CAM's 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient is Courtney Ozaki ('06). Courtney founded the Japanese Arts Network in Denver in 2019 and is an integral part of the Japanese community in Colorado.
(CU Denver News)––“When I saw the Music Business degree here, I was like, ‘Wow, what’s that? That’s cool,’” said Moff, who will receive a bachelor’s degree with a double major in Recording Arts and Music Business. “But what sold me on CU Denver was the fact that it was downtown, that it was in the city. Because I crave the city, I need that, especially for my career as a musician. I need to see the venues. I need the people.”
"Out of Many, More: Voices of the Americas" is an exhibition featuring artists with ties to the cultures and people from North, Central, and South America.
Professor Gregory Walker, who has taught in CAM for over 30 years, is recognized as the college's 2023 Faculty Excellence in Research and Creative Work awardee.
What does it take to create an alma mater (school song) for a 50-year-old university? In the case of CU Denver, apparently it takes a College of Arts & Media.
This Spring, CU Denver's Emmanuel Art Gallery has a handful of calls for entry out for artists of all mediums. Read about the upcoming exhibitions and their deadlines.
Matthew O’Brien joins MEIS and brings with him 25 years of teaching experience alongside the knowledge he gleaned from decades of practicing entertainment law. Writer and producer Alyson Feltes, who is still active in Hollywood, joins FiTV and brings a very full career’s worth of experience from both the Canadian and American film industries.
“I am constantly learning through teaching, both about what I teach and how it might be taught,” said Pugliano, a senior instructor of art history in the College of Arts & Media at CU Denver. “I’ve learned, for example, that ‘best practices’ are not static or consistent, but tools to be carefully considered in the context of each course and in relation to personal and curricular goals for each class each semester.
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.
This year's Guitar Night will welcome Christie Lenée, "one of the brightest lights in contemporary fingerstyle acoustic guitar today," according to MEIS chair and guitar performance professor Sean McGowan.
(Denverite) - Union Hall's Rough Gems: The Ultimate Boon was co-curated by CAM alum Florence Blackwell. Blackwell and co-curator Nadiya Jackson recruited five emerging artists they knew well to curate what will be one of the first major gallery exhibitions in their art careers.
Travis Vermilye (ver-MIL-yuh) is a digital and mixed media artist who creates imagery inspired by the natural world. He's also an associate professor of Visual Arts. In this interview, Prof. Vermilye discusses the path he took as he pursued a creative career.
“The premise of the film is that you are never too famous to escape racism and racial profiling,” says filmmaker Michelle Bauer Carpenter. Awadagin Pratt: Black in America will premiere on Rocky Mountain PBS on February 9, 2023.
“I think virtually all of the pictures have a puzzle-like quality to them,” says Adams. The viewer who is willing to spend 30 minutes with one image, Adams promises, will be rewarded with Easter eggs, humorous secondary and tertiary stories, and even philosophical ideas concerning the gaze.
(Shoutout Colorado) CAM student Verena Fuentes discusses transitioning to the Denver music scene from Mexico City and her hopes for her music career in the future with Shoutout Colorado.
(Westword) - CAM alum Bradlie Jones (Jelie) was named among Westword's list of Colorado rappers to watch out for in 2023. Jelie is highlighted for being a "jack of all trades" thanks to her degree in recording arts, which enabled her to act as producer and sound engineer on her tracks.
“Costume design brings a human element to a production. Clothing is a choice that reflects a certain mood or a place, and the costumes help the audience connect to the character,” says Meghan Anderson Doyle, Theatre Company Costume Design Associate at the Denver Center for Performing Arts (DCPA).