Celadon and Blue Glaze Porcelain Vase

Blue and White Chinese Porcelain

Celadon and Blue Glaze Porcelain Vase By Chloe LeRoy, Graduate Class 2025 Pottery, Ceramics, or Porcelain? Pottery, ceramics, and porcelain are different categories of fired objects. Ceramics is the broadest category as it includes any material that, once heated, cannot be returned to its original state, such as clay or some minerals and metals. Pottery is a ceramic made from only clay and includes earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Porcelain is a type of pottery that uses clay rich in the mineral Kaolin and is fired at a higher temperature than other types of pottery. The composition and high firing temperature...

Angie Coleman, screenprint, in University Art Collection

Angie Coleman Screenprint

Angie Coleman, Fall, South San Juans, 2009. Screen Print. Collections Spotlight By Emily Maiwat (DU’26) Angie Coleman is a celebrated American printmaker and painter best known for her richly colored woodblock prints that capture the beauty of the mountainous landscapes of the American Southwest. A long-time resident of Taos, New Mexico, Coleman draws much of her artistic inspiration from her frequent hikes and camping excursions throughout the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado, the regions that inspire both the subject matter and emotional tone of her work. Originally from the Chicago area, Coleman later earned her degree from the California...

“Ruminations” and “Fictions of the Self” Opening Receptions

Please join us on Thursday September 25 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM to celebrate the opening of our two fall shows: “Ruminations” in the Vicki Myhren Gallery and “Fictions and the Self” in the Davis Gallery. Free parking will be available in Lot L across the street from the gallery. Ruminations: Tracing the Past Shaping the Future Fictions and the Self: The Photographs of Patrick R. Nagatani

Opening Reception for 2025 Summer Exhibitions

Join the Vicki Myhren Gallery and Davis Gallery to celebrate the opening of our 2025 summer exhibitions. The reception will take place in Shwayder Art Building (2121 E. Asbury Ave.) from 5-7 PM on Friday, June 27. Free parking is available in Lot L between 4:45 and 6:15 PM. On view in the Vicki Myhren Gallery everything left was carried Artwork by Phipps Visiting Assistant Professor Rebecca Padilla On view in the Davis Gallery Krip-Hop Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Ace Robles Curated by Todd Edward Herman

Curator Conversation with Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson

MCA Denver and the University of Denver present a conversation with Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson, the Susan Brennan co-Artistic Directors of the sixth iteration of the international art triennial Prospect New Orleans. Titled Prospect.6 The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, this triennial was originally presented across twenty-one venues throughout the city of New Orleans from November 2024 to February 2025. For the first time in its history, a selection of this triennial will travel beyond New Orleans and will be on view at MCA Denver from May 23 to August 24, 2025. Lash and Patterson will...