Welcome to DARIA: Denver Art Review, Inquiry, and Analysis, a publication devoted to art writing and criticism focused on the Denver-area visual art scene. DARIA seeks to promote diverse voices and artists while fostering critical dialogue around art.
Art Contained del Sol Studios, 3058 W 55th Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-331-8768, Mon-Fri: 8am-6pm, Sat: 12-4pm
Sep 13-Oct 26: Cholas y Vatos: Los Chingones (Opening reception: Sep 13, 6-9pm)
ART Gallery at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W 6th Ave, Lakewood, CO, 80228, Mon-Thu: 7-9pm, Fri: 7-9pm, Sat: 10am-2pm
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003, 720-898-7200, Mon-Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Sep 12-Nov 10: Mugshot: Artistic Drinking Vessels (Main Gallery); Bebe Alexander (Upper Gallery); American Tableware Exhibition with the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art (Theatre Gallery)
Arvada Public Library, 7525 W 57th Ave, Arvada, CO 80002, (303) 235-5275, Mon-Thu: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Beehive Salon and Gallery, 6720 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Sep 6, 6-8pm (Opening reception): Bright and Bold Colors: Kathy O'Conner
BRDG Project, 3300 Tejon St, Denver, CO 80211, Thu: 1-6pm, Fri-Sat: 1-8pm, Sun: 1-5pm
Sep 13-Oct 6: Seed
BuCu West Development Association, 4200 Morrison Rd, Unit 3, Denver, CO, 80219, 303-936-4302, Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm
Opening Sep 20: Bountiful Florals Under the Harvest Moon: Jeanette Salzburg. (Opening reception: Sep 20, 5-7:30pm)
Catalyst Gallery, 1342 Co Rd 65, Evergreen, CO 80439, Mon-Fri: 11am-5pm
Sep 15-Oct 30: Greased Lightning: Selina Marcantonio
Nov 2-Dec 14: Catharsis: Amanda Wolf (Opening reception: Nov 2, 6pm-12am)
Center for the Arts Evergreen, 31880 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen, CO 80439, 303-674-0056, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 10am-4pm
Jun 8, 2024-Jun 7, 2025: Evergreen Sculpture Walk
Aug 22-Sep 13: 130 for $150 Fundraising Exhibition
Sep 19-Oct 26: Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition
Oct 30-Nov 30: POP!: Chris Krieg & Friends
Dec 5, 2024-Jan 4, 2025: CAE Member Exhibition
CHAC (Chicano Humanities & Arts Council) Gallery, 7060 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-662-4800, Wed-Thu: 12-4pm, first Fri: 3-9pm, and by appt
Sep 6-30: Unapologetically Chicano
Oct 4-27: 3 CHAC Artist Showcase
Nov 1-30: Día de los Muertos
City of Lakewood Galleries, exhibitions at various venues:
Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 801 S Yarrow St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7850, Tue-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7845, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 9am-1pm
May 25-Sep 16: Fiber Feast: A Fiber Arts Exhibition (curators: Diana Pemberton and Diana Harper) (North Gallery)
Sep 17, 2024-Jan 6, 2025: Lakewood Arts Council: Artists' Choice Show (Mezzanine Gallery)
CORE New Art Space, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Ste C, Lakewood, CO, 80214, 303-297-8428, Fri: 5-10pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm
Aug 23-Sep 8: Eric Davidson: The Triumph of Casper; Susan Dillon: Taking Up Space
Sep 13-29: Margins: Juried Exhibition; Meghann and Kevin Haase (Annex Gallery)
Oct 4-20: Tierra Lalk, Gina Smith Caswell, and Barbara Veatch; Mary Cay (Annex Gallery)
Oct 25-Nov 10: Deborah Abbott, Kathy Mitchell-Garton, and Richard Neff; Nanette Fazio (Annex Gallery)
Nov 15-Dec 1: Maggie Stewart and Edgar Dumas; Baltazar Alvarado (Annex Gallery)
Dec 6-22: Small Works Members Exhibition
Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Unit D-20, Denver, CO 80221, 303-458-4030, Mon-Thu: 7:30am-12am, Fri: 7:30am-5pm, Sat: 10:30am-5pm, Sun: 12-10pm
Aug-Oct: Political Memorabilia
Nov-Dec: African Artifacts: Student Exhibition
EDGE Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-477-7173, Fri: 6-9pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm, and by appt
Aug 23-Sep 8: Susan Hazaleus, Judy Horowitz, and Raven Rohrig: Epiphanies; Randy Cummings; Phil Rader: THINK!
Sep 13-29: Faith Williams Dyrsten: Goodbye, Grass!; Mark Brasuell: Markieren Markieren, Mark Making Marks
Oct 4-20: Stephen Shugart; Travis Vermilye
Oct 25-Nov 10: Katherine Johnson; John Horner; Sue Crosby Doyle; Eric Havelock-Bailie
Nov 15-Dec 1: Candace Shepard; Kay Galvan
Dec 6-15: Holiday Show: Edge Members Group Show
Edgewater Library, 1800 N Harlan St, Edgewater, CO 80214, 303-235-5275, Mon-Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Foothills Art Center, 1133 Arapahoe St, Golden, CO, 80401, 303-279-3922, Memorial Day-Dec 31: Mon-Sat: 10am-12pm, Sun: 12-5pm; Jan 1-Memorial Day: Mon:10am-12pm, Thu-Sat: 10am-12pm, Sun: 12-5pm
May 24-Sep 15: John Taylor Wagner: A Tale of Trouble and Return
Jul 13-Oct 13: Edward Hansen
Aug 23-Nov 3: Joel Swanson: Orderings
Oct 5, 2024-Feb 2, 2025: Decomposing/Recomposing: Gayle Gerson, Jean Hultkrans, and Kirsty Saalfrank
Nov 23-Dec 29: 49th Annual Holiday Art Market
40 West Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80214, 720-901-8240, Wed-Sun: 12-4pm, First Fri: 6-9pm
Sep 6-30: Drumstick: An Homage to The HUB Building, Previously the Drumstick Restaurant
Oct 4-27: ArtSource: A Partner Group Exhibition
Nov 1-Dec 1: The Elements (Main Gallery); Exhibition showcasing Latino/a/x and Indigenous communities (Guest curator: Artist-in-Residence Jasmine Dillavou) (Pop Out Galleries)
Dec 6-29: Red Rocks Community College: A Student Partner Group Exhibition
Jan 3-31, 2025: Group Exhibition
Feb 7-March 3, 2025: Colorado Art Awards Scholastics Partner Group Exhibition
Front Range Community College-Westminster Campus Visual Art Gallery, 3645 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031, 303-404-5390, Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-6pm
Aug 29-Sep 26: Annual Faculty Exhibition
Oct 10-31: 3rd Annual Halloween Call For Entries Exhibition (Closing Reception: Oct 31, 12:45-2pm)
Nov 7-28: 3rd Annual Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition (Opening reception: 10am-12:30pm)
Jan 23-Feb 13, 2025: Annual Student Exhibition
Feb 27-Mar 20, 2025: Month of Photography: TBA
The Furnace: A Glassworks, 8090 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-274-0643, Thu-Mon: 11am-5pm, Tue-Wed: by appt, First Fri: 11am-7pm(ish)
Genesis Gallery, at LUMC, 1390 Brentwood St, Lakewood, CO, 80226, 970-333-1409, Mon-Thu: 9am-1pm, Sat-Sun: 11am-3pm, first Fri: 5-8pm
Golden History Museum, 923 10th St, Golden, CO 80401, 303-278-3557, Tue-Sat: 10am-4:30pm
Ongoing: We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels
Kanon Collective, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-946-4870, Fri: 6-9:30pm, Sat-Sun: 12-4pm
Sep 6-30: Eric Myles Jones: Beastly Lines
Oct 4-27: Zip Reunion Show
Nov 1-Dec 1: Birch, please.: New Works by Kym Bloom
Dec 6-20: Small Works Holiday Show
Jan 3-Feb 2, 2025: Kanon Studio Sale
Feb 7-Mar 2, 2025: Googly Eyes for You
Lakewood Arts Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-980-0625, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm, Fri: 12-9pm
Aug 31-Sep 27: Mountainside Art Guild: Miniature Show; Darcie Kurtak; Jeanette Oxelson; Jefferson High School Exhibition
Sep 28-Oct 25: Chaos or Costume; Masks and Hats
Oct 26-Nov 22: Colorado Artists Group Exhibition; Colfax Elementary Exhibition; Jefferson High School Exhibition
Nov 23-Dec 27: Holiday Gift Show; Jeanette Oxelson; Gene Barber
Jan 25-Feb 21: Art Supply Sale
Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W 20th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215, 303-235-5275, Mon-Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Ongoing: Outside In: Contemporary Landscapes
Jul 25-Oct 27: Hannah Leathers: Joy Portals
Lapis Gallery, 5455 W 38th Ave, Suite L, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80212, 303-480-5126
Memento Mori Gallery & Tattoo, 6451 W Colfax Ave, Ste B, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-974-5172, Tue-Sat: 12-7pm, First Fri: 5-9pm, First Sun Figure Drawing: 3:45-6pm
Sep 6-28: Kelly Patton and Marley Robinson: Delicate Curiosities
Oct 4-26: Skull & Bones III
Nov 1-23: Heather Stevens & Vala: Fragmented Remains
Dec 6-28: Greetings From Krampus 7
Jan 3-25, 2025: High Noon
Feb 7-28, 2025: Erotica
Mint & Serif, 1385 Carr Street, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-509-9908, Mon-Fri: 7am-3pm, First Fridays: 7am-10pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm
New Projects at The Vault, 3758 Osage St, Denver, CO 80211, by appt only
NEXT Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-433-4933, Fri: 6-10pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm, opening receptions: 5-10pm
Aug 20-Sep 8: Richard Chamberlain: Reliquary; Tatyana Hope: ShadoWork
Aug 20-Sep 29: Torn (NEXT Member Gallery)
Sep 10-29: Tamara Mahoney: Sacred
Oct 1-20: Virginia Coleman: Forms Immersed in Space; Betsy Rudolph
Oct 1-Nov 10: Mortality (NEXT Member Gallery)
Oct 22-Nov 10: Karen Eberle-Smith: Layers; Gwen Hill-Pollara: Respite & Repose
Nov 12-Dec 1: NEXT UP! Open CALL; NEXT UP! (NEXT Member Gallery)
Dec 3-22: Winter Art Market
Dec 31, 2024-Jan 19, 2025: NEXT Members Show
Jan 22-Feb 19, 2025: Lisa Lee Adams: Stirrings; Susan Mc Neff-Skokan; Collaboration (NEXT Member Gallery)
Feb 10-Mar 2, 2025: Casa Bonita Show hosted by Betsy Rudolf
O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd (aka 50th Ave) Denver, CO 80221, 303-964-3634, Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: 12-4pm
Sep 5-19: The Limits of Falling: Gretchen Marie Schaefer (Opening reception: Sep 5, 6-8pm)
Pirate: Contemporary Art, 7130 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, pirateart3@gmail.com, Fri: 6-9pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm
Sep 6-22: Bug: Extinction; Thomas Carr: The Lost Expedition
Sep 27-Oct 13: Louis Recchia; Kim Faber
Oct 18-Nov 3: Day of the Dead
Nov 8-24: Charles Durer; Julie Jablonski
Nov 29-Dec 15: Tim McKay; Muldannuzzi Creations
Dec 19, 2024-Jan 5, 2025: Pirate Member Show
Jan 10-26, 2025: Stephanie Spindler; Edgar Dumas
Jan 31-Feb 16, 2025: Leo Franco; Jude Barton
Feb 21-Mar 9, 2025: Janine Thornton; Sophia Ericksen
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Rotunda Gallery, Rude Gallery, and Philip J. Steele Gallery, 1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, CO 80214, Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm
Aug 9-Sep 6: Summer 2024 Graduation Exhibition (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
Sep 6-Nov 1: Charla Ann: Mnemosyne (Rude Gallery)
Oct 4-Nov 15: 61st Annual Student Exhibition (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 200 Violet St #140, Golden, CO 80401, 303-277-0377, Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 11am-4pm
Jul 22-Oct 19: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry:
Photos, Pixels, and Pizzazz; Joan Duncan: Appliqué is My Super Power (Northeast Gallery)
Oct 21, 2024-Jan 17, 2025: English Paper Piecing 2024: Juried Quilt Challenge
Ryan Joseph Gallery, 2647 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80211, Tues-Sat: 12-6pm
Tenn Street Coffee & Books, 4418 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212, 303-455-0279, Sun-Thurs: 7am-5pm, Fri-Sat: 7am-8pm
Sep 1-Oct 31: Mammoth American Tattoo: New Works: Flash Art and Paintings
Nov 1-Dec 31: MudClub's Annual ceramics exhibition in tribute to Marie Gibbons
Jan 1-Feb 28, 2025: Amie Oakley: mixed-media collage on wood panels
March 1-April 30, 2025: Dark Nature Designs: nature photography and dark art
Valkarie Gallery, 445 S Saulsbury St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 720-220-7587, Wed: 4-7pm, Thu: 4-9:30pm, Fri: 4-8:30pm, Sat: 12-6pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Aug 21-Sep 15: Mike Keene and Lee White: Other Worlds
Sep 4-29: Dona Laurita (Southern Gallery Featured Artist)
Sep 18-Oct 13: Valerie Savarie, Penny Bidwell, and Miki Harder (Opening reception: Sep 21, 5-8:30pm)
Oct 2-27: Katy Betz (Southern Gallery Featured Artist) (Opening reception: Oct 4, 5-8:30pm)
Oct 16-Nov 10: Lisa Luree and Jane Falkenberg (Opening reception: Oct 19, 5-8:30pm)
Nov 13-Dec 8: Maria Valentina Sheets (Opening reception: Nov 16, 5-8:30pm)
Dec 11, 2024-Jan 5, 2025: Josh Houska, Katelyn Padgett, David Perea, Andrew Philpott, Joe Oliver, and Asellia Wolf (Opening reception: Dec 14, 5-8:30pm)