The museum now has its own shiny, new Tumblr account, managed by our adult and college programs team at the DAM. Those of you who have been loyal followers may remember The Collective website, where we posted stories, creative challenges, pics, and more. That site lives on in a new (more nimble) form as the Denver Art Museum Collective. We’re excited to be able to bring you the very latest of what’s happening at the DAM and also interesting finds from artists and museums around the world.
Untitled #62 (Shady) on October 25 is the final final Friday of the season, which means it’s also the season finale of Buntport Theater’s Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme. This particular show is a much anticipated event since Joan and Charlie will be there, but not in their usual spot. The October 25 Untitled is taking place only in the DAM’s North Building. So, for just the third time in their 52-show history, Joan and Charlie will have to relocate from the Freight Elevator Pool. What could that possibly mean?
Update: Click here (PDF) for Untitled #61 (Harvest) program.
We are honored to be included on USA Today’s list of museums that are great for families. Our top-notch education department has been an industry leader for years creating innovative ways to connect families with art. That means the Denver Art Museum is not a place where kids have to be quiet and keep their hands in their pockets. We ARE a place for kids and families to explore new topics together, get messy and create works of art, learn about different cultures around the world, and spark creativity.
Our Pop-up Dye Garden (part of Spun: Adventures in Textiles) has weathered the Colorado summer and is still growing and blooming on the Martin Plaza! The colorful plaza oasis will be up until September 27, so there is still time to take a peek at what has sprouted over the past few months. You may be surprised to see that many of the dye plants in the DAM’s dye garden are already growing in your backyard. If you’re feeling adventurous, now may be the time to harvest some leaves, stems, and flowers and get creative with natural color.
As you may have heard, the Denver Art Museum is gearing up to present Passport to Paris, a group of three exhibitions focusing on French art opening this fall. Several landscape paintings currently on view (including Claude Monet’s Waterloo Bridge) will be incorporated in this special exhibition. Although the DAM’s most treasured impressionist works will be temporarily relocated, do not fear. You can still see fantastic examples of impressionist art in our permanent collection galleries on Level 6 of the North Building.
Spun: Adventures in Textiles features an examination of textiles from pre-Columbian weavings to Navajo blankets. In honor of this campus-wide exhibition, the Museum Shop has launched a new line of textile-related merchandise at the North Building shop. Whether you want to take a piece of the exhibition home or try to create your own textile art, the Museum Shop has the perfect selection of merchandise for you.
The DAM is hosting an exhibition of industrial designer Terence Conran’s dinnerware from the 1950s in Terence Conran for Midwinter.
During the 1950s, W.R. Midwinter Ltd. became the first British manufacturer to mass-produce ceramic tableware in fashionable shapes and lively patterns that reflected the youthful informality of postwar life.