CU Denver's study of music business occupies a spot on the list among well-known private schools like New York University and represents the only school in the Rocky Mountain region to be named.

What started as a class project for digital design students has turned into a full-fledged app that visitors to Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado will be able to use for years to come.

(CPR News) CAM Alum Courtney Ozaki has created an exhibition and interactive mapping project telling the story of Japanese Americans in Denver's Five Points neighborhood.

“Ashell is definitely a rising star of our student community, and I hope that he can continue the good work, and being diligent, motivated, and an inspiration to our student body,” says assistant professor Jiayue "Cecilia" Wu, PhD.

Emerging artists worked under the direction of MOA 2022 Artist Fellow, Scottie Burgess, and Resource Artist, Walter Ware. Both Walter and Ware are graduates of the CU Denver sculpture program.

When asked which experience gave him more butterflies, playing guitar in front of 10,000 fans at Red Rocks Amphitheatre or earning a good grade from his music teachers at the University of Colorado Denver, Luke Mossman (BS ‘04) didn’t hesitate a second to answer.

(Westword)–– Wildermiss credits their start at CU Denver and in Music & Entertainment Industry Studies to giving them the tools and chops to make it as a nationally-known act. That's the reason they are coming back to campus to talk and play for LYNX Camp––to give back to students who want to pursue the arts.

The Visual Arts Alumni Panel at RedLine Contemporary Art Center took place on Friday, May 13th, hosted by Theo Edmonds, Associate Dean for Transdisciplinary Research & Innovation.

"Having a visual arts degree and being an installation artist helps me see the potential in other people’s work that they may not see," says CAM alum Laura Phelps Rogers '13. Phelps Rogers opened a gallery in 2018 in Denver's RiNo neighborhood.

(Westword) The production of CAM alum and Denver rapper Jelie’s new mental health-centered single, “Cope,” took longer than she anticipated, so the song is coming out rather late in Mental Health Awareness Month.

The University of Colorado Board of Regents will award Tenzing Rigdol an Honorary Doctorate degree on May 3, 2022. Rigdol, one of the world’s most prolific contemporary Tibetan artists, is an alumnus of University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts & Media.

Student Autumn Cierra says photography helped her "develop an understanding about the way the world works and how we as humans interact with it." Graduating this spring with her BFA, Autumn has already launched her own business.

Celebrate and gain insight into Cinco de Mayo through music, poetry, and community at Number Thirty Eight, located in the RiNo arts district. Hear the sounds of CU Denver and Colorado’s Latinx jazz, traditional, hip-hop, and pop musicians to move your feet and open your mind.

The University of Colorado Denver is pleased to present the "Visual Arts BFA Exhibition 2022". This exhibition features artwork, design and 3D animation from the graduating class of 2022 and is open at RedLine Contemporary Art Center April 30–May 14.

"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.

"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.

(Westword)––This week's Art Attack sends readers to BRDG Project to view the student-run show of digital media photography from CU Denver's Jasmine Colgan and Alejandra Abad. Also recommended is the Night Lights celebration of Women's History Month and the projection of the work of a dozen women artists on the Arapahoe Street side of the Daniels & Fisher Tower. The show is curated by Visual Arts alum Sharifa Moore, an independent curator and executive director of Denver Digerati.

(A&R Factory)––Lolita is a soulfully sweet Denver, Colorado-based indie-pop solo artist who studied at the University of Colorado and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Music & Entertainment Industry Studies.

The College of Arts & Media joins the Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival to showcase Asian and Asian American film at Denver’s Sie Center opening March 3 and running through March 5, 2022.