Events – Page 28 – Vicki Myhren Gallery

08May2014December 3, 2019

2014 BFA Exhibition Opening

The 2014 BFA Exhibition, entitled Composite, will be opening in one week. The show will feature works by graduating seniors in the BFA programs of the DU School of Art & Art History. Exhibiting artists include Stephanie Biller, Kimberly Carbonari, Brandon Finamore, Mikaela Fortune, Sarah Fukami, Jessica James Gilbert, Lindsey Hubbell, Ting-yu Lin, Tanner Cole Minock, and Caleb Wassell. Installation begins today for the artists, who will work with Graduate Gallery Assistants at the Vicki Myhren Gallery to install their artwork. Don’t miss the opening reception on Thursday, May 15 from 5-7 PM to see the culmination of these artists’ efforts from their...

05May2014December 3, 2019

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Walking West

Emergent digital practices professor, Conor McGarrigle, was featured in a solo exhibition at Vicki Myhren Gallery in November 2012, shortly after he came to the University of Denver. Recently he completed a walking art performance, Walking West, during which he walked 26.2 miles on Colfax Avenue in Denver. To learn more about Conor McGarrigle’s walk on the longest continuous street in America, which was also captured with a satellite photograph, click here and here. To see more information about Conor McGarrigle’s 2012 exhibition at the Vicki Myhren Gallery , click here. Photos of Conor McGarrigle during Walking West shown below are by Jenny Fillipetti....

01May2014December 3, 2019

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CPR Mural Spotlight

Colorado Public Radio reporter, Marc Shulgold, interviewed gallery director, Dan Jacobs about the restoration of the Thompson Mural in Margery Reed Hall! Click here to read the full story and learn more about the work it has taken to restore the Shakespeare mural. Mural composite photo credit: William O’Connor

28April2014December 3, 2019

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Banner Chatter

Drawn from a newly gifted collection of over 500 works of art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the Female Gaze: The Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women exhibition organized by PAFA is a rare opportunity to view works by 54 of America’s most important female artists. The theme of the exhibition is “The Female Gaze”–in other words, the development of a new way of picturing female identity as seen through the eyes of women. This theme is especially well reflected in the two works selected for our outdoor banner at the Shwayder Art Building. Here is a...

Curatorial Practicum Class Opens Exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum

17April2014December 3, 2019

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Curatorial Practicum Class Opens Exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum

The student curators in this year’s Curatorial Practicum class worked hard last quarter on an exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum. The focus of the class taught by Myhren Gallery director Dan Jacobs changes every year, and 2014’s student curators had a particularly exciting assignment. The show, titled “Clyff Notes: A Lifetime of Works on Paper,” was the result of a fruitful collaboration with the Clyfford Still Museum (CSM). Working closely with Dan, as well as CSM staff, including director, Dean Sobel, archivist, Jessie De La Cruz, and collections manager, Bailey Harberg, students spearheaded the exhibition from start to finish....

14April2014December 3, 2019

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Hung Liu at DU

On April 3, the Myhren Gallery hosted a VIP event around the Female Gaze exhibition, which was attended by many influential women in our community. The event (and show itself) is part of a year-long initiative to promote women artists — an initiative led by RedLine’s current show, “She Crossed the Line,” which features trailblazing contemporary female artists in five exhibitions throughout the year. A prominent artist highlighted in “The Female Gaze” is Hung Liu, a Chinese-American artist who immigrated to the United States during the Cultural Revolution. Liu is presently a professor at Mills College in Oakland, California. She...