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The CAM Press Room
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Two CAM Faculty Recognized by the 2024 Grammy Nominations
Dec 14, 2023 byCU Denver’s College of Arts & Media and Music & Entertainment Industry Studies boasts two faculty in 2024 Grammy race.Full story -
CAM Prepares to Welcome New DeanOpens in a new window
Dec 13, 2023Provost Constancio Nakuma, PhD announces Lucinda Bliss has accepted the position of Dean of the College of Arts & Media. Dean Bliss will assume the position July 1, 2024.Opens in a new window Full story -
Introducing Lucinda Bliss: CAM's New Dean
Dec 13, 2023Dean Bliss will play a key role in championing CAM’s vision in the coming years building on the outstanding talents and efforts of its faculty, staff, and students—to grow the college’s impact on the artistic and geographic communities we serve.Full story -
“In A World of Circles and Squares”
Nov 22, 2023Denver sculptor and CAM faculty member Michael Brohman is currently exhibiting sculptural works at the Hall Gallery in the Windgate Visual Arts Center at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi from November 6-December 1, 2023. The artist will give a talk on his work on Thursday, November 30 at 6 pm at the Wingate Gallery.Full story -
The Emmanuel Gallery Is Swallowed by Giant Inflatable Artwork by Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos
Nov 20, 2023On display through February 24, 2024, Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos’ Ikebana is an organic fusion of pumpkins and gourds writhing together, as the artist describes, in an “accumulation of sensual and organic forms.” Artist Ángel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos’ Ikebana is taking up the better part of the gallery’s lower level—even stretching up and flowing over the glass sides of the gallery’s second-level balcony.Full story -
Happenings at the Emmanuel Gallery
Nov 15, 2023(The Sentry) The Emmanuel Art Gallery is an excellent resource for students, artistic or not, and gallery coordinator Andrew Palamara discusses opportunities for student participation, the gallery's function, and his own experience with art and art galleries.Full story -
CU Denver’s Guide to 3D Graphics and Animation JobsOpens in a new window
Nov 13, 2023(CU Denver News) If you dream of bringing characters to life, creating breathtaking visual effects, or designing immersive virtual worlds, there’s a pathway to combine your interests with animation jobs. CU Denver’s 3D Graphics & Animation program is nurturing the next generation of visionaries in the field. Are you ready to turn your passion into a career?Opens in a new window Full story -
Meet Katie YeagerOpens in a new window
Nov 9, 2023(Canvas Rebel) Staff member and CAM alum Katie Yeager talks about her journey into songwriting. "Once I started to find a music community in Denver and saw real people living my dream, I knew that I wanted to go all-in. I enrolled in CU Denver’s Singer/Songwriter program and never looked back."Opens in a new window Full story -
CAM Faculty Member Jiayue Cecilia Wu Becomes First Asian American Woman Elected to Audio Engineering Society’s Board of Governors
Nov 1, 2023 byAssistant Professor Wu says her presence on AES’s board of governors and as DEI committee chair “signifies a monumental step toward a more inclusive audio industry” and hopes it serves as inspiration for students—particularly women and women of color.Full story -
CU Denver Named to Billboard Magazine’s 2023 Top Business Schools List
Oct 20, 2023 byCU Denver’s Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) department in the College of Arts & Media (CAM) sits on the list alongside schools such as UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and Berklee College of Music.Full story
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Get to Know Sebastien Chiu
by Mar 25, 2022"CAM allowed me to be incredibly flexible with what I wanted to do...I found out I loved photography because of CAM’s encouragement to experiment," Sebastien Chiu ('20) says. A Film & Television major, Chiu eventually found his professional calling as a freelance consultant who focuses on publicity and community management in the high-end consumer audio industry.
Get to Know Scottie Burgess
by Mar 11, 2022"The visual arts have a way of reflecting the human condition while communicating indescribable sensations, ideas and states of experience that would otherwise be impossible to convey," says CAM alum Scottie Burgess '16.
Get to Know Amy Foss
by Mar 9, 2022"After developing my skills in career coaching and advising, when the opportunity presented itself to combine that skillset with arts, music, film and scholarship, there was no doubt in my mind that this was the job for me," Amy Foss says of her position as CAM's Life Design and Career Coach Advisor.
Get to Know Diccon Conant
by Mar 8, 2022As an academic advisor, Diccon Conant is a strong supporter of students' careers. He could even be called a patron of the arts: "Over the years I have admired (and sometimes purchased!) art created by students I have advised. I have loaded their music onto my phone, posted their paintings on my wall, visited exhibitions, concerts, and film showings, and even worn a t-shirt that a student designed."
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Get to Know Karin Hunter-Byrd
by Feb 21, 2022"When you are an artist, it is a calling and quite simply, it is difficult, if not impossible, to pursue anything else," advisor Karin Hunter-Byrd says. Hunter-Byrd pursues her own calling in the arts and higher education through her role as an advisor in CAM.
CAM IN THE NEWS
Rare Pokémon cards landed a Denver producer his dream music collab
Miles Harris '23, also known as Paprob, graduated from the Recording Arts program in the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department. Westword profiled Harris after the alum produced a song for Mick Jenkins. The article explores his journey in music production and how Pokémon cards helped his land this placement.
In service of music: Meet Denver producer and guitarist don
Denver-based guitarist and producer Brandon Craven '21 caught up with Westword. "I make big things from small things,” he puts it simply. “It came from trying to highlight that I’m trying to make big sounds, but they might not hit you the way you’re used to big sounds hitting you.”