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 Contained del Sol Studios, 3058 W 55th Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-331-8768, Mon-Fri: 8am-6pm, Sat: 12-4pm
ART Gallery at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W 6th Ave, Lakewood, CO, 80228, Mon-Thu: 7-9pm, Fri: 7-9pm, Sat: 10am-2pm
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003, 720-898-7200, Mon-Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Jan 16–Mar 30, 2025: Art of the State 2025
Arvada Public Library, 7525 W 57th Ave, Arvada, CO 80002, (303) 235-5275, Mon-Thu: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Beehive Salon and Gallery, 6720 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
BRDG Project, 3300 Tejon St, Denver, CO 80211, Thu: 1-6pm, Fri-Sat: 1-8pm, Sun: 1-5pm
Dec 7-29: DeMOCKracy; Circle
BuCu West Development Association, 4200 Morrison Rd, Unit 3, Denver, CO, 80219, 303-936-4302, Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm
Catalyst Gallery, 1342 Co Rd 65, Evergreen, CO 80439, Mon-Fri: 11am-5pm
Center for the Arts Evergreen, 31880 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen, CO 80439, 303-674-0056, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 10am-4pm
Jun 8, 2024–Jun 7, 2025: Evergreen Sculpture Walk
Dec 5, 2024–Jan 4, 2025: CAE Annual Member Exhibition
Jan 9–Feb 1, 2025: Four Corners: CAE Private Studio Collective
Feb 6–Mar 8, 2025: CAE Annual Teen Exhibition
CHAC (Chicano Humanities & Arts Council) Gallery, 7060 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-662-4800, Thu-Fri: 12-4pm, first Fri: 3-9pm, and by appt
Dec 6-22: Honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe and Tonantzin (curators: Rob and Tammy Yancey)
City of Lakewood Galleries, exhibitions at various venues:
Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 801 S Yarrow St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7850, Tue-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Feb 5, 2024–Mar 9, 2025: Engaging with History
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7845, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 9am-1pm
Sep 17, 2024–Jan 6, 2025: Lakewood Arts Council: Artists' Choice Show (Mezzanine Gallery); Collective Reflection: Honoring the Past, Present, and Future Community of the Lakewood Cultural Center (North Gallery)
CORE New Art Space, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Ste C, Lakewood, CO, 80214, 303-297-8428, Fri: 5-10pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm
Dec 6–22: Small Works Members Exhibition
Jan 3–19, 2025: TBA
Jan 24–Feb 9, 2025: TBA
Feb 14–Mar 2, 2025: Call for Entries Exhibition: Abstraction
Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Unit D-20, Denver, CO 80221, 303-458-4030, Mon-Thu: 7:30am-12am, Fri: 7:30am-5pm, Sat: 10:30am-5pm, Sun: 12-10pm
Nov–Dec: African Artifacts: Student Exhibition
EDGE Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-477-7173, Fri: 6-9pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm, and by appt
Dec 6–22: Cool Yule: Edge Members Group Show
Jan 3–19, 2025: Gail Wagner and Sara-Lou Klein
Jan 24–Feb 9, 2025: Nolan Tredway, Heather Hauptman, Jennifer Pettus, and Harita Patel
Feb 14–Mar 2, 2025: Randy Cummings, TBD
Mar 7–23, 2025: Months of Photography: Open Show + Members Photo Show
Mar 28–Apr 13, 2025: Alane Holsteen and Jason McKinsey
Edgewater Library, 1800 N Harlan St, Edgewater, CO 80214, 303-235-5275, Mon-Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri, Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Foothills Art Center, 1133 Arapahoe St, Golden, CO, 80401, 303-279-3922, Memorial Day-Dec 31: Mon-Sat: 10am-12pm, Sun: 12-5pm; Jan 1-Memorial Day: Mon: 10am-12pm, Thu-Sat: 10am-12pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Oct 5, 2024–Feb 2, 2025: Decomposing/Recomposing: Gayle Gerson, Jean Hultkrans, and Kirsty Saalfrank
Nov 23–Dec 29: 49th Annual Holiday Art Market
40 West Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-901-8240, Wed-Sun: 12-4pm, First Fri: 6-9pm
Dec 6–28: Red Rocks Community College
Jan 3–Feb 1, 2025: Perspective: Juried Exhibition
Feb 7–Mar 3, 2025: Colorado Art Awards Scholastics Partner Group Exhibition
Front Range Community College-Westminster Campus Visual Art Gallery, 3645 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031, 303-404-5390, Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-6pm
Jan 23–Feb 13, 2025: Annual Student Exhibition
Feb 27–Mar 20, 2025: Month of Photography Exhibition
The Furnace: A Glassworks, 8090 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-274-0643, Thu-Mon: 11am-5pm, Tue-Wed: by appt, First Fri: 11am-7pm(ish)
Genesis Gallery, at LUMC, 1390 Brentwood St, Lakewood, CO, 80226, 970-333-1409, Mon-Thu: 9am-1pm, Sat-Sun: 11am-1pm, first Fri: 5-8pm
Dec 4, 2024-Jan 4, 2025: Creating Sacred Spaces: Reconnecting to Identity & Culture (curators: Bianca Dominguez and Larysa Medina)
Golden History Museum, 923 10th St, Golden, CO 80401, 303-278-3557, Tue-Sat: 10am-4:30pm
Ongoing: We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels
Kanon Collective, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-946-4870, Fri: 6-9:30pm, Sat-Sun: 12-4pm
Dec 6–22: Small Works Holiday Show
Jan 3–Feb 2, 2025: Kanon Studio Sale
Feb 7–Mar 2, 2025: Googly Eyes for You
Lakewood Arts Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-980-0625, Wed-Sun: 12-5pm, Fri: 12-9pm
Nov 23–Dec 27: Holiday Gift Show; Jeanette Oxelson; Gene Barber
Jan 25–Feb 21, 2025: Art Supply Sale
Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W 20th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215, 303-235-5275, Mon-Thurs: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-5pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Ongoing: Outside In: Contemporary Landscapes
Lapis Gallery, 5455 W 38th Ave, Suite L, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80212, 303-480-5126
Memento Mori Gallery & Tattoo, 6451 W Colfax Ave, Ste B, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-974-5172, Tue-Sat: 12-7pm, First Fri: 5-9pm, First Sun Figure Drawing: 3:45-6pm
Dec 6–28: Greetings From Krampus 7
Jan 3–25, 2025: High Noon
Feb 7–28, 2025: Erotica
Mint & Serif, 1385 Carr Street, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-509-9908, Mon-Fri: 7am-3pm, First Fridays: 7am-10pm, Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm
Dec 6–31: Holiday Market
New Projects at The Vault, 3758 Osage St, Denver, CO 80211, by appt only
Nov 22, 2024-Mar 7, 2025: Draw the Line. Erase the Line.
NEXT Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-433-4933, Fri: 6-10pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm, opening receptions: 5-10pm
Dec 3–22: Winter Art Market
Dec 31, 2024–Jan 19, 2025: NEXT Members Show
Jan 22–Feb 19, 2025: Lisa Lee Adams: Stirrings; Susan Mc Neff-Skokan; Collaboration (NEXT Member Gallery)
Feb 10–Mar 2, 2025: Casa Bonita Show hosted by Betsy Rudolf
O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd (aka 50th Ave) Denver, CO 80221, 303-964-3634, Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm, Sat: 12-4pm
Pirate: Contemporary Art, 7130 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, pirateart3@gmail.com, Fri: 6-9pm, Sat-Sun: 12-5pm
Dec 19, 2024–Jan 5, 2025: Pirate Member Show
Jan 10–26, 2025: Stephanie Spindler; Edgar Dumas
Jan 31–Feb 16, 2025: Leo Franco; Jude Barton
Feb 21–Mar 9, 2025: Janine Thornton; Sophia Ericksen
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Rotunda Gallery, Rude Gallery, and Philip J. Steele Gallery, 1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, CO 80214, Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm
Dec 6, 2024-Jan 10, 2025: Fall 2024 Graduation Exhibition (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
Dec 6, 2024-Feb 14, 2025: Kira Medina: Through Rose-Tinted Glass: A Retrospective (Rude Gallery)
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 200 Violet St #140, Golden, CO 80401, 303-277-0377, Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm, Sun: 11am-4pm
Oct 21, 2024–Jan 18, 2025: English Paper Piecing 2024: Juried Quilt Challenge (Main Gallery); Studio Art Quilt Associates: SAQA Wild!
Jan 20-Apr 19, 2025: A Stellar Journey: Judy Martin Explores Star Quilts (Main Gallery); American Quilt Study Group: 19th Century Blues: lt's More Than lndigo (Northeast Gallery)
Ryan Joseph Gallery, 2647 W 38th Ave, Denver, CO 80211, currently closed
Tenn Street Coffee & Books, 4418 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212, 303-455-0279, Sun-Thurs: 7am-5pm, Fri-Sat: 7am-8pm
Nov 1–Dec 31: MudClub's Annual Ceramics Exhibition in tribute to Marie Gibbons
Jan 1–Feb 28, 2025: Amie Oakley: Mixed-Media Collage on Wood Panels
Mar 1–Apr 30, 2025: Dark Nature Designs: nature photography and dark art
Valkarie Gallery, 445 S Saulsbury St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 720-220-7587, Wed: 4-7pm, Thu: 4-9:30pm, Fri: 4-8:30pm, Sat: 12-6pm, Sun: 12-5pm
Dec 11, 2024–Jan 5, 2025: Josh Houska, Katelyn Padgett, David Perea, Andrew Philpott, Joe Oliver, and Asellia Wolf