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MCA Denver Blog

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Blog

Art, Sense, and Nonsense Awaits...

Sense
February 24, 2021

Celebrate Black History Month: MCA Denver Staff Shares Their Influential Creators

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Sense
February 17, 2021

Tai Bickham

Celebrate Black History Month: MCA Denver Staff Shares Their Influential Creators

Image of four large blacked framed color prints of students posed in different portrait settings dressed in futuristic ideas with props

Sense
February 12, 2021

Tai Bickham

Continuing the Conversation...The Clinic of Open Source Arts at The University of Denver

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Art, Sense, & Nonsense
February 9, 2021

Tai Bickham

Celebrate Black History Month: MCA Staff Shares Their Influential Creators

black background with green stripes in the middle. Middle text reads Black History Month in red

Sense
February 3, 2021

Tai Bickham

Celebrate Black History Month: MCA Staff Share Their Influential Creators

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Art, Sense, & Nonsense
January 29, 2021

Tai Bickham

MCA Denver: In the News

Man wearing a black mask over his mouth with arms stretched out, headed tilted towards the sky.

Sense
January 19, 2021

Tai Bickham

Continuing the Conversation...University of Denver: Prison Arts Initiative

Image of aerosol and acrylic mural painting of wide eyes and lightning bolts, fuchsia and gold rectangular fields

Sense
January 15, 2021

Tai Bickham

Continuing the Conversation...Public Art: Urban Arts Fund

Close up image of a black letter board table that is part of the work, Public Trust, by Paul Ramirez Jonas. On the table are many different materials to assist in creating a rubbing with a promise on it: various letters of the alphabet, numbers, and symbols in white text, sacred objects such as the Old Testament, the U.S. Constitution, the Qur’an, a Jupiter Stone (among others), and a pen, fingerprint ink, and two small blood lancets to seal the promise. One of the rubbings is pictured in black and white wi

Sense
January 14, 2021

Miranda Lash

Public Trust, Promises Made

seven packages of incense laying side by side on a white background. Incense sticks frame the packages displayed

Art
December 18, 2020

Holiday 2020: MCA Denver Staff Gift Giving

Image of a Keith Haring mural of a figure drawn with a black outline. The figure looks like a baby crawling on all fours, with radiant lines drawn around it.

Press Release
December 17, 2020

MCA Denver announces three landmark exhibitions opening in spring 2021: Keith Haring: Grace House Mural, Colorado in the Present Tense: Narkita Gold, Rick Griffith, Nathan Hall, and Maia Ruth Lee and Jaime Carrejo: Waiting

[Image description: An installation image of a work by Alexandra Bell hung on a white wall in one of the MCA Denver galleries. The work is a framed triptych with annotations of front-page layouts of the headlines in the NYT that report on the murder of Michael Brown.]

Sense
December 11, 2020

by Tai Bickham

CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION…Representation and the Media

Artist Alan Michelson's, artwork of a reproduction of the December 30, 1924 letter to Calvin Coolidge by the chiefs of the Onondaga Nation, protesting the Indian Citizenship Act and reaffirming Onondaga sovereignty. The reproduction is on a pair of blankets in the colors white and purple and hangs on a white gallery wall with a dark concrete floor.

Sense
December 4, 2020

by Tai Bickham

Continuing the conversation...Native American rights and sovereignty

A graphic with a purple background, an illustrated figure in the center, and the text “ANTI” above the figure and “HERO” below, in all capital letters and white font. The individual has orange skin and purple hair, and has a determined, strong, sly look on their face.

Teens
November 26, 2020

To Tell Your Own Story is a Sacred Act: The Brains Behind This Winter’s Teen Anti-Hero Short Film Festival

[Image description: An image of an art installation in a white gallery space. The work consists of two chairs, each sitting in front of their own large discs, which are meant to replicate the effects of an acoustic mirror. The discs reflect and focus sound waves in a way that visitors can sit far apart but will hear each other as if they are standing right next to each other.]

Art
November 13, 2020

by Tai Bickham

Exercising Discourse, An Afternoon in Conversation

A black and white design featuring a plant sitting on a wooden table, a hand holding a card that reads, “Greetings from MCA Denver, wish you were here”, and what looks like stained glass in the background.

Art
October 29, 2020

Shop MCA Denver call for artists: the incredible, out of this world, totally rad design submissions

A photo of two men facing one and laying on one another’s shoulder. Only one of their faces is in view, and it’s covered in pearls. The photo looks as if it was taken underneath a blue/green hue and the backdrop is comprised of the colors blue, purple, and green.

Art
October 23, 2020

Christina Pittaluga on her recent project, Are We Still Cool?

Image of a gallery where two large circular metal sculptures face each other about 10 feet apart. The room is bathed in a teal light and the lights reflect off the dark floor.

Press
October 15, 2020

WORD AROUND TOWN: CITIZENSHIP: A PRACTICE OF SOCIETY

Portrait of TaylorNikole next to a big green plant. She's wearing a black blazer and her big arch earrings and turned to the side.

Art
September 22, 2020

MCA Denver new shop maker: TaylorNikole

Colorful wall art with blue bird perched on wall surrounded by pink flowers

Art
September 15, 2020

CRUSH WALLS 2020

Photo collage of subjects making eye contact with camera

Teens
September 2, 2020

The Teen Blog is Back with Lydia Donahue’s Power of Eye Contact

MCA Denver building with "We The People" on the facade at night. The building glows from the lighting within.

Art
August 26, 2020

Word Around Town: Nari Ward: We The People

A man stands in front of a large marquis with his arm outstretched. The marquis has several headlines from news sources that promise something to happen. The center headline reads “I promise to work with my emotions”

Press Release
July 30, 2020

MCA Denver announces fall exhibition, Citizenship: A Practice of Society

Sense
July 27, 2020

INTERVIEW WITH INDIE 102.3 LOCAL MUSIC DIRECTOR ALISHA SWEENEY ABOUT DENVER'S MUSIC SCENE, THIS YEAR'S B-SIDE, AND WHAT LED TO HER CAREER IN RADIO

Exterior shot of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver at sundown. A neon sign in red is displayed on the buildings roof and reads "WISH YOU WERE HERE." The sunset is reflected on the buildings side.

Press Release
July 16, 2020

MCA Denver names Miranda Lash as next Ellen Bruss Senior Curator

The words TIRED POOR HUDDLED YEARNING WRETCHED REFUSE HOMELESS TEMPEST-TOST are projected onto a clocktower at duck on 16th street mall.

Press Release
July 9, 2020

MCA Denver announces robust slate of free, virtual programs and public offerings to complement Nari Ward: We the People

Image: Young man in a mask stands outside the museum and he stands in a printed shirt, black pants, and motions with his right hand to follow him.

Sense
July 7, 2020

What to Expect on Your Visit to the Museum (A Video)

The words “We the People” are spelt with string and attached to a white gallery wall.

Art
June 26, 2020

Press Release: MCA Denver announces public reopening July 1 with Nari Ward: We the People

A laptop sits on a surface in a dark room cracked open. The light from the screen emanates onto the desk creating a soft and colorful glow.

Art
May 19, 2020

MCA Denver's Teen Leadership Programs Go Digital

Several artworks hanging on a white gallery wall in a salon style. They depict figures as if they were made of paper and appear to come off the canvasses.

Art
May 8, 2020

Ever Wonder Why Works are called Untitled?

Exterior shot of the MCA Denver during a busy event. People crowd the entrance and exterior rooftop space. There is a DJ playing on the rooftop.

Art
May 8, 2020

Everything You Wanted to Know about David Adjaye, MCA Denver's Building Architect

A sculpture of a heart stabbed by a dagger. Blood drips from the dagger and the sculpture is adorned with lights.

Art
May 4, 2020

A Note From Nora About #GivingTuesdayNow

Film reels sit against a brick wall in a sepia tone.

Sense
April 27, 2020

Submit Your Giving Tuesday Video for a Chance to win A Virtual Video Award

Close up image of Tya Anthony's hands working on a collage in her studio

Art
April 23, 2020

Tya Alisa Anthony, on creating new spaces for bodies of color

A woman with ombre hair draws an image of a man on a pink wall. The text written in sharpie reads “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott

Art
April 20, 2020

Reset Rooms a project by Shannon Finnegan & GALS

A stop motion film is projected onto a gallery wall. In it, a woman is looking through the ground in a rocky environment. It is half drawn with superimposed paper cutouts.

Art
April 9, 2020

Stacey Steers Virtual Animation Workshop

A very saturated and bright image of spinach leaves.

Sense
April 7, 2020

Casey Tuohy, Cafe & Bar Manager Department of Edible Structures at MCA Denver

Let's Cook No Waste Creamy Spinach Soup

A green neon sign reads Super Helpful

Sense
March 30, 2020

sense

Resource List for Teens, Families, & Artists During COVID-19

Close up shot of several slinkies coiled up resting on a floor

Art
March 26, 2020

Tara Donovan Artist Conversation with Nora Burnett Abrams

Image of George P. Perez in his studio standing in front of several artworks hung upon a white wall.

Art
March 26, 2020

George P. Perez and his relationship to the photograph

Photo of rapper Rakim rapping into the mic, with a ball cap and hoodie

Sense
March 19, 2020

A bright blue bench with white, hand-lettered text that reads, "This exhibition has asked me to stand for too long. Sit if you agree"

Art
March 10, 2020

Shannon Finnegan on Accessibility and Disability Culture and her Outreach Residency with Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS)

Seven objects on a blank white surface. A red ascot. A succulent potter in the shape of a persons buttocks. A leather pouch with an imprinted leopard. Two golden earrings. A postcard depicting a mouth biting a rose. A red hand with the text “Everyday Offerings of Love.”

Art, Sense, & Nonsense
February 6, 2020

Valentine's Day Gift Guide

Shot of Toxic Schizophrenia by Tim Noble and Sue Webster. A red heart covered in lights is pierced by a dagger. Blood drips from the dagger’s tip. There is a pink filter over the image.

Sense
January 30, 2020

Things to Do in Denver: Valentine’s Day Edition

A birds-eye view of a solar farm in a green space.

Sense
January 22, 2020

Solar Power and Sustainability Update

Exterior shot of the MCA Denver at night from street view. A heart sculpture is lit up and several people wait near the entrance in a line.

Nonsense
December 20, 2019

Thank you for the year, WE LOVE YOU!

A hotpink and bright green book reads It’s ok to feel things deeply; A white crystal rock; a vial of cbd drops from Dram. Green tea, jasmine, and sugar jems mix from Par Avion Tea; a white container reading moon bath; a scent roller from rootfoot.

Sense
December 13, 2019

We’re Here to the Rescue with our MCA Denver Holiday Gift Guide!

Two young men wearing color correcting glasses view an artwork in a gallery and are smiling brightly.

Art
December 10, 2019

MCA Denver announces new glasses for color blind visitors to have richer, more colorful museum experience

Several green boxes on a pink background reading “The best thing ever is inside”

Sense
December 6, 2019

Why You Should Gift an MCA Denver Membership (Because Trust Us, You Should)

An abstract illustration in soft pastel colors. There are white swirls, pink shapes, and little black dots.

Sense
November 20, 2019

Self Care Sundays + Kitchen Table Talk

A painting titled Frontera No. 1 by Jaime Carrejo. A cyan chain link fence lies across hot pink monstera ferns. Black and hot pink triangles make up the background.

Art
November 13, 2019

Give a warm welcome to our new Octopus Initiative artist, Jaime Carrejo!

Black Sheep Friday is Baahhhkkk with Extreme Glamour Shots

Nonsense
November 13, 2019

Cocktails of the Moment at MCA Denver

Three candles from Wooly Wax Candles are on a blank white surface. The candles read “In collaboration with Laws Whiskey House”

Art
October 23, 2019

MCA Shop Vendor: Wooly Wax Candles

An illustration of a blonde woman in a bed with a big pink pillow. The background is full of stars.

Teens
October 14, 2019

Teen Blog: Waves, a film by Melody Elizalde

A young woman models gray earrings that resemble a pie chart.

Art
October 2, 2019

MCA Shop Vendor: Blade & Knoll

A black and white photo of a messy interior space. There is a window covered in transparent tarp at the far end of the room. Papers and other objects litter the floor.

Art
September 18, 2019

Francesca Woodman Buzz Heard Around the World

A hand is turning the page of a white book with blank pages.

Teens
September 4, 2019

Teen Blog: Poetry

Portrait of Nora Burnett Abrams against a white background. Her hair is silky black and she wears it down over a bright orange chain link necklace. She smiles brightly into the camera.

Sense
August 20, 2019

MCA DENVER ANNOUNCES NORA BURNETT ABRAMS AS NEXT MARK G. FALCONE DIRECTOR

A hand holds a piece of paper with an abstract pattern in tan on it in front of an abstract geometrical artwork.

Art
July 24, 2019

Magdalena Sterling

Instagram Exhibition: Criss-Cross Applesauce

Portrait of Joel Swanson sitting in his studio. He is wearing a black scarf, black t-shirt, and blue jeans. His hands are folded in his lap and he looks warmly into the camera.

Art
June 26, 2019

Joel Swanson and the art in language

Teen Workshop with Alejandra Abad

Teens
June 24, 2019

Teen Workshop with Alejandra Abad

A caramel colored mug containing hot chocolate and a silver spoon rests on a black surface.

Teens
June 14, 2019

Teen Blog: Evonne Johnson, hot chocolate in the summertime

A group of young women hoist up a young woman. They are in a colorful environment that seems drawn on. They smile brightly into the camera.

Nonsense
June 5, 2019

Fem Freaking Fest was Freaking Fun

A candid shot of three young women in front of a blank white background. One is wearing an orange safety vest, the other is mid dance with green hair, and the other looks at her phone, smiling.

Teens
May 15, 2019

Teen End of Semester Recap

A blonde woman stands on stage in a black and white greco patterned body suit. She has her hand outstretched pointing a microphone towards the crowd.

Nonsense
May 8, 2019

Get ready (and get your tickets) for Jacq the Stripper at Fem Fest!

A man and a woman are surrounded by several people. The woman is wearing a white sash and a toy crown.

Nonsense
May 3, 2019

100,000 Visitors of the Year (A Record!!!)

A photo collage of a person in red and white at a tennis course during the night. They are in different dynamic poses.

Teens
April 23, 2019

Teen Blog: An Exploration of Portraits

A photo collage of a man’s and woman’s face. Text reads “between us”

Sense
April 3, 2019

DCPA Off-Center’s Charlie Miller on creating theatre for one at MCA

Cutouts of women in various poses are pinned against a wall

Art
April 1, 2019

Diego Rodriguez-Warner and careful, playful appropriation

A photo collage featuring photos of people doing various activities such as walking down a street, looking over their shoulder, dancing. A closeup shot of coffee and milk as well as a black and white closeup of an eye are also featured.

Teens
March 22, 2019

Welcome to the Teen Blog! A Photographic Look into Teen Life

A gallery space filled with large paintings hanging on white walls. The artworks are abstract depictions of unidentifiable people. Almost like a silhouette.

Art
March 15, 2019

Zoe Larkins

IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS: Insider info about Andrew Jensdotter: FLAK

An image of a woman wearing colorful jewelry and clothing is repeated four times in a tile format

Art
February 28, 2019

Adam Lerner

How I Art and Why pt. 1: The Cockettes

A candid shot of an older woman at a wooden desk. She is resting her hand and looking at something we can not see. The background is composed of wooden shelves hanging against a black brick wall.

Art
January 16, 2019

Viviane Le Courtois on the symbiotic relationship between life and art

A portrait of former director Adam Lerner poses in front of a wall painted to resemble technicolor on a tv set. He is bald, wearing a white short sleeve button up, and blue chinos. He smiles gently.

Sense
November 26, 2018

Adam Lerner

A Note From Adam...

Candid shot of a man looking at several sketches that rest on a wood table.

Art
November 26, 2018

Chris Oatey on making maps, his infatuation with carbon paper, and capturing a fleeting moment

Black and white image of two sheep seen from the rear. They are grazing side by side.

Nonsense
November 2, 2018

Black Sheep Friday is Baahhhhhhk

Portrait of Clark Richert standing in a gallery space. There are large canvasses behind him.

Art
October 29, 2018

Clark Richert and Drop City

A man is wearing black safety goggles. To his side are chemical beakers. He is looking and smiling into a cloud of fog produced by dry ice.

Sense
October 17, 2018

Lauren Patterson

Willy Wonka of Denver Ian Kleinman and the Tara Donovan Inspired Dinner Society

A cast hand rests on a wooden pedastel. There is also a pile of green and red rock looking things.

Art
October 10, 2018

Laura Shill on Art and Giving Yourself Permission to be Embarrassed

A three panel painting of green ferns with an abstract orange and white pattern superimposed on the leaves hangs on a white gallery wall

Art
September 14, 2018

Suchitra Mattai and sugar bound

Sierra at her desk in her studio space. She is surrounded by several artworks. A mac book is open on her desk and she holds a ceramic mug in her hands.

Art
August 29, 2018

In the Studio with Sierra Montoya Barela

Various books on white shelves. There are also geomtrical vases and mugs.

Sense
August 1, 2018

Sale Sale Sale at the MCA Shop

Several clear triangular dishes holding food

Sense
July 19, 2018

Lauren Patterson

The Art of Cooking with Chef Linda Hampsten Fox

Mike giant traces tattoo like patterns onto a white wall

Art
July 11, 2018

Mike Giant: Aspiring Renaissance Man

A band performs basked in pink lights through the reflection of glass. Round tables are visible through the glass

Music
June 4, 2018

A Behind the Scenes Look at B-Side Music Fridays

A pair of hands is framing an artwork

Art
May 23, 2018

Guest Blogger Dara Segal, Founder of Simply Framed

Framing the MCA Octopus Initiative

Black and white pen drawing of a person sitting in a couch watching tv. The background is black and white abstract pattern with a red circle depicting the sun

Teen
May 18, 2018

Teen Summer Curating Digital Animation Workshop Series Now Accepting Applications

People are eating at tables under blue string lights.

Sense
May 16, 2018

Hope You're Hungry for Dinner Society This Summer

A band performs inside. The singer is mid dance. They are basked in pink and blue lighting.

Art
May 8, 2018

Bree Davies

What do we do when we don’t see people like us on stage? How do we know we belong?

Several people view artwork in a gallery. The shutter speed was low resulting in an image that evokes movement

Octopus Initiative
April 27, 2018

What Happens When You Win The Octopus Initiative

Young adults mid jump holding yellow trophies

Teens
April 5, 2018

Meet This Year's Top Failures

A render of a gallery space with wood ceiling, walls, and floor. There are sliding vertical cabinets that hold artwork

Art
March 8, 2018

Octopus Initiative, putting art in the hands of many

Installation shot of several artworks in a salon style presentation. The artworks depict abstracted women in fluid movement.

Art
February 7, 2018

Zoe Larkins

Impress Your Friends: Insider Info on Diego Rodriguez-Warner: Honestly Lying

Cynthia sits on a rocky ledge and smiles towards the camera. It is sunny outside and she is surrounded by shrubbery.

Art
January 18, 2018

Thad Mighell

Adventures with Artist Cynthia Gutierrez

An out of focus shot of lights resembling a christmas tree at dusk.

Nonsense
December 22, 2017

Here's Our Holiday Video

Collection of poloroids. The same woman is seen several times. Books are also in the photographs.

Teen
December 19, 2017

Penina Warren

A week in my life with art

A man looks at framed artworks. He has long black hair and wears a blue flannel shirt.

Art
December 18, 2017

Thad Mighell

What Went Down During Cristian Franco's Residency

An elevator sign is lit above a doorway. It appears to be a parking garage.

Sense
November 28, 2017

Now That's What We Call Elevator Music with Nathan Hall

A stuffed bear stands in grass during sunset.

Nonsense
November 22, 2017

Kelly O'Connell

3 Things to NOT Buy on Black Friday (Or Ever, Really)

A wood carving resembles an astronaut standing in an outdoor, mountainous area.

Nonsense
November 3, 2017

Kelly O'Connell

It's a Bird, It's Plane, It's a Blog

Young adults are seating in an alleyway watching a performer at the end of the alley way. There are golden balloons resembling a chain at the stage.

Teens
November 2, 2017

5 Reasons Why You Should Apply To Be A MCA Teen Ambassador

Exterior shot of the MCA Denver during the day. The surrounding ubran landscape is reflected in the museum's dark glass walls.

News
November 2, 2017

Where We've Been Where We're Going

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