Tag: Collection Spotlight

Poster with Alfred E. Neuman Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, The Other Half, Sons of Champlin, Denver, CO, November 10/11, 1967. Screenprint. 2017.13.19

Way Up High – Denver’s Music Scene and Alfred E Neuman

By Garrett Schroeder, Graduate Class of 2027 Best known for their work making posters advertising concerts in the San Francisco Bay area, Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse created this design advertising a two-night show at the now-defunct Family Dog music Venue in Denver. This show featured The Other Half and Sons of Champlin, two popular...

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026
Harold Keeler, The Trapper, Trapping Beaver, c. 1936, woodblock print. 2024.21.7

Colorado’s Forgotten Printmakers: The Sterling Project

By Elaina Flemming, Graduate Class of 2027 In 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created the Federal Art Project (FAP), which gave artists jobs and opportunities to uplift their communities with murals, posters, and other public art projects. The WPA branch of Colorado collaborated with the State Historical Society to fund what was colloquially known...

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

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...

November 25, 2025January 9, 2026