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Q&A with Graphic Designer Jena Siedler
5 Ways to Increase Your Creative Motivation
Check out writing instructor Theresa Rozul Knowles' tips.
Resolve to Explore Your Creativity in 2021
Check out our free online drawing, writing, and mindful looking classes.
Monumental Poles Among First Art Placed in the Martin Building (Video)
The Denver Art Museum team has completed the installation of its monumental Haida poles, marking the beginning of art installations for a redesigned and reinstalled Northwest Coast and Alaska Native gallery. The reimagined space will be among the first art galleries to reopen to the public in the initial phase of the renovated Martin Building on June 6, 2020.
Martin Building Reopening Begins June 6, 2020
We’re happy to announce that on June 6, 2020, we will open three floors of art galleries, learning and gathering spaces, and a restaurant and cafe in the renovated Lanny and Sharon Martin Building and new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center .
The June 2020 reopening date will be the first of several phased openings of the Martin Building, with the entire building to be reopened to the public by its 50th anniversary at the end of 2021.
Explore 2019 NEA Big Read at Drop-In Writing
Explore Julia Alvarez's novel In the Time of the Butterflies in front of Marie Watt's artwork Butterfly (in The Light Show) at the Denver Art Museum's Drop-In Writing program on October 22.
Relax with Tibetan Sand Mandala Inspired Coloring Page
Editor's Note: You can enjoy the coloring activity and see the Hayagriva Mandala in The Light Show through March 7, 2021.
Martin Building to Open in Phases–Starting with New Welcome Center in June 2020
In June 2020, the Denver Art Museum will kick off a phased reopening of the united museum campus, welcoming visitors to the first three levels of the refurbished and renamed Martin Building (previously the North Building) and the new, curved glass-walled Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center.
Elevate Denver Bonds Boost the DAM’s North Building Project
With its international reputation as a leader in innovative education and exhibition programs, the Denver Art Museum’s commitment to public access and community collaboration is well known. In 2012 the museum began planning to make a major investment to better serve our expanding community by renovating one of the city’s architectural icons—the nearly 50-year-old North Building.
Announcing the Winners of the #NewTerritoryCo Instagram Contest
Thank you to everyone who entered this contest. We saw so many great photos! Photography curator Eric Paddock said, "This was a really fun and interesting experience. There was so much energy among the participating artists, and so many great pictures, that it was awfully hard to settle on a final group. We’re grateful for the opportunity to see everything, and encourage everyone who submitted to keep making pictures!"
Flex Your Creative Muscles & Have Fun at Drop-In Drawing
Looking for a creative outlet? Join instructor Anna Kaye at the Denver Art Museum for Drop-In Drawing sessions on the second Tuesday of each month.