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This 4-week class will explore how complex color relationships can be utilized as a meaningful communicative and emotional tool. Building on foundational color theory concepts, the class will focus on how color can be developed as a tool to communicate powerful personal or cultural information and other ideas in one’s paintings.

Students will build a working knowledge of color theory and apply a deeper understanding of color to a small series of works built over the course of the class.

In this 4-week class, students will explore the rich history of the women of abstraction, learning and practicing the techniques that make their work unique. Each week students will study paintings from the Denver Art Museum’s collections and create a work of art that mimics the artists’ style with acrylic paint on paper. Students will explore the ways in which color, movement, and composition make abstract art so intriguing and boundary-pushing.

Some of the artists students will study include Emmi Whitehorse, Georgia O’Keefe, Joan Mitchell, Elaine de Kooning, Agnes Martin, Dyani White Hawk, Mary Abbot, and Helen Frankenthaler.

Students will explore the art of seeing and drawing in this 6-week hands-on observational drawing class. They will learn how to break down everyday objects into shapes to simplify the form, then add details to bring sketches to life. Using a range of graphite pencils, students will discover how to create depth and dimension through value, shading, and texture. By the end of the class, students will gain a stronger understanding of form, light, shadow and composition, and build confidence in their drawing skills.

Once viewed only as a sketching medium for more ambitious studio efforts in oil, watercolors are the most common medium among painters today. In this 6-week class, students will review fundamental concepts, learn about color, tone, edges, and drawing to create watercolor paintings of their own. Students will study the work of American painters such as Hopper, Sargent, Wyeth, and many others in order to inspire them to greater levels in their own painting. Students will complete practice exercises as well as work on subjects of their choosing. Join J. R. Monks for a deep dive into the beautiful world of watercolors.

Join CultureHaus for a spectacular night of views of Denver and The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art.

The evening begins with a reception in the Summit Room on level 7 of the Martin Building, with sweeping vistas of the Front Range, and continues with a tour of the exhibition.

The largest display of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art ever presented in North America, The Stars We Do Not See charts watershed moments in Indigenous art from the late 19th century to the present. Manuel Ferreira, an Interpretive Specialist at the Denver Art Museum, will guide CultureHaus members around the show.

Photographer Alexey Titarenko explores the character of a city and its people, blending the reality of a moment with metaphor. By using long exposure times and darkroom techniques, he makes photographs that evoke a mood and the passage of time.

Titarenko grew up and studied photography in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He first made collages and photomontages commenting on the oppressive communist regime but after the fall of the Soviet Union, he shifted focus. Inspired by literature and music, he began making pictures that poetically express the feelings and the stories of the lives of people in St. Petersburg. Alexey Titarenko took this approach to photographing other cities including Venice, Italy, Havana, Cuba, and New York City, where he lives and works today.

Following this talk, there will be a book signing of the new expanded edition of The City is a Novel (2025).

This program is presented in connection with the photography exhibition What We’ve Been Up To: People, February 8 – September 29, 2026.

Jungjin Lee embraces a meditative approach to photography and creates pictures that encourage reflection. Her poetic images, often made in nature among deserts, mountains, water, trees, and through a meticulous printing process, are expressions of her feelings and her relationship with the world around.

Jungjin Lee began making photographs while studying ceramics in Seoul, South Korea and went on to earn her MFA in photography at New York University. Throughout a nearly forty-year career, her work has been widely exhibited, collected, and has been the subject of many thoughtful photobooks. Jungjin Lee lives and works in New York City.

Celebrate AAPI month with the Denver Art Museum! Join the Arts of Asia department on May 26th for a special conversation with Chicago-based artist, Dabin Ahn. Led by Curator Hyonjeong (HJ) Kim Han, be the first to see a new work by the artist, now part of our permanent collection.

This event does not include admission to the Denver Art Museum, if you would like to visit the galleries please purchase tickets here.

From materials to inspiration, nature shows up in art in all kinds of ways. This week, we’ll think about the connection between art and the environment as we explore the galleries. By the end of the week, you’ll be able to take home some nature-inspired artwork of your own!

This week, campers dive into the creative overlap of games, storytelling, and art. Inspired by historical artworks, they’ll invent characters, design worlds, and bring new ideas to life through hands-on projects.

Experiment with all kinds of media, from paint to paper to fabric and more! Play with materials and ideas like a true artist and take–home art inspired by the many genres and materials seen in the museum’s diverse collections.

In this camp for our youngest museum friends, we’ll explore the basics of art! We’ll learn all about textures, shapes, lines, and more through games, stories, and of course art projects!

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Be an architect in training and explore how superstar architects Daniel Libeskind and Gio Ponti design buildings for art using angles and patterns. Pull ideas from great downtown architecture and get inspired to design your own buildings.

Color surrounds us, but we don’t always notice its effect on the world around us. This week, we will slow down and think about how artists use color to express feelings and ideas. Explore the galleries, get creative in the workshop, and fall down the rainbow rabbit hole!

From clay vessels to abstract sculptures, we have it all in the museum! We’ll take what we see in the gallery and apply it to our art in the workshop. At the end of the week, you’ll have all kinds of sculptures to share with family and friends!

Use photography to tell a story your way. You’ll experiment with framing, sequencing, and point of view while looking at how artists use images to capture people, moments, and ideas. Inspired by What We’ve Been Up To: People and other works in the museum, you’ll create a photo series that builds a narrative across multiple images.

Pack your imagination and get your art passport ready! This week, we’ll explore artwork from cultures across the globe. Each stop on our journey inspires a new hands-on project back in the workshop, letting campers create their own world of art.

Break the rules of painting! This workshop is all about experimenting with color, texture, and materials beyond traditional painting. You’ll explore mixed media techniques, layer unexpected materials, and take inspiration from artists like Cornelius Annor and Susan Wick while figuring out what works through trial, error, and process.

Color surrounds us, but we don’t always notice its effect on the world around us. This week, we will slow down and think about how artists use color to express feelings and ideas. Explore the galleries, get creative in the workshop, and fall down the rainbow rabbit hole!