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 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
Apr 30–Dec 19: imagiNation: Fashioning A Nation, 1776–2026 (Curators' tour: Oct 7, 4:30–5:30pm, Nov 7, 1:30–2:30pm)
Aug 18–Dec 19: Kimono Matters: Materiality and Making (Curator's tour: Nov 14, 12–1pm)
Sep 3–Dec 19: Colorado Community Threads: Reflections on Place and People
Sep 26, 3–4pm: Revolutionary Style with Chloe Chapin
Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5, 10am–3pm: Make and Mend (The Linda L. Carlson Classroom, Rm 157)
Oct 23, 5:30–6:30pm: Japanese Textile Techniques with Laura Wong
Oct 24, 10–11am: Kimono Dressing Demonstration with Laura Wong
The Bean Plant Studio, 701 7th St, 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
Sep 2–6: When Words Fail...We Are Driven To Abstraction: Karen Bailey, Jim Benest, Bob Coonts, Kate Dardine, Jeanne Grove, Victoria Kempf, Carol Schinkel, Jennifer Spencer, Bernadette Youngquist
Sep 4–Oct 4: Northern Colorado Artist Fall Show
Sep 9–13, 16–20: All Hands on Deck: LAUNCH SKATE
Sep 23–27: 55-year Retrospective Pottery Exhibit: TS Berger
Oct 14–19, 21–25: Studio Tour Preview Exhibition: City of Fort Collins - Visual Arts Department
Nov 11–15: We Are Water: Ryan Stover
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
Sep 25–Dec 12: All In with Deck of Art Fort Collins (Opening reception: Sep 25, 6–9pm; Closing reception: Dec 11, 6–9pm)
Jan 8–Feb 27, 2027: Micah Baird (Opening reception: Jan 8, 6–9pm; Closing reception: Feb 26, 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 19–Dec 13: Of a Feather: Avian Works of the Collection (Curators talk and reception: Oct 22, 5:30–7pm)
Aug 26–Dec 13: Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing (co-curators: Sadie Williams and Andrea Lee Harris) (For No Good Reason Documentary screening at CSU Campus Behavioral Science Building A101, Followed by a panel discussion: Oct 5, 7–9pm)
Sep 2–Dec 13: AfroBohemian Home: An Installation by Zsudayka Nzinga (curator: Louise Cutler) (Artist talk and reception: Sep 2, 5:30–8:30pm)
Sep 12, 10am–12pm: Family Day
Sep 18, 3–6pm: Small Batch Beer Release at Odell Brewery
Oct 8, 5–6pm: Music in the Museum: Alice by Heart (with CSU Theater students)
Oct 21, 2026–Mar 12, 2027: Handheld
Feb 6–May 23, 2027: Matthew Shlian: The Shape of Hidden Things
Feb 24–Jun 13, 2027: Creating Conversations: Exploring a Recent Acquisition
Feb 24–Aug 8, 2027: Assemblage & Collage from the Permanent Collection
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
The Lincoln Center Art Gallery, 417 W Magnolia, Ft Collins, CO 80521, 970-416-2737, Wed, Fri: 1–6pm
Sep 11–Nov 20: Beyond the Box: Celebrating 20 Years of the Transformer Cabinet Mural Project
Lincoln Gallery, 429 N Lincoln Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-663-2407, Tue–Sat: 12–6pm
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: Colleen Friday: Undiminished (Duhesa Gallery)
Aug 11–Nov 6: Matthew McHugh: Under the Sun (Curfman Gallery)
Aug 21–Sep 25: After Hours: LSC Arts Annual Staff Exhibition (Sideshow Gallery)
Sep 28–Oct 28: Synthesis (Sideshow Gallery)
Oct 19, 2026–Apr 2027: Kalyn Fay Barnoski (Duhesa Gallery)
Dec 1, 2026–Feb 12, 2027: 2026 Annual Student Art Exhibition (Curfman Gallery)
Jan 19–Feb 19, 2027: Salon des Refuses (Sideshow Gallery)
Loveland Museum, 503 N Lincoln Ave, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-962-2410, Tue, Wed: 11am–5pm, Thu, Fri: 11am–7pm, Sat: 10am–4pm, Second Fri/NOTT: 11am–8pm
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)
Sep 12, 2026–Feb 13, 2027: Found on Fourth (Mezzanine Gallery)
Sep 26, 2026–Jan 2, 2027: Creative Confluence: The Origins of Abstract Art in Colorado, 1946-1960 (Main Gallery)
Oct 9, 2026–Jan 2, 2027: Loveland Art Studio Tour Preview Exhibition (Foote Gallery)
Dec 11, 2026–Mar 6, 2027: Young Washington: Etchings of a Nation’s Beginnings (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
Jul 15–Oct 15: Return of the Corn Mothers
Oct 26–Nov 21: UNC Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Jan 25–Feb 27, 2027: Eric Garcia: Space Invaders
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
Jan 19–Feb 25, 2027: Shelby Shadwell: REFUSE
Morgan Library, Colorado State University, 1201 Meridian Ave, Ft Collins, CO 80521, every day: 9am–5pm
Sep 7, 2026–Jan 10, 2027: We the People: Voices of Democracy
Sep 15, 2026–May 15, 2027: Gifts from Ghana: Community Engagement and Transnational Solidarity Project
Sep 20–Spring 2027: Outstanding in Our Field: CSU's Impact on Colorado Horticulture
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 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)
Jan 22–Mar 14, 2027: Dresses with Pockets (curator and contributing artist: Louise Cutler) (Main Gallery); Voracious Appetites - Eating the Host®: Artist and curator Jennifer Spencer, with photography by respected photographers and scientists
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
Feb 2–Mar 10, 2027: Allan Bennetts: Paintings
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
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
Sep 4–25: Collector's Choice: Selected Works from the Personal Collections of Alan B. Adler, Shirley Holland, and Colette Pitcher
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, by appt only
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
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
Sep: Sweet Malarkey Riso Prints
Oct: Where you Stand: A group exhibit and fundraiser for NoCo art and literature
Nov: The Work Beneath Artist Talk Series Group Exhibit
Dec: Jess Bean