Rino Mural Program News Today

Over the past few weeks, three indigenous artists have created murals in the parking lot of Denver Central Market in Denver’s River North (RiNo) Art District. These murals are a part of the RiNo Mural Program and tell the contemporary story of Native Americans in Colorado.

April 18 through October 18 in Lakewood; through April 22, 2024, in Arvada COVID restrictions have at least one silver lining: an abundance of outdoor exhibitions, which offer a fresh take on the pastime of viewing art, as well as the nature of the art on display. LandMark, a temporary display curated by artists Anna Kaye and Kalliopi Monoyios, spreads out with sculptures and installations through a series of public parks in Arvada and Lakewood. The Lakewood spread debuts on April 18, while...

The nonprofit River North Art District, founded in 2005, and the nonprofit street-art festival Crush Walls, founded in 2010, were virtually synonymous for a few years, married by contract and constantly collaborating. Even as artists complained about being gentrified out of RiNo and the surrounding neighborhoods involved with the district, the graffiti and murals multiplying on the walls every year ensured that the area’s reputation as an art hub kept growing. Along the way, founder Robin �...

Babe Walls, one of the latest additions to the booming Front Range mural scene, will return for its second year in 2021, spotlighting 26 artists working on more than a dozen murals. The 2020 edition, which was bumped by COVID-19 regulations and ultimately took place in Westminster in August, showcased multiple murals by women and nonbinary artists painting on an apartment complex. This year, the four-day festival will take over Ralston Creek Trail in the City of Arvada from July 15 through July...

March 11 through July 24 Vicki Myhren Gallery, School of Art & Art History, University of Denver, 2121 East Asbury Avenue March 11 through May 2 Virtual Gallery Program: Wednesday, April 7, 5:30 p.m., link TBD The Space(s) Between Exhibition, a large-scale collaboration between the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art and the University of Denver’s Vicki Myhren Gallery is a blockbuster in sections, roving from galleries on both campuses beginning in Marc...