Party Picture by artist Laurie Simmons

Finding ‘Better Days’ through art

Aug. 20, 2024

New SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum exhibit highlights the ways in which art meets challenging times and finds the sometimes-elusive silver lining.

Men of Steel by Samuel L. Margolies

Student-curated exhibit focuses on labor and the work of art

Feb. 9, 2024

‘(Art)work: Systems of Making’ opens with a celebration Friday afternoon at the SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum.

Charlie Billingsley and Von Ross hanging "Lona Misa"

Artists celebrate Black womanhood, presence and connectedness

Feb. 6, 2024

New exhibition opening Friday at SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum created by socially engaged artists-in-residence to honor Black girls and women.

"Pool" by Sandra Kaplan

SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum earns first-time accreditation

Aug. 15, 2023

Following a rigorous, five-year process, the museum joins peer institutions with a recognition of its quality and credibility.

A student studying an antique coin and an exhibit at the SMµ÷½ÌËù museum.

Students seeking museum work experience get a helping hand

July 7, 2021

Dexter and Gina Williams, friends of the university and fans of art, establish fund to pay students to work in the SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum.

Persuasive PrintsÌý(Installation view), SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum, February 6–March 12, 2020. Photo by Patrick Campbell, © SMµ÷½ÌËù.

Math alum sows seeds of diversity in art

March 4, 2021

$25K gift establishes Diversity Acquisition Fund at SMµ÷½ÌËù Boulder Art Museum.

room with potted tree leaning toward lighted mirrors

Sculpture class opened a door to art, and alum went all in

May 1, 2019

Rebecca Vaughan didn’t go to college planning to become an artist, yet she’s a successful artist and leader of an art nonprofit.

coins

Students collaborate with SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum on new Roman coin exhibit

Jan. 20, 2019

One of Diane Conlin's goals is to encourage creative thinking among her students.

Gerardo

Anthropologist launches high-tech study of color in ancient art

May 18, 2018

It’s easy enough to marvel at a tapestry of color in your local museum, but SMµ÷½ÌËù students are getting a first-hand look at human history that only an ultra-close examination of color can provide.

Laura

Coinciding exhibitions transform Visual Arts Complex into fine arts gallery for one afternoon

April 4, 2017

The SMµ÷½ÌËù Visual Arts Complex will join its neighboring SMµ÷½ÌËù Art Museum and Boulder’s Open Studios in hosting a unique joint showcase of two annual Art and Art History Department events: The King Exhibition and Emerging Artists Open Studios.

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