Christo’s Colorado Art
The artist Christo, known for his sweeping outdoor installations, passed away this week at age…
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Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959)….
Time Machine Tuesday: Katherine Craig, Colorado Educator
A few years ago, a couple dozen paintings of Colorado governors and other state officials…
The Murals of Allen True
If you’ve ever been inside the State Capitol, the Brown Palace Hotel, or the Telephone…
New Grant Opportunities
Grants Encourage Innovative Projects to Enhance the Lives of Young Children Caplan Foundation for Early…
State Capitol Tours
Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for…
Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado
During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices…
Herndon Davis, Colorado Artist
You’re probably familiar with the Face on the Barroom Floor, the mysterious portrait of a…
Navajo Textiles
One of the newer additions to our library collection is Navajo Textiles: The Crane Collection…
Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art
Petroglyphs in Mesa Verde National Park. If you are exploring the rural areas of western…
Time Machine Tuesday: Byers-Evans House Museum
Nestled between the looming structures of the Denver Art Museum is a hidden treasure, the…
Time Machine Tuesday: Creative Spaces
As housing prices go up and more and more people want to live in the…
Colorado Artists
Our library collection contains a number of biographies on Colorado fine artists. Titles of interest…
Denver Artist's Guild
One of History Colorado’s regional museums, the Byers-Evans House Museum, currently is holding an exhibit…
Art Exhibition Honoring the State Capitol Dome
Now that the restoration of the Capitol dome is complete, Colorado Creative Industries is celebrating the…
Colorado State Capitol Art and Memorials
Colorado’s State Capitol is filled with artworks, from murals by Allen Tupper True to stained…
Creative Districts
In 2011 the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation to allow for the establishment of Creative…
Colorado Art
Did you know that August is American Artist Appreciation Month? This celebration highlights the contributions…
Denver's Civic Center
Exciting news for Denver: Civic Center has been recommended by the U.S. Department of the…
Folk Arts in the Classroom
Attention teachers: as you probably know, one very meaningful way of teaching children the arts…