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.
The Armory, 4775 13th St, Boulder, CO 80304, Mon–Fri: 10am–6pm, Sat: 10am–5pm, First Fri: 6–9pm
Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, 3080 Valmont Rd, Boulder, CO 80301, 720-379-5328, Mon–Sat: 10am–6pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Apr–May: Michelle Sepulveda
Jun: Jim Faulk
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
Jan 29–May 3: Yes &... (curators: Tobias Fike and Donald Fodness)
Mar 20–Jul 26: Margaret Galvin Johnson: Emergence (The Canyons Center Art Gallery at Frasier)
May 2: Spring Art Market
May 8, 5–9pm: ARTMIX: BMoCA fundraiser (ticketed event)
May 21–Sep 13: Tres Voces, Un Corazón (Opening reception: May 21, 6–8pm)
Jul 7–26: Summer Pop-Up Shop
Jul 11, 1–4pm: Eco-collage
Jul 11, 6–7:30pm: Los Lo Los: Live
Jul 18: Summer Art Market #1
Jul 25, 7pm: Syncopation
Aug 13, 6–7:30pm: Voces Exhibition-Inspired Poetry Reading
Aug 22: Summer Art Market #2
Aug 27, 6–7:30pm: A plague I call a heartbeat Performance
Sep 12, 6–7:30pm: Los Lo Los: Live
Sep 24, 2026–Jan 13 , 2027: Fall Exhibition (Opening reception: Sep 24)
Oct 26–Nov 1: Día de los Muertos Installation (Reception: Nov 1, 3–5pm)
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
Apr 3–May 25: The Bridge Show (Main Library, Arapahoe Ramp)
Apr 8–May 10: Boulder Valley School District 2026 Showcase (Main Library, Canyon Gallery)
Apr 29–Jul 27: If you don’t try, you can’t know if you can do it (Reynolds Library) (Meet the Artist: May 5–6, 1–4pm)
Jun 8–Jul 26: Experiments in Public Art: A Boulder Future (Main Library, Canyon Gallery)(Opening Reception: Jun 17 5–6:30 pm)
Jun 2–Aug 2: 150 Years of Boulder (Main Library, Arapahoe Ramp)
Jul 29–Oct 26: Bright Eyes, Dark Skies (Reynolds Library)
Jul 31–Sep 27: Romanian Folk Arts (Main Library, Canyon Gallery)
Aug 4–Oct 29: Ashes in the Wild (Meadows Library)
Aug 5–Sep 28: Boulder Arts Association presents ReCreate (Main Library, Arapahoe Ramp)
Oct 1–Nov 30: Open Studios 30th Retrospective (Main Library, Canyon Gallery) (Opening Reception: Sep 30, 5–6:30pm; Open Studios: Oct 2–18)
Oct 1–Nov 27: A Colorado Childhood (Main Library, Arapahoe Ramp)
B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance, University of Colorado Boulder, Roser ATLAS Center, 1125 18th St 320 UCB, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-735-4577, open during events
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
May 14–Jul 12: Black Futures: Excellence Beneath My Feet Lives Within My Bones
The Crowd Collective, 4939 N Broadway, Unit 58, Boulder, CO 80304, First Fri: 6–9pm (Mar–Dec) and by appt
Apr 3–May 1: Westward Daydream: Brent Collin Bishop
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-440-7826, daily: 12–6pm
Apr 2–May 3: Boulder Valley School District High School Art Show
May 15–Aug 2: Set the Table: The Art of Nourishment
Aug 14–Nov 1: Off the Page: Language as Material
Nov 13, 2025–Jan 2027: The Human Animal: On Kinship and Coexistence
East Window, 4550 Broadway, Ste C-3B2, Boulder, CO 80304, Wed–Fri: 4:30–7:30pm, Sat: by appt, info@eastwindow.org
Ongoing: Yumi Janairo Roth: Effigy 1462 (Offsite; details: info@eastwindow.org)
Nov 5, 2025–Apr 30, 2027: Steven Frost: Naughty Drawers (Bathroom Gallery)
Jan 2–Jun 30: Anna Tsouhlarakis: Edges of the Ephemeral (Window Gallery)
Feb 1–Aug 31: Melody Melamed: Shangri-la (Patio Gallery)
Jul 2–Dec 27: Yvens Alex Saintil: Ain’t Nobody Coming To Save Us Y’all (Window Gallery)
May 7–Jul 31: Marco Corvo: PISSED (Reception: May 7, 7–9pm) (Bathroom Gallery)
May 8–Jun 26: Julie Vandenoever: Being Grayson (Main Gallery) (Reception: May 8, 6–8pm)
Jul 2–31: Todd Berger / Lucian Föhr (Main Gallery) (Reception: Jul 2, 7–9pm)
Aug 6–Oct 21: Ruins: Performing Queer History (curator: Nathan Storey) (Main Gallery) (Reception: Aug 6, 7–9pm; Artist Talk: Aug 8, 7-9pm)
Sep 4, 2026–Feb 28, 2027: Nate Lemuel: Land and Love (Patio Gallery)
Oct 9, 7–9pm : East Window Journal of Written and Visual Arts Launch (Main Gallery)
Oct 24, 7-9pm: Ingestion Transformer by Kevin Hoth (Main Gallery)
Eldorado Springs Art Center, 8 Chesbro Way, Eldorado Springs, CO 80025, 303-378-0454, galleries open by appt, grounds open daily 10am–6pm
Firehouse Art Center, 667 4th Ave, Longmont, CO 80501, 303-651-2787, Wed–Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 24–May 10: Deborah Kelley, Nicola Stefano, and Stella Todd (South Gallery)
May 8–Jul 12: Britni Mara: The Reckoning (Main Gallery)
Frasier Meadows The Canyons Center, 350 Ponca Pl, Boulder, CO 80303, 303-499-4888, Tue–Sun: 11am–5pm
Mar 20–Jul 26: Margaret Galvin Johnson: Emergence
Gallery @ the Bus Stop, 4895 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, hours online and for an appt, email: info@NoBoArtDistrict.org
May 1–22: Colorado South Asian Artists Group: Threaded Narratives
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 1–30: Paloma Jimenez: In No Particular Order (Opening reception: May 1, 5–8pm)
May 20, 6:30pm: Live Music at the Studio: Pete and Joan Wernick, bluegrass
May 22, 7–9pm: Have I Got a Story for You: Found Family: Queer/Trans Storytellers (Hosted by Aimee Herman)
Jun 5–30: Julie Rothschild and Liz Quan: Material Migration: Mixed Media Collaboration (Opening reception: Jun 5, 5–8pm)
Jun 17, 6:30pm: Live Music at the Studio; Olivia Roumel and Eric Luba, R&B, soul
Jul 3–31: ReSpark: Bringing Forgotten Objects Back to Light: Dan Sullivan, mixed media (Opening reception: Jul 3, 5–8pm)
Jul 24, 7–9pm: Have I Got a Story for You: Stories of Conceiving/Becoming a Parent: Queer/Trans Storytellers (Hosted by Aimee Herman)
Aug 7–Feb 28: Woven Evidence: Allyson McDuffie, fiber and mixed media (Opening reception: Aug 7, 5–8pm)
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, galleries currently closed for construction
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
Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce St, Louisville, CO 80027, 303-335-4849, Mon–Thu: 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun:1–5pm
Low Rider Gallery, 7507 Hygiene Rd, Longmont, CO 80503, 303-834-8007, Wed–Sun: 10am–5pm
Lyons Community Library, 451 4th Ave, Lyons, CO 80540, 303-823-5165, Mon–Thu: 10am–7pm, Fri: 10am–5pm, Sat: 10am–2pm
Apr 15–Jul 14: Reconstructing Perspectives: Kylee Covili and Jim Kearns
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 23–May 27: Onecho: Ancestral Echoes, Living Resistance
Mercury Framing, 4692 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, 303-938-0123, Mon–Fri: 10am–6pm and Sat: 10am–5pm
Messinger Gallery, Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave, Boulder, CO 80303, 303-998-1900, Mon–Fri: 9am–4pm
Mar 5–May 28: Ginger Knowlton
Jun 18–Aug 31: Brian Comber
Sep 10–Dec 1: Kristen Abbott
Muriel Sibell Wolle Art Gallery, St Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 2425 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-443-2503, Tue–Fri: 9:30am–2:00pm
Mar 8–May 3: Harry Schuessler
May 3–Jul 2: Lee Grest
Jul2–Sep 13: Kirk Fry
Sep 13–Nov 8: Carol Rasmussen
Nov 8, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: Donna Colville
Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-449-3464, Wed–Mon: 9am–5pm
Nov 14, 2025–Jul 26, 2026: Boulder EATS! Food Traditions Along the Front Range
Apr 24–Jul 5: Colorado’s People of the Sacred Land: Raelene Whiteshield, George Curtis Levi, Maxx W Lake, Chris Chavez, Sage Deal
Ongoing: Boulder Experience Gallery
Ongoing: Playzeum
Ongoing: 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: 11am–3pm; 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
The New Local, 741 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302, Tue–Sun: 10am–5pm; The New Local Annex, 713 Pearl St, Mon–Sat: 10am–5pm
Opening Apr 3: Women of the Living West
Nick Ryan Gallery, 1221 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 110, Boulder, CO, 80302, 303-918-4858, Tue–Sat: 11am–6pm and by appt
Apr 25–Jun 12: Galen Cheney: Brief Transit; Clark Derbes: Time Travelers
Jun 18–Aug 1: Claire McConaughy (Main Floor); Ky Anderson & Alex Skorija (Lower-Level Gallery)
Aug 8–Sep 19: Daniel Chen, Berger & Föhr
Sep 26–Nov 7: Debra Smith
NoBo Art Center, 4929 Broadway #E, Boulder, CO 80304, 303-523-1117, First Fri: 5–9pm and, for an appt, email: Galleries@NoBoArtDistrict.org
May 1–22: Mollie Jackson: Catharsis
NoBo on the Corner, 4600 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80304, 303-523-1117, First Fri: 6–9pm and, for an appt, email: info@NoBoArtDistrict.org
May 1–22: Collage Collective Community Art Show
Jun 5–26: Lydia Potoff
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
Opening Mar 6: Pamela Cuming: Joyful Journeys
Aug 1–29: Why Not Niwot?
Rare Visions Gallery, 455 College Ave, Boulder, CO, 80302, 303-489-8946, open by appt. Tue–Sat: 11am–5pm
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
Scribble Art Workshop, 2299 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-284-5281, Mon–Fri: 9am–6pm
Seidel City Contemporary Art Gallery, 3205 Longhorn Rd, Boulder, CO 80302, Fri–Sat: 11am–4pm and by appt
Opening May 15: Rio Rayne, Matt O’Neill, Natasha Mistry, and Daniel Strawn: Echoes in the Void: Works by Four Contemporary Abstract Painters (Opening reception: May 15, 6–9pm)
Space__Space, 7464 Arapahoe Rd, Ste 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
University of Colorado Art Museum, 1085 18th St, Boulder, CO 80309, 303-492-8300, Tue–Sat: 10am–4pm
Aug 5, 2025–May 2, 2026: Turn, Turn, Turn: Picturing Time at CUAM
Feb 6–May 2: Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder
Apr 18–May 2: MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ethan Cherry, Brionna Garcia, and Cal Young
Jul 7, 2026–Jun 2027: CU Collects: Collecting Art for a Creative Campus
Sep 3–Dec 12: Rhizome: Origins: The Artnauts 30th anniversary exhibition
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
University of Colorado Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St, Boulder, CO 80302, 303-492-6504, Mon–Sun: 7am–7pm