Is embarking on a cultural and creative journey your resolution for this year? There is so much to look forward to at the two of the College of Arts & Media art spaces: the Emmanuel Art Gallery––situated on the Auraria campus––and the CU Denver Experience Gallery––found within the footprint of the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Two hubs of creative exchange and artistic exploration, the Emmanuel Art Gallery and CU Denver Experience Gallery present a series of upcoming events and exhibitions that will captivate the imagination and ignite conversation. From immersive, multi-media retrospectives to thought provoking artists panels and film screenings, the galleries are ready to expand your world view in 2024.

ÁNGEL RICARDO RICARDO RIOS: IKEBANA*
@ Emmanuel Art Gallery
On view now through February 24, 2024 
Read about the show in the CAM News Room article.

GALLERY TOUR  W/ ARTIST ÁNGEL RICARDO RICARDO RIOS*
@ Emmanuel Art Gallery
Thursday, January 25, 2024, 3 pm

*The Emmanuel Art Gallery and the College of Arts & Media is grateful for the collaboration with K Contemporary, with additional support from the Biennial of the Americas. Special thanks to Doug Kacena, Jennifer Berry, Lauren Hartog, and FloraJane DiRienzo.

TIME AND SPACES: A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ GREAT EDDIE HENDERSON⁺
@ CU Denver Experience Gallery
On view February 1–April 21, 2024
Opening Reception February 1, 2024, 4–7pm
Read about the show in the CAM News Room article.

EDDIE HENDERSON PERFORMS AT DAZZLE JAZZ
@ Dazzle Jazz in the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 6:30pm and 9:30pm
Get tickets at  the Dazzle Jazz website.

DR. EDDIE HENDERSON: UNCOMMON GENIUS SCREENING⁺
a film by CU Denver Visual Arts chair, Michelle Carpenter
@ Emmanuel Art Gallery
Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 11 am
Watch the trailer here.

⁺This exhibition and film screening is made possible in part by the University of Colorado President’s Fund for the
Humanities Grant and the University of Colorado Denver Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

DENVER LYNX RADIO ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
@ Emmanuel Art Gallery
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 3–6pm
Join Denver Lynx Radio for our one year anniversary at the Emmanuel Art Gallery on the Auraria Campus! Help us kick off the semester right with a free EDM and ambient music show for all Auraria students. 

CONCENTRATION: WORDS AND MUSIC FROM A HARD PLACE
@ Emmanuel Art Gallery
Saturday, April 6, 2024, 6–7pm
A live performance of a new work: poems from inside a WW II concentration camp, with accompanying music.

KEEP TALKING, END THE STIGMA
@Emmanuel Art Gallery
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 4–7pm
Share your mental health experiences in front of a live audience on April 25th to end the stigma. Stories can be performed by you or a volunteer. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to submit their stories. Anonymity is optional.

ALEXIS GIDEON: THERE IS NOT AN INFINITE SPACE BETWEEN TWO POINTS
@Emmanuel Art Gallery
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12–3pm
There Is Not an Infinite Space between Two Points investigates the universality of feelings of loss and displacement as well as the concept of transgenerational trauma through the lens of the personal and collective; the trauma inherited from both the immediate family and the ancestral one. This performance is part of our annual Performance Art Week (PAW), in its twelfth edition in 2024. For more information on PAW, click here.

View more events and exhibitions on the College of Arts & Media Events Calendar.

ALL EVENTS AT THE EMMANUEL ART GALLERY AND CU DENVER EXPERIENCE GALLERY ARE FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC