26November2025November 26, 2025
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Davis Gallery Exhibition: Ex Voto by MG Bernard

Ex Voto: Ego, Deus, et Medicus MG Bernard (she/they/ugh) On view in the Davis Gallery from December 11, 2025, to January 18, 2026. The exhibition stems from Bernard’s interest in the medieval Church’s affiliation with health care, including pilgrimage, prayer, & the miraculous healing power of reliquaries. Catholic tradition glorifies Jesus’ & Mary’s suffering but illustrates sick & disabled people as inferior, sinful, & in need of healing. What happens when we shift the sacred gaze from historically idealized, sanitized figures such as the Virgin Mary & Christ to a chronically ill, queer, perverse bodymind? By repurposing used medical equipment...

Exhibition: Echoes by Deborah Howard
26November2025November 26, 2025
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Exhibition: Echoes by Deborah Howard

The Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver is proud to present Echoes, a survey of work by acclaimed artist and long-devoted DU faculty member Deborah Howard. This exhibition honors Deborah’s remarkable career as an artist and educator, celebrating nearly four decades of creative and academic contributions. Since joining the University of Denver in 1987, Deborah has inspired generations of artists and, in turn, found inspiration through teaching and collaboration with students, which she describes as the wellspring of her most meaningful work. The exhibition will be on view from January 15 through March 15, 2026. The Vicki Myhren Gallery...

26November2025January 20, 2026
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Echoes and Journeys Opening Receptions

Kick off 2026 by celebrating the opening of two new exhibitions! Our first exhibitions of 2026 both honor artist Deborah Howard who has served as DU’s painting professor since 1987 and will retire at the end of this year. Join us to celebrate Deborah and her lineage of talented students. Free parking is available in Lot L across the street from Shwayder Art Building. In the Vicki Myhren Gallery: Echoes Echoes features a survey of work by acclaimed artist and long-devoted DU faculty member Deborah Howard. This exhibition honors Deborah’s remarkable career as an artist and educator, celebrating nearly four...

Edward Marecak, The Thanksgiving Turkey, lithograph 4/8.
25November2025January 9, 2026
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The Thanksgiving Turkey

By Grace Monteith, Graduate Class of 2027 By the time Edward Marecak became a DU alumnus – receiving his teaching certificatefrom the university in 1955 – he had already established a prominent artistic career andeducational history. Born to immigrant parents from Slovakia, Marecak grew up nearCleveland, Ohio, before spending much of his adult life and creative career in Colorado.Marecak studied on a full scholarship at the Cleveland Institute of Art until he was draftedinto the military. Following his discharge, Marecak continued his training at the ColoradoSprings Fine Arts Center, before returning to the Cleveland Institute of Art to complete hisBachelor’s...

Helen B. Davis, Untitled, Acrylic on shaped canvas.
14November2025November 14, 2025
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Legacy of Helen Davis

  By Annie Drysdale, Graduate Class of 2025 Helen Davis’s life was dedicated to people and art. Her adventurous approach to art was nurtured at Northwest Missouri State University, experimenting across a wide variety of media. Davis moved to Colorado in 1948 and established an arts therapy program at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. Davis has long been affiliated with the University of Denver. She received her Ed.D. from DU in 1961. Her experience of gender-based discrimination reinforced Davis’s feminist convictions and inspired her lifelong mentorship of and advocacy for women. She went on to lead the art department at Colorado Women’s...

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