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Green design featuring a soft portrait of an author, Sheila Heti. Pink text on the image reads, “If Artists Ruled the World” and “Sheila Heti in Conversation with Vauhini Vara”

IF ARTISTS RULED THE WORLD: SHEILA HETI IN CONVERSATION WITH VAUHINI VARA @ THE HOLIDAY THEATER 05/27/22 DOORS 6PM

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Rotating gif of four images, with yellow text that reads, “summer opening” overlaid on top. The first image shows a large screen in a dark room, featuring geographical images. The second image features a large sculpture composed of various materials: Gong, steel, wood, cotton, glue mixture, plastic, loofah, and objects collected from a ritual of retracing the artist's original migration route. The third image looks like a rendering of an image captured in space. The fourth image features a crowded rooftop.

EXHIBITION OPENING CELEBRATION @ MCA DENVER 06/03/22 @ 6PM

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Event art with a lavender background and orchid text that reads, “Film Series” and “Solaris” on the bottom right. On the graphic, there are two images of the same film poster featuring a figure dressed in orange, holding what looks like a ghost-like figure dressed in an ice blue outfit.

OUTER SPACE | INNER SPACES FILM SERIES: SOLARIS @ THE HOLIDAY THEATER 06/14/22 DOORS 6PM

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Sliding art storage display units made out of steel and glass that house various 2D artworks. Deep yet bright brown inlaid walnut cabinets serve as a textural backdrop and match the color of the floor. There are ceiling lights displaying the artwork. The work closest to the camera features a human subject with milk dripping off their face and butterflies on their eyes.

Octopus Initiative Monthly Lottery 6/15/22 @ 11AM

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Event art with a lavender background and orchid text that reads, “Film Series” and “Time Masters” on the bottom right. On the graphic, there are two images of the same film poster featuring an otherworldly scene of what looks like a white figure with wings watching another figure, clad in a space suit, climbing up an orange planet.

OUTER SPACE | INNER SPACES FILM SERIES: TIME MASTERS @ THE HOLIDAY THEATER 06/21/22 DOORS 6PM

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Event art with a lavender background and orchid text that reads, “Film Series” and “The Brain from Planet Arous” on the bottom right. On the graphic, there are two images of the same film poster featuring a large head with yellow lasers shooting out of the eye, and collaged figures surrounding the head.

OUTER SPACE | INNER SPACES FILM SERIES: THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS @ THE HOLIDAY THEATER 06/28/22 DOORS 6PM

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Event art with a lavender background and orchid text that reads, “Film Series” and “Lifeforce” on the bottom right. On the graphic, there are two images of the same film poster featuring an otherworldly scene of what looks like a white figure with wings watching another figuring what looks like a black hole hovering above Earth.

OUTER SPACE | INNER SPACES FILM SERIES: LIFEFORCE @ THE HOLIDAY THEATER 07/05/22 DOORS 6PM

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Watch Jason Moran's Artist Talk with Miranda Lash, Ellen Bruss Senior Curator, where they talk about capturing the residue of music making, the history of jazz in Denver, and the origins of his exhibition.

For this program, Deborah Roberts is joined by Nora Burnett Abrams, MCA Denver’s Mark G. Falcone Director, for a conversation discussing the evolution of Roberts’s practice and her journey as an artist.

STAGED: Three Deuces — Jason Moran's installation currently on view — takes its name from a legendary jazz club in New York, once located in a basement on 52nd Street. Once a month, the space is activated with renowned jazz musicians performing on classic instruments.

B-Side Music Fridays is a live music series on Friday nights in July and August where Colorado musicians perform in MCA Denver’s rooftop garden. If you missed our 2021 series, meet the local musicians and hear some of their songs.

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