Virtual Events for Citizenship: A Practice of Society

Art making is one civic practice, but there are various other ways to be engaged civically as well. How can we, like citizen-artists, practice citizenship? Every week, we’ll bring you speakers, artists, and experts who will help guide you through their ideas, their creative practices, and the ways in which they practice citizenship.

Join the free virtual event live, or watch it at your leisure. Check out the events below and click to RSVP.

Collage of artworks. Flag reading “FRIENDS” in red text with a yellow background. A simple black and white bench reading “THIS EXHIBITION HAS ASKED ME TO STAND FOR TOO LONG. SIT IF YOU AGREE”; A New York Times headline reading “A Teenager with Promise” and an image of Michael Brown in his graduation attire; a group of girls surrounding a fern wearing vibrant clothes; a collage of stickers in bright colors reading “Can’t Vote; Register to Vote; Voted but Not Counted: To Do: Let me Vote”; a white flag reading

EVENT Friday, October 2

Members Preview of Citizenship: A Practice of Society

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Candid photo of six people marching from the shoulders down in an outdoor urban space. They are wearing a wide variety of clothes from jeans to sweat to shorts, in clashing and bright patterns.

EVENT Saturday, October 3

Parade for the People

Celebrating the Opening of Citizenship: A Practice of Society

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Image of an newly imaged Confederate monument falling down leaving a blank space in the sky where the monument once was

EVENT Wednesday, October 7

Dread Scott in conversation with Antwaun Sargent:

A Virtual Event

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Line drawing of a bench. Text on the bench reads, “This exhibition has asked me to stand for too long. Sit if you agree.”

EVENT Wednesday, October 14

Shannon Finnegan in conversation with Alice Wong:

A Virtual Event

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A small pamphlet with “Coloring Zine” hand written on the cover lies on a light colored piece of wood. Wild lavender and a knit scarf in steel blue accompanies the zine.

EVENT Wednesday, October 21

Make Zines at Home: A Zine Making Workshop with Denver Zine Library:

A Virtual Event

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Digital art work with black background with a series of white lines connecting and dispersing, looking almost like a map, with the word RAVERRO in the foreground in a white outline and filled with black

EVENT Wednesday, October 28

Justice for Raverro Screening and Discussion:

A Virtual Event

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Digital graphic of people in voting booths with indigo drapes providing privacy. They are situated in a blank orange room where the floors and walls are only distinguishable by the shadows of the voters.

EVENT Wednesday, November 4

What next? A post-election conversation with Warm Cookies of the Revolution:

A Virtual Event

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Two hands are gently holding a black paper heart in front of a white background

EVENT Wednesday, November 11

A conversation about conversation–Active listening workshop:

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A tilted metal pole with two mounted signs protrudes from a mound of dirt and gravel surrounded by a forest of lush trees on a clear and sunny day. The top sign is yellow and reads: “PROPERTY BOUNDARY National Forest land behind this sign. The next sign is red and white; it reads: MANAGEMENT RIGHTS The right to regulate internal use patterns and to make improvements.

EVENT Wednesday, November 18

Yumi Janairo Roth in conversation with Lincoln Bramwell:

A Virtual Event

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mage: Alan Michelson, Blanket Refusal, 2020. Laser print on double-sided fleece blanket, 80 x 60 inches. Courtesy the artist. [Image description: 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.]

EVENT Wednesday, December 2

Alan Michelson in conversation with Jolene Rickard:

A Virtual Event

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Three “The New York Times” front pages regarding the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson by Officer Darren Wilson. They are each heavily edited with red pen, yellow highlighter, or completely redacted. The third front page is a rendering reading “A Teenager with Promise” depicting Michael Brown in a green graduation gown and cap with a red stole against a blue backdrop.

EVENT Wednesday, December 9

Alexandra Bell in conversation with Leigh Raiford:

A Virtual Event

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Close up image of Nan Goldin’s work titled Memory Lost. There are nine landscape photographs of various scenes: hazy self-portraits captured as if underneath a red hue, pictures of carpets strewn with various pill bottles, along with other intimate, isolated scenes.

EVENT Wednesday, December 16

Nan Goldin in conversation with Tania Bruguera about art and activism:

A Virtual Event

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A large marquis reads “AUGUST 27, 2016 7:03 SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.05 NASA WILL SNAP FIRST CLOSEUP OF JUPITER. WIKILEAKS PROMISES MORE CLINTON LEAKS. I PROMISE TO WORK WITH MY EMOTIONS. U.S. COMPANIES PLEDGE EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN. RICK ROSS TO DRAKE: I WILL GO OFF LEASH.

EVENT Wednesday, January 13

Paul Ramirez Jonas in conversation with Kendal Henry:

A Virtual Event

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Image of several performers standing on a stage with a black background. Two women stand on the right singing into two microphones, while five men dressed in teh same t-shirt stand in a row facing them.

EVENT Wednesday, January 20

JustUs: Stories from the Frontlines of the Criminal Justice System with Spirit of Grace

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A red newspaper vending machine repurposed into a little library in an outdoor space. It reads LLiLL FREE PRESS. Two pamphlets are visible. “WAR ON PATRIARCHY, WAR ON THE DEATH TECHNOLOGY,” reads the first. The other reads “LEFTIST LEAFLETS IN LITTLE LIBRARIES.”

EVENT Wednesday, January 27

Agents and ’artners Peter Miles Bergman and Heather Link-Bergman:

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A close up shot of seven colorful worn books stacked ontop of eachother. The background is blurred and indistinguishable.

EVENT Wednesday, February 3

MCA Denver Teens in conversation about the state of the education system:

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Four young women of different racial backgrounds surround a fern in an indoor space. They are dressed colorfully while donning avante garde makeup. They are posed in front of a hand painted background with imagery of plants and zodiac symbols while two of them look at iPads.

EVENT Wednesday, February 10

The Council, militancy and mourning:

Conversation and collective writing exercise with artist and pedagogue Adelita Husni-Bey and writer Amalle Dublon

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