Oct 12, 2022

Maria Elena Buszek, PhD is a highly accomplished scholar, author, critic, curator, and Professor of Art History at the University of Colorado Denver, where she teaches Modern and Contemporary art and design. Buszek discovered her passion for art history through punk music. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, she earned her PhD from the University of Kansas; Buszek has worked at renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Nov 10, 2022 by Megan Briggs

The touchscreen walks visitors through the impact Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's counter-culture art had on a whole host of artists and creators. The influence of Roth's Rat Fink character can be seen across genres as diverse as custom car design, graphic t-shirts, animation, and even fine art.

Oct 26, 2022 by Megan Briggs

“CAM’s EDI Awards were instituted to seed and celebrate efforts that increase awareness of disparities within and across systems, inspire positive change, and make visible the work art and art scholarship do to create a more hopeful and just world,” writes Mark Rabideau, Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs.

Oct 25, 2022

From the Denver Art Museum to Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station, the Mile High City has earned a lot of international attention in the art world of late. And one of the stalwarts of the city’s art scene is the Emmanuel Gallery, a venerable art gallery located in the heart of the Auraria campus.

Oct 13, 2022 by Megan Briggs

CU Denver's study of music business occupies a spot on the list among well-known private schools like New York University and represents the only school in the Rocky Mountain region to be named.

Jul 19, 2022 by CAM Communications

Emerging artists worked under the direction of MOA 2022 Artist Fellow, Scottie Burgess, and Resource Artist, Walter Ware. Both Walter and Ware are graduates of the CU Denver sculpture program.

Jul 15, 2022

(CPR News) CAM Alum Courtney Ozaki has created an exhibition and interactive mapping project telling the story of Japanese Americans in Denver's Five Points neighborhood.

Aug 18, 2022 by Megan Briggs

“Ashell is definitely a rising star of our student community, and I hope that he can continue the good work, and being diligent, motivated, and an inspiration to our student body,” says assistant professor Jiayue "Cecilia" Wu, PhD.

Aug 1, 2022 by Megan Briggs

“Dan will bring significant expertise and experience within the country music genre, given that he has lived and operated a publishing company in Nashville for many years,” explains Sean McGowan, chair of MEIS.

Oct 11, 2022 by Megan Briggs

What started as a class project for digital design students has turned into a full-fledged app that visitors to Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado will be able to use for years to come.

Oct 11, 2022

(AP News)--Professor Catalin Grigoras, director of the National Center for Media Forensics at CU Denver, helped determine a video circulating on social media claiming to be footage of the explosion on the Kerch Bridge in Crimea was actually captured months previously and altered to feature an explosion.

Jul 21, 2022

(CUConnections)––“Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture” and “Punkademics: The Basement Show in the Ivory Tower” may not sound like conventional book titles in the world of academia, but then Maria Elena Buszek isn’t a conventional academic.

Sep 16, 2021

Jul 28, 2022 by Megan Briggs

MovieMaker Magazine highlighted CU Denver’s unique film program which offers students a chance at both Hollywood and Bollywood on-site industry experience. Other distinctions included a production-based curriculum and the University's "reasonable" tuition.

Jun 30, 2021

CU Denver students filled 16 of the 20 internships offered by Meow Wolf when they were building their massive exhibition in Denver.

Sep 27, 2022

(VoyageDenver)-- Voyage helps hard-working, inspiring people tell their stories authentically and in their own words–– this week meet David Liban of CU Denver Film & Television.

Aug 9, 2022

(Signs of the Times) Husband-and-wife team Andrew McClellan and Kelsey Dalton McClellan met as undergraduates in the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver and, together, launched their Chicago-based business Heart & Bone Signs roughly 10 years ago.

Aug 1, 2022 by Megan Briggs

"My internship has given me the confidence that I can make a living out here and it filled in some gaps about the film industry that I did not learn while in a classroom setting,” says Ashley Vaughn. Vaughn is interested in editing and post-production and has had the chance to meet with and work for film professionals doing just that.

Sep 29, 2020

(CU Denver News)-- What does the term Chicano/a mean? What exactly constitutes Chicano Art? And does Chicano art belong in mainstream museums? Edward Tyndall, assistant professor of Film & Television, and Quintin Gonzalez, associate professor of Visual Arts, examine the subject.

Sep 20, 2021

(CU Denver News)–– In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we spoke to digital artist Quintin Gonzalez, associate professor in the Visual Arts department in CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media. Although he doesn’t call himself a political artist, his recent work was created in response to the family separation policy at the Mexico-U.S. border.