Jarasun Yaqra’li-l-Mawt (Death Knell), 2010. Same Alshaibi.

Award-winning artist reframes war’s aftermath

May 10, 2021

CU Boulder alumna, Iraqi war refugee and artist Sama Alshaibi is one of the newest recipients of the prestigious Guggenheim fellowship.

Green center on linen

Artist highlights juncture of the familiar, the unknown

Feb. 2, 2021

Guggenheim-winning alum reflects on her career and time at CU Boulder.

Carrie Mae Weems  The Kitchen Table Series, 1990. Gelatin silver print. Oakland Museum

Critic, essayist aims to bridge the art divide

Dec. 16, 2020

Newest member of the art and art history faculty, a New York Times critic and essayist, hopes to forge a path between the creator and the analyst.

Native American art | Clash of the Titans Art Exhibit

Faculty member aims to help Native American art evolve

Sept. 11, 2020

New CU Boulder prof is challenging audiences’ expectations of Native American art.

Remixing Persona: An Imaginary Digital Media Object from the Onto-Tales of the Digital Afterlife

Remixing Persona: An Imaginary Digital Media Object from the Onto-Tales of the Digital Afterlife

April 2, 2020

Remixing Persona: An Imaginary Digital Media Object from the Onto-Tales of the Digital Afterlife

persuasion

Persuasion is focus of wide-ranging art exhibition

Feb. 5, 2020

‘I hope viewers see the possibilities for teaching and learning through an art museum on campus and how it can catalyze students’ academic experience,’ curator says.

aaron

Mountain art residency attracts participants like moths to a flame

Aug. 31, 2019

Grad student is first recipient of a residency program launched this summer to promote cross-disciplinary research between art and science.

painting of animals at a pond

At 91, once-skeptical art prof still paints in vibrant strokes

June 5, 2019

Thirty years after retirement, Frank Sampson is steadily creating work in his studio behind his home in Boulder; creating art is not just something he does—it’s part of his spiritual makeup.

portrait of a woman hugging her knees

As artist's skin turns white, her art ruminates on the meaning

June 3, 2019

CU Boulder student Jasmine Colgan’s body, life and art defy American migration narratives.

room with potted tree leaning toward lighted mirrors

Sculpture class opened a door to art, and alum went all in

May 1, 2019

Rebecca Vaughan didn’t go to college planning to become an artist, yet she’s a successful artist and leader of an art nonprofit.

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