Note: Enter our Power of Costume contest and you could be one of the FIRST to see Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume. Contest ends Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. May the Force be with you!
Getting ready for the Denver Zombie Crawl or Halloween? Check out Colleen Audrey's tutorial (slide show of photos below) on how to make yourself look like the undead.
Supplies needed to build zombie flesh: lash glue; cotton balls; green, purple, and black eyeshadow; and red lipstick.
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. These creative young artists have made a stunning array of colorful and eye-catching artwork with the help of dedicated teachers and staff.
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.
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.
It may be September but the Denver Art Museum is still celebrating the summer of Dance! with the 27th 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! (Youth 18 and younger always receive free general admission to the DAM.)
See Handmade Powwow Regalia
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! photography contest*.
Glory of Venice: Masterworks of the Renaissance is on view October 2, 2016 through February 12, 2017 at the Denver Art Museum. The exhibition is included in general admission (free for members and kids 18 and younger).
Learn more about the artists, their work, and creative innovations through lectures and courses by experts in the field, on guided tours, and other unique opportunities:
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Denver Art Museum visitors are enjoying making stop-motion movies in the Movement Studio. Here's a compilation of just a few of our favorites so far!
The Movement Studio lets visitors explore how artists express movement through different mediums and techniques. Animate an Action is fun for all ages, and no experience is necessary to make your own masterpiece come to life.
Visit the Movement Studio on Level 1 of the Hamilton Building to create your own movie and participate in other hands-on activities such as Build a Puppet and Dynamic Drawing.
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. Art is a powerful way of communicating, especially in the Plaza program, which is a meeting place for immigrant and refugee families at the Denver Public Library.
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. Adult tickets included with general admission; free for members.
Art Emergency also will be performed on April 16 and May 21.
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.
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.