2024 Exhibitions

Patriarchosis

Patriarchosis, a term coined by Ann Roy, an American feminist, artist, and activist who lived in Mexico for over forty years, is the connective thread that brings together the works in this exhibition. Roy’s term refers to the mental impacts of patriarchal culture and its attendant abuses, oppressions, and repressions. By naming the condition, Roy believed both men and women can understand and repair its effects on society, relationships, power structures, and perceptions.Roy’s archive, including photograph...

Museum for Black Girls: "We CU: A Visual Celebration of Black Womanhood, Presence, and Connectedness"

On view February 10 – July 13, 2024Opening celebration February 9 from 4:30–6:30. Light refreshments will be served.Ìý This exhibition is presented by The Museum for Black Girls, directed by Charlie Billingsly and Von Ross. In their own words, Billingsly and Ross “explore the different ways that Black women are the foundation and blueprint [for the idea of home]…. The installation invites visitors to reflect on the profound impact Black women have had on shaping the concept of home, both as a physical space ...

Lush: Prolific Nature

On view mid July 27, 2023–June 2024.Drawn from the museum’s collections, Lush: Prolific Nature brings together artworks that picture the natural world. Dense botanicals and landscapes--both real and imagined--speak to the ways artists in different time periods and geographies have turned to nature to envision paradise, grapple with environmental change and describe interdependencies of our ecosystems.

(Art)work: Systems of Making

On view February 10 – March 22, 2024Opening celebration February 9 from 4:30 – 6:30. Light refreshments will be served.Ìý (Art)work: Systems of Making features artworks that offer different perspectives on labor and the workplace. Highlighted themes include, artist collaborations and networks of creation, the coding of labor according to gender and race, labor movements, and the connections between labor and nationalism.This exhibition was curated by CU graduate students Brittany Ashley, Brianna Autin, Kat B...

Spring 2024 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: Round 1

On view April 6–18.Artists in this round:Brianna Autin Erin Hyunhee Kang Dani Wasserman Elisa WolcottJoin us in celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Friday, April 5 from 4-6pm at the CU Art Museum! Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend this free reception.

Spring 2024 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: Round 2

On view April 27–May 11.Artists in this round: Noa Fodrie Aunna Moriarty Cody NortonNatalie ThedfordJoin us in celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Friday, April 26 from 4-6pm at the CU Art Museum! Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend this free reception.