Nestled within the College of Arts & Media’s (CAM) contemporary Music & Entertainment Industry Studies department, the music business degree track has students studying alongside music performance, recording arts, and singer/songwriting students, giving them ample opportunity to collaborate.
“Try everything” you can while studying, advises CU Denver alum Natalie Maul Ruskaup. “Employers really value people who know where they want to be. Take risks while the stakes are low,” she says.
(The Sheridan Press) Pyper Tiffany, a CU Denver student, is turning her passion for music into career opportunities. Tiffany plays guitar and sings for her band, Blackberry Crush, which recently finished its first tour. While her degree ultimately focuses on audio engineering, Tiffany is keeping her options open as she finds out what the best route for her would be post graduation.
(Sentry) The ILL Exhibition returned for a second time at CU Denver’s Experience Gallery. Showcasing 36 by undergraduate students from CU Denver’s College of Arts & Media, the exhibition features a wide range of artistic styles and tones, all unified by illustration as the central medium of expression.
Through her "Music, Meditation, and Technology" class, Jiayue Cecilia Wu, PhD teaches students the art of using sound engineering and technology to create more effective meditative techniques. At CU Denver, Cecilia is an assistant professor and the recording arts graduate program (MSRA) director. She recently shared about three goals she’s been working toward lately.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.