Art &amp; Art History News /artandarthistory/ en News, September 22, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-september-22-2026 <span>News, September 22, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-09-22T11:17:32-06:00" title="Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 11:17">Tue, 09/22/2026 - 11:17</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Screenshot%202026-08-12%20at%2012.59.49%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=VOOAWE75" width="1500" height="1221" alt="Andrew Polk" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Andrew Polk: Visiting Artist Lecture Series</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div><div><p><strong>Monday, September 28th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Andrew Polk</strong> is a printmaker, painter, and educator whose career spans nearly six decades of technical refinement and formal experimentation. Since beginning his professional practice in 1968, Polk has established himself as a versatile figure within contemporary American print culture, rejecting stylistic stagnation in favor of continuous discovery and conceptual risk across printmaking, painting, and digital media.</p><p>Polk’s body of work moves fluidly from non-objective abstraction to meticulous representation across lithography, watercolor, drawing, digital programming, video, and installation. Driven by the philosophy to "stay inspired," Polk transitions to new aesthetic territory whenever a direction risks becoming predictable. Despite shifting styles, core thematic threads—human vulnerability, structural balance, and narrative ambiguity—interweave through his entire trajectory.</p><p>Polk served for thirty-two years as Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona, leading the lithography department. Following his retirement as Professor Emeritus, he relocated to rural Indiana, co-founding L-vis Press alongside his artist wife, Kathryn Polk. Polk has participated in over 600 exhibitions worldwide, and his work is held in major collections, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Denver Art Museum, and the Tucson Museum of Art.</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%2012.22.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=5Qyw7wLG" width="1500" height="933" alt="culture Crawl cu libraries" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Cultural Crawl at the Visual Arts Complex</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <div><div><p><strong>Art &amp; Art History Department Open House &amp; Art-making on the VAC Plaza</strong><br><span><strong>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 10am to 3pm</strong></span></p><p>Join us at the Visual Arts Complex for Culture Crawl 2026! We’re hosting an <strong>OPEN HOUSE</strong> to showcase the amazing work happening across our department and among our Art &amp; Art History students.</p><p>Head to the plaza for refreshments and visit information tables hosted by:</p><ul><li>ATLAS Institute</li><li>Conference on World Affairs</li><li>CU Study Abroad</li><li>Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art</li><li>Museum of Boulder</li><li>Boulder Art Affiliates</li></ul><p><strong>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ the Culture Crawl:</strong>&nbsp;The Culture Crawl is a campus-wide event celebrating ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ arts &amp; culture. Stop by the different locations to take part in immersive activities, performances, artmaking, food tasting and more. Pick up a free Culture Crawl t-shirt at any event (while supplies last) and swipe in with your Buff OneCard to enter a prize raffle. The more events you attend, the more opportunities to win.&nbsp;<a href="https://libraries.colorado.edu/culture-crawl" rel="nofollow">See all Culture Crawl events.</a></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Uriburu.jpg?itok=42hQJA_P" width="1500" height="2254" alt="James nisbet" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>James Nisbet: Visiting Art History Scholar Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><span><strong>Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 5:45pm</strong></span><br><a href="https://calendar.colorado.edu/norlin_library" rel="nofollow"><span>Norlin Library, Center for British &amp; Irish Studies (room M549)</span></a></p><hr><p><strong>Lecture: </strong><em><strong>Immersive Waters, or Notes Towards a Genealogy of Water Art</strong></em></p><p>As a long-standing and vital element in the production of visual art, water had been employed variously—as subject, liquid base for pigments, and fundamental to the cleaning and maintenance of tools—from time immemorial through the mid twentieth century. Today, the use of water as an artistic material in the production of different forms of sculpture, performance, and installation art is so common that it would be all but impossible to systemically track its use. In the interim—that is, during the latter half of the twentieth century, coincident with dramatic ecological changes at a planetary level—the element of water began to be employed in the work of the postwar neo-avant-garde, and, increasingly, throughout subsequent experimental movements of the twentieth century. Taking select contemporary practices as a point of departure, this paper will consider the range and genealogy of these activities—focused primarily on North America and Western Europe—in the hope of distilling the disparate instances in which water appears during the period of 1945–2000 into a more closely connected series of conversations among artists and orientations of practice.</p><p>James Nisbet is Professor in the Department of Art History and PhD Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine. He has published widely on the history and theory of modern and contemporary art, with special interests in ecocritical visual art and the history of photography. Nisbet’s research has been supported by institutions including Cornell University’s Society for the Humanities, Georgia O'Keeffe Research Center, Dumbarton Oaks, and Getty Research Institute. His book projects include Ecologies, Environments, and Energy Systems in Art of the 1960s and 1970s (MIT Press, 2014), Second Site (Princeton University Press, 2021), and as editor with Lyle Massey, The Invention of the American Desert: Art, Land, and the Politics of Environment (University of California Press, 2021).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/arts-15-00139-g010.png?h=02edfbda&amp;itok=hJk6Iiwq" alt="Brianne Cohen article image"/> </div> <h3> <div>Brianne Cohen, Associate Professor, Art History</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span>Brianne Cohen recently published an article titled, "Contemporary Art on Climate Adaptation: Staking Trees and Bracing Spines in Singapore" in the journal </span><em>Arts</em><span>. Read the full article: </span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2076-0752%2F15%2F6%2F139&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7Ce4aaeb0131db4e67984108df18c33308%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639256898780756941%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UxdDoRFnXR%2BbOfdah14CXyZzw5gsTzL8blMls62YR6A%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">open access link</a><span>.</span></p><p><em><span>In this article, I explore the visual culture of Singapore’s ableist-nationalist greening campaigns alongside artworks such as Marvin Tang’s </span>A Guide to Tree Planting<span> and </span>History of 39 Cuttings—Hybrids<span>, and Woong Soak Teng’s </span>Ways to Tie Trees<span> and </span>Rules for Photographing a Scoliotic Patient<span>. I argue that Tang and Woong highlight adaptation issues in the face of eco-ableist sustainability in Singapore, challenging simplistic notions of climate adaptation by attending to vulnerable, sexed and gendered more-than-human bodies. The field of art history has an opportunity to probe ableist visions of ecological sustainability—within an emerging discourse between environmental justice and disability studies—by historicizing and interpreting such art, as it speaks to enduring, more-than-human impairment and climate adaptation.</span></em></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/processed-7CC5A55C-B86F-4305-880C-34C218FCDFD9.jpeg?h=4bd3d15f&amp;itok=EuegNBXO" alt="Corrina Espinosa artwork"/> </div> <h3> <div>Corrina Espinosa, Assistant Teaching Professor</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Artist Talk: Corrina Espinosa</strong></span><br><span><strong>Portal Juice</strong></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Sunday, September 27, 1–3 p.m.</span><br><span><strong>Location:</strong> The Lab on Santa Fe, 840 Santa Fe Drive, Denver</span><br><span><strong>Admission:</strong> Free and open to the public</span></p><p><span>Join Espinosa for a conversation about the conceptual frameworks, material processes, and technological strategies informing the work.</span></p><p><em><span>Portal Juice</span></em><span>, a solo exhibition by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Assistant Teaching Professor Corrina Espinosa, examines the strange, evolving relationship between humans and machines. Through augmented reality, interactive sculpture, collage, and printmaking, Espinosa uses subtle humor and parody to investigate the absurdities of digital culture and simulated reality, while destabilizing the boundaries between physical and virtual experience.</span></p><p><span>Moving between the tangible and the imagined, </span><em><span>Portal Juice</span></em><span> engages a form of digital metaphysics: What constitutes the real when experience is increasingly mediated by machines, interfaces, and constructed environments?</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:17:32 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1546 at /artandarthistory News, September 15, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-september-15-2026 <span>News, September 15, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-09-15T08:12:42-06:00" title="Tuesday, September 15, 2026 - 08:12">Tue, 09/15/2026 - 08:12</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/BeverlyQuigleySocSculpture.jpg?itok=JblDG7Wc" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Beverly Quigley" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Artnauts: Collective Visions, panel discussion</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p><strong>Saturday, September 19, 1:00-2:00 PM</strong><br>1B20 Auditorium, Visual Arts Complex, CU-Boulder<br>Light refreshments at the CU Art Museum after the panel<br>All events are free and open to the public</p><p>This panel discussion explores the Artnauts Collective and its nearly 30-year history of working across borders and communities. The conversation will consider what has sustained and shaped the collective over three decades, what distinguishes its practice from other forms of socially engaged art, and why its model of artistic engagement continues to matter today.</p><p>Moderator: Hope Saska, PhD, CU Art Museum Director, Chief Curator, and Director of Academic Engagement</p><p>Panelists: Founders, George Rivera (PhD, Professor Emeritus, CU) and Beth Krensky (PhD, CU) with Artnaut members, Pamela Beverly-Quigley (MFA, CU), Eileen Rosina (MFA, CU) and Martha Russo (MFA CU).</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/4cecff07-eef0-429d-93b3-75eb5620e9f0.jpeg?itok=HKfMoDfp" width="1500" height="1876" alt="Andrew Polk print" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Andrew Polk: Visiting Artist Lecture Series</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <div><p><strong>Monday, September 28th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Andrew Polk</strong> is a printmaker, painter, and educator whose career spans nearly six decades of technical refinement and formal experimentation. Since beginning his professional practice in 1968, Polk has established himself as a versatile figure within contemporary American print culture, rejecting stylistic stagnation in favor of continuous discovery and conceptual risk across printmaking, painting, and digital media.</p><p>Polk’s body of work moves fluidly from non-objective abstraction to meticulous representation across lithography, watercolor, drawing, digital programming, video, and installation. Driven by the philosophy to "stay inspired," Polk transitions to new aesthetic territory whenever a direction risks becoming predictable. Despite shifting styles, core thematic threads—human vulnerability, structural balance, and narrative ambiguity—interweave through his entire trajectory.</p><p>Polk served for thirty-two years as Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona, leading the lithography department. Following his retirement as Professor Emeritus, he relocated to rural Indiana, co-founding L-vis Press alongside his artist wife, Kathryn Polk. Polk has participated in over 600 exhibitions worldwide, and his work is held in major collections, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Denver Art Museum, and the Tucson Museum of Art.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%2012.22.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=5Qyw7wLG" width="1500" height="933" alt="culture Crawl cu libraries" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Culture Crawl at the Visual Arts Complex</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <div><p><strong>Art &amp; Art History Department Open House &amp; Art-making on the VAC Plaza</strong><br><span><strong>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 10am to 3pm</strong></span><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex Plaza</strong></p><p>For Culture Crawl 2026, the Visual Arts Complex will host an OPEN HOUSE—welcoming all to see what our department is up to including our Art &amp; Art History students!&nbsp;We will host refreshments outside in the plaza with information tables from Atlas Institute, Conference on World Affairs, CU Study Abroad, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Boulder and Boulder Art Affiliates.</p><p>Stop by the Museum of Boulder's pop-up to discover how the Museum brings Boulder’s remarkable history to life through exhibitions, programs, artifacts and stories from across the community. Guests will also enjoy a special preview of the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Boulder MIXTAPE: Local, Live &amp; Loud, celebrating the people, places and unforgettable sounds that shaped Boulder’s vibrant music history. From legendary venues and groundbreaking musicians to the local scenes that brought generations together, this sneak peek offers a glimpse of what is coming to the Museum in 2027.</p><p><strong>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ the Culture Crawl:</strong>&nbsp;The Culture Crawl is a campus-wide event celebrating ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ arts &amp; culture. Stop by the different locations to take part in immersive activities, performances, artmaking, food tasting and more. Pick up a free Culture Crawl t-shirt at any event (while supplies last) and swipe in with your Buff OneCard to enter a prize raffle. The more events you attend, the more opportunities to win.&nbsp;<a href="https://libraries.colorado.edu/culture-crawl" rel="nofollow">See all Culture Crawl events.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-14%20at%209.43.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=DB83Ehq0" width="1500" height="1830" alt="santos" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Transforming Images: New Mexican Santos in-between Worlds</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p><span>A special two-day program bringing together artists, scholars, spiritual leaders, and community voices to explore the sacred images of New Mexican&nbsp;</span><em>santeros</em><span>&nbsp;that form the heart of the collection cared for by the Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs. </span><strong>This program is free and open to the public.</strong></p><p><strong>Fine Arts Center, Colorado College, 30 West Dale Street, Agents of Care Gallery&nbsp;</strong><br><strong>For more information or questions about accessibility, please call (719) 634-5581</strong><br><a href="https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/events/transforming-images-new-mexican-santos-in-between-worlds/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Link to more information</strong></a></p><hr><p><strong>Thursday, Sept. 24 from 5-6:30 p.m.&nbsp;</strong></p><p>A reflection on the spiritual, artistic, and cultural dimensions of these works and their enduring place in the devotional life of the American Southwest with panelists:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><strong>James Córdova, Moderator</strong> — Associate Professor of Art History, University of Colorado Boulder. Colorado College Innovator-in-Residence, Gathering Place co-curator&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Claire Farago</strong> — Professor Emerita of Art History, University of Colorado Boulder&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Melanie Yazzie</strong> — Professor of Printmaking, University of Colorado Boulder&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Charlie Carrillo</strong> — Independent Scholar and Santero, Santa Fe;&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Doreen Durán</strong> — Descendant of the historic caretakers of the Durán Family Chapel, Talpa, NM &amp; and other local guests</li></ul><hr><p><strong>Friday, Sept. 25 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Keynote with Claire Farago, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado Boulder.&nbsp;</strong><br>Reception to follow in Smith Family Gallery.&nbsp;</p><p>Explore who owns the past. From the mid-eighteenth century, in addition to importing religious art from Mexico, New Mexico produced its own altarpieces and individual devotional panels depicting Christ, the Virgin, and saints.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:12:42 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1545 at /artandarthistory News, September 9, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-september-9-2026 <span>News, September 9, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-09-09T10:40:38-06:00" title="Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - 10:40">Wed, 09/09/2026 - 10:40</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Ellsworth_KickingUpDust%20copy.jpg?itok=bWzAdkE2" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Angela Ellsworth" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Angela Ellsworth: Visiting Artist Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div><div><p><strong>Monday, September 14th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><p><strong>Angela Ellsworth</strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, sculpture, drawing, and social ritual. Rooted in her heritage within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ellsworth critically examines identity, gender, bodily endurance, and institutional memory. Her work challenges conventional historical narratives by re-centering women’s experiences, spiritual agency, and collective resilience.</p><p>Beyond sculpture, Ellsworth examines the body as a site of physical limits and spatial awareness, staging public interventions that prompt unexpected collisions between private history and collective memory. She has exhibited at the Getty Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Crystal Bridges, and Phoenix Art Museum. Her honors include grants from Art Matters and Franklin Furnace. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery and Modern West Fine Art.</p><p><a href="https://click.com.cu.edu/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5ODZ9AAcAAAAABgDChTZhE4_dITIIQiRalAmNedZke6LqpcC_mo0mvkmnoVmL-YxQXed0FFzDFIqOawrxrUyrASNnerbTTMre79x4rbVa4LxULYE84x0" rel="nofollow">Explore the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series</a></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/4cecff07-eef0-429d-93b3-75eb5620e9f0.jpeg?itok=HKfMoDfp" width="1500" height="1876" alt="Andrew Polk print" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Andrew Polk: Visiting Artist Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <p><strong>Monday, September 28th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><p><strong>Andrew Polk</strong> is a printmaker, painter, and educator whose career spans nearly six decades of technical refinement and formal experimentation. Since beginning his professional practice in 1968, Polk has established himself as a versatile figure within contemporary American print culture, rejecting stylistic stagnation in favor of continuous discovery and conceptual risk across printmaking, painting, and digital media.</p><p>Polk served for thirty-two years as Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona, leading the lithography department. Following his retirement as Professor Emeritus, he relocated to rural Indiana, co-founding L-vis Press alongside his artist wife, Kathryn Polk. Polk has participated in over 600 exhibitions worldwide, and his work is held in major collections, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Denver Art Museum, and the Tucson Museum of Art.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%2012.22.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=5Qyw7wLG" width="1500" height="933" alt="culture Crawl cu libraries" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Culture Crawl at the Visual Arts Complex</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><strong>Art &amp; Art History Department Open House &amp; Art-making on the VAC Plaza</strong><br><span><strong>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 10am to 3pm</strong></span><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex Plaza</strong></p><p>For Culture Crawl 2026, the Visual Arts Complex will host an OPEN HOUSE—welcoming all to see what our department is up to including our Art &amp; Art History students!&nbsp;We will host refreshments outside in the plaza with information tables from Atlas Institute, Conference on World Affairs, CU Study Abroad, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Boulder and Boulder Art Affiliates.</p><p>Stop by the Museum of Boulder's pop-up to discover how the Museum brings Boulder’s remarkable history to life through exhibitions, programs, artifacts and stories from across the community. Guests will also enjoy a special preview of the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Boulder MIXTAPE: Local, Live &amp; Loud, celebrating the people, places and unforgettable sounds that shaped Boulder’s vibrant music history. From legendary venues and groundbreaking musicians to the local scenes that brought generations together, this sneak peek offers a glimpse of what is coming to the Museum in 2027.</p><p><strong>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ the Culture Crawl:</strong>&nbsp;The Culture Crawl is a campus-wide event celebrating ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ arts &amp; culture. Stop by the different locations to take part in immersive activities, performances, artmaking, food tasting and more. Pick up a free Culture Crawl t-shirt at any event (while supplies last) and swipe in with your Buff OneCard to enter a prize raffle. The more events you attend, the more opportunities to win.&nbsp;<a href="https://libraries.colorado.edu/culture-crawl" rel="nofollow">See all Culture Crawl events.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <h3> <div>Richard Saxton, Professor</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><strong>Counterpublic</strong>&nbsp;has announced the opening program for&nbsp;<strong>Coyote Time</strong>, the third edition of its citywide Triennial in&nbsp;<strong>St. Louis</strong>, bringing together artist talks, performances, tours, activations, and collective gatherings across the city.&nbsp;</p><p>Counterpublic 2026 includes SPS faculty Richard Saxton and M12 Studio with a new installation titled <em>A Shape Without A Word </em>showing at the National Building Arts Center in former Monsanto, ill.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Opening Week</strong>: September 9–13, 2026</p><p><a href="https://counterpublic.org/edition/2026/" rel="nofollow">More information about Coyote Time</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/Megan%20O%27Grady%20%28credit_Thorsten%20Trimpop%29.jpg%20%281%29.jpg?h=91aca765&amp;itok=e5WlMvlP" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p>Megan O'Grady will be reading from her book, <em>How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Ourselves</em>, at Poets &amp; Writers on September 23rd to celebrate their “New Nonfictionâ€� issue. <a href="https://www.pw.org/live/events/the_new_nonfiction_2026_virtual_reading_and_celebration" rel="nofollow">More information</a></p><p>O'Grady also recently published an interview with Collier Schorr for <em>BOMB</em> magazine. <a href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2026/09/07/collier-schorr-by-megan-ogrady/" rel="nofollow">Read the full interview</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/3211d9b0-624d-4cb4-bbf8-ce583d38de35.png?h=b9117933&amp;itok=5vObB64A" alt="Hanna Rose Shell"/> </div> <h3> <div>Hanna Rose Shell, Professor</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <div>Hanna Rose Shell recently received a Creative Futures Fellowship from Venture Partners at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ for her project “Mining the Sun: An Arts and Humanities Public History Initiative,â€� which creates new platforms for civic engagement and community development through documentary art practice, creative storytelling, and the curation of archival media.<span>&nbsp;</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span>In August, she presented a lecture, “The Observatory at Climax,â€� as part of “Science and Resources in the Westâ€� at the WEST Annual Meeting, held at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado. Earlier this month, she also presented the project as part of “Cosmic Entanglements: Art, Theory, and the Reimagining of Space-Timeâ€� at the Mellon-supported Material Cosmographies Symposium at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ.</span></div><p><span>A “Mining the Sunâ€� exhibition opens at the end of September at the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville, Colorado.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/RNorth%20Profile%202.jpg?h=8dbecc6e&amp;itok=yKgYkemX" alt="Robin North"/> </div> <h3> <div>Robin North, Assistant Professor</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--3"> <p>We are excited to welcome Robin North to the Department of Art &amp; Art History!</p><p><span>Robin North is an interdisciplinary visual artist and preservation activist whose research-based practice uses expanded photographic practices to investigate history, systemic and structural racism, and the experiences of Americans of African descent across the African Diaspora.&nbsp;</span>Drawing on Black geographies as an interdisciplinary research approach, his work examines how historical systems of racial exclusion, displacement, and unequal access to land have shaped the ways Black communities establish spatial presence through settlement, family memory, cultural practice, and relationships to land.</p><p><span>North is an Assistant Professor of Photography and History of Photography at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received a BFA in Photography and Digital Media from the University of Houston and an MFA in Art with an emphasis in Photography and Multimedia from San Diego State University. His work has received recognition through PhotoLucida Critical Mass Top 50, Houston Center for Photography, FotoFest, and other grants, awards, and fellowships.</span></p><p><span><strong>Current Projects or Research Focus</strong></span><br>Robin's current research focuses on Texas Freedom Colonies across the rural Gulf Coast through his AI3 framework, using interdisciplinary media arts practice as a form of preservation activism and inquiry into Black geographies. The work examines how lived experience, archival absence, and the materiality of place can make histories visible, sustain cultural memory, and challenge their erasure from institutional narratives.</p><ul><li><span><strong>Classes Teaching This Term</strong></span><br><span>ARTS 3171: Photography 2</span><br><span>ARTS 3191 / 4161 / 5161: Photography 3, 4, and 5</span></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/George%20Rivera%20and%20Martha%20Russo.jpg?h=73748104&amp;itok=v9wRQU_e" alt="George and Martha"/> </div> <h3> <div>Professor Emeritus Dr. George Rivera and Alumna Martha Russo</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--4"> <p>Recently featured in the CU Arts &amp; Sciences Magazine.</p><p><em>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ alumna Martha Russo and Professor Emeritus George Rivera currently are displaying art pieces in Venice, Italy, in a show organized by the European Cultural Centre</em></p><p><a href="/asmagazine/2026/08/31/two-artists-walk-palazzo" rel="nofollow">Read the full article</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Student Announcements</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/Megh.06.IMG1_.png?h=f2ead69a&amp;itok=Hcx9FHqH" alt="Ayuj Consul, Megh |06|, 2026. Film still. Courtesy of the artist"/> </div> <h3> <div>Ayuj Consul, MFA candidate in Film</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <div>MFA (Film) student Ayuj Consul's film <em>Megh |06|</em> has been selected for Labocine's September 2026 issue, "Immortality." Labocine is a streaming platform for science-themed new-wave cinema, and this month's program explores ideas of memory, permanence, and mortality across time.</div><div><em>Megh |06|</em> is a handmade exploration of mythology, memory, and the fragility of history, shot on 16mm with a homemade silver-gelatin emulsion — part of a broader practice in media archaeology and personal storytelling.<br>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.labocine.com%2Fissues%2Fimmortality&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7Cc129767d0f03430ad98608df0c60f0f4%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639243282842510312%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DXOcx%2BaDK0WDIFEYgRWKMrrtNks%2BQ3b0hHfzBsAaYSA%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">Explore the issue and stream the film for free here.</a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.labocine.com%2Fissues%2Fimmortality&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7Cc129767d0f03430ad98608df0c60f0f4%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639243282842549007%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3ntde50Vf%2FaB%2BWixovCxIZjRPWLXaWgXr6bUX9rVr%2Fw%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">&nbsp;</a></div><div>Image Credit: Ayuj Consul, <em>Megh |06|</em>, 2026. Film still. Courtesy of the artist.&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/newberryheadshot_0.jpg?h=8a7fc05e&amp;itok=y_1upaD9" alt="Andi Newberry"/> </div> <h3> <div>Andi Newberry, MFA Alumna</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <div dir="ltr">Andi Newberry was recently interviewed for <a href="https://helloprintfriend.com/" rel="nofollow">Hello, Print Friend</a>, a podcast dedicated to celebrating and amplifying contemporary printmaking and its culture. Link to listen to the episode on <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F5RNCHl8gMks8MeQs7oB1fl%3Fsi%3DPoRjdqpOToKAGC_vZIg6NQ%26utm_source%3Dcopy-link&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C94be88909e7843511c3108df0ab72e23%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639241454020416475%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=34%2BVx10neb1qb1BU2bqgu9wUWcjI3MaT0Z2mBEe3hgY%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a>.&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">&nbsp;</div><div dir="ltr">Andi recently accepted a Visiting Professor of Art position at&nbsp;<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtamu.edu%2Facademics%2Fcollege-fine-arts-humanities%2Fdepartment-art-theatre-dance%2Ffaculty%2Fandi-newberry-bio.html&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C94be88909e7843511c3108df0ab72e23%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639241454020443193%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K4q6Qr6iLuK6e%2FrzbHOltjqQ0yOqfo%2FgDCKtKvY0Rs0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">West Texas A&amp;M</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:40:38 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1543 at /artandarthistory News, September 1, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-september-1-2026 <span>News, September 1, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-09-01T11:55:49-06:00" title="Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 11:55">Tue, 09/01/2026 - 11:55</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Pantaloncini_%20%28Hilma%29_DETAIL4%20copy.png?itok=CgRzPGXs" width="1500" height="1001" alt="Angela ellsworth" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Angela Ellsworth: Visiting Artist Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p><strong>Monday, September 14th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><p><strong>Angela Ellsworth</strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, sculpture, drawing, and social ritual. Rooted in her heritage within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ellsworth critically examines identity, gender, bodily endurance, and institutional memory. Her work challenges conventional historical narratives by re-centering women’s experiences, spiritual agency, and collective resilience.</p><p>In her recognized series, <em>The Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense </em>, Ellsworth transforms complex socio-religious histories into tactile sculptural forms. Composed of thousands of pearl-tipped steel corsage pins inserted into fabric bonnets, these objects reference the thirty-five wives of Joseph Smith. Reinterpreting the bonnets as "tools of translation," she reclaims visionary power for women whose historic labor was marginalized. The sharp internal positioning of the pins turns each garment into an emblem of quiet resistance and generational trauma.</p><p>Beyond sculpture, Ellsworth examines the body as a site of physical limits and spatial awareness, staging public interventions that prompt unexpected collisions between private history and collective memory. She has exhibited at the Getty Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Crystal Bridges, and Phoenix Art Museum. Her honors include grants from Art Matters and Franklin Furnace. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery and Modern West Fine Art.</p><p><a href="https://click.com.cu.edu/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5ODZ9AAcAAAAABgDChTZhE4_dITIIQiRalAmNedZke6LqpcC_mo0mvkmnoVmL-YxQXed0FFzDFIqOawrxrUyrASNnerbTTMre79x4rbVa4LxULYE84x0" rel="nofollow">Explore the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%2012.03.25%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=qJD7-zpq" width="1500" height="1063" alt="CU Art Museum party" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>CU Art Museum Exhibition Opening Celebration</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <p><span><strong>Thursday, September 3, 2026 4pm to 6pm</strong></span></p><p><span>It's a year worth remembering! Celebrate our three newest exhibitions along with&nbsp;</span><strong>CU Art Museum's Sweet 16</strong><span>, the&nbsp;</span><strong>30th anniversary of the Artnauts artist collective</strong><span>, and (of course)&nbsp;</span><strong>CU and Colorado's 150th anniversary</strong><span>!&nbsp;</span><br><br><span>Join us for an evening filled with art, community, and birthday cake - plus, music and party atmosphere will be provided&nbsp;Radio 1190! Stop by and decorate a limited edition CUAM tote bag, free, while supplies last.&nbsp;</span><br><br><span>Bring a friend or make a new one! Party attire encouraged.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/Uriburu.jpg?itok=42hQJA_P" width="1500" height="2254" alt="James nisbet" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>James Nisbet: Visiting Art History Scholar Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><strong>Thursday, October 8th at 5:45 PM</strong><br>Center for British &amp; Irish Studies, Norlin Library</p><hr><p><em><strong>Immersive Waters, or Notes Towards a Genealogy of Water Art</strong></em><br>James Nisbet, University of California, Irvine</p><p>As a long-standing and vital element in the production of visual art, water had been employed variously—as subject, liquid base for pigments, and fundamental to the cleaning and maintenance of tools—from time immemorial through the mid twentieth century. Today, the use of water as an artistic material in the production of different forms of sculpture, performance, and installation art is so common that it would be all but impossible to systemically track its use. In the interim—that is, during the latter half of the twentieth century, coincident with dramatic ecological changes at a planetary level—the element of water began to be employed in the work of the postwar neo-avant-garde, and, increasingly, throughout subsequent experimental movements of the twentieth century.&nbsp;</p><p>James Nisbet is Professor in the Department of Art History and PhD Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine. He has published widely on the history and theory of modern and contemporary art, with special interests in ecocritical visual art and the history of photography. Nisbet’s research has been supported by institutions including Cornell University’s Society for the Humanities, Georgia O'Keeffe Research Center, Dumbarton Oaks, and Getty Research Institute. His book projects include <em>Ecologies, Environments, and Energy Systems in Art of the 1960s and 1970s</em> (MIT Press, 2014), <em>Second Site</em> (Princeton University Press, 2021), and as editor with Lyle Massey,<em> The Invention of the American Desert: Art, Land, and the Politics of Environment </em>(University of California Press, 2021).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-09/IMG_6305.jpeg?itok=9QC6YHGC" width="1500" height="2000" alt="Corrina Espinosa" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Corrina Espinosa, Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div>Assistant Teaching Professor Corrina Espinosa’s solo exhibition, <em>Portal Juice</em>, explores the strange feeling of reality glitching beneath our feet as we navigate a rapidly changing digital culture. Through machines, augmented reality, collage, and prints, the exhibition blurs the physical and the virtual.</div><div>Ever wonder, <em>Is any of this even real?</em> This show is for you.</div><div>Come step through the portal. 🌀✨</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><em>Portal Juice</em><br>September 11–October 3, 2026</div><div>The Lab on Santa Fe, 840 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204</div><div>Free and open to the public.</div><div><br><strong>Opening Reception: </strong>Saturday, September 12 | 3–5 PM</div><div><strong>Artist Talk: </strong>Sunday, September 27 | 1–3 PM</div><div><strong>Gallery Hours: </strong>Fridays | 6–9 PM, Saturdays | 12–6 PM, Sundays | 12–5:30 PM<br>&nbsp;</div><div>Image credit: Corrina Espinosa, <em>Untitled</em>, 2026. Hand-cut paper collage, 18 × 24 in. Courtesy of the artist.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Campus News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class=" col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-01%20at%2012.22.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=8c87c140&amp;itok=GlQb4Sdg" alt="culture Crawl cu libraries"/> </div> <h3> <div>Culture Crawl 2026</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span><strong>Wednesday, September 30, 2026 from 10am to 3pm</strong></span><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex Plaza</strong></p><p>For Culture Crawl 2026, the Visual Arts Complex will host an OPEN HOUSE—welcoming all to see what our department is up to including our Art &amp; Art History students!&nbsp;We will host refreshments outside in the plaza with information tables from Atlas Institute, Conference on World Affairs, CU Study Abroad, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Boulder and Boulder Art Affiliates.</p><p>Stop by the Museum of Boulder's pop-up to discover how the Museum brings Boulder’s remarkable history to life through exhibitions, programs, artifacts and stories from across the community. Guests will also enjoy a special preview of the Museum’s upcoming exhibition, Boulder MIXTAPE: Local, Live &amp; Loud, celebrating the people, places and unforgettable sounds that shaped Boulder’s vibrant music history. From legendary venues and groundbreaking musicians to the local scenes that brought generations together, this sneak peek offers a glimpse of what is coming to the Museum in 2027.</p><p><strong>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ the Culture Crawl:</strong>&nbsp;The Culture Crawl is a campus-wide event celebrating ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ arts &amp; culture. Stop by the different locations to take part in immersive activities, performances, artmaking, food tasting and more.</p><p>Pick up a free Culture Crawl t-shirt at any event (while supplies last) and swipe in with your Buff OneCard to enter a prize raffle. The more events you attend, the more opportunities to win.&nbsp;<a href="https://libraries.colorado.edu/culture-crawl" rel="nofollow">See all Culture Crawl events.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:55:49 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1542 at /artandarthistory News, August 25, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-august-25-2026 <span>News, August 25, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-08-25T07:54:36-06:00" title="Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 07:54">Tue, 08/25/2026 - 07:54</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/BeverlyQuigleySocSculpture.jpg?itok=vdvNmidN" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Beverly Quiby" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>ARTNAUTS 30th Anniversary Exhibition Rhizome: Origins</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p><span><strong>Artnauts: Three Decades of Art, Dialogue and Global Connection</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>OPENING CELEBRATION</strong></span><br><span><strong>Thursday, September 3 | 4–6 PM&nbsp;</strong></span><br><span>University of Colorado Art Museum&nbsp;</span><br><span>1085 18th Street, Boulder&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>A 30-Year Story That Began at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ The Arnauts was founded in 1996 at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ by Dr. George Rivera, Garrison Roots, Dr. Beth Krensky, Dennis Dalton, and Luis Valdovino. More than 220 artists have participated over 30 years creating 256+ exhibitions, in 27 countries and 5 continents. The collective has worked across art, activism, social practice, peace building and global issues. The 2026 exhibition brings together 22 artists with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ aliations. Many of those artists earned their MFAs or PhDs at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ. Thirty years after its founding at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ, the Artnauts return to the University as an established international collective, bringing the story of three decades of collaborative artistic practice back to its place of origin.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.artnauts.org/" rel="nofollow"><span>More information about the history of the Artnauts</span></a></p><ul><li><span>SPECIAL MUSEUM PROGRAM — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 from 2-4 PM</span><br><span>University of Colorado Art Museum Social Sculpture: 1000 Knots, Gallery Talks &amp; Memorial Scholarship Awards&nbsp;</span><br><span>2:00–2:15 PM Opening remarks by Hope Saska, Director, CU Art Museum&nbsp;</span><br><span>2:15–2:30 PM Social Sculpture: 1000 Knots, Pamela Beverly-Quigley&nbsp;</span><br><span>2:30–3:30 PM Gallery talks with participating out-of-town artists 3:30–4:00 PM Memorial Scholarship Awards</span></li></ul><p><span>Exhibited Artists: Valerie Albicker, Pamela Beverly-Quigley, Barbara Colombo, Andrew Connelly, Dennis Dalton, Rebecca DiDomenico, Michael Dixon, Suzanne Faris, Heather Hanson, Samira Hemmat, Ben Jackel, Claire Jackel, Tsehai Johnson, Dr. Beth Krensky, Jane McMahan, Dr. George Rivera, Eileen Roscina, Martha Russo, Luis Valdovino, Rebecca Vaughan, Summer Ventis, Joo Yeon Woo.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Screenshot%202026-08-25%20at%208.22.02%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=J8Yls-XL" width="1500" height="1036" alt="Jules-Alexandre Grün, Friday Afternoon at the French Artist’s Salon, 1911. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen." /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Art History Club</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <p><span>Please join the VRC and the Art History Club for a Welcome Fest!</span></p><p><span>Drop by for coffee, snacks and art history-themed crafts. Also gather information on resources available for studying art history at CU. We hope to see you there!</span></p><ul><li><span><strong>Date: Tuesday, September 1</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Time: 10:00am-4:00pm</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Place: Visual Resources Center (VAC 310)</strong></span></li></ul><p><span>Questions? Please contact Christine Bachman </span><a href="mailto:christine.bachman@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>christine.bachman@colorado.edu</span></a><span> or Elaine Paul </span><a href="mailto:elaine.paul@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>elaine.paul@colorado.edu</span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Ellsworth_KickingUpDust%20copy.jpg?itok=j2eRSZMK" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Angela Ellsworth" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Angela Ellsworth: Visiting Artist Lecture</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><strong>Monday, September 14th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><p><strong>Angela Ellsworth</strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, sculpture, drawing, and social ritual. Rooted in her heritage within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ellsworth critically examines identity, gender, bodily endurance, and institutional memory. Her work challenges conventional historical narratives by re-centering women’s experiences, spiritual agency, and collective resilience.</p><p>In her recognized series, <em>The Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense </em>, Ellsworth transforms complex socio-religious histories into tactile sculptural forms. Composed of thousands of pearl-tipped steel corsage pins inserted into fabric bonnets, these objects reference the thirty-five wives of Joseph Smith. Reinterpreting the bonnets as "tools of translation," she reclaims visionary power for women whose historic labor was marginalized. The sharp internal positioning of the pins turns each garment into an emblem of quiet resistance and generational trauma.</p><p>Beyond sculpture, Ellsworth examines the body as a site of physical limits and spatial awareness, staging public interventions that prompt unexpected collisions between private history and collective memory. She has exhibited at the Getty Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Crystal Bridges, and Phoenix Art Museum. Her honors include grants from Art Matters and Franklin Furnace. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery and Modern West Fine Art.</p><p><a href="https://view.com.cu.edu/?vawpToken=3CSKAGDPHPBE3KBPTHJUQBXJSM.70251" rel="nofollow">Explore the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News &amp; Summer Highlights</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/MK-Floor-Meditations-I-detail.jpg?h=d1e658f3&amp;itok=d5t4QX56" alt="Marina Kassianidou artwork"/> </div> <h3> <div>Marina Kassianidou, Associate Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <div>Marina Kassianidou participated in the group exhibition <em>Nature Unbound, Between Remedy and Poison</em>, at the <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accea.info%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C7a0505c12a1d4faf57dd08deffcd1ad1%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639229453602471409%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Zt7F%2Bf%2BwV1eiIRe%2FUPA0w1b0bUNmqGEpQC0q8HkNgtI%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (NPAK)</a>, Yerevan, Armenia, between June 12 and July 3, 2026. The exhibition, curated by Artemis Eleftheriadou, explored nature as a political, cultural, and symbolic field shaped by history, power, and collective memory.&nbsp;</div><div>Duration: June 12 - July 3, 2026</div><div><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accea.info%2Fnature-unbound%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C7a0505c12a1d4faf57dd08deffcd1ad1%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639229453602499187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oe76kp%2FpE74HqKefMGtTwCABvWIkZh47YEPMEEANYZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.accea.info/nature-unbound/</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Marina is also participating in the group exhibition <em>Cita con el horizonte</em>, at Artnueve (Project Space AP1), Murcia, Spain. Curated by Aitor Lajarin-Encina,&nbsp;the exhibition revolves around quotations, horizons, and conversations between artists.</div><div>Duration: June 24 - September, 2026</div><div><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartnueve.com%2Fexpo%2Fcita-con-el-horizonte-2%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C7a0505c12a1d4faf57dd08deffcd1ad1%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639229453602521642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K%2Fo3%2Fm8iSWH5FwK6OWzqFJwWcvetDC7OK9O5FYDIWmQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://artnueve.com/expo/cita-con-el-horizonte-2/</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Marina has a solo exhibition, <em>Aggregate</em>, at Sic. Contemporary Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus. <em>Aggregate</em> takes the form of a site-specific response looking into Sic. Contemporary Culture’s space as an architectural and social object, activating a sense of place and possibility through the acts of looking, marking, shifting, drawing, dust gathering, and printmaking. Kassianidou practices a sustained and sustainable mediation that collapses the poles of being-in-relation-to and being-in-resistance-to, turning them into visible, painstakingly crafted demarcations in which the infinitesimal becomes a matter of positioning: of where and how one stands. The exhibition is part of the program <em>world-un-making</em> curated by Evagoras Vanezis.&nbsp;<br>Duration: July 29 - end of September 2026</div><div><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.siccontemporary.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C7a0505c12a1d4faf57dd08deffcd1ad1%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639229453602543963%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SsVS65fD5HFC6IV%2F9yERetxQs0PfG6G8LODmgCukZhQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.siccontemporary.com/</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/image001.jpg?h=0dc38a11&amp;itok=Lpjv5TZE" alt="Yumi and Emmanuel"/> </div> <h3> <div>Yumi Janairo Roth and Emmanuel David</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p>Selected as <span>Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars</span></p><p><span>In celebration of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ 150th anniversary, the </span><strong>Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars</strong><span> recognition program spotlights some of the university’s most inspiring voices—faculty members whose research and creative work transform lives and serve the public good. This prestigious program elevates faculty whose scholarship benefits communities, informs policy, advances innovation, and addresses society’s most pressing challenges. Through two high-profile public events and compelling storytelling taking place in Fall 2026, the Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars program amplifies ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ identity as a comprehensive public research university in service to Colorado, the nation, and the world.</span></p><p><span>Celebrate ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ 150th anniversary with us at the Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars events—an inspiring evening of short, story-driven presentations by faculty across the university whose research and creative work advance the public good. Join us&nbsp;August 27 in Denver or&nbsp;November 19 in Boulder to experience bold ideas and their real-world impact firsthand.</span></p><div><strong>Upcoming Event: August 27, 2026</strong></div><div><span><strong>Location: History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver CO 80203</strong></span></div><div><span><strong>Time: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.</strong></span></div><div><span>ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ the event: Celebrate ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ 150th anniversary with us at the Sesquicentennial Faculty Scholars events—an inspiring evening of short, story-driven presentations by faculty across the university whose research and creative work advance the public good.&nbsp;</span></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="/facultyaffairs/special-projects/sesquicentennial-faculty-scholars" rel="nofollow"><span>More information</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/Megan%20O%27Grady%20%28credit_Thorsten%20Trimpop%29.jpg%20%281%29.jpg?h=91aca765&amp;itok=e5WlMvlP" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <p><span>Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies Megan O’Grady was interviewed by </span><em>Colorado Arts &amp; Sciences Magazine</em><span> about her new book, </span><em>How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves</em><span>.</span></p><p><a href="/asmagazine/2026/06/15/how-does-it-feel-be-alive-art-has-answers" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Link to full feature article</strong></span></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/1939%20Onchi_white%20wall.jpg?h=a888fd2d&amp;itok=KPuP-TTe" alt="Stephanie Su"/> </div> <h3> <div>Stephanie Su, Associate Professor, Art History</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--3"> <div dir="ltr">Professor Stephanie Su’s latest article, “White in Onchi KÅ�shirÅ�’s Work in the 1930s: Abstraction, Aspiration, and Contradictionâ€� is now out in the <em>Review of Japanese Culture and Society</em>, vo. 37 (2025). What can a single color reveal about art, identity, and empire? Prof. Su takes white as her guide through the work of Onchi KÅ�shirÅ� work, the leader of Creative Print Movement in modern Japan, tracing how his bold experiments with color and printmaking sits intersects with abstraction, design, and materiality. The result is a compelling look at how Onchi’s art opens up bigger questions about cultural identity, artistic innovation and the contradictions of imperialism. <a href="https://muse-jhu-edu.colorado.idm.oclc.org/article/995452" rel="nofollow">https://muse-jhu-edu.colorado.idm.oclc.org/article/995452</a>&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-08/260603-ANNA-TSOUHLARAKIS-GREEK-INDIGENOUS-ARTIST-MOMA-COURTESY-e1780509729273.jpeg?h=825bb7c4&amp;itok=a9f5qhpb" alt="Anna Tsouhlarakis"/> </div> <h3> <div>Anna Tsouhlarakis, Associate Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--4"> <div>Anna Tsouhlarakis was the Yale University School of Arts commencement speaker on May 18. She addressed the graduating MFA students and faculty in a ceremony held at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT. <a href="https://www.art.yale.edu/news/2026-commencement-address-anna-tsouhlarakis" rel="nofollow">Link to her speech.</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This summer Anna Tsouhlarakis was appointed to the Board of Governors of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She was a participant at Skowhegan in the summer of 2002 and returned as Resident Faculty in the summer of 2025. <a href="https://skowheganart.org/" rel="nofollow">Skowhegan</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Recently, Anna Tsouhlarakis was invited to submit a proposal for the High Line Plinth in New York City. The High Line will pick 2 of the 62 proposals to be created and installed for 18 months in 2029 and 2030.</div><div><a href="https://www.thehighline.org/art/projects/anna-tsouhlarakis/" rel="nofollow">Link to more information</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In June, Anna was interviewed by Colorado Public Radio News concerning her participation in the 2026 Whitney Biennial. <a href="https://www.cpr.org/2026/06/07/boulder-artist-scupltor-at-whitney-biennial/" rel="nofollow">Link to CPR News</a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><span>In August, Anna will open two solo exhibitions. The first is at Temple Contemporary Gallery at Tyler School of Art in Philadephia, PA. The second </span>exhibition<span>&nbsp;is at the galleries at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. </span><a href="https://tyler.temple.edu/happening-tyler/temple-contemporary-gallery" rel="nofollow"><span>More information</span></a></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Throughout the summer, Anna has been part of group exhibitions at the Frist Museum in Nashville, TN; WOLF gallery in Walpole, ME; East Window in Boulder; and the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, ME.&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:54:36 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1540 at /artandarthistory Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Fall 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/visiting-artist-lecture-series-fall-2026 <span>Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Fall 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-08-12T12:49:46-06:00" title="Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 12:49">Wed, 08/12/2026 - 12:49</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2></h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Visiting Artist Lecture Series</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p><strong>Announcing the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Program</strong></p><p>Join the Department of Art &amp; Art History this Fall 2026 for a compelling series of lectures from an outstanding group of guest artists, researchers, and educators.</p><p>Since 1972, the Visiting Artist &amp; Scholar Program has invited leading creators and scholars to campus to share diverse artistic practices and critical perspectives—expanding access to creative expression and bridging the arts with contemporary culture.</p><p><strong>Event Details</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Mondays</strong>, 4:00–5:00 PM</li><li><strong>Visual Arts Complex</strong>, Auditorium 1B20 (Lower Level)<br>1085 18th Street, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Campus</li></ul><p><em>Lectures are recorded and archived for viewing in the Spring 2027 semester via the Visual Resources Center Digital Collections.</em></p><p><strong>Questions?</strong> Contact Kirsten Stoltz, Program Coordinator, at <a href="mailto:kirsten.stoltz@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow">kirsten.stoltz@colorado.edu</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Ellsworth_KickingUpDust%20copy.jpg?itok=j2eRSZMK" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Angela Ellsworth" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Angela Ellsworth</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <p><strong>Monday, September 14th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Angela Ellsworth</strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, sculpture, drawing, and social ritual. Rooted in her heritage within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ellsworth critically examines identity, gender, bodily endurance, and institutional memory. Her work challenges conventional historical narratives by re-centering women’s experiences, spiritual agency, and collective resilience.</p><p>In her recognized series, <em>The Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense</em>, Ellsworth transforms complex socio-religious histories into tactile sculptural forms. Composed of thousands of pearl-tipped steel corsage pins inserted into fabric bonnets, these objects reference the thirty-five wives of Joseph Smith. Reinterpreting the bonnets as "tools of translation," she reclaims visionary power for women whose historic labor was marginalized. The sharp internal positioning of the pins turns each garment into an emblem of quiet resistance and generational trauma.</p><p>Beyond sculpture, Ellsworth examines the body as a site of physical limits and spatial awareness, staging public interventions that prompt unexpected collisions between private history and collective memory. She has exhibited at the Getty Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Crystal Bridges, and Phoenix Art Museum. Her honors include grants from Art Matters and Franklin Furnace. She is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery and Modern West Fine Art.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Screenshot%202026-08-12%20at%2012.59.49%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=VOOAWE75" width="1500" height="1221" alt="Andrew Polk" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Andrew Polk</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><strong>Monday, September 28th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Andrew Polk</strong> is a printmaker, painter, and educator whose career spans nearly six decades of technical refinement and formal experimentation. Since beginning his professional practice in 1968, Polk has established himself as a versatile figure within contemporary American print culture, rejecting stylistic stagnation in favor of continuous discovery and conceptual risk across printmaking, painting, and digital media.</p><p>Polk’s body of work moves fluidly from non-objective abstraction to meticulous representation across lithography, watercolor, drawing, digital programming, video, and installation. Driven by the philosophy to "stay inspired," Polk transitions to new aesthetic territory whenever a direction risks becoming predictable. Despite shifting styles, core thematic threads—human vulnerability, structural balance, and narrative ambiguity—interweave through his entire trajectory.</p><p>Polk served for thirty-two years as Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona, leading the lithography department. Following his retirement as Professor Emeritus, he relocated to rural Indiana, co-founding L-vis Press alongside his artist wife, Kathryn Polk. Polk has participated in over 600 exhibitions worldwide, and his work is held in major collections, including the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Denver Art Museum, and the Tucson Museum of Art.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-3' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Screenshot%202026-08-12%20at%201.12.02%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=b9NU1v3I" width="1500" height="988" alt="Ana Teresa Fernandez" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-3"> <h3> <div>Ana Teresa Fernández</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-3"> <p><strong>Monday, October 12th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Ana Teresa Fernández</strong> is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance, land art, video, photography, painting, and site-responsive intervention. Informed by linguistics and her fluency in five languages, Fernández interrogates the intersectionality of place, personhood, and sociopolitical borders to construct a shared visual vernacular centered on gender, climate change, and human displacement.</p><p>Central to her ethos is "Magical Non-Fiction," a conceptual framework that uses time-based actions to create dreamscapes of possibility within sites of geopolitical conflict. In her iconic public intervention along the U.S.–Mexico border, Fernández painted a portion of the Tijuana–San Diego border fence sky-blue while wearing a black cocktail dress and heels, visually dissolving the physical barrier against the horizon and transforming her body into a site of resistance.</p><p>Fernández’s work includes major public commissions and residencies across Haiti, Brazil, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States. She was featured in a solo presentation at the 2022 Armory Show Focus section. Based in San Francisco, her work is held in permanent collections including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Denver Art Museum, Blanton Museum of Art, and the Kadist Art Foundation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-4' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/Screenshot%202026-08-12%20at%201.03.21%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=0eL7WXHY" width="1500" height="554" alt="Linda Lopez &amp; Mathew McConnell" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-4"> <h3> <div>Linda Nguyen Lopez &amp; Mathew McConnell</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-4"> <p><strong>Monday, October 26th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Linda Nguyen Lopez</strong> is a first-generation American artist of Vietnamese and Mexican descent whose vibrant ceramic sculptures examine the psychological resonance of domestic life. Investigating objecthood, material culture, and animism, Lopez explores how everyday items absorb and project human emotion, rearticulating common household forms into fluid, organic abstractions.</p><p>Central to Lopez’s practice is the poetic re-imagining of the mundane. Through textured and glazed ceramic forms, she constructs a visual lexicon where inanimate objects seem to possess distinct personalities and moods. Sponges, lint, and furniture fragments are transformed into soft, slumped silhouettes that blur the line between utility and abstraction, inviting viewers to reconsider their relationship with static objects.</p><p>Lopez has exhibited extensively across the U.S. and internationally in Italy, England, and New Zealand. Notable museum venues include the Craft Contemporary Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A 2024 United States Artists Fellow, Lopez serves as Associate Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas and currently lives and works in Fayetteville, Arkansas.</p><p><strong>Mathew McConnell</strong> is an artist, educator, and researcher whose ceramic practice critically investigates artistic influence, historical lineage, and the mechanics of visual perception. Working primarily in ceramics, McConnell explores how form, texture, and cultural memory are transmitted through replication, systematically destabilizing notions of authorship, originality, and historical record.</p><p>McConnell’s conceptual framework begins with the work of other artists, historical artifacts, or iconic design objects. Through a deliberate process of re-creation and formal abstraction, his sculptures interrogate the spaces between copy and invention, examining how objects alter over time when filtered through personal memory. His smooth, carefully articulated clay surfaces and restrained compositions challenge viewers to consider how value and authority are constructed within the visual arts canon.</p><p>McConnell earned his MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and his BFA from Valdosta State University. He has presented solo exhibitions at Mindy Solomon Gallery and Greenwich House Pottery, and has participated in over 80 group exhibitions globally. Recipient of an NCECA Emerging Artist Award, he has completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and Anderson Ranch. McConnell serves as Associate Professor and Area Head of Ceramics at the University of Arkansas.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-5' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-08/FORTNUM%20Prosopopoeia%20%28Claudel%2C%20unknown%29.jpg?itok=eV9ygsrq" width="1500" height="937" alt="Rebecca Fortnum" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-5"> <h3> <div>Rebecca Fortnum</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-5"> <p><strong>Monday, November 16th at 4:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex, 1B20 Auditorium (lower-level)</p><hr><p><strong>Rebecca Fortnum</strong> is an artist, writer, and academic whose practice bridges fine art painting, curatorial research, and critical scholarship. Through an interdisciplinary approach encompassing visual art and institutional leadership, Fortnum investigates the mechanics of artistic labor, the creative process, and the historical representation of women artists to uncover marginalized studio voices.</p><p>Defined by a rigorous engagement with archives and historical memory, Fortnum’s visual work interrogates gendered dynamics within traditional artistic production. A prominent example was her solo exhibition, <em>Les Praticiennes</em>, at the Henry Moore Institute, which explored the overlooked contributions of female studio assistants and sculptors during the Paris Belle Époque. By placing painted interventions in dialogue with sculptural history, Fortnum examines how value and authorship are assigned over time.</p><p>Alongside her visual practice, Fortnum is an influential scholar whose major books include <em>Contemporary British Women Artists: In Their Own Words</em> (2007) and <em>On Not Knowing: How Artists Think</em> (2013). She serves as Associate Dean of Research at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and has exhibited widely at institutions including the Freud Museum, Compton Verney, and the V&amp;A Young Museum.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:49:46 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1525 at /artandarthistory News, April 28, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-april-28-2026 <span>News, April 28, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-28T09:40:58-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 28, 2026 - 09:40">Tue, 04/28/2026 - 09:40</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-03/54532510562_f31a8ab38d_k.jpg?itok=sIaASn_m" width="1500" height="1000" alt="graduation" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Art &amp; Art History Department Graduation Ceremony &amp; Reception</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div><div><div><div><p><strong>Saturday, May 2, 2026 from&nbsp;1:00 - 3:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Plaza<br><em>Reception will follow the ceremony from 2 - 3 p.m.</em><br>No RSVP is needed.&nbsp;<br>Graduates, please arrive early to check-in with AAH administration. The ceremony will begin promptly at 1 PM.</p><p><a href="/artandarthistory/art-art-history-department-graduation-ceremony" rel="nofollow"><em><strong>Link to more information about the AAH recognition ceremony.</strong></em></a></p><p><span>The Art &amp; Art History Department Spring Recognition Ceremony is a gathering where we welcome families and friends of our seventy to eighty graduates. Each graduate is recognized by name on stage. While no RSVP is required, we encourage you to arrive early to secure a seat within the outdoor tented area. The check-in table will open at <strong>noon</strong>. The Visual Arts Center and the Museum of Art will be open during this time, offering families a chance to see exhibitions of student artwork.</span></p><p>Contact:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jean.goldstein@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow">Jean&nbsp;Goldstein</a></p></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-28%20at%209.51.28%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=84fad2a9&amp;itok=9uLZfbTP" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span>Megan O'Grady will speak about and sign her new book, </span><em>How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves. </em>She will be in conversation with Kealey Boyd, writer and arts critic.</p><p><strong>Thursday, April 30th at 6:00 PM at the Tattered Cover Colfax.</strong><br>2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80206</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/megan-ogrady-with-kealey-boyd-live-at-tattered-cover-colfax-tickets-1982887523962?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow">Link to more information and to purchase tickets</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%2012.41.22%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=7b7ec950&amp;itok=fARMft01" alt="Stephanie Su"/> </div> <h3> <div>Stephanie Su, Associate Professor, Art History</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p><span>Professor Stephanie Su has been named Ishibashi Foundation Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University in Germany for Fall 2026. During her appointment, she will deliver a public lecture at the Institute of East Asian Art History and lead an advanced research seminar.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Student Announcements</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/IMG_2846.jpg?h=6bbc4427&amp;itok=EFDnz_pQ" alt="Felicity Wong"/> </div> <h3> <div>Felicity Wong, Graduate Student, Art History</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span>Next year, Felicity Wong will work in the Editorial and Digital Publishing departments of Getty Publications. She is part of the 2026-2027 cohort of the graduate internship program at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-28%20at%2010.11.39%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=158676ff&amp;itok=5wej-i5V" alt="Tenaya DeWitt"/> </div> <h3> <div>Tenaya DeWitt, Graduate Student, Art Practices—Ceramics</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p><span>Tenaya has received the Graduate School's Graduate Part-Time Instructor Recognition Award. DeWitt was nominated by the Department of Art &amp; Art History in recognition of her excellence in teaching and dedication to fostering a meaningful learning experience for students.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:40:58 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1520 at /artandarthistory News, April 22, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-april-22-2026 <span>News, April 22, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-22T10:06:59-06:00" title="Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 10:06">Wed, 04/22/2026 - 10:06</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%2012.25.33%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=qsl8QbhC" width="1500" height="1730" alt="BFA 2026" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <p>Spring 2026</p><p><strong>second nature</strong></p><p><strong>EXHIBITION APRIL 25- MAY 3, 2026</strong><br><strong>OPENING APRIL 24th &nbsp;from 4-6 PM</strong><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex</strong></p><p>Featured artists: LAUREN BECKER, DELANEY BRADY, TREVOR COAST, ZSATIRA DIAMOND, LUISA FERNANDA, NATALIE HAUGAN, TYLYN KING, GEORGIA MONTALVO, AINSLEY PITCHER, MARTHA QUIRIE, MAX ROBERTS, JANEMELYN STRODE, POLLY TORIAN</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.06.54%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=joIoj4xy" width="1500" height="1174" alt="Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches. Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Art History Club</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <div><div><div><p><span>Please join the Art History Club for an End-of-Semester Social! Stop by for cupcakes, art history themed activities, conversation, and festivity. We hope to see you there!</span></p><p><span><strong>Date: Thursday, April 23</strong></span><br><span><strong>Time: 2:00-4:00pm</strong></span><br><span><strong>Place: VAC 303</strong></span></p><p><span>Questions? Please contact Christine Bachman: </span><a href="mailto:christine.bachman@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>christine.bachman@colorado.edu</span></a></p><p>Image: <span>Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches.&nbsp;Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</span></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-03/52905927413_4d9bcf4f82_k.jpg?itok=bvGNply5" width="1500" height="1000" alt="graduation" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Art &amp; Art History Department Graduation Ceremony &amp; Celebration</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <div><div><div><p><strong>Saturday, May 2, 2026 from&nbsp;1:00 - 3:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Plaza<br><em>Reception will follow the ceremony from 2 - 3 p.m.</em></p><p><a href="/artandarthistory/art-art-history-department-graduation-ceremony" rel="nofollow"><em><strong>Link to more information about the AAH recognition ceremony.</strong></em></a></p><p>Contact:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jean.goldstein@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow">Jean&nbsp;Goldstein</a><br>No RSVP needed but if planning to join us come early to get a seat</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class=" col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/11a2c388-592d-4b35-aabc-4c871e5f4c67.png?h=7c21b3f8&amp;itok=tenbvmLX" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <div><p><span>Megan O'Grady will speak about and sign her new book, </span><em>How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves</em><span>, on <strong>Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30pm</strong>, at Boulder Bookstore. She will be in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman for this special event. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/megan-ogrady-how-it-feels-to-be-alive-with-alexandra-kleeman-tickets-1982700976995?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow">available on Eventbrite HERE</a><span>.</span></p><div><div><div><div><p>Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302</p><p><a href="https://boulderbookstore.net/event/2026-04-23/megan-ogrady-how-it-feels-be-alive-alexandra-kleeman" rel="nofollow">Link to more information about the event</a></p></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Department News &amp; Announcements</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/IMG_4055.jpg?itok=bi0pTSBf" width="1500" height="1125" alt="VRC stuff" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Coffee + Collage + Mail art​</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div>Last week of classes!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>All week in the Visual Resources Center (VAC Room 310)​. Collage materials provided​.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><ul><li><div>Step 1: Grab a coffee.​</div></li><li><div>Step 2: Paste random things onto a blank postcard.​</div></li><li><div>Step 3: Write a note, add an address.​</div></li><li><div>Step 4: &nbsp;We'll mail it for you!</div></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/download.png?itok=TOhDcdam" width="1500" height="2248" alt="Martha Quirie" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Martha Quirie, BFA Candidate</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <p><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsyche.ssl.berkeley.edu%2Fpsyche-inspired-martha-quirie%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7Cd95e938d6c90452f228908de9fedd267%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639124040949272787%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WpOjuuqUMP5SWCHiSZM8a0I9JwBOrzKdeBnqXWAFUlI%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">Martha Quirie</a><span>, a talented ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ undergraduate majoring in Art Practices &amp; Psychology, is featured among 16 competitively selected interns from around the country who have worked with the NASA Psyche mission on creative projects during the 2025-2026 academic year.</span></p><p><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsyche.ssl.berkeley.edu%2Fpsyche-inspired-showcase-platinum-class%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7Cd95e938d6c90452f228908de9fedd267%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639124040949116231%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=94R09Cxa7qtu30JhS%2ByGzUwEcSslarsxDB8gO0fXSBw%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">NASA Psyche Inspired Online Showcase</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:06:59 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1519 at /artandarthistory News, April 14, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-april-14-2026 <span>News, April 14, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-14T11:09:08-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - 11:09">Tue, 04/14/2026 - 11:09</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-06%20at%202.53.56%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=PBaF90TG" width="1500" height="988" alt="Art History showcase" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Art History Showcase</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div><div><strong>TODAY!</strong><br><strong>Join us for the reception: Tuesday, April 14​, 4:30-5:30pm​, VAC 1st Floor Lobby​</strong></div><div>Refreshments will be served. All are welcome!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This exhibition celebrates the scholarship of Tylyn King (B.A. with Honors candidate​), Bella Malherbe (M.A. candidate​), and Felicity Wong (M.A. candidate​).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On view April 13 – 16, 2026.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Images (left to right): Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, CAMOUFLAGE #077 (Franzia) (detail), 2021; Claudia Hermano, two to take my soul away (detail), 2024​; Kent Monkman, The Deluge (detail), 2019.</div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/amazonian%20macaw_brionna%20garcia%20%281%29.jpg?itok=qbH8QJ4Y" width="1500" height="2501" alt="Brionna Garcia" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Group 2</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <div><div><p><strong>Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, from 4-6 PM</strong><br>Exhibition dates: April 18-May 2, 2026</p><hr><p><strong>Featured artists: Ethan Cherry, Brionna Garcia, Cal Young</strong></p><p>CU Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex<br>Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 AM-4 PM</p><p>Image: Brionna Garcia</p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%2012.44.04%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=BfrDFW2Y" width="1500" height="832" alt="Mahda Purmehdi" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>MFA Thesis Film Screening</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <p><span>On Friday, April 17, following the CU Art Museum exhibition opening, Cal Young and Mahda Purmehdi will host a screening in the Solomon Screening Room (ATLAS 102) at 6:15 PM. Purmehdi's thesis film and the single‑channel version of Cal's thesis project will screen in a roughly 90‑minute program, followed by an informal conversation and Q&amp;A.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-3' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/4836c91e-f6d3-47cb-b448-fb37a9cf9009.png?itok=Y2cOFcDT" width="1500" height="848" alt="Field School" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-3"> <h3> <div>Art &amp; Environments Field School</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-3"> <div>Attention All Students!! Enroll Today!</div><div><strong>IN PERSON INFORMATION MEETING: APRIL 21ST AT NOON IN VAC 287</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Art &amp; Environments <span>Field</span> <span>School</span> learning locations:</div><div>Boulder, Colorado</div><div>North Park, Colorado</div><div>THE MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Topics include: <strong>RURAL SPACE + LAND USE; Alpine ECOLOGY + Geology; mountain ornithology + tundra</strong></div><div><br><span>CU degree students may simply search for ARTS 4444/5444 and register online via the Buff portal. Make sure you are searching “Boulder Continuing Educationâ€�</span><br><br><span>EMAIL </span><a href="mailto:Jean.Goldstein@Colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>Jean.Goldstein@Colorado.edu</span></a><span> or </span><a href="mailto:richard.saxton@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>richard.saxton@colorado.edu</span></a><span> if you have issues or need a permission code to register. This course gives priority to Art and Art History majors but is open to all majors. The Field School is also open to students from universities other than CU-Boulder.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-4' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-03/7_Madsen_Cabin%20Fever..jpg?itok=fSlBmF1n" width="1500" height="1125" alt="Barbara Madsen" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-4"> <h3> <div>Barbara Madsen: Visiting Artist Lecture Series</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-4"> <div><p><strong>Monday, April 20th at 4:00 PM</strong><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex Auditorium (lower-level 1B20)</strong></p><hr><p>Barbara Madsen is an artist and Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Madsen’s practice is at the intersection of sculpture, prints, painting, ready-mades, and photography. Her vast collections of industrial matter -- spark plugs, machine parts, welding masks, light switches, rubber, plastic, prosthetics, artificial eyes, toys and much more – serve as the stimulus for the work. Her work is riddled with skeptical questions about society, civilization and collapse. Who is the Guardian and who is the Barbarian? Who enters the gate and who’s banned? She aims to lift the lid off canonical hierarchical art forms and queer space. Her work is an ever-evolving quest that picks out and unravels a new thread about greed and power to see how far she can push farcical realities from the primitive to the futuristic. Her explosive use of color is in the service of creating awkward, ridiculously sublime sculptures-works and installations that seem to infect, corrupt, and devour the universe. Yet, seeks joy and sustenance to find balance in an absurd world.</p><p>She has had solo exhitions the Blanc Gallery in NYC; Qi Fengge Musuem of Print History, Shenzen, China; MGalleries, NJ; New York Public Library, NYC; Scuola de Grafica, Venice, Italy; Sykes Gallery, PA; Lowry Lab Theater, MN; Palacky University, Czech Republic; Graphics Collective Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia; Recitation Gallery, DE; Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn; Benedicta Art Center, MN; Sommers Gallery, MN; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; and Tyler School of Art, PA, among others. Madsen has been included over 100 group exhibitions.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-5' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Billie_Dreaming_in_Blue-scaled.jpg?itok=-nhp6-k4" width="1500" height="1889" alt="Black Queer Aesthetics: A Symposium" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-5"> <h3> <div>Black Queer Aesthetics: A Symposium</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-5"> <div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Tuesday, April 21, 2-4:30 pm</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>VAC 303</strong></div><hr><div dir="ltr">PRESENTERS</div><div>Sequoia Belk-Hurst | Kat Deck-Portillo | Isis Exum | Andrea Garcia | William Holt III | Taylor Moss | Courtney Pierce | Lena Rodriguez</div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-6' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.06.54%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=joIoj4xy" width="1500" height="1174" alt="Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches. Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-6"> <h3> <div>Art History Club</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-6"> <div><p><span>Please join the Art History Club for an End-of-Semester Social! Stop by for cupcakes, art history themed activities, conversation, and festivity. We hope to see you there!</span></p><p><span><strong>Date: Thursday, April 23</strong></span><br><span><strong>Time: 2:00-4:00pm</strong></span><br><span><strong>Place: VAC 303</strong></span></p><p><span>Questions? Please contact Christine Bachman: </span><a href="mailto:christine.bachman@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>christine.bachman@colorado.edu</span></a></p><p>Image: <span>Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches.&nbsp;Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</span></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-7' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%2012.25.33%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=qsl8QbhC" width="1500" height="1730" alt="BFA 2026" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-7"> <p>second nature. bfa exhibit</p><p><strong>EXHIBITION APRIL 25- MAY 3, 2026</strong><br><strong>OPENING APRIL 24th &nbsp;from 4-6 PM</strong><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex</strong></p><p>Featured artists:<br>LAUREN BECKER<br>DELANEY BRADY<br>TREVOR COAST<br>ZSATIRA DIAMOND<br>LUISA FERNANDA<br>NATALIE HAUGAN<br>TYLYN KING<br>GEORGIA MONTALVO<br>AINSLEY PITCHER<br>MARTHA QUIRIE<br>MAX ROBERTS<br>JANEMELYN STRODE<br>POLLY TORIAN</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/11a2c388-592d-4b35-aabc-4c871e5f4c67.png?h=7c21b3f8&amp;itok=tenbvmLX" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span>Megan O'Grady will speak about and sign her new book, </span><em>How It Feels to Be Alive: Encounters with Art and Our Selves</em><span>, on <strong>Thursday, April 23rd at 6:30pm</strong>, at Boulder Bookstore. She will be in conversation with Alexandra Kleeman for this special event. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/megan-ogrady-how-it-feels-to-be-alive-with-alexandra-kleeman-tickets-1982700976995?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow">available on Eventbrite HERE</a><span>.</span></p><div><div><div><div><p>Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302</p><p><a href="https://boulderbookstore.net/event/2026-04-23/megan-ogrady-how-it-feels-be-alive-alexandra-kleeman" rel="nofollow">Link to more information about the event</a></p></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Urban%20Peasants%204.png?h=1c31b03b&amp;itok=RIThlODy" alt="shell image"/> </div> <h3> <div>Hanna Rose Shell, Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p><span>Hanna Rose Shell was a curator and guest presenter as part of the monthlong New York city-wide celebration of&nbsp;Ken and Flo Jacobs in April 2026.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>Shell’s daylong two part program, LIVING ARCHIVE mined the depths of historic actuality in film and home movies to reveal perceptual histories of surveillance, displacement, family, and communication across three works1&nbsp;</span><em><span>New York Ghetto Fish Market 1903</span></em><span>&nbsp;(2006),&nbsp;</span><em><span>Urban Peasants&nbsp;</span></em><span>(1975), and</span><em><span>&nbsp;Jerry Takes a Back Seat, Then Passes Out of the Picture&nbsp;</span></em><span>(1987). At UnionDocs, in collaboration with Andrew Lampert. She’s grateful to Aza Jacobs as well as Jamie Wager at CU’s Rare and Distinctive Collections.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%2012.41.22%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=7b7ec950&amp;itok=fARMft01" alt="Stephanie Su"/> </div> <h3> <div>Stephanie Su, Assistant Professor, History of Asian Art</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <p><span>Prof. Stephanie Su has been appointed as a Florence Tan Moeson Fellow at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. During her fellowship, she will pursue her research project, </span><em>The Lure of Buddhist Aesthetics: Creative Print Movement and Transcultural Discourse in Modern Japan, 1920s-1940s</em><span>, which examines the intertwined relationships among religion, modernism, and politics in interwar Japan. &nbsp;</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.37.09%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=690aa8b5&amp;itok=q82cAklO" alt="Corrina Espinosa"/> </div> <h3> <div>Corrina Espinosa, Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--3"> <div><p><em><strong>Beamoca 2: Electric Boogaloo</strong></em><br>Digital Art Exhibition<br>Facilitated by Corrina Espinosa</p><p><strong>April 16, 7-9 PM</strong><br>Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, Boulder</p><p>Free and open to the public</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Department News &amp; Announcements</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-03/54532510562_f31a8ab38d_k.jpg?h=a1e1a043&amp;itok=6PiBDx_j" alt="graduation"/> </div> <h3> <div>Art &amp; Art History Department Graduation</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <div><div><p><strong>Saturday, May 2, 2026 from&nbsp;1:00 - 3:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Plaza<br><em>Reception will follow the ceremony from 2 - 3 p.m.</em></p><p>Contact:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jean.goldstein@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow">Jean&nbsp;Goldstein</a><br>No RSVP needed but if planning to join us come early to get a seat</p><p><a href="/artandarthistory/art-art-history-department-graduation-ceremony" rel="nofollow">Link to more information about the AAH recognition ceremony.</a></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-02/IMG_21971.jpg?h=b6ea49df&amp;itok=j_rWk_DX" alt="VRC coffee"/> </div> <h3> <div>Monday coffee in the VRC</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <div><div><div>Stop by the VRC on Mondays between 10am and 3pm this semester for free coffee. Feel free to stay for a relaxing break with an art-themed jigsaw puzzle.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Visual Resources Center offers images, imaging, and a gathering space. Room 310, Visual Arts Complex.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/vrc" rel="nofollow">www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/vrc</a></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-14%20at%209.23.48%20AM.png?h=1c1d6105&amp;itok=XPt-JRxX" alt="exhibition"/> </div> <h3> <div>COUNTING THE DAYS: #119</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <p><span>Inspired by the calendric writing of Danish author Solvej Balle and the work of structural filmmakers Hollis Frampton and J.J. Murphy, these 11 artists will share a wide range of filmmaking styles and artistic works in an 80-minute outdoor screening at Seidel City. There will be a food truck and beverages available.&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong>M A Y&nbsp; &nbsp;7,&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 0 2 6 at 7:00 P.M.</strong><br>S E I D E L &nbsp;&nbsp; C&nbsp; I &nbsp;T &nbsp;Y<br>3205 Longhorn Rd, Boulder</p><p>ARTISTS: &nbsp;Maya Buffett-Davis, Ayuj Consul, Sara Gallagher, Ian Joseph Greene, Malick Lo, Ali Marashian, Mahda Purmehdi, Allison Radomski, Juan L. Velazquez, Cal Young, Bocheng Zhang</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:09:08 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1506 at /artandarthistory News, April 7, 2026 /artandarthistory/newsletter/newsletter/news-april-7-2026 <span>News, April 7, 2026</span> <span><span>Kirsten Stoltz</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-07T09:50:34-06:00" title="Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 09:50">Tue, 04/07/2026 - 09:50</time> </span> Art &amp;amp; Art History News <div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Upcoming Events</div> </h2> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-0' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-03/35758.png?itok=sm-O_rAc" width="1500" height="1730" alt="Jordan Craig" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-0"> <h3> <div>Jordan Craig Talk: Swoon Artist-in-Resident</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-0"> <div><div><strong>Monday, April 13th, 4:00 PM</strong><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex auditorium, 1B20 (lower-level)</strong><br><strong>Co-sponsored by the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies</strong><br>&nbsp;</div><hr><div>Join us for a special talk with Jordan Ann Craig as she shares insights from her residency at Swoon Art House in Boulder.<br>&nbsp;</div><div>Craig will speak about her experience during the residency, her creative process, and her journey as a Native artist. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation celebrating art, identity, and community.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Jordan Ann Craig is a Northern Cheyenne artist living and working in Pojoaque Valley, New Mexico. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and received her B.A. from Dartmouth College. In 2017, Jordan was awarded the H. Allen Brooks Traveling Fellowship as well as the Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research SAR). In 2019, Jordan was awarded artist residencies at the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Roswell Artist-in-Residence (RAiR) Program. Her work is shown nationally and internationally. Jordan is currently the Native Artist in Residency at Swoon Art House in Boulder, CO.</div></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-1' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-06%20at%202.53.56%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=PBaF90TG" width="1500" height="988" alt="Art History showcase" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-1"> <h3> <div>Art History Showcase</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-1"> <div>This exhibition celebrates the scholarship of Tylyn King (B.A. with Honors candidate​), Bella Malherbe (M.A. candidate​), and Felicity Wong (M.A. candidate​).</div><div><br><strong>Join us for the reception: Tuesday, April 14​, 4:30-5:30pm​, VAC 1st Floor Lobby​</strong></div><div>Refreshments will be served. All are welcome!</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On view April 13 – 16, 2026.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Images (left to right): Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, CAMOUFLAGE #077 (Franzia) (detail), 2021; Claudia Hermano, two to take my soul away (detail), 2024​; Kent Monkman, The Deluge (detail), 2019.</div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-2' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/cherry_promopic.jpg?itok=1UlSEw8W" width="1500" height="966" alt="Ethan Cherry" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-2"> <h3> <div>Spring 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Group 2</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-2"> <div><p><strong>Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, from 4-6 PM</strong><br>Exhibition dates: April 18-May 2, 2026</p><hr><p><strong>Featured artists: Ethan Cherry, Brionna Garcia, Cal Young</strong></p><p>CU Art Museum<br>Visual Arts Complex<br>Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 AM-4 PM</p><p>Image: Ethan Cherry</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-3' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-03/7_Madsen_Cabin%20Fever..jpg?itok=fSlBmF1n" width="1500" height="1125" alt="Barbara Madsen" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-3"> <h3> <div>Barbara Madsen: Visiting Artist Lecture Series</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-3"> <p><strong>Monday, April 20th* at 4:00 PM</strong><br><strong>Visual Arts Complex Auditorium (lower-level 1B20)</strong></p><p><strong>*Please note the date of this lecture has changed!</strong></p><hr><p>Barbara Madsen is an artist and Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Madsen’s practice is at the intersection of sculpture, prints, painting, ready-mades, and photography. Her vast collections of industrial matter -- spark plugs, machine parts, welding masks, light switches, rubber, plastic, prosthetics, artificial eyes, toys and much more – serve as the stimulus for the work. Her work is riddled with skeptical questions about society, civilization and collapse. Who is the Guardian and who is the Barbarian? Who enters the gate and who’s banned? She aims to lift the lid off canonical hierarchical art forms and queer space. Her work is an ever-evolving quest that picks out and unravels a new thread about greed and power to see how far she can push farcical realities from the primitive to the futuristic. Her explosive use of color is in the service of creating awkward, ridiculously sublime sculptures-works and installations that seem to infect, corrupt, and devour the universe. Yet, seeks joy and sustenance to find balance in an absurd world.</p><p>She has had solo exhitions the Blanc Gallery in NYC; Qi Fengge Musuem of Print History, Shenzen, China; MGalleries, NJ; New York Public Library, NYC; Scuola de Grafica, Venice, Italy; Sykes Gallery, PA; Lowry Lab Theater, MN; Palacky University, Czech Republic; Graphics Collective Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia; Recitation Gallery, DE; Pratt Studios Gallery, Brooklyn; Benedicta Art Center, MN; Sommers Gallery, MN; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN; and Tyler School of Art, PA, among others. Madsen has been included over 100 group exhibitions.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-4' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Billie_Dreaming_in_Blue-scaled.jpg?itok=-nhp6-k4" width="1500" height="1889" alt="Black Queer Aesthetics: A Symposium" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-4"> <h3> <div>Black Queer Aesthetics: A Symposium</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-4"> <div dir="ltr"><strong>Tuesday, April 21, 2-4:30 pm</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>VAC 303</strong></div><hr><div dir="ltr">PRESENTERS</div><div>Sequoia Belk-Hurst | Kat Deck-Portillo | Isis Exum | Andrea Garcia | William Holt III | Taylor Moss | Courtney Pierce | Lena Rodriguez</div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-newsletter-section-article "> <div id='feature-article-media-img-5' class="feature-article-img"> <div> <div class = "imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.06.54%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=joIoj4xy" width="1500" height="1174" alt="Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches. Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York" /> </div> </div> </div> <div id="feature-article-user-title-5"> <h3> <div>Art History Club</div> </h3> </div> <div class="article-summary" id="feature-article-summary-user-text-5"> <p><span>Please join the Art History Club for an End-of-Semester Social! Stop by for cupcakes, art history themed activities, conversation, and festivity. We hope to see you there!</span></p><p><span><strong>Date: Thursday, April 23</strong></span><br><span><strong>Time: 2:00-4:00pm</strong></span><br><span><strong>Place: VAC 303</strong></span></p><p><span>Questions? Please contact Christine Bachman: </span><a href="mailto:christine.bachman@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow"><span>christine.bachman@colorado.edu</span></a></p><p>Image: <span>Wayne Thiebaud, Neapolitan Cupcake, 2009. Oil on cradled hardboard, 10 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches.&nbsp;Art © Estate of Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Faculty News</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/dont_look_away_web.jpg?h=252f27fa&amp;itok=yuqRLZnS" alt="Brianne Cohen"/> </div> <h3> <div>Brianne Cohen, Associate Professor, Art History</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <p><span>Brianne Cohen's book </span><em>Don't Look Away: Art, Nonviolence, and Preventive Publics in Contemporary Europe</em><span>&nbsp;(Duke University, 2023) was a finalist for the Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies through the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The description from their </span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnanovic.nd.edu%2Fnews%2F2026-laura-shannon-prize-in-contemporary-european-studies-shortlist-named%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CKirsten.Stoltz%40Colorado.EDU%7C89911462ef2f40eff52408de934762ee%7C3ded8b1b070d462982e4c0b019f46057%7C1%7C0%7C639110131961395693%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=a5cStOxGbOU4LnJFxHsG2PlfDZYq1dR8%2FKEFWC5WvF4%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="nofollow">website</a><span>&nbsp;states: "One of the preeminent prizes in European studies, and carrying an award of $10,000, the Laura Shannon Prize is awarded annually to the author of the best book in European studies that transcends a focus on any one country, state, or people to stimulate new ways of thinking about contemporary Europe as a whole," and "the Laura Shannon Prize is recognized internationally as one of the leading book prizes in the field of European studies."</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.15.42%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=08d70d98&amp;itok=xmHOxO28" alt="Kim Dickey"/> </div> <h3> <div>Kim Dickey, Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <p>Exhibition Announcement:<br><em><strong>And all the meadows wide</strong></em></p><p>Robischon Gallery, 1740 Wazee Street, Denver<br>Exhibition on view: April 9-May 30, 2026</p><p><strong>Opening reception: Thursday, April 9th, 6-8 PM</strong></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.21.39%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=f4864ee0&amp;itok=sZ266P6O" alt="Megan O&#039;Grady"/> </div> <h3> <div>Megan O&#039;Grady, Assistant Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <p>O'Grady's book, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374613327/howitfeelstobealive/" rel="nofollow">How It Feels to Be Alive</a> was listed as one of the New York Times most anticipated books for April.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/books/new-books-april.html" rel="nofollow">New York Times New Books</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-04/Screenshot%202026-04-07%20at%2010.37.09%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=690aa8b5&amp;itok=q82cAklO" alt="Corrina Espinosa"/> </div> <h3> <div>Corrina Espinosa, Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Practices</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--3"> <p><em><strong>Beamoca 2: Electric Boogaloo</strong></em><br>Digital Art Exhibition<br>Facilitated by Corrina Espinosa</p><p><strong>April 16, 7-9 PM</strong><br>Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, Boulder</p><p>Free and open to the public</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--newsletter-section paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h2> <div>Department News &amp; Announcements</div> </h2> <div class="row row-content"> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <h3> <div>The Cancer Journals Aloud</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--0"> <div><strong>Friday, April 17th, 1:30-3PM</strong></div><div><strong>CU Art Museum</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Join us at the CU Art Museum for a public reading of <em>The Cancer Journals</em>&nbsp;(1980) by Black, lesbian, warrior, mother, and poet, Audre Lorde, in conversation with Hollis Sigler's lithograph <em>I Find Hope on the Horizons of my Tomorrow</em>s (1996). Following the event, the CU Art Museum will host a short reception in which participants may discuss the works while enjoying pastries and tea. This event is free, but we ask that interested persons <a href="/cuartmuseum/programs-virtual-activities/cancer-journals-aloud" rel="nofollow">RSVP online</a>.&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-03/54532510562_f31a8ab38d_k.jpg?h=a1e1a043&amp;itok=6PiBDx_j" alt="graduation"/> </div> <h3> <a href="/artandarthistory/art-art-history-department-graduation-ceremony"> <div>Art &amp; Art History Department Graduation</div> </a> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--1"> <div><p><strong>Saturday, May 2, 2026 from&nbsp;1:00 - 3:00 PM</strong><br>Visual Arts Complex (VAC) Plaza<br><em>Reception will follow the ceremony from 2 - 3 p.m.</em></p><p>Contact:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jean.goldstein@colorado.edu" rel="nofollow">Jean&nbsp;Goldstein</a><br>No RSVP needed but if planning to join us come early to get a seat</p><p><a href="/artandarthistory/art-art-history-department-graduation-ceremony" rel="nofollow">Link to more information about the AAH recognition ceremony.</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12 pb-4"> <div class="teaser-article-img px-2"> <img src="/artandarthistory/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_square/public/2026-02/IMG_21971.jpg?h=b6ea49df&amp;itok=j_rWk_DX" alt="VRC coffee"/> </div> <h3> <div>Monday coffee in the VRC</div> </h3> <div class="article-summary" id="teaser-article-summary-user-text--2"> <div><div>Stop by the VRC on Mondays between 10am and 3pm this semester for free coffee. Feel free to stay for a relaxing break with an art-themed jigsaw puzzle.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Visual Resources Center offers images, imaging, and a gathering space. Room 310, Visual Arts Complex.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/vrc" rel="nofollow">www.colorado.edu/artandarthistory/vrc</a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 col-12"> </div> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:50:34 +0000 Kirsten Stoltz 1505 at /artandarthistory