Welcome to DARIA: Denver Art Review, Inquiry, and Analysis, a publication devoted to art writing and criticism focused on the Denver-area visual art scene. DARIA seeks to promote diverse voices and artists while fostering critical dialogue around art.
Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 3080 Valmont Rd, Boulder, CO 80301, 720-379-5328, Mon–Sat: 10am–6pm, Sun: 12–5pm
May–Jun: Art Parts Staff Show
Jul–Aug: Dr. Eliu Hernandez
Sep–Oct: Mick Tresemer
Boulder County Arts Alliance, 2400 28th St #103, Boulder, CO 80301, 303-447-2422
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-443-2122, Tue–Sun: 11am–5pm
May 22–Sep 1: Divine Rest Nests: An Invitation (curator: Cristina Aguilar) (Opening reception: May 22, 6–8pm)
Jul 17, 6–7:30pm: Sacred Stillness: A Restorative Somatic Rest, Movement & Soundbath Experience
Jul 19, 9am–2pm: Summer Art Market
Jul 31, 6–7:30pm: Movimiento: Moving through a Healing Dance Experience
Sep 11, 2025–Jan 11 , 2026: MediaLive Fall Exhibition (Opening reception: Sep 11, 6–8pm)
Boulder Public Library Galleries, 1001 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-441-3100, Mon–Thu: 9am–7pm, Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
May 28–Jul 28: Echoes of Korea (Canyon Gallery, Main Library) (Opening reception: May 29, 5–6:30pm)
Jun 1–Jul 31: The Sensory Sculpture (Arapahoe Entrance, Main Library) (Special Event: Reefs of Time Book Release with Author Lisa Gardiner: Jun 10, 5–6:30 pm, Canyon Theater, Main Library)
Aug 3–Oct 31: The World Next Door (Reynolds Library) (Conversation with the artist: Oct 22, 6–7 pm)
Aug 4–Oct 24: A Cure for the Curious: WeeBees (Meadows Library)
Aug 5–Oct 29: Making Homelands: Tufting San Lazaro Lifeways (Main Library, Arapahoe Ramp)
Aug 9–Sep 30: UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming our Presence (Canyon Gallery, Main Library)
Oct 4–5: Ikenobo Ikebana Fall Show (Canyon Gallery, Main Library)
Oct 9–Nov 28: Dreams in the Smoke of Story: Frank Sampson & Caroline Douglas (Canyon Gallery, Main Library)
B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance, University of Colorado Boulder, Roser ATLAS Center, 1125 18th St 320 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, 303-735-4577
The Collective: Community Arts Center, 201 N Public Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026, 303-661-1261, Tue–Thu, Sat: 10am–5pm, Fri: 10am–7pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Mar 12–May 11: Black Futures: The Space Between Us
May 14–Jul 13: Lafayette Electronics Arts Festival Exhibit
The Crowd Collective, 4939 N Broadway, Unit 58, Boulder, CO 80304, First Fri: 6–9pm (Mar–Dec) and by appt
May 1–Jun 20: Kristen Ross: Sojourn
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-440-7826, daily: 12–6pm
Apr 3–May 11: Megan McCarthy (Locals Only Gallery)
Apr 4–May 4: Boulder Valley School District: PUNK Exhibition
May 16–Jun 29: GO WEST and Veronica Love (Locals Gallery)
Jul 11–Aug 31: Matter Over Mind
Sep 11–Nov 9: I am from Iran: Iranian Showcase
East Window, 4550 Broadway, Ste C-3B2, Boulder, CO 80304, Wed–Fri: 4:30–7:30pm, Sat: by appt, info@eastwindow.org
Mar 1–Jun 20: Amitis Motevalli (Main Gallery); Soloman Chiniquay & Jazzmin Whitford (Window Gallery); Jenna Hissong (Bath Gallery)
May 1–Aug 30: Benson Apah (Patio Gallery)
Jun 26–Aug 29: Artistic Freedom: Creating While Incarcerated: Paintings by Hector Castillo, Sonny Lee, and Mario Rios (Curated by Impact Arts) (Main Gallery) (Opening reception: Jun 26, 7–9pm; Closing reception and artists Zoom conversation: Aug 23, 12:30–3pm)
Jul 4, 2025–Ongoing: Effigy 1462 (Off site; details: info@eastwindow.org)
Jul 4–Oct 31: Roddy MacInnes (Window Gallery)
Aug 14, 7–9pm: Hanna Rose Shell and Candace Nunag
Film Screening (Main Gallery)
Sep 1, 2025–Jan 31, 2026: Stas Ginzburg (Patio Gallery)
Sep 5–Oct 31: Shadows Gather (Main Gallery) (Opening reception: Sep 5, 7–9pm; Performance–Shadows in person: Sep 20, 7–9pm)
Eldorado Springs Art Center, 8 Chesbro Way, Eldorado Springs, CO 80025, 303-378-0454, galleries open by appt, grounds open daily 10am–6pm
May 31–Jun 8: Pleinair Boulder Festival
Firehouse Art Center, 667 4th Ave, Longmont, CO 80501, 303-651-2787, Wed–Sun: 12–5pm
May 2–Jun 15: Lynden Cline and Jeff Leake (Main Gallery)
May 9–21: Vonalda Utterback and Patty Fabian (South Gallery)
May 23–Jun 4: Grace Gutierrez, Fred Diehl, Stephanie Murdock, Basia Christ (South Gallery) (Reception: Jun 1, 3–5pm)
Jun 6–18: Bob Looser, Michael Campbell and Michelle Sepulveda (South Gallery) (Reception: Jun 6, 6–8pm)
Jun 20–Aug 3: Katie Simmons and Madeline Sturm (Main Gallery) (Reception: Jul 11, 6–8pm)
Jul–Aug: Summer Artist in Residence (South Gallery)
Aug 8–Sep 7: Samantha Modder (Main Gallery) (Reception: Aug 8, 6–8pm)
Sep 12–Oct 5: Summer Artist in Residence (Main Gallery) (Reception: Sep 12, 6–8pm)
Oct: Catrinas on Parade: 2025 Dia de los Muertos Exhibit (South Gallery)
Oct 11–Nov 2: Dia de los Muertos Altars (Main Gallery) (Opens Oct 11, 11am during the Dia de los Muertos Celebration in Downtown Longmont)
Nov 7–Nov 30: Hangtime: Firehouse Artist Member Juried Show (Main Gallery)(Reception: Nov 14, 6–8pm)
Feb: Winter Artist In Residence (South Gallery)
Dec 5, 2025–Jan 4, 2026: FRCC Juried Student Show (Main Gallery)(Reception: Dec 5, 6–8pm)
Gallery @ the Bus Stop, 4895 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, Fri: 4–7pm, Sat: 1–5pm, Sun: 1–4pm, First Fri: 6–9pm
Groundworks Art Lab (Studio Arts Boulder), 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO 80301, 720-379-6033, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 12–5pm, Sun: 12–4pm
House of Serein, 103 Canyon Blvd, Boulder, CO 80302
Kin Studio and Gallery, 4725 16th St #104, Boulder, CO, 80304, 720-309-1992, Tue–Thu: 11am–3pm, Fri: 10–2pm, and by appt
May 2–Jun 27: Todd Edward Herman: New Works: Photography (Artist talk & NoBo member mixer: May 20, 5:30–7pm)
Jul 4–28: Ginger Knowlton: Angle of Repose: Paintings
Aug 1–29: Aidan Chopra: Bundle: Ceramics & Drawings
Sep 5–Dec 31: Allyson McDuffie: Camp: Queer Arts and Crafts and the Beauty of Imperfection: Sculpture & Mixed Media
Lafayette Public Library, 775 W Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026, 303-665-5200, Mon–Thu: 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun: 1–5pm
Lightwell Architecture, 198 2nd Ave, Ste 1A, Niwot, CO 80544, 303-763-0140, Mon–Fri: 8am–5pm
The Lincoln Gallery, Naropa University, 2130 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80301, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd, Longmont, CO 80501, 303-651-8374, Mon–Sat: 9am–5pm, Thu: 5–9pm, and Sun: 1–5pm
Feb 1–May 25: A Graphic Journey: Prints by Pablo Picasso
Louisville Center For The Arts, 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027, 303-335-4581, hours for each exhibition listed here
Louisville Historical Museum, 1001 Main St, Louisville, CO 80027, 303-335-4850, Tue: 10am–3pm, Wed: 1–6pm, Thu–Sat: 10am–3pm
Low Rider Gallery, 7507 Hygiene Rd, Longmont, CO 80503, 303-834-8007, Wed–Sun: 10am–5pm
Andrew J. Macky Gallery at Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado Boulder, 1595 Pleasant St, #104, Boulder, CO 80309, 303-492-8423, Mon afternoons, Tue, Thu: 10am–4pm, during performances, and by appt
Mar 10–May 19: Julia Wild
Mercury Framing, 4692 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, 303-938-0123, Mon–Fri: 10am–6pm and Sat: 10am–5pm
Apr 4–Jun 28: Theresa Haberkorn: Inklings of Nature
Jul 11–Sep 22: Laurel Miller
Messinger Gallery, Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave, Boulder, CO 80303, 303-998-1900, Mon–Fri: 9am–4pm
Mar 6–May 29: Triumphant Spirit
Jun 12–Sep 11: Artie Sandstone (Andy Sklawer)
Sep 18–Dec 4: Weaving Exhibition: Sara Goldenberg White, Julie Rothschild, & Camille McMurray
Dec 11, 2025–Feb 26, 2026: Jared Hankins
Muriel Sibell Wolle Art Gallery, St Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 2425 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-443-2503, Mon–Fri: 9:30am–1:30pm
Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-449-3464, Wed–Mon: 9am–5pm
Sep 29, 2023–Sep 2025: Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History
Mar 14–Sep 29: Bending the Arc: A Uniquely Boulder Story of LGBTQ+ Rights
Apr 25–Jun 29: Signs of the Times
Jul 11–Sep 27: The McGuckin Way: 70 Years as Boulder's Favorite Everything Store
Permanent Exhibition: Boulder Experience Gallery
Permanent Exhibition: Playzeum
Permanent Exhibition: Google Garage
Nalanda Campus Galleries, Naropa University, 6287 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80301, The Cube Gallery: Mon–Fri: 10am–5pm; The Nalanda Gallery: Mon–Fri: 10am–5:30pm; The Lounge Gallery: Mon–Fri: 10am–5:30pm
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Mesa Lab, 1850 Table Mesa Dr, Boulder, CO 80305, 303-497-1000, Mon–Fri: 8am–5pm, Sat–Sun: 9am–4pm, Art-Science Galleries, open year-round
May 9–Oct 8: Exploring Water Through Art
The New Local, 741 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302, Mon-Sat:10am-6pm, Sun: 11am-5pm, The New Local Annex, 713 Pearl St, Tue–Sat: 10am–5pm and Sun: 11am-5pm
Feb 1–Jul 31: Term V
Nick Ryan Gallery, 1221 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 110, Boulder, CO, 80302, 303-918-4858, Tue–Sat: 11am–6pm and by appt
Apr 24–Jun 7: John Gibson and Andrew Watel
Jun 12–Aug 2: Bob Knox
Aug 9–Sep 27: Group Exhibition: Galen Cheney, Lydia Farrell, Jodi Hays, Lisa Rock, Andy Ryan, Lucas Thomas
Oct 2–Nov 15: Emilio Lobato
Nov 20, 2025–Jan 10, 2026: Bruce Price
NoBo Art Center, 4929 Broadway #E, Boulder, CO 80304, 303-523-1117, First Fri: 5–9pm and, for an appt, email: Galleries@NoBoArtDistrict.org
Off Broadway Arts, Pine Street Church, 1237 Pine Street, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-442-6530, Sun: 9am–12pm, Mon–Thu: 10am–4pm
Open Studios Gallery, 3075 Pearl Parkway, Boulder, CO 80301, 303-444-1862, Wed–Sun: 11am–5pm
Osmosis Gallery, 290 Second Ave, Niwot, CO 80503, 303-652-2668, Mon–Fri: 10am–5pm, Sat: 11am–5pm, First Fri: 5–9pm
Jul 11–Sep 5: Why Not Niwot?: Juried Exhibition
Rare Visions Gallery, 455 College Ave, Boulder, CO, 80302, 303-489-8946, open days and hours listed below
The Paramita Gallery, 3285 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80301, Mon–Fri: 10am–5:30pm
Sanctuary Art Gallery, in the Sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-819-7404, Sun: 9–10am, 11:30am–12pm, and by appt
Seidel City Contemporary Art Gallery, 3205 Longhorn Rd, Boulder, CO 80302, Fri–Sat: 11am–4pm and by appt
Space__Space, 7464 Arapahoe Rd, Suite B3, Boulder, CO 80303, Thu–Sat: 12–4pm and by appt
St. Julien Hotel and Spa, 900 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, 720-406-9696, Sun–Sat: 9am–5pm
Nov 21, 2024–Jun 15, 2025: Will Day: Relentless
University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St, Boulder, CO 80309, 303-492-8300, Tue–Sat: 10am–4pm
Jan 14–May 27: Better Days
Feb 6–May 27: Hello Friend: Staff Favorites
Apr 5–17: MFA Round 1
Apr 25–May 10: MFA Round 2 (Opening reception: Apr 26, 4–6pm)
University of Colorado Earth Sciences and Map Library, Benson Earth Sciences Building, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, 303-492-6133, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm
Sep 13, 2024–Aug 2025: Topophilia
University of Colorado Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-492-6504, Mon–Sun: 7am–7pm