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Oct 8, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Illustrators face many options when it comes to career paths. At CU Denver, faculty members have experience in a wide array of industries and help students build a foundation of professional skills that will carry into their careers. With many opportunities to show their work during their time at CU Denver, both in public exhibitions and portfolio reviews, illustration students leave with a repertoire of work to show.

Oct 6, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Located in the basement of the Auraria campus’s historic Tivoli building, MEIS will use the Tivoli Underground to host concerts and classes. In speakeasy fashion, the subterranean space has an intimate, cozy feel with a capacity of about 170 people.

Sep 24, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

In the list of 30 schools, CU Denver stands out for its affordability and the thorough, sequence-based nature of its curriculum that affords students ample time on sets as they build one skillset on another. The school's connections to Hollywood are also highlighted.

Sep 18, 2025 by Mary Knight

Surrounded by a 16th century castle in the stunning Burren landscape in Ireland’s Atlantic coast, thirteen CU Denver students immersed themselves not only in interdisciplinary art, but an exploration of self. This four-week intensive art practice study abroad experience culminated in what viewers will see in “Ireland Abroad”, opening Sept. 18 at the CU Denver Experience Gallery.

Sep 12, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

On display September 25 through December 13, 2025, “Homeland” invites viewers to reconsider what they know about Nepal through the work of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), the father of Nepali modern art and a pivotal figure in the nation’s cultural history. Featuring more than 40 paintings, it represents the largest exhibition of Bangdel’s art presented in the United States to date.