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.
A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art and Kuehl Fine Art, 150 E Main St, Trinidad, CO 81082, 719-846-4224, Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm
Dec 1, 2023-May 30, 2024: Corn Mothers (Mitchell Museum)
Mar 1-May 31: Uncommon Collective: A Printmaking Summit (curators: Johanna Mueller and Jennifer Ghormley) (Mitchell Museum)
Apr 5-27: Carlin Bear Don't Walk (Kuehl Fine Art)
May 3-Jun 1: Jaycee Beyale (Kuehl Fine Art)
Jun 7-Jul 30: Character in Context: The Largest Illustration Exhibition in Colorado History (Mitchell Museum)
Jun 7-29: Colleen Tully (Kuehl Fine Art)
Jul 5-27: Scott Santee and Alex Pangburn (Kuehl Fine Art)
Aug 2-Sep 30: Cowgirl Artists of America Presents: Women's Work (Mitchell Museum); Cody Kuehl (Kuehl Fine Art)
Sep 6-28: Arna Miller (Kuehl Fine Art)
Oct 4-26: Shawn Harris (Kuehl Fine Art)
Oct 4-Dec 31: Resonance (Mitchell Museum)
Nov 1-30: Rob Bell (Kuehl Fine Art)
Dec 6-27: Group Exhibition curated by Valerie Savarie (Kuehl Fine Art)
Auric Gallery, 125 E Boulder St, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-464-5880, Wed-Sat: 12-5pm and by appt
Apr 5-27: Lori DiPasquale, Shannon Dunn, Brett Fox, Nichole Montanez, and Deb Prewitt
May 3-Jun 1: Bill Burgess (Retrospective), Skylar Call, Abigail Kreuser, Jes Moran, and Jonathan Nishimoto
Jun 7-29: Ben Bires, Lelia Davis, Kristopher Orr, Gaby Oshiro, and Meghan Wilbar & Judith Marie
Jul 5-26: Karen Khoury, Lindsay Goss, Robert Lococo, Sean O'Meallie, and Shannon Mello & Tyler Hays
Aug 2-30: Anonymous: A Group Exhibition, Heather Oeklaus, Nancy Roach, Tara Kelley-Cruz
Sep 6-27: Fiber Exhibition, Jean Gumpper, Judith Marie, Margaret Kasahara, and Pam Holnback
Oct 4-25: April Lavely Robinson, Clark Valentine, Karen Mosbacher, Mandy Hansen, and Su Kaiden Cho
Blo Back Gallery, 131 Spring St, Pueblo, CO 81003, 970-749-1211, Tues-Sat: 12-5pm and by appt
Apr 5-26: Deadhand: Absolution (Original Gallery); Eugene Schilling, Nora McBride, Anthony Guntren, Richard Ingersol, Henry Blount, and James Fuller present Celery Jam: A Rocky Mountain Pop Surrealist Experience (Big Blo Gallery)
May 3-31: Wilbar Studios: 44/80 (Original Gallery); Bob Marsh; Tom Latka: Fragile Reflections (Big Blo Gallery)
Jun 7-28: Ashley Martin: Mindscape Melodies; Michelle Lopez (Original Gallery); Gloria Countryman: Unrestrained Spaces; Ludel Walter (Big Blo Gallery)
Jul 5-26: Vincent Fink (Original Gallery); Truth Show and Group Exhibition (Big Blo Gallery)
Aug 2-30: Christine Rose Curry: Petrochemical Garden ( Original Gallery); Kimberly Sewell: Good News, Your Labs are Normal!, Jeffry Moore and Adam Toksoz (Big Blo Gallery)
Sep 6-27: Jim Richerson: A Host of "if's" & Losing My Marbles (Original Gallery); Tom Taylor: Flashback: Vintage Tom Taylor Posters and Prints (Big Blo Gallery)
Oct 4-25: Bob Benvenuto (Original Gallery); Ginna Pollock; Jeff Madeen; Barrett Skul (Big Blo Gallery)
Nov 1-29: Helen Eberhardie Dunn (Big Blo Gallery)
Dec 6-27: L Savas Razo (Original Gallery). Holiday Show (Big Blo Gallery)
The Bridge Gallery and The Commons Gallery, 218 W Colorado Ave, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-629-7055, Sat: 12-3pm
Apr 5-27: Assemblage
May 3-Jun 1: Clay
Jun 7-29: Encaustic
Jul 5-27: Clyde Tullis and Sandy Kinney (Bridge and Commons Galleries)
Aug 2-31: Fairytale Diorama
Sep 6-28: Toni George
Oct 4-26: Darla Slee (Bridge Gallery); Charlie Knoeckel (Commons Gallery)
Coburn Gallery, Colorado College Worner Campus Center, 902 N Cascade Ave, CO Springs, CO 80903, Mon-Fri: 12-4pm
Apr 24-May 19: José Santiago Pérez: SHINE/SHRINK (Gallery Talks: May 3, 6pm and May 17, 3pm)
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 30 W Dale St, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-634-5581, Wed, Thu, Sat: 10am-5pm, Fri: 10am-8pm
Feb 2-Jul 6: Clarence Shivers: Experimenting with Form
Mar 1-Jul 27: Hương Ngô: Ungrafting
Ongoing: Art of the Southwest
Ongoing: O Beautiful! Shifting Landscapes of the Pikes Peak Region
Ongoing: Permanent Collection
Commons @ Space to Create, 218 W Main St, Trinidad, CO, 81082, 719-422-8074, Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm
Jun 21-Jul 28: Mountains, Plains & Canyons and 6,000 Circles (in collaboration with Women's Caucus for Art Colorado Chapter)
Aug-Oct: Scenic Byways Photography Exhibition
Corazon Gallery, 149 E Main St, Trinidad, CO 81082, 719-846-0207, Nov-Apr: Wed-Mon: 11am-4pm, May-Oct: 10am-5pm
Apr 5-30: Frank Policiano
May 3-31: Cyenda Stormant: Debut
Jun 7-30: Circle: Juried Exhibition
Jul 5-31: Lynette Bourdo
Sep 6-30: Black and White: Juried Exhibition
Oct 4-31: Mask: Juried Exhibition
Nov 1-30: Nessa Meadows
Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E Colorado Ave, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-520-1899, Tues-Thurs: 10am-6pm, Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat: 10am-2pm
Apr 5-27: Tempest
May 3-25: Kelli Bradley: Snapshots; Samantha Disney-Saxton: Functionally Scattered
Jun 7-29: Charting Waters: Juried Exhibition
Jul 5-27: Ghost in the Machine
Aug 2-31: Atomic Age: Juried Exhibition
Sep 6-28: Now in Session: A Cottonwood Student and Instructor Exhibition
Oct 4-26: Bump in the Night
Nov 1-23: Juan D. Morales; Max Settlage
Dec 6-21: Day Glo: Juried Exhibition
Disruptor Gallery at Shutter & Strum, 2217 E Platte Ave, CO Springs, CO 80903, Fri: 12pm-4pm, Sat: 11am-4pm, Sun: 12pm-4pm, and First Fridays: 5pm-9pm
Apr 5-27: Jonah J. Brock: Affliction
May 3-Jun 1: Kate Hertz: Voracious; Emily Solomon: The Story; Colorado Early Colleges: M is for Music
Jun 7-29: LBGTQ+ Artists for Pride Month; Sydney Wilkerson
Jul 5-28: John Larson and Jeremy Witherman
Aug 2-31: Shannon Palmer (Deadhandart) and Michael Steven Ortiz
Sep 6-29: Devon Bently
Oct 4-27: Caleb Butcher
East Street School, 210 East Street, Trinidad, CO, 81082, Tues, Thurs: 12-4pm, Sat: by appt.
Apr 24-May 25: Of Course, Of Course: Group Exhibition (Opening reception: Apr 27, 4-8pm)
El Pueblo History Museum, 301 N Union Ave, Pueblo, CO, 81003, 719-583-0453, Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm
Sep 9, 2023-Nov 23, 2024: Somos Agua (We Are Water)
Gallery 101, Colorado State University Pueblo Fine Art Gallery, 220 Bonforte Blvd, Pueblo, CO 81001, 719-549-2835, Mon-Fri: 10am-4:30pm
Apr 29-May 12: Senior Art Exhibition
GOCA: Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art @ Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada Ave, CO Springs, CO 80918, 719-255-3232, Thurs-Sat: 1-6pm
2008-present: Art Without Limits (outdoor exhibit on view all hours)
Jan 3-Jul 10, 12-1pm: Wellness Wednesdays
Apr 12-May 11: Sonder: 2024 Visual and Performing Arts Senior Exhibition
Apr 25-29: VAPA Fest 2024
Apr 24-May 11: Dreadful Lucidity: 2024 VAPA Fest Student Exhibition (GOCA Project Space)
Apr 26, 2:30–3:45pm: Weird & Wonderful: A Site-Specific Performance by UCCS Dance Composition II Students (at the Ent Center for the Arts)
Jun 27-Jul 20: Paul Kenneth: Dog & Pony (GOCA Project Space)
Jul 11-Oct 5: We Are the Sky: A GOCA Collaboratory
Aug 8-Sep 21: James Tapscott (GOCA Project Space)
Oct 24-Nov 30: F.E.A.R.S. Exhibition with Jenny Irene Miller (GOCA Project Space)
Liminal Space Gallery at the Pueblo Arts Alliance, 107 S Grand Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, 719-242-6652, Mon-Fri: 12-4pm, Sat: 10am-1pm
Apr 5-27: Raised by Wolves: Square Exhibition
May 3-31: Jenna Maynes and Piper Murphy
Jun 7-28: Graffiti Expo with Mad Fresh Productions
Jul 5-26: Prison Exhibition (Opening reception: Jul 5, 5-8pm)
Aug 2-30: Amber Streed (Opening reception: Aug 2, 5-8pm)
Sep 6-27: Linda Lazzarini: Portrait Collection (Opening reception: Sep 6, 5-8pm)
Oct 4-25: Chuck McGee (Opening reception: Oct 4, 5-8pm)
The Look Up Gallery, 11 E Bijou St, CO Springs, CO, 80903 (Inside Yobel), currently closed
Manitou Art Center Hagnauer Gallery, 513/515 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829, 719-685-1861, Tues-Thurs: 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-5pm
Apr 5-27: Wunderkind
May 3-28: Kevin Johnson: Enlightened Spirits
Jul 5-27: Steffany Butts-Boucher
Aug 2-31: Don Goede
Oct 4-26: Barbara Foster
Nov 1-30: John Odlin
Dec 6-28: Studio Artist Show
Marketplace Gallery, 149 E Main St, Trinidad, CO 81082, 719-846-8207, Wed: 10am-4pm, Thu-Sat: 11am-5pm, Sun: 11am-4pm
Mar 1-Apr 30: Rich Alford: 22 Friends Portraits
Apr 5-30: Debra Rae Daray: Hey, I’m Here
Sep 6-30: The Metal Work of Cori Buder
The Peake Gallery, inside Perk Downtown, 14 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, (719) 635-1600, Mon-Thu: 6 am-6 pm, Fri: 6 am-7 pm, Sat: 7 am-7 pm, Sun: 7 am-6 pm
Apr 5-Apr 27: Continuance Show: Sherri Gibson
Pikes Peak Arts Council, exhibitions at various venues:
Colorado Springs City Administration Building, 30 S Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, 719-385-5900, Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm
Apr 5-26: Heather Langton
May 3-31: Carmella Miller
Jun 7-28: Sophia Rose Chadez
Colorado Springs City Hall, 107 N Nevada Ave # 300, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-385-5986, Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm
Apr 5-26: Carmella Miller
May 3-31: Sophia Rose Chadez
Jun 7-28: Tricia Soderberg
East Library, 5550 N Union Blvd, CO Springs, CO 80918, Mon-Thu: 9am-8pm, Fri-Sat: 10am-6pm
May 3-31: Pikes Peak Arts Council Members Art Show
Salad or Bust, 8 E Bijou St, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-434-2313, Sat-Thu: 11am-3pm, Fri: 11am-8pm
Apr 5-27: Patricia Branna and Lorayne McGovern
May 3-31: Ania Milo and Aatika Rehman
Jun 7-29: Ekaterina Mashanova and Cat Everington
UCCS Downtown, 102 S Tejon St, Ste 105-A, CO Springs, CO 80903, 719-255-3994, Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm, Sat-Sun: 10am-8pm
Apr 5-28: D11 Schools
May 3-31: Fraternization Art Show Manifest
Jun 7-30: Pikes Peak Arts Council Pride Show
zoneFIVE, 1902 E. Boulder St., CO Springs, CO 80909, open first Fri: 5-8pm and during events, email info@zonefivecs.com to make an appt
Mar 1-Apr 30: Jim Howard: From the Bottom Up
Apr 5-27: Hedy DuCharme and Shirley Dale (upstairs)
May 3-31: Andrew Armstrong (upstairs)
Jun 7-29: Emily Smith and Ellen Nadeau (upstairs)
Pueblo Art Guild, 1500 N Santa Fe Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, 719-543-2455, Wed-Sun: 12-4pm
Mar 27-May 11: Animals & Nature Exhibition
May 15-Jun 29: Spring Exhibition
Pueblo City-County Libraries, 100 E Abriendo Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004, 719-562-5600, Mon-Thu: 9am-9pm, Fri-Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 1-5pm
Apr 1-30: Grace Hiltz : Acrylic Paintings (Lamb Branch); Knowing Your Garden Mini Exhibit (Giodone Branch); Carol Ausman (Rawlings Main Branch Hispanic Resource Gallery)
Apr 24-May 12: Pueblo District 60 Art Show (Rawlings Main Branch)
May 1-31: Sharon Ordman-Rodman (Lamb Branch); David Russell (Pueblo West Branch); Community Tiny Art Show (Greenhorn Valley Branch)
Jun 7-30: Debbie Duncan (Rawlings Main Branch)
Jul 5-28: Misti Hughes (Rawlings Main Branch)
Aug 2-Sep 1: Idea Con: Fandom Art (Rawlings Main Branch)
Sep 6-29: Chile and Frijoles (Rawlings Main Branch)
Pueblo Heritage Museum Art Gallery, 201 W B Street, Pueblo, Colorado 81003, (719) 295-1517, Tue-Sat: 10am-4pm
Apr 5-26: Bill LaMorris: Our Home—Western Images
Jun 7-29: Kimberly Sewell: Queer Fibers
Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, 210 N Santa Fe Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, 719-295-7200, Tues-Sat: 10am-4pm
Feb 2-Jun 29: In The Round: Sculptures and Textiles—Selections from the Francis King Collection
Feb 17-Apr 27: Photo Pensato 2024
Apr 5-May 25: Kirk Shiflett: Envisage Nature II ( Narratives of Nature)
May 3-Aug 3: Deb Bartos: light in the landscape
Jun 1-Aug 24: Branson Hands: New Portraits by T Branson
Jun 7, 2024-Jan 11, 2025: Portrait of Nature: Myriads of Gods: Nobuyuki Kobayashi and Masato Okazaki; Mieko Kaneshi: Duality; Margaret Kasahara: Rice | Ramen | Ruminations
Jul 16, 2024-Feb 11, 2025: The Taos Society Of Artists and Their Influence
Aug 30-Oct 12: The Doctor Abroad: The Photography of Carl Bartecchi
Oct 4-Nov 23: Art from the Loom: Celebrating 50 years of Handweaving in Pueblo
Dec 6-27: Own Your Own
Steel City Art Works Gallery, 216 S Union Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003, 719-542-6838, Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 12-4pm
Apr 1-30: Elissa Ball, Deb Howard, Irene Grissom, and Lori Hannan: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
May 1-31: Linda Cates, Michelle Lopez, Colleen Kuckleman, and Raymond McCoy: Our Town; Linda Cates, David Hayden, and Bob Zetnick: Down By The River (Back Room Gallery)
Jun 1-30: Lynette Green, Nancy Goodenough, Phyllis Gerken and Debra McCormack: Here Comes the Sun; Mo Keenan-Mason, Deb Howard, Debra McCormack, and Michelle Lopez: Fabulous Fun (Backroom Gallery)
Jul 1-31: Sheri Standridge and Frank Fry: Still Here After All These Years – 17 Year Anniversary Gala; Book Signing with Rebecca Nolting.
Aug 1-31: Irene Grissom, Rhonda Moreschini, Tom Ossner, and Miriam Quagliata: Rock, Metal & Pigment
Sep 1-30: Tom Carrigan, Ireme Grissom, Mo Keenan-Mason, and Neema Caughran: Spice Up Your Life/Annual Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival; Philip Rader: Monet in Time (Back Room Gallery)
Oct 1-31: Annican Hickman and Miriam Quagliata: Wizards of Aaaahs
Surface Gallery at The Sluice, 2752 W Colorado Ave, CO Springs, CO 80904, 719-359-6966, Wed-Thurs: 12-5pm, Fri-Sat: 11-5pm
Apr 5-27: Gail Nelson: The Tree Stories Project—An Eco Art Installation (Main Gallery); Melinda Briggs: Garden Amnesia
May 3-Jun 1: Diane Reeves: The Daily Marvel of the Commonplace (Main Gallery); Brie Varney: Linescapes (West Wall); Ben Bires (Sluice Box Gallery)
Jun 7-29: Lupita Carrasco: You Are Here (Main Gallery); Tish Lacy Reed (West Wall); Ben Bires (Sluice Box Gallery)
Jul 5-26: Claire Swinford (Main Gallery); Ryan Putnam Pikes Peak Pastel Society (West Wall); Aatika Rehman (Sluice Box Gallery)
Aug 2-30: Alix Garcia (Main Gallery); Sarah Wright (Front and West Wall); Nichole Montanez (Sluice Box Gallery)
Sep 6-27: Heidi Almosara (Main Gallery); Audrey Gray (West Wall); Pikes Peak Pastel Society (Sluice Box Gallery)
Oct 4-25: Caroline Clark and Allison Santa Maria (Main Gallery); Becca Day (West Wall)
Trinidad Carnegie Public Library, 202 N Animas St, Trinidad, CO 81082, 719-846-6841, Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 10am-4pm
Apr 1-30: Patrick Arguello: Paintings
May 1-31: Melonie Lanosga: Photographs
Jun 1-30: George Winnick
Jul 1-31: The Historic Trinidad Railroad Depot
Aug 1-30: Our Town—Usual and Unusual Photos of Trinidad: Teen Photography Contest Exhibition
True North Art Gallery, 31 E Bijou St, CO Springs, CO 80903, Tue-Sun: 11am-5pm, First Fridays: 11am-11pm
The Yard, coordinates: 38.847596,-104.799216, open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for viewing, or contact bkinsley@uccs.edu to make an appt
From Aug 1, 2021: Annette Isham: Venus: A Space to Hold (Note: this exhibition requires the use of a smartphone and the Popwalk app)