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...

Jurying to Begin

Jurying to Begin

Friday was the last day to submit applications for the 2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition. Thank you to all the alumni that participated.  Our jurors are beginning the process of selecting artworks and all decisions will be be made by Friday, July 30th.  It is hard to  believe it is already the end of July and the exhibition will be opening soon on Thursday, September 30, 2010.

Jurors Announced!

Jurors Announced!

The jurors for the 2010 Alumni Exhibition have been selected!  They will include Nora Burnett Abrams (left), the Associate Curator at the MCA DENVER, and Linny Frickman (right), the Director of the University Art Museum at Colorado State University.

Installation Continues on New Exhibitions

Installation Continues on New Exhibitions

Heard a lot of banging, drilling, and general construction noise while in the Shwayder Art Building recently?  Have you tried to visit the gallery in the last two weeks only to find the doors closed and locked?  No, we aren’t participating in spring cleaning at the gallery, but preparing for the opening of two exhibitions this Thursday!  At  5pm, Thursday, April 1st (no this is not an April Fool’s Joke) “Master Watercolors from the Jan Perry Mayer Collection of Works on Paper” and “Faculty Collects” will both open to the public. “Master Watercolors” is the final student curated exhibition for...