Photo from left: Arts educator Ryan Mathews and founders of Blue Ribbon Arts Initiative Max Miller and Rebecca Miller. Visit the second annual Youth Artists on the Spectrum: A Celebration of Neurodiversity on view at the Denver Art Museum on the lower level of the North Building August 26−October 2, 2016. Entry to the showcase is free; admission to the rest of the museum requires a ticket. Learn about one of the artists in the showcase in this story on 9News.com.
Take a brief video tour (above) through select gallery spaces in the Women of Abstract Expressionism exhibition, on view through September 25, 2016.
Then, delve deeper into the subject matter with in-depth interviews (below).
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Curator Gwen Chanzit talks with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner.
Listen to the interview (13:21).
HYPERALLERGIC PODCAST
Our interactive installation #dancelab seems to be a hit. Open less than a week, there have already been 3,000 dances!
What is #dancelab?
A collaboration between the DAM, Wonderbound dance company, and Legwork Studio, #dancelab is a participatory dance experience, where you, the visitor, are invited to follow dance steps choreographed exclusively for this installation. Then see your movements projected in large format, into an MTV-like music video for all to see. No dance experience or skills are needed.
Katherine Dunham (depicted above), Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Fred Astaire, and Martha Graham are a few of the acclaimed dancers and personalities that have enthralled audiences over this past century. These and many more famed dancers are exquisitely depicted by American artists in this Denver Art Museum exhibition Rhythm & Roots: Dance in American Art.
For this month’s Untitled, we’re joining in on the action of Women of Abstract Expressionism and celebrating an amazing collection of female artists and women warriors from Denver and beyond. Get ready for a night of laughs, drama, and good times at Untitled: Power House.
Talks and Tours
The Denver Art Museum is showcasing a first-of-its-kind exhibition and you won’t want to miss it. Women of Abstract Expressionism, on view June 12−September 25, features 12 women artists who were often overlooked by an art movement defined by men.
Even before it opens, Women of Abstract Expressionism received major media coverage. And for her years of work putting this exhibition together, DAM curator Gwen Chanzit was recently named one of 16 Female Curators Shaking Things Up in 2016.
As visitors race to experience the final days of the Denver Art Museum exhibition Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, we highlight a piece from the show that features a race of another sort. The room-dividing, folding screen, or byōbu (shown above), features a famous scene from samurai history.
Racing into History
Celebrate Japanese culture and pop culture throughout the Denver Art Museum with a collection of unique experiences. I'm Andrew Novick, and I've curated detours, performances, demos, snacks, and fun with my own vision and determination. You can start by creating a samurai helmet or mask and proceed through Untitled: Rising Sun in the way of the samurai....
Learning Ancient Secrets
UPDATE: Arthur Williams will not be at Untitled this evening.
This month at Untitled, we’re suiting up and preparing for action in our second installment of Samurai-inspired celebrations! We’ve got a night of face-offs, heroic tales, and victorious orchestrations in store.
This is your last chance to see eight Denver Art Museum exhibitions (which are included with general admission, free for members):
Closing in April
1. Showing Off: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions through April 3
Highlights works by Nick Cave, James Drake, Leonardo Drew, Eric Fischl, Al Held, Ben Jackel, Sol LeWitt, Christian Marclay, Agnes Martin, John McEnroe, Nam June Paik, Shinique Smith, and others.
2. Aqua-Terra / Terra-Aqua through April 10
At Untitled Final Friday this month we're thinking about dicey situations and dangerous occupations in honor of Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection. The scoop on all the risky business is below:
Win Tickets: Go on a jewel heist with Denver Public Library and you might even win two tickets to Samurai.
Tengu is a half-bird, half-human mythological Japanese creature who narrates the family-friendly audio guide for Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection. He is one of the many tengu in Japanese folklore.
“Tengu introduces visitors to some of the fascinating stories of the objects and encourages them to picture themselves training as samurai,” said Lindsay Genshaft, manager of family and community programming.