Opening: Making Art / Making Community

Vicki Myhren Gallery 2121 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO, United States

Artists are problem solvers and thinkers- imagining alternative realities and solutions for living. This exhibition looks at artists using social bridging strategies in their artmaking through participatory experiments, humorous social critiques, and collaborative craft. These artists pull tactics from social science, psychology, education and design thinking. Referred to as “social practice” or “relational aesthetics” these.... Read More

Storm Warning Symposium: On Balance / Art, Science and Politics in the 21st Century

Vicki Myhren Gallery 2121 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO, United States

How do artists contribute to environmental policy? Join a discussion at the University of Denver on climate change, sustainability, and the hidden cost of our consumer culture.   Free and open to the public Schedule: 11:00 Coffee and welcoming remarks from gallery director Dan Jacobs 11:30 Gregory Heming lecture: The Storm Cloud of the Twenty-First Century: Lecture I.... Read More

Beyond the Wall: Testimonio

Vicki Myhren Gallery 2121 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO, United States

How is testimony used as performance? How can visual art communicate that which cannot be spoken? And how do artists and activists act as performers of change? The Vicki Myhren Gallery hosts a symposium on October 6th in conjunction with their fall exhibition, The Wall/ La Pared: Immigration and Identity. The exhibition explores “the wall” as.... Read More