CU Denver will be presenting a free, public “double-feature” of Vivienne Dick’s 1978 short Guérillère Talks, starring iconic post-punk women musicians such as Lydia Lunch, Ikue Mori, and Pat Place. This screening will be followed by a formal Q&A between Dick and filmmaker/scholar Rachel Garfield, moderated by CU Denver art historian Maria Elena Buszek.
(PolitiFact) Cole Whitecotton, forensic image expert from the National Center for Media Forensics at CU Denver, analyzes the edits made to the controversial royal photo.
(Neighborhood Gazette) Jess Ellis is an artist and an alum of CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media. Ellis currently has a collection of art on display at RitualCravt in Denver. Ellis creates miniature, fantasy landscapes housed under glass, using found objects and natural materials like mosses, crystals, bones and bugs. “I want my work to inspire people to appreciate nature in all of its forms and not take it for granted,” Ellis said.
Traveling to Ireland with Artnauts, CU Denver visual arts professors Melissa Furness and Rian Kerrane are exhibiting in two location and creating site-specific installations on their journey.
Kalyn Rose Heffernan, CU Denver Alum, advocates through LGBTQ+ and disability rights through her band, Wheelchair Sports Camp, a Mayoral campaign, and other forms of art. Most recently, she's written the music for a production of "Alice in Wonderland" with Phamaly Theatre Company, and Wheelchair Sports Camp is participating in Tentacle Fest, put on by the alt-punk label of Jello Biafra.
The beloved bronze work of sculptor Dan Ostermiller is considered fundamental to the artistic spirit of Colorado. With the upcoming installation of an eight-foot, 1,000-pound Lynx statue, his work will also be fundamental to the spirit of the University of Colorado Denver.
Each year, students at CU Denver are invited to submit visual artwork for a juried exhibition to be displayed at the Emmanuel Art Gallery. This year’s exhibition, “Guilty” was curated by Kyoko Ono, who has chosen a selection of works to be displayed out of the 80 total submissions she was handed. The show runs from May 10-19th. A celebration of the show is scheduled for May 10th, 3-5pm.
Urgent Importance, a timely and thought-provoking collection of work highlighting the paintings and mixed media pieces by Julie Puma, will be on display at the Emmanuel Art Gallery and virtually at Emmanualgallery.org from September 2 – October 9, 2020.
Maria Buszek, CU Denver Art History faculty, has co-edited the prolific and acclaimed book A Companion to Feminist Art, published by Wiley-Blackwel. In March, she will travel to Cambridge University to speak of the contributions of Linda Sterling, who will be highlighted in Buszek's upcoming book, The Art of Noise.
Antonio Cicarelli’s (’03) graphic and motion design work can be seen everywhere from movie screens to online ads to home televisions through streaming services like Netflix. After graduating from CU Denver’s Digital Media Design program, Cicarelli turned a passion for art into a successful entrepreneurial career.
Dean Bliss will play a key role in championing CAM’s vision in the coming years building on the outstanding talents and efforts of its faculty, staff, and students—to grow the college’s impact on the artistic and geographic communities we serve.
The significance of an opportunity to curate an exhibition while an undergraduate student is not lost on Josephine Clark and Adira Castillo, who are students in the College of Arts & Media.
(Baltimore Banner)– Baltimore police sought the expertise of Catalin Grigoras, a forensic analyst and professor at the University of Colorado Denver, to assist in the investigation. Grigoras concluded that the “recording contained traces of AI-generated content with human editing after the fact, which added background noises for realism,” the charging documents stated.
This fall 25 undergraduates from the College of Arts & Media, the College of Engineering, Design & Computing, and the Business School joined the inaugural Design Horizons LABS Entrepreneurial Fellows Program, an immersive nine-month learning journey for undergraduate students passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, design, and all forms of creativity.
The Guitar Foundation of America announced Sean McGowan will be a featured artist at the 2021 International Convention. McGowan, the recently named Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Interim Chair, will perform during Education Day, Friday, June 25th.
Digital Design students Emmi Brunner and Evan Kosi are both showcasing their work in the CU Denver Experience Gallery, an exhibition space in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Complex.
Mariely Marquez-Lopez is a testament to the transformative power of philanthropy in education. As a Digital Design student and beneficiary of the a College of Arts & Media scholarship, Mariely has not only embraced the opportunity to pursue her passion for design but has also harnessed it to make a meaningful impact in her community.