture full of spirit and adventure. This is the synopsis of The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse, a newly released book co-authored by Natalie Lynn Rekstad, founder of Black Fox Philanthropy, and her daughter Sophie Noelle Lynn, the original Anonymouse.