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.
Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, 310 N Railroad Ave, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-663-5555, Fri: 2–6pm, Sat–Sun: 11am–5pm, and by appt
May 8–Jun 21: In The Company of Artists
Jul 10–Aug 23: The Community gARTen Project (Opening reception: Jul 10, 6–9pm)
Sep 11–Oct 4: Annual Square Foot Fundraiser (Opening reception: Sep 11, 6–9pm)
Oct 9–Nov 1: TBD (Opening reception Oct 9, 6–9pm)
Oct 10, 11, 17, 18, 11am–5pm: Studio Tour
Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University, University Center for the Arts, 216 E Lake St, Ft Collins, CO 80523, 970-491-1983, Tue–Fri: 11am–5pm, Sat: 10am–4pm
Jan 27–Aug 1: The Fashion “Bug”: Insects In and On Our Cloth; Anchors Aweigh: Sailors’ Dress and American Women’s Fashion, 1900–Present
Aug 18–Dec 19: Kimono Matters: Materials, Making, and Meaning
Sep 3–Dec 19: Colorado Community Threads: Reflections on Place and People
The Bean Plant Studio, 701 7th Street, Greeley, CO, 80631, 970-396-7041, First Fri: 4–7pm or 5–8pm, during events, and by appt
Center for Creativity, 200 Mathews St, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-416-2069, Wed–Sun: 12–6pm
Jun 3–21: Annie Briggs and Steve Grant: Dinner in Slantland
Aug 5–7: Beyond the Data: A Science-Art Showcase
Center for Women’s and Gender Equity, University of Northern Colorado, Scott-Willcoxon Hall, 1915 10th Ave Greeley, CO 80631, 970-351-1492, Mon–Fri: 8am–5pm
Cornerstone Gallery at The Masonic Event Center, 225 W Oak St, Ft Collins, CO 80521, Fri: 5–9pm, Sat: 12–4pm
May 8–Jul 7: Dara Weyna and Jai Cochran: Shaped by the Land (Mid-reception: Jun 5, 6–9pm; Closing reception: Jul 7, 6–9pm)
Jul 10–Sep 5: Hannah Cross and Alex Reynolds (Opening reception: Jul 10, 6–9pm, Mid-reception: Aug 7, 6–9pm, Closing reception: Sep 5, 6–9pm)
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, 1400 Remington St, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-491-1989, Wed, Fri, Sat: 10am–6pm, Thu: 10am–7:30pm, Sun: 1–5pm
Feb 18–Aug 9: Meticulous (curator: Ella Ruppa)
Feb 25–Aug 9: Symmetry, Structure, Space: Mathematical Visions in Art (curator: Kristina Moen)
Apr 30–Aug 2: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2026
Jun 17–Aug 18: Unexpected Connections: Warhol Prints and Collection Portraits (curator: Linny Frickman)
Aug 27–Dec 13: Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing (co-curators: Sadie Williams and Andrea Lee Harris)
Sep 2–Dec 13: AfroBohemian Home: An Installation by Zsudayka Nzinga (curator: Louise Cutler)
Ongoing: CO/LAB: Selections by CSU Faculty, Staff, and Students
Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Visual Arts Building, 551 Pitkin St, Ft Collins, CO 80523, Mon–Fri: 10am–4pm
May 5–Aug 15: BFA Exhibition
The Lincoln Center Art Gallery, 417 W Magnolia, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 970-416-2737, Wed, Fri: 1–6pm
May 1–Jun 12: The Bright Side: Annie O’Brien Gonzales, Laura Merage, Tricia Soderberg, and Randy Steinke
Jun 26–Aug 28: 42nd Annual New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts
Lincoln Gallery, 429 N Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-663-2407, Tue–Sat: 12–6pm
May 8–Jun 4: National Fine Art Show
Sep 11–Oct 1: 2026 Regional Fine Art and Photography Show
Lory Student Center's Curfman, Duhesa, and Sideshow Galleries, 1101 Center Ave Mall, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 970-491-2810, Mon: 10am–7pm, Tue–Thu: 11am–7pm, Sat: 12pm–6pm
Apr 21–Oct 2026: Colleen Friday: Undiminished (Duhesa Gallery)
Mar 10–Jun 6: Daniela Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas and Tony Ortega: Hilo y Tierra: What We Share (Curfman Gallery)
May 4–Jul 31: Neha Thakurdesai and Aishwarya Puthran: Lines and Legacies (Sideshow Gallery)
Jun 16–Jul 24: Painted Notes (Curfman Gallery)
Loveland Museum, 503 N Lincoln Ave, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-962-2410, Tues, Wed, Fri: 10am–5pm, Thu: 10am–7pm, Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 12–4pm, second Fri: 10am–8pm
Feb 28–Jul 18: Gold Rush in Leadville
Mar 21–Aug 29: Sylvia Eichmann: Nests: A Trypophobian Nightmare (Mezzanine Gallery)
Apr 10–Aug 8: Michael Simms: Eye on Loveland (12 Ft of Wall Gallery)
Apr 25–Jun 6: Governor’s Art Show & Sale
Jun 26–Sep 12: Manga Dreams (Main Gallery)
Jul 10–Sep 26: Marquetry: Evolution of Art in Wood (Foote Gallery)
Jul 31–Nov 28: Connected by the Canyon: 50 Years Since the Big Thompson Flood (Dunning Gallery)
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, 1051 22nd St, Greeley, CO 80639, Mon–Fri: 10am–5pm, Sat: 10am–2pm, and by appt
May 18–Jun 18: UNC Masters Student Exhibition
Jul 15–Oct 15: Return of the Corn Mothers
Oct 26–Nov 21: UNC Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Guggenheim Hall, Room 100, 1781-1799 8th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, Mon–Fri: 11am–4pm and by appt
Aug 31–Oct 9: Hello, Hello, Baby: A Life with Phones (curator: Belle-Pilar Fleming)
Oct 19–Nov 20: Ana M. Lopez: Transfer Points
Morgan Library, Colorado State University, 1201 Meridian Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521, every day: 9am–5pm
Feb 9–Aug 15: On the Walls at CSU: Posters from the 1970s: Bob Coonts, John Sorbie, Phil Risbeck
Museum of Art Fort Collins, 201 S College Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-482-2787, Wed–Thu: 10am–5pm, Fri: 10am–7pm, Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 3–Jun 5: 22nd Annual Masks Fundraiser & Exhibition
Jun 26–Sep 13: Celebration of Colorado: A Juried Exhibition of Northern Colorado Artists (Main Galleries); Patrick Dunford: On the plains (curator: Dinghy Rig) (Peter D. Springberg, MD, Vault Gallery)
Oct 2, 2026–Jan 2, 2027: Art & Access: New Directions in Prints and Multiples (Main Gallery); Mircea Modreanu: The Burden of Atlas in the Twenty-First Century (curator: Dinghy Rig) (Peter D. Springberg, MD, Vault Gallery)
Nancy Richardson Design Center, Colorado State University, 522 W Lake St, Ft Collins, CO 80523, 970-495-4332, Mon–Fri: 10am–4pm
Oak Room Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Crabbe Hall, Room 201, Greeley, CO 80631, Mon–Fri: 11am–4pm and by appt
Sep 3–Oct 9: Margaret Bohls: Italian Studies
Oct 15–Nov 20: Shawn Bush: Land, Sea & Air
Petrichor Collective, 131 E Lincoln Ave, Ste. C, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-235-2004, Wed: 6–9pm, and by appt
3 Square Art Gallery, 2415 Donella Ct, Ste 110, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-388-1969, Thu–Sun: 1–5pm
Apr 24–Jun 5: New Horizons: Landscapes 26, 9th Annual Exhibition
Jun 19–Jul 25: CaRt26: Contemporary Art in Realism
Sep 12–Oct 16: COLOR 26
Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, 651 10th Ave, Greeley, CO, 80631, 970-350-9450, Mon–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 11am–5pm, Feb–Oct: First Fri: 5–8pm
Jun 5–26: Shapes and Figures: Aims Student Art Show (Opening reception: Jun 5, 5–8pm)
Jul 5–26: Arts Picnic Local Art Exhibition
Aug 7–28: Ruth Hamill
Sep 4–25: Lucinda Luvaas
Oct 2–23: Tatyana Hope
Nov 1–15: Dia De Los Muertos Art Exhibit
Nov 28–Dec 5, 2026: Festival of Trees Artist Market
Dec 11, 2026–Jan 29, 2027: City of Greeley Art Collective
Valhall Arts, 916 Woodford Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 303-589-7372, Summer: by appt only; Fall, starting Sep 5: First Fri: 4–7pm or by appt or chance
Vilona Studios, 890 E State Hwy 56, Berthoud, CO, 80513, 303-956-1993, by appt only
Visual Arts Building, Directions Gallery, Digital Performance Space, The Glass Box, Room K102A, and The Mini Gallery, Colorado State University, 551 W Pitkin St, Ft Collins, CO 80523, 970-491-6774, Mon–Fri: 10am–4pm
May 15–Aug 15: BFA Exhibition (Directions Gallery)
May 1–Jul 31: Gabby Long: Afterimage (curator: Dinghy Rig) (K102A Office, open by appt)
Wilderness Art Quarry, 4412 W Eisenhower Blvd, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-599-4911, Thu: 9am–5pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–7pm, Sun: 11am–4pm
Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow St, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-297-7632, Mon–Sat: 8am–9pm, Sun: 10am–6pm
Jun: Open and Closed Institute
Jul: Dead Pen Drawing Club Exhibition
Jul 18: Second Annual WonderCrawl
Aug: Nick Holland
Sep: Sweet Malarkey Riso Prints
Oct: Wolverine Group Show
Nov: The Work Beneath Artist Talk Series Group Exhibit
Dec: Jess Bean