Myhren Gallery in the News

Myhren Gallery in the News

(Photo credit: Louise Palazola) From DU Today, September 24, 2010  New Myhren Gallery exhibit spotlights work by alumni By: Greg Glasgow Whether or not art becomes their full-time vocation after graduation, current DU art students are likely to find plenty of motivation at the 2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition, opening Sept. 30 in the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building. “Some of the artists [in the show] are professional artists, some are teachers and some do something completely different,” says Dan Jacobs, DU art curator and Myhren Gallery director. “That’s an important message, that to continue to make...

Alumni Show Opens September 30

Alumni Show Opens September 30

The Myhren Gallery opens the 2010-2011 school year with its triennial Juried Alumni Exhibition. The exhibition’s mission is to identify and bring together the many talented alumni of the University of Denver’s School of Art and Art History. As mentioned in previous posts, the exhibition will be featuring 19 alumni artists selected for inclusion by guest jurors. It promises to be an exciting and varied show! Also of note will be the works of 3 late alumni who will be presented in an adjoining gallery. Presented in memoriam will be artists Roy Klein, Peter Dulan, and Philip Perdew. Opening simultaneously...

Hello!

Hello!

Hi blog readers! My name is Anna Estes, and I’m the new incoming Graduate Gallery Assistant at the Myhren Gallery. I’ll be periodically updating the blog and letting you all know of exciting upcoming events here at the gallery, around campus and in the community. I’m looking forward to getting started here, and hearing from everyone. Hope to see you all at the Alumni Exhibition on the 30th!

2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition

The Victoria H. Myhren Gallery opens the season with two concurrent exhibitions, both of which will be on view during the gala opening of the adjacent Nagel Art Studios on October 19. The triennial Juried Alumni Exhibition is designed to help identify and bring together the many alumni of the University of Denver’s School of Art & Art History. Guest jurors Nora Burnett Abrams, Associate Curator at MCA DENVER and Linny Frickman, Director of the University Art Museum, CSU Fort Collins, selected 19 artists for the exhibition: Patricia Aaron, 1998 Andrew Ames,  2004 Ingrid Anderson, 2007 Melissa Bader, 2000 Julia...

Alumni Reception

Alumni Reception

The opening reception for the 2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition happens Thursday, September 30th,  from   5-8 p.m. in the lobby of the Shwayder Art Building at 2121 E. Asbury Ave. We look forward to seeing you all there to open our 2010/2011 exhibition season. Cheers!

Artists Selected for 2010 Alumni Exhibition

Artists Selected for 2010 Alumni Exhibition

Thank you to our jurors, Nora Burnett Abrams and Linny Frickman, for selecting 19 fabulous artists for our 2010 Alumni Exhibition.  A second thank you to all participating alumni! We were all impressed by this year’s alumni submissions and it was a difficult choice. We hope to see all of DU’s art alumni at the opening reception in September.  The artists to be featured in this year’s exhibition are the following: Patrica Aaron, 1998 Andrew Ames,  2004 Ingrid Anderson, 2007 Melissa Bader, 2000 Julia Rymer Brucker, 2000 Ada Christensen, 2003 Janis Edwards 1971 Sheigla Hartman, 1984-85 Mary Beth Koszut, 2002 Cassandra...