In celebration of Month of Photography Denver and the opening of our new photography exhibition, Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder, our photography department staff wants to see what YOU can capture! We invite you to channel your inner Barbara Bosworth to capture photos of nature, landscape, or something that is not noticeable at first glance and post it on Instagram.
Show your love for photography and connect with other local photographers and creatives by participating in the Curator’s Choice: #DAMGreatShot Instagram Contest.
Beverly Pepper (who died in 2020) was in her 80s when she completed Denver Monoliths.
The Denver Art Museum exhibition Matisse and Friends showcases 14 extraordinary works of art from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Henri Matisse, who is represented by four works in the show, was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century and a central figure in the radical movement known as "fauvism" (fauve is French for wild beast). Here are a few great quotes that get at his experimental and expressive nature.
The Denver Art Museum recently held a staff pumpkin-carving contest that was a lot of fun and really got people motivated (see the photos in the slide show below to see how creative we got). If your employees or coworkers would like to follow suit, here are a few wickedly simple steps to follow to help ensure your pumpkin-carving event is as successful as ours was:
Looking for unique costume ideas? The folks in the Denver Art Museum's learning and engagement department have you covered. Check out their dDIY with instructions for making art-inspired Halloween costumes. (The costumes above were inspired by Fox Games by Sandy Skoglund, which is no longer on view.)
Teachers, parents, and kids will find inspiring activities, art supplies, and books in the Denver Art Museum's new North Shop. Come shop for these great items and explore many more.
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$5 each Duck Tape and $2.50 each Washi Tape are great for art projects and for kids to decorate their books, backpacks, and more.
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Note: Jeffrey Gibson's video one becomes the other will be screened at Untitled: Show Down on April 29, 2016.
This month the Denver Art Museum celebrates a growing partnership with the Mexican Cultural Center (MCC) and the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP), and what better way than with this month’s CelebrARTE: Aventuras where we adventure on a weeklong journey along the Camino Real—the historic route that connected Mexico City to its northern frontiers, including Colorado.
This series introduces some of the fiber artists who conduct demonstrations in the Nancy Lake Benson Thread Studio.
Spinner and textile artist Paula Veschore can find a project in anything. “Everything to me is an art project whether it’s weaving, gardening, or a bucket of rusty horse shoes,” she said.
Veschore is one of seven demonstrating artists in the Thread Studio located on the sixth floor of the North Building in the Denver Art Museum. When demonstrating her craft in the museum, she uses a spinning wheel to transform raw materials into yarn. She uses this for various textile projects, including a complex knitted shawl.
Imagine viewing a painting without actually seeing it.
Imagine landscapes, portraits, and scenes that you can see through touch and feel.
For some museum patrons, this is the reality. And with help from sculptor and Colorado Center for the Blind art teacher Ann Cunningham, the Denver Art Museum has made huge strides in making art accessible to patrons who are blind and visually impaired.
Cunningham began as a sculptor with a special interest in low-relief. This is when a sculpture is carved out of a slab and emanates from the slab.
Buckle up and hold on tight because the next stop on your imaginary road trip is the Denver Art Museum! This summer, the DAM will be inspiring creative children nationally through a partnership with Michael’s "Passport to Imagination” low-cost kids summer crafting program. “Museum Road Trip” is this year’s theme, and features crafts inspired by seven North American museums. "Passport to Imagination" began on June 16 and is offered Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 am-12 pm through August 1. One museum is featured per week.