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
Sep 12–28: 9th Annual Square Foot Sale and Fundraiser
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–5 pm, Sat: 10am–4pm
May 20–Sep 27: 1 Idea x 2 Objects x 8 Histories
May 27–Dec 20: Dear Old Coat: Sentiment, Stewardship, Sustainability
Sep 18, 2025–Mar 14, 2026: Thanks! It Has Pockets (Opening reception: Sep 18, 6–7:30pm)
Oct 7–Dec 20: Deck the Hall: Julie Rieken’s Art Stockings (Stocking workshop: Nov 8, 10am–1pm)
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
Oct: Waters & Water (Opening reception: Oct 3, 5–8)
Center for Creativity, 200 Mathews St, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-416-2069, Wed–Sun: 12–6pm
Sep 3–7: Vivian Lynn; Karen Spotts: Northern Colorado Artist Fall Show
Sep 10–14: Natasha Ruby: From the Mud, Wildflowers
Sep 10–28: Hispanic & Mexican Early Baseball Players
Sep 17–21: Roxanna
Sep 24–28: Brita LaTona
Oct 1–12: Mike S. Ryan: Colorado Sketchbook; Michael J. Ryan: paintings for the end of everything
Oct 15–26: Fort Collins Studio Tour Exhibition
Oct 29–Nov 2: Patti Smith: SAINT Volunteer Transportation
Nov 5–9: Johnny Plastini and Robert DiGrappa: Tree Ring Circus; Grace Payne
Nov 12–16: Hazel Shelton; Gil Whitley
Nov 19–23: Claire Havenhill; Tess Baur
Dec 3–7: Diane Edwards; Margueritte Meier
Dec 10–14: Sophia Galier and Cassidy Schaub
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 Events Center, 225 W Oak St, Fort Collins, CO 80521, Tue, Wed, Sat: 2–6pm, First Fri: 6–9pm
Sep 6–Nov 15: Liz Ortiz: We Were Never Meant to Disappear (Mid-reception + Artist Talk/Community Dialogue: Oct 10, 6–9pm; Closing reception: Nov 15, 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
Aug 27–Dec 12: Here & Now: Recent Work by the Department of Art & Art History; Collection Connections: Visiting Artists
Feb 7, 2026, 6–8pm: Visualize: GAMA Glam: annual fundraising gala
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
Oct 17, 2025–Jan 30, 2026: In the making: 50 years in the Visual Arts Building (Opening reception: Oct 17, 4:30–7pm)
Mar 5–May 4, 2026: Hatton Gallery Art & Technology Program: Immersive Artworks across Art, Science, and Technology
May 15–Aug 15, 2026: BFA Exhibition
The Lincoln Center Art Gallery, 417 W Magnolia, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 970-416-2737, Wed, Fri: 1–6pm
Lincoln Gallery, 429 N Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-663-2407, Tue–Sat: 12–6pm
Sep 12–Oct 2: Regional Fine Art Show (Opening reception: Sep 12, 7–9pm)
Oct 11–12, 18–19: STUDIO TOUR
Lory Student Center's Curfman, Duhesa, and Hallery Galleries, 1101 Center Ave Mall, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 970-491-2810, Mon–Fri: 10am–7pm, Sat: 12pm–6pm
Jan–Oct: Mallery Quetawki: Science is in the HeART (Duhesa 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
May 9–Sep 13: Gary Emrich: Firewater Suite
Jun 13–Oct 11: Chris Wanner: Clay Prints
Jun 13–Oct 18: 100 Years of Power
Jun 27–Sep 20: Rosetta: Animal Artistry, A 40-Year Journey
Aug 16–Sep 27: Sean Brubaker: Centennial Cemeteries
Sep 27, 2025–Feb 14, 2026: Designing the Ride: The Environment's Influence
on Skateboard Design
Oct 10–Nov 29: Loveland Art Studio Tour
Oct 11, 6–9pm: Trash Fashion Show
Oct 4, 2025–Jan 10, 2026: The Experimental Frontier (Public Reception:
Oct 10: 6–8pm) (Curator talk: Oct 4, 1–2pm)
Oct 25, 2025–Apr 4, 2026: Focus Reframed: A Personal Return to
Photography, Presence, and Place
Nov 14, 2025–Feb 14, 2026: V for Vegetables
Dec 6, 2025–Apr 4, 2026: Look Again: Portraits of Daring Women
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
Aug 25–Sep 15: Roots & Routes: Artists Works by UNC Alumni
Sep 29–Nov 5: Soft Power
Nov 13–Dec 4: UNC Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Feb 2–Mar 4, 2026: The Genteel Revolutionary: Ellamaria Foley-Ray
Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Guggenheim Hall, Room 100, 1781-1799 8th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, Mon–Fri: 11am–4pm and by appt
Sep 3–Oct 10: Hypernatural: Steve Snell
Oct 20–Nov 20: Gloop and Droop: Lucia Calderon Arrieta
Jan 20–Feb 26, 2026: Calista Lyons
Morgan Library, 1201 Meridian Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521, every day: 9am–5pm
May 8, 2025–May 16, 2026: Bianca Glinksas: Feminism as Ancestry: Poetry Broadside to the Friedman Feminist Collection
Sep 1–Dec 21: Homage to 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
Jun 27–Sep 14: Beyond Resilience (curator: Hamidah Glasgow); Shawn Bush: Angle of Draw; Justin A. Carney: When All is Said and When All is Done
Oct 3, 2025–Jan 4, 2026: Indigenous Voices: A Contemporary Art Exhibition (curator: Gregg Deal)
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 8–Oct 16: Dylan Collins: Character Generator
Oct 22–Nov 21: Erin Wohletz: Systematic
Feb 2–Mar 6, 2026: Rachel Linneman: grit & gristle
Petrichor Collective, 131 E Lincoln Ave, Ste. C, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-235-2004, Wed: 6–9pm, and by appt
Sep 29–Nov 1: Grace Hoag: Somatic Memory (Opening reception: Oct 3, 6–9pm)
3 Square Art Gallery, 2415 Donella Ct, Ste 110, Ft Collins, CO 80524, 970-388-1969, Thu–Sun: 1–5pm
Sep 5–Oct 17: Master of Light: Plein Air 25
Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, 651 10th Ave, Greeley, CO, 80631, 970-350-9450, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 9am–2pm
Valhall Arts, 916 Woodford Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 303-589-7372, Summer: by appt only; Fall, starting Sep 5: First Fridays: 4–7pm or by appt or chance
May 30–Nov 7: Laura Cofrin: Wet Plate Collodion Photography
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
Opening Aug 29: No Now: Northwest Perspectives (Room K102A) (curators: after / time and creative_research_lab)
Sep 2–Oct 7: Justin Carney: Full of Dreams (Directions Gallery) (Artist talk: Sep 5, 4:30-5:30pm, F101, Opening reception: Sep 5, 5:30–7pm)
Oct 17–Nov 21: Scholarship Recipients’ Exhibition (Directions Gallery) (Opening reception: Oct 17, 4:30–7pm
Jan 28–Mar 4, 2026: Susan Sternlieb: A Neighborhood for Tough Times (Directions Gallery) (curator: Kim Ferrer)
Mar 12–Apr 22, 2026: Eleanor Sabin: Bewilder Bewilder (Directions Gallery)
May 15–Aug 15, 2026: BFA Exhibition (Directions Gallery)
Wilderness Art Quarry, 4412 W Eisenhower Blvd, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-599-4911
Aug 31–Sep 14: First Annual Plein Air Contest and Festival
Wolverine Farm Publick House, 316 Willow St, Fort Collins, CO 80524, 970-297-7632, Mon–Sat: 8am–9pm, Sun: 10am–6pm
Opening Aug 1: Rebellion: Allie Ogg and Chelsea Gilmore