Friday, October 9: Gallery Discussion with Annabeth Rosen

Friday, October 9: Gallery Discussion with Annabeth Rosen

Join us for an informal gallery discussion and Q&A with featured artist, Annabeth Rosen! Friday, October 9, 2015, 10-11am, Vicki Myhren Gallery Rosen, who is the Robert Arneson Endowed Chair in ceramic sculpture at UC Davis, is a widely exhibited artist with works in many major art museums including the Denver Art Museum, the LA County Museum, and the Oakland Museum. She was also recently selected for “The Artist Project” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. To learn more about Annabeth Rosen, click here! (Can’t make it on Friday? To ask Rosen a question, tag us on facebook or twitter with...

Annabeth Rosen: the whole is equal… Opening October 8!

Annabeth Rosen: the whole is equal… Opening October 8!

Please join us for an opening reception celebrating Annabeth Rosen: the whole is equal…, an exhibition of pieces from an ongoing series of collected and bundled handmade ceramic “found” objects. Also included in the show are large-scale drawings relating to the ceramic artwork. Rosen, who is the Robert Arneson Endowed Chair in ceramic sculpture at UC Davis, is a widely exhibited artist with works in many major art museums. She was also recently selected for “The Artist Project” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Enjoy light refreshments, drinks, and conversation with the artist. Rosen will speak briefly at 6 PM....

Most popular print and longest reign – what a Queen!

Most popular print and longest reign – what a Queen!

Voted the most popular Andy Warhol print by the DU – Vicki Myhren Gallery community, Queen Elizabeth II also celebrates being named the longest reigning monarch in Britain today (#longestreign).  If you missed the print in our exhibition Warhol at DU: Recent Gifts from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, it has been brought back by popular demand and is now on display in our Recent Gifts exhibition.  You better hurry though, as unlike the Queen’s reign, this exhibition will not last quite as long and is only up through September 27. https://instagram.com/p/7bGQlEQkMj/?taken-by=myhrengallery

Labor Day Weekend Closure

Labor Day Weekend Closure

Please note that the Vicki Myhren Gallery will be closed for Labor Day weekend and will reopen Tuesday, September 8th from noon to 5 pm.  We apologize for any inconvenience and wish you a safe and happy holiday weekend!  Be sure to check out our current exhibition, Recent Gifts to the University Art Collections, after the holiday!!

And the Winner is… The Queen!

And the Winner is… The Queen!

The votes are all in and the winner is… The Queen!  Please come check her out in our new exhibition, Recent Gifts from the University Art Collections, on display at the gallery through September 27th.  Thanks for participating 🙂

Recent Gifts to the University Art Collections

Recent Gifts to the University Art Collections

August 27 through September 27, 2015 The Vicki Myhren Gallery continues to celebrate the donors of art to the University Art Collections. Through their generosity, the collections have grown rapidly, now numbering over 3300 catalogued artworks. Among many other works, recent gifts include one of Vance Kirkland’s largest and most ambitious paintings, an anonymous Hudson Valley School landscape dating from around 1850, and a new selection of Southwestern and Native American works donated by the late Helen Driscoll. Newly conserved English landscape watercolors donated by alumna Elaine Long will also be on view, along with prints by Thomas Nast and...