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.
Art Contained del Sol Studios, 3058 W 55th Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-331-8768, Sat: 12–4pm
Mar 13–May 2: REJECTAMENTA: Waste to Wonder
ART Gallery at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W 6th Ave, Lakewood, CO, 80228, Mon–Thu: 7am–10pm, Fri: 7am–8pm, Sat–Sun: 7am–6pm
Apr 22–Jul 10: Student Art Exhibition
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003, 720-898-7200, Mon–Fri: 11am–7pm, Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Jan 15–Dec 31: 50: Half a Century of Art
Apr 10–May 10: 55th Annual Jeffco Schools Foundation High School Art Exhibition (Main Gallery); Jeff Gipe: Half-Life of Memory (Upper Gallery)
Jun 4–Aug 23: Tilting West: Defining A New Legacy (in partnership with Tilt West)
Sep 10–Nov 8: pARTy: Celebrating 50 Years; Rigsby Revisted: 50 Years Later
Nov 27—Dec 13: Annual Fine Art Market and Ceramics Sale
Arvada Public Library, 7525 W 57th Ave, Arvada, CO 80002, 303-235-5275, Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Ballyhoo Table and Stage, in partnership with BRDG Project, 3300 Tejon St, Denver, CO 80211
Belmar Library, 555 S Allison Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-235-5275 Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 1–29: Grant Adams: COLLECTED LANDSCAPES: Modern Landscapes in Paint & Pastel
May 1-31: Jeremy Jones: Changing Perspectives
Jun 1–30: Lauren Gombas: Awakening Earth
Sep: Annual Teen Art Exhibit
Oct: SW Photo Club: Travel and Wildlife Exhibit
Nov: Colorado Mosaic Artists: Mosaics Now
BuCu West Development Association, 4200 Morrison Rd, Unit 3, Denver, CO, 80219, 303-936-4302, Mon–Fri: 9am–4pm
Mar 27–May 29: Arturo Garcia: Identidad
Center for the Arts Evergreen, 31880 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen, CO 80439, 303-674-0056, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 10am–4pm
Jun 6, 2025–Jun 2026: Evergreen Sculpture Showcase
Apr 30–Jun 6: Ecotones: Water & Thresholds of Change (with the Women’s Caucus for Art Colorado)
Jun 11–Jul 18: All-Call Exhibition: Art on the Menu
Aug 13–Sep 5: 100 for $200 Fundraising Exhibition
Sep 10–Oct 17: Rocky Mountain National Watermedia: National All-Call Exhibition (juror: Keiko Tanabe)
Oct 22–Nov 28: Of Chaos & Order
Dec 3, 2026–Jan 9, 2027: CAE Annual Member Show
CHAC (Chicano Humanities & Arts Council) Gallery, 7060 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-662-4822, open by appt
Apr 3–May 17: Flor y Canto: Youth Art Show (curator: Felipe Dominguez)
City of Lakewood Galleries, exhibitions at various venues:
Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, 801 S Yarrow St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7850, Tue–Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Jan 6, 2026–Jan 4, 2027: Building History
Jan 20–Jun 6: Who Lives Here?
Jan 20–Oct 31: Volunteers Live Here; Birds Live Here
Aug 1–Nov 28: 50 Years of Heritage in Lakewood
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-987-7845, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 9am–1pm
Apr 1–May 7: Sobesky/Fletcher Miller Secondary Art Exhibition (Corner Gallery)
Apr 8–May 4: Jeffco Schools Foundation Middle School Art Show (North, Mezzanine, and Lobby Galleries)
Apr 8–May 22: Jeffco Schools Teachers Exhibition (Reception: Apr 23, 5–7pm) (Richey Gallery)
CORE Art Space, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Ste C, Lakewood, CO, 80214, 303-297-8428, Fri: 5–10pm, Sat–Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 17–May 3: Barbara Veatch: Reflections; Camie Rigirozzi; Discovering Humanity, Part V: Through Darkness, Color; Phyllis Anderson: Terrain Vague et Mysterieux
May 8–24: Core Open Show: Cats and Dogs
May 29–Jun 14: TBA and Jude Barton (Annex)
Jun 19–Jul 5: TBA
Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Unit D-20, Denver, CO 80221, 303-458-4030, Mon–Thu: 7:30am–12am, Fri: 7:30am–5pm, Sat: 10:30am–5pm, Sun: 12–10pm
EDGE Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-477-7173, Fri: 6–9pm, Sat–Sun: 12–5pm, and by appt
Apr 17–May 3: Phil Rader: Replay; Christine Rose Curry: Cathartic Clutter; David Clark: Menagerie; Susan Hazaleus: Reflections
May 8–24: Jessie Rodriguez: Flight Risk: Birds in Peril; Anthony Porcaro: Observer Effect
May 29–Jun 14: Members Annual Group Show
Jun 19–Jul 5: Candace Shepard; Lydia Farrell; Satellite Members Show
Jul 10–26: Gayla Lemke; Jason McKinley
Jul 31–Aug 16: ON EDGE; Annual Juried Show
Aug 21–Sep 6: Wynne Reynolds; Travis Vermilye
Sep 11–27: Kelly Pierce; TBA
Oct 2–18: Mark Brasuell; Stephen Shugart
Oct 23–Nov 8: Mala Setaram-Wolfe; Faith Williams; Katherine Johnson; John Horner
Nov 13–29: Gail Wagner; Jennifer Pettus
Dec 4–20: Members Annual Holiday Small Works Show
Dec 24–31: Gallery Closed
Edgewater Library, 1800 N Harlan St, Edgewater, CO 80214, 303-235-5275, Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri, Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Foothills Art Center, 1133 Arapahoe St, Golden, CO, 80401, 303-279-3922, Memorial Day–Dec 31: Mon–Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm; Jan 1–Memorial Day: Mon, Thu–Sat: 10am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Jan 31–May 3: 2026 Members' Show
Apr 11–Jun 28: Rob Bell: Rocky Mountain Muses
May 2–Jul 12: Tom Sarmo: Aiming to Miss
May 23–Jul 26: Chris Mora: The Articulate Robots
Jul 11–Oct 25: Sue Rose: Portraits in Glass
Jul 25–Oct 25: Structure: Ceramic Showcase (curator: John Hamilton III)
Aug 15–Oct 25: CarolAnn Wachter
Nov 19–Dec 29: 51st Holiday Art Market
40 West Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-901-8240, Wed–Thu: 12–4pm, Fri: 12–4pm and 5–9pm, Sat–Sun: 12–5pm
May 1–31: 40 West Members Showcase
Jun 5–28: CommUNITY
Jul 3–Aug 2: Holding Time
Aug 7–30: Creation of Color
Sep 4–27: Drumstick/Iconic Colfax
Sep 19, 12–4pm: 4th Annual Colfax Chicken Fest
Oct 2–Nov 1: 40 West Members Showcase
Front Range Community College-Westminster Campus Visual Art Gallery, 3645 W 112th Ave, Westminster, CO 80031, 303-404-5390, Mon–Thu: 9:30am–6pm
Apr 16–Aug 20: Synergy Exhibition
The Furnace: A Glassworks, 8090 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-274-0643, Thu–Mon: 11am–5pm, Tue–Wed: by appt, First Fri: 11am–7pm(ish)
Genesis Gallery, at LUMC, 1390 Brentwood St, Lakewood, CO, 80226, 970-333-1409, Mon–Thu: 9am–1pm, Sat–Sun: 11am–1pm, First Fri: 5–8pm
Apr 3–May 15: Sho McClarence: Respite: A Portrait of (Re)Entanglement
Golden History Museum, 923 10th St, Golden, CO 80401, 303-278-3557, Tue–Sat: 10am–4:30pm
Jan 30, 2026–2027/2028: Glimpses of Golden
On view until May 2, 2026: We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels
GreenWave Gallery at Elliott Gardens, 6321 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80221, 303-428-4043, Mon–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 10am–4pm
Apr–Jun 2026: Pipe Dream: Virginia T. Coleman; Enchanted: Terra Marks; In the Garden: Chantal Persichetti; Lithe: Susan McNeff Skokan
Kanon Collective, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-946-4870, Fri: 5–9pm, Sat–Sun 12–5pm
May 1–31: Eric Myles Jones: Cosmic Calling
Jun 5–28: Mary Hudgins: Common Thread
Jul 3–Aug 2: Redacted Realities: Heads of Hydra Art Collective
Aug 7–30: Kym Bloom: Iconeonic
Lakewood Arts Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-980-0625, Wed–Sun: 12–5pm, Fri: 12–9pm
Apr 25–May 29: Abstracts
Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W 20th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215, 303-235-5275, Mon–Thu: 9am–8pm, Fri–Sat: 9am–5pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Lapis Gallery, 5455 W 38th Ave, Suite L, Wheat Ridge, CO, 80212, 303-480-5126, Mon–Fri: 9am–5pm, Sat: 10am–5pm
Memento Mori Gallery & Tattoo, 6451 W Colfax Ave, Ste B, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-974-5172, Wed–Sat: 12–7pm, Mon–Tue open by appt, First Fri: 5–9pm, First Sun Figure Drawing: 3:45–6pm
May 1–23: Elena Gunderson: Somewhere Else
Jun 5–26: The Magic Remains: Folklore & Fairytale-Themed Group Show
Mint & Serif, 1385 Carr Street, Lakewood, CO 80214, 720-509-9908, Mon–Fri: 7am–3pm, First Fri: 7am–10pm, Sat: 8am–3pm, Sun: 8am-12pm
Neu Hinterland, 17532 CO-8, Morrison, CO 80456, open by appt
NEXT Gallery, 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, 303-433-4933, Fri: 5–9pm, Sat–Sun: 12–5pm, and opening receptions: 5–10pm
Apr 17–May 3: NEXT Artists and Guests: Alter Ego
May 8–24: LeAnn Fenton; “Woke, triggered…” (curator: LeAnn Fenton)
May 29–Jun 14: Pam Farris and Karen Eberle-Smith
Jun 19–Jul 5: Nick Vialpando and Amy Manning: Shortgrass
O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver, CO 80221, osullivangallery@regis.edu, Mon–Thu: 12–6pm, Fri–Sat: 12–4pm
Apr 13–May 2: History of Self: Senior Thesis Exhibition
Pirate: Contemporary Art, 7130 W 16th Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214, pirateart3@gmail.com, Fri: 6–9pm, Sat–Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 17–May 3: Brian Cavanaugh: Nerve; Mark Friday: Alchemy
May 8–24: Jennifer Jeannelle; Tiffany Kennedy
May 29–Jun 14: Phil Bender; Marcus Fingerlin
Jun 19–Jul 5: Denise Pfau Demby; Dan Root
Jul 10–26: Judith Grey; Randall Steinke
Jul 31–Aug 16: Craig Robb; Amanda Stavast
Aug 21–Sep 6: Bug; Dea Webb
Sep 11–27: Phil Bender; Skye Barker Maa
Oct 2–18: Louis Recchia; Connor Berglund
Oct 23–Nov 8: Day of the Dead
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, 1600 Pierce St, Lakewood, CO 80214, Mon–Fri, 11am–4pm
Feb 27–May 15: Student Exhibition: Finn Jeffrey (Rude Gallery)
Mar 2–May 22: Recontextualize Student Symposium Exhibition (Rotunda Gallery)
Apr 10–May 15: Spring Graduation Exhibition (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
May 29–Jul 24: Student Exhibition: Frv Hlavaty (Rude Gallery)
Jun 5–Jul 24: Sharifa Lafon and Maki Teshima (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
Jun 5–Aug 28: Alumni Exhibition: Alicia Ordal and Vinnie Alfonso (Rotunda Gallery)
Oct 1–Nov 20: 63rd Annual Student Exhibition (Philip J. Steele Gallery)
Sep 17–Nov 13: Radiance Awards Exhibition (Rotunda Gallery)
Sep 17–Jan 8: Student Exhibition: Mac Nicholson (Rude Gallery)
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 200 Violet St #140, Golden, CO 80401, 303-277-0377, Mon–Sat: 10am–4pm, Sun: 11am–4pm
Apr 20–Jul 18: Cindy Vermillion Hamilton: Medallion Quilts (Main Gallery); Phyllis Cullen: It’s All About…the Face, the Place, the Story (Northeast Gallery)
Tenn Street Coffee & Books, 4418 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO 80212, 303-455-0279, Sun–Thu: 7am–5pm, Fri–Sat: 7am–8pm
May–Jun: Chris E. Melton: Paintings
Jul–Aug: Dark Nature Designs: Nature Photography and Dark Art
Sep–Oct: William Thidemann: Tattoo and Art; William Thidemann: Paintings and Flash!
The Three Leaches Gallery, 1560 Teller St, Lakewood, CO, 80214, Thu: 1–6pm, Sun: 12–4pm
Apr 10–May 10: Metropolitan State University: BA Thesis Exhibition
May 18–Aug 2: Kayli Cottonwood
Valkarie Gallery, 445 S Saulsbury St, Lakewood, CO 80226, 720-220-7587, Thu: 4–9:30pm (Creative Night FREE), Fri: 4–8:30pm, Sat: 12–6pm, Sun: 12–5pm
Apr 9–May 3: Robert Bell and McCory James: Interdimensional
May 7–31: Cody Kuehl and Zachary Reece: Extinction Burst (Main Gallery); Valkarie Resident Show (South Gallery)
Jun 4–Jul 5: Colleen Tulley and Alison Flannery: Tender Wild (Main Gallery); CaFÉ Call: Poetic Reverie (South Gallery)
Jul 9–Aug 2: Robert Newman and Erik Seaver: Synergy (Main Gallery); Collective Bloom: Angela Chirila, Miki Harder, Joshua Houska & Kery O'Sullivan (South Gallery)
Aug 6–Sep 6: Barbara Hinnenkamp and Tatyana Hope: Two Paths, One Threshold (Main Gallery); Valkarie Resident Show (South Gallery)
Sep 10–Oct 4: Lisa Lee Adams and Kery O'Sullivan (Main Gallery); CaFÉ Call: Linear Entanglements (South Gallery)
Oct 8–Nov 1: Jane Falkenburg and Jamie Zerr Lockwood: Menagerie Exotic (Main Gallery); Valkarie After Dark (South Gallery) (Oct 24, 6–9 pm: VOODOO You: Vampires, Vamps & Villains at Valkarie (ticketed event))
Nov 5–29: Michele Montgomery and Grant Adams (Main Gallery); Arapahoe Community College Art Faculty: After Hours '26 (South Gallery)
Dec 3–27: VA La La La La GALA and FROST & FOUND Market (Opening event: Dec 3, 6–9pm)