Provost Constancio Nakuma, PhD announces Lucinda Bliss has accepted the position of Dean of the College of Arts & Media. Dean Bliss will assume the position July 1, 2024.
(Denver Post) Sweeping group exhibitions like “Made in Colorado,” the variety show currently headquartered at Denver’s Emmanuel Gallery, can offer artful benefits all around — especially when they are executed with a good strategy.
(5280 Magazine) Visual Arts Professor Melissa Furness is Meow Wolf's Convergence Station’s newest artist-in-residence and revealed an installation called Naturalis Grottesche this summer. The exhibition features a sound element, composed by fellow College of Arts & Media Professor Sam McGuire.
(303 Magazine) Denver-based indie band Sqwerv formed six years ago when CU Denver students Guy Frydenlund, Caden Kramer, and (later) Zach Bulgarelli joined forces to write and perform music. In 2023, Sqwerv released three albums and played at some big shows.
(Washington Post) Catalin Grigoras, director of the National Center for Media Forensics at the University of Colorado at Denver, conducted a technical analysis for The Washington Post of five hoax calls made to schools between September 2022 and April 2023.
(Canvas Rebel) Staff member and CAM alum Katie Yeager talks about her journey into songwriting. "Once I started to find a music community in Denver and saw real people living my dream, I knew that I wanted to go all-in. I enrolled in CU Denver’s Singer/Songwriter program and never looked back."
(Creative Mornings) Billy Kanaly ('16) is a filmmaker and is currently working on capturing the complexity of the Denver Botanic Gardens' plants. Kanaly graduated from CU Denver with a BFA in Film & Television.
(CU Denver News) If you dream of bringing characters to life, creating breathtaking visual effects, or designing immersive virtual worlds, there’s a pathway to combine your interests with animation jobs. CU Denver’s 3D Graphics & Animation program is nurturing the next generation of visionaries in the field. Are you ready to turn your passion into a career?
(The Sentry) The Emmanuel Art Gallery is an excellent resource for students, artistic or not, and gallery coordinator Andrew Palamara discusses opportunities for student participation, the gallery's function, and his own experience with art and art galleries.
On display through February 24, 2024, Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos’ Ikebana is an organic fusion of pumpkins and gourds writhing together, as the artist describes, in an “accumulation of sensual and organic forms.” Artist Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos’ Ikebana is taking up the better part of the gallery’s lower level—even stretching up and flowing over the glass sides of the gallery’s second-level balcony.
Denver sculptor and CAM faculty member Michael Brohman is currently exhibiting sculptural works at the Hall Gallery in the Windgate Visual Arts Center at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi from November 6-December 1, 2023. The artist will give a talk on his work on Thursday, November 30 at 6 pm at the Wingate Gallery.
Assistant Professor Wu says her presence on AES’s board of governors and as DEI committee chair “signifies a monumental step toward a more inclusive audio industry” and hopes it serves as inspiration for students—particularly women and women of color.
CU Denver’s Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) department in the College of Arts & Media (CAM) sits on the list alongside schools such as UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and Berklee College of Music.
Those familiar with Narkita's vibrant photography may find elements of this new exhibition—which includes all new work since the artist’s popular 2020 series, Black in Denver—adding complexity to her existing works.
“We at CU Denver are excited about this new partnership and grateful for Kyser’s support and belief in CU Denver’s next generation of songwriters,” says Associate Professor Dan Hodges, DBA.
Reframing the Landscape places the work of artists Lanny DeVuono and Yoshitomo Saito side by side. The free exhibition is on display through October 7, 2023. The public is welcome to join the artists for a reception and Q&A September 7th starting at 4pm.
This is the second consecutive year CU Denver’s Film & Television (FiTV) department has been named to MovieMaker Magazine's Best Film School list. CU Denver is the only film school in the Rocky Mountain region featured, sharing the recognition with schools such as NYU and UCLA.
(DARIA Art Magazine) - "Should you visit only one exhibition this summer, let Made in Colorado be among the contenders," writes Laura I. Miller. Made in Colorado is on display in the Emmanuel and CU Denver Experience galleries through July 21, 2023.