Center for Visual Art

An experimental art party created by artist Oliver Herring. Participants of all ages will respond to and create "tasks" to inspire connection in our community! Seriously, we've been to one of Oliver's TASK parties and they are so much fun! Learn more about TASK Parties here: https://oliverherringtask.wordpress.com/make-your-own-task/ Learn about the CVA here: http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/ Free event.

This event is free and open to the public About the Artist (from CVA): Joanne Pillsbury is the Andrall E. Pearson Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Americas, she holds a Ph.D. in art history and archaeology from Columbia University. Previously associate.... Read More

FREE and open to the public! 6-7pm: This special edition of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School will feature poses that echo political cartoons and focus on the current presidential campaign. Event attendees are invited to join the sketch session and create (paper and drawing tools provided), or just watch as Dr. Sketchy's artist capture the models.... Read More

This event is free and open to the public. About the Artist (from CVA): Deb Sokolow is a Chicago-based artist whose text-driven drawings combine research, fiction and humor to speculate on topics concerning politics, conspiracy theory and human nature. Recent exhibitions include the 4th Athens Biennale in Greece, The Drawing Center in New York City,.... Read More

Panel discussion with Pulitzer Prize-Winning cartoonists Jim Borgman, Mike Keefe, and Signe Wilkinson with moderator Professor Arthur N. Gilbert. Topics of conversation will include technology, censorship, and involvement in the cartoonist field. Free event. RSVP: [email protected] More info: http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/

Talk with Professor Arthur Gilbert and Pulitzer-Prize Winning Cartoonist Mike Keefe, 7pm Free and open to the public. About the Exhibit: The Center for Visual Art, for the first time in its history, is presenting work that dates back more than two hundred years in Under the Guillotine: James Gillray and Contemporary Counterparts. Over 60.... Read More

This program is free and open to the public. About the Artist (from CVA): Julie Poitras Santos’ solo and collaborative work has been exhibited internationally at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Reykjanesbaer Art Museum in Iceland and at the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, Spain, among others. She has attended residencies and.... Read More

Ian Boyden works across multiple media including painting, sculpture, artist's books, photography, site-specific installations, and land art. Consistent across his productions is an intense interest in material relevance, place-based thought, and ecology, with a deep awareness of East Asian aesthetics. He studied for several years in China and Japan, and ultimately received degrees in the.... Read More

From the CVA: Considered China's most conservative brush technique, the gongbi method of painting combines fine lines with multiple layers of both ink-shadings and colors. The exhibition features the works of 9 contemporary Chinese artists from the Beijing Art Institute of Chinese Fine Arts Painting, who utilize the gongbi technique to create works that embody.... Read More