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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.

In this 4-week class, students will explore both expressive and representational techniques in watercolor. Using seasonal, botanical subjects such as branches and flowers, students will complete drawings that incorporate texture, color, and depth. Students will learn a variety of water media techniques including mixing colors, creating washes, and building transparent vs. opaque layers. Through instruction and gallery visits, students will connect to works in the DAM’s Arts of Asia Collection and look at contemporary uses of watercolor in the DAM’s Modern and Contemporary Collection, including drawings by Los Carpinteros and Laura Ball.

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.

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.

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!

Give to the Denver Art Museum's Annual Fund

Your 100% tax-deductible contribution supports inspiring art connections, powerful artist collaborations, community-minded programming at the Denver Art Museum. During these unprecedented times, your donation helps the museum reimagine how we connect in person and online through a series of new opportunities for visitors of all ages. Thank you for your support of the Denver Art Museum's annual fund.

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.

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.

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!

Fashion is more than trends, it’s expression. In this hands-on studio workshop, you’ll experiment with textiles, construction, and surface design while exploring how clothing can communicate identity, culture, and ideas. Inspired by the museum’s collection and the upcoming exhibition DIVA, you’ll design and remake wearable or fiber-based works that reflect your perspective.

Join us this summer for a special Member Morning on Saturday, July 25, from 9-10 am in the Hamilton Building featuring The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art.

Please note: Only the Martin & McCormick Gallery and the Gallagher Gallery on levels 1 and 2 of the Hamilton Building will be open early. The full museum campus will open at 10 am.

Museum Friends are invited to a private reception in the Garden Room with artist Jungjin Lee.

Join us immediately following the Anderman Photography Lecture: Conversation with Jungjin Lee, which begins at 6:00 PM. This exclusive event offers a unique opportunity to connect with the artist in a more personal setting, and we hope to see you there.

Donations to this fund are invested by the DAM foundation with the intention to grow the fund in value over time. This fund provides an annual distribution based on the Foundation's policy.  Distributed funds are used to acquire new artwork for the DAM.

The Museum regularly reconciles expenditures made from distributed funds to ensure that they are allocated as intended.

Corporate membership packages allow you to curate the benefits your company receives at every level of support. From access and networking, to complimentary event space and VIP invitations, your company can have it all or select only what means the most to employees, clients, and stakeholders. To learn more about corporate membership options and benefits, please contact us at 

CorporatePartnerships@denverartmuseum.org.

Every Corporate Membership Includes:

• Corporate and Executive membership cards for free general admission
• Corporate special exhibition ticket price available to all employees
• 10% discount in the museum shop
• Recognition in the museum's Annual Report
• Access to virtual programming and art making activities
• Bimonthly member magazine On & Off the Wall and Beyond the Walls patron newsletter
• News and updates through exclusive member communications

General admission tickets grant entry to the Denver Art Museum's campus, including the Hamilton and Martin Buildings, Sie Welcome Center, and The Kirkland.

Museum admission is valid for the entire day.