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965 Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204

303-294-5207

http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/

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Best Mural Project
Award Winner 2012

965 Santa Fe Drive Denver CO 80204

Hours: Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12pm-5pm

The Theory Love Practice

Daily from July 5 until September 21

An exhibition of works by 18 art educators based on individual research and reflection in response to pedagogical shifts.
Interrupted Process

Daily from July 5 until September 21

An exhibition of work by 22 Colorado Art Education Association members who participated in an instructional art project exploring and challenging a...

Be Here Now

By Susan Froyd | Thu, January 31, 2013

Metropolitan State University of Denver's Center for Visual Art will kick off the year with something both close to home and global in scope. Working in collaboration with Denver International Airport art curator Jacquelyn Connolly, the CVA is... More »
Dia de los Muertos: From Pirates to pinatas, six ways to celebrate

Thu, November 01, 2012

El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday that honors the dead through altars, offerings, sculptures and dances. For the Aztec, who had been celebrating this tradition for more than 3,00... More »
Children of the Corn Mothers

By Susan Froyd | Thu, October 25, 2012

As its title implies, the Colorado-born traveling exhibit Return of the Corn Mothers has been around the mesa. And the result of photographer Todd Pierson’s five-year project documenting unsung modern women — metaphorically, the mythical Corn... More »
Eight ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos around Denver

Mon, October 22, 2012

El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday that honors the dead through altars, offerings, sculptures and dances. For the Aztec, who had been celebrating this tradition for more than 3,00... More »
The spirit of Taos Contemporary brightens the Center for Visual Art

By Susan Froyd | Thu, May 31, 2012

When we think of the art of Taos, the first image we usually conjure up is the landscape, colored in the tones of the mountain Southwest. Yet that's not what all Taos art turns out to be, especially i... More »
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2012 | Best Mural Project

These two fabulous murals might never have come to life were it not for artist Carlos Fresquez's Community Paint: The Mural class at Metropolitan State College of Denver, a beautiful nod to Auraria's former life as a vibrant Hispanic community. The class's two-fold project last fall was to create murals for the facades of Su Teatro, in the Denver Civic Theater, as well as Metro's Center for Visual Art gallery, both located along the burgeoning Santa Fe strip. The resulting pieces honored Su... More »
2012 | Best Gallery Show -- Group

Many artists are interested in environmental issues, and former Center for Visual Art director Jennifer Garner brought a bunch of them together for Reclamation, an exhibit dedicated to art made from trash. Though a group show, Reclamation zeroed in on California artist Ann Weber, who weaves cardboard strips to make big abstract sculptures that have a monumental presence despite their modest materials. To supplement the Webers, Garner invited five Colorado artists -- Brian Cavanaugh,... More »
2008 | Best Design Show -- Group

Luxury goods usually dominate design exhibitions, but there are also design items meant to solve social problems. This is what Metro professor Lisa Abendroth gathered together to pull off the thoughtful Substance: Diverse Practices From the Periphery at the Center for Visual Art. The show was divided into sections called Access, Community, Education, Wellness and Shelter (which included an inflatable plastic tent for the homeless). The pieces were predictably functionalist, and therefore... More »

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965 Santa Fe Drive Denver, CO 80204

303-294-5207

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The Theory Love Practice

Daily from July 5 until September 21

Interrupted Process

Daily from July 5 until September 21

Be Here Now

By Susan Froyd | Thu, January 31, 2013

Dia de los Muertos: From Pirates to pinatas, six ways to celebrate

Thu, November 01, 2012

Children of the Corn Mothers

By Susan Froyd | Thu, October 25, 2012

Eight ways to celebrate Dia de los Muertos around Denver

Mon, October 22, 2012

The spirit of Taos Contemporary brightens the Center for Visual Art

By Susan Froyd | Thu, May 31, 2012

2012 | Best Mural Project

2012 | Best Gallery Show -- Group

2008 | Best Design Show -- Group