Spring 2024 MSU Denver BFA Thesis Exhibition
through May 10, 2024

The Thesis Exhibition showcases the critical research and responsive work of 23 emerging artists and designers as they conclude their undergraduate studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver.  From captivating paintings to thought-provoking sculptures, each piece on display reflects the unique perspectives of these emerging artists and designers. The exhibition invites viewers to explore a diverse range of artistic expressions that transcend traditional boundaries and challenge conventional norms. This exhibition is a celebration of creativity and artistic excellence.

Matt Christie: Between Then and Now
through May 5, 2024

Matt Christie has contributed to the Colorado art scene as both artist and education for over 40 years. His work combines a dynamic array of nature-based references along with a saturated color palette to produce a body of work both striking and personal. Christie roots his work in experiences of nature, capturing the profound impact fields, forests, streams, and ponds have had on him since a young age.

In his work, landscape is a form that connects inner nature with outer nature, serving as a metaphor to explore his own psychological nature and development. Opposing themes of death and renewal, threat and safety, loneliness, and relationship are explored via the landscape image. Christie is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver, CO.

The Obstacle is the Path
May 2 - June 1, 2024

Inspired by the philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, who famously said, "What stands in the way becomes the way," this exhibition commemorates Union Hall's 5th Anniversary by delving into this timeless concept. The collection of artwork seeks to explore how obstacles, challenges, and constraints serve not as barriers but as catalysts for transformation along the creative path, shedding light on the artist's journey of creation. Artists include Chrissy Espinoza, Cory Feder, Eseosa Edebiri, Fernando Orellana, Jenna Annunziato, MaryV, Masha Sha, Nadiya Jackson, Natalie Thedford, and Sarah McCormick.

ORISONS
through June 2025

Orisons marks one of the largest earthworks created by an individual woman artist to date, paying homage to the fragile ecosystem of Colorado’s San Luis Valley—the world’s largest alpine valley. Marguerite Humeau’s Orisons is a subtle, 160-acre earthwork that transforms an unfarmable plot of land in Colorado’s San Luis Valley into a place of reverence, honoring its expansive history, existing ecosystem, and imaginable futures. The work consists of the land in its entirety, as well as a series of eighty-four kinetic and interactive sculptures that invoke the land’s histories and vast network of interrelations. Dozens of whistling and rhythmic, plant-like sculptures inspired by the native and nomadic vegetation become activated by the wind, a legendary force in the valley, to summon the site’s energies. Also a part of the work are large-scale sculptures that hover over the ground and visually reference the outstretched wings of Sandhill Cranes, iconic birds that migrate through the region, which visitors can lay upon.

Tali Weinberg: The Space Between Threads
through June 9, 2024

Experience weavings and sculptures about the connections between our own lives and the vast changes taking place all around us.

Using data about our warming climate, Tali Weinberg’s textiles weave together science and art to tell intertwined stories of land and water, people and landscapes, and ecological and human health. The Space Between Threads offers the opportunity to reflect on the profound but often unacknowledged web of relationships that connect global systems to our personal experiences.

BVSD Student and Faculty Exhibition 2024
through May 4, 2024

Boulder Valley School District comprises 56 schools spread across 500 square miles and 11 communities, including Boulder, Erie, Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Broomfield, Nederland and mountain communities. Schools offer a variety of arts programming: visual arts in a variety of media, performing arts, fashion design, esthetics, theatre and music. This annual exhibition features works by https://thedairy.org/bvsd-2024/high school students and faculty. Works on display include paintings, drawings, mixed media, digital art, animation, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and more!

Global Art News

Houston’s Long-Awaited Rothko Chapel Expansion Breaks Ground

A $42 million project that will add new buildings, landscaping, and accessibility to the site of the iconic Rothko Chapel recently broke ground in Houston, Texas.

Over the next two years, the site will see construction of an administration and archives building, a new program center, a guest bungalow for visiting speakers and fellows, a plaza for events, as well as a meditation garden named after Kathleen and Chuck Mullenweg. Work onsite began April 17.