Sep 29, 2025

(CU Denver News) Film & Television instructors David Liban and Christopher Beeson are both celebrating the release of independent films this fall. Liban’s latest project is a short film and dark comedy titled Love Less Likely. Beeson is a documentary filmmaker whose film The Healing Animal spans human and animal mental health and well-being.

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 22, 2025

(CU Denver News) The exhibition Ireland Abroad included artwork produced by CU Denver students who went on a month-long study abroad trip to Ireland this summer. The students worked at the Burren College of Art, which is located on the grounds of a 16th-century castle, and explored their new environment through art and performance mediums.

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.

Sep 9, 2025

(CU Denver News) CU Denver alum Brody Miller learned of CU Denver's Music Business program thanks to a Billboard Magazine article. Now Miller works with musicians in Denver and credits the skills they picked up in the College of Arts & Media with getting them started in the industry.

Aug 20, 2025

(Urban) “Create relentlessly and unapologetically…Don’t wait for permission or perfect conditions…Focus on authentic storytelling.” This is the advice CAM alum and filmmaker Jai Harris has for aspiring filmmakers. Read about Jai and the projects her company, Free Royalty LLC, is working on right now.

Aug 19, 2025

(Voyage Denver) CU Denver alum Vivian Vien speaks with Voyage Denver about the inspiration she found from her father to pursue studying illustration. As a small business owner, Vivian is making a way for herself in the art industry, one pop up market at a time.

Jun 17, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

The biennial exhibition Made in Colorado returns to the Emmanuel Art Gallery this summer. A culturally significant exhibition featuring work from artists from Durango to Steamboat, Grand Junction to Fort Morgan, Made in Colorado never fails to capture the vibe of the Centennial State, and this year's offering is no different.

May 15, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

Meet the seven graduating students who have been recognized for their dedication to their studies in performing arts, recording arts, media forensics, art practices, art history, and film & television.

May 3, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

"Art can powerfully comment on any aspect of the human experience," Shepard Fairey says. Three decades into his art career, Shepard Fairey still sees the value in street art and using art as a means of protest.

May 2, 2025

(Radio Free Europe) Romania is in the process of electing a new president, and the election has taken a dubious turn. CU Denver professor and director of the National Center for Media Forensics Catalin Grigoras was sought for his expert opinion on some images one of the candidates posted on her Facebook account appearing to depict two of the other presidential candidates attending a clandestine meeting. Grigoras concluded that the images had likely been altered.

May 1, 2025

(Westword) World-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey will be at CU Denver on May 6 for a special event, Emmanuel Art Gallery Conversations: Shepard Fairey & Gregg Deal. The event is open to both the CU Denver community and the public, and it’s part of an ongoing effort to bring bold, creative voices to campus. Fairey hopes that the work he and Deal have done will inspire people to use their voices creatively.

Apr 28, 2025

(Baltimore Banner) Dazhon Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School, has been sentenced to four months in prison for using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a fake recording of Eric Eiswert, the principal of the school, making racist and antisemitic remarks. Catalin Grigoras, an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver and director of the National Center for Media Forensics, concluded that the audio recording in question contained traces of AI-generated content.

Apr 18, 2025 by Megan Briggs Pintel

Each year the CAM community looks forward to experiencing the work of its graduating students. This year's visual arts thesis events have been organized into three days of panels, celebrations, and screenings.

Apr 17, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

"Guilty" 2025 was a round up of students in CAM as well as some outside the college. The title of the exhibition is a clever nod to the visual arts norm of a juried show, where a juror determines whether submitted artwork gets placed into a gallery.

Apr 17, 2025

(Billboard) Ever wonder if those Spotify playlists you listen to are created by AI? Turns out they're not made by AI but rather a team of editors. “A big tenet of editorial is this idea of reflecting culture and also being able to propel culture forward,” says J.J. Italiano, head of global music curation and discovery. J.J. Italiano is an alum of CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media, where he studied music business.

Apr 15, 2025 by Jasper Lipscomb

PAW (Performance Art Week) XIII is here! Read about all the events and artists who will be performing this year.

Apr 14, 2025

(DU Clarion) The CU Denver band Blackberry Crush performed at KXDU's latest Tiny Dorm Session, a creative take on NPR's tiny desk concerts. The band consists of College of Arts & Media students Charlie Laxague and Pyper Tiffany on guitar and vox, supported by bass player GG Tyler and Nick Schell on drums. Laxague shared that the band is putting the finishing touches on a record that’s coming out under the indie label Mean World Records.

Apr 11, 2025

(Yahoo) Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, who formed the band Tennis in 2010, have announced that their new album, Face Down in the Garden, will be their last. The couple met as students at the University of Colorado Denver and went on to create 7 albums and tour. The couple says they are dissolving Tennis to pursue other creative pursuits.