A framed landscape painting featuring trees and overgrowth on the ruins of an old building.

Lush: Prolific Nature

On view mid July 27, 2023–June 2024. Drawn from the museum’s collections, Lush: Prolific Nature brings together artworks that picture the natural world. Dense botanicals and landscapes--both real and imagined--speak to the ways artists in different time periods and geographies have turned to nature to envision paradise, grapple with environmental...
A black and white print featuring two men working on steel beams high above a city.

(Art)work: Systems of Making

On view February 10 – March 22, 2024 Opening celebration February 9 from 4:30 – 6:30. Light refreshments will be served. (Art)work: Systems of Making features artworks that offer different perspectives on labor and the workplace. Highlighted themes include, artist collaborations and networks of creation, the coding of labor according...
 Many colorful artworks hanging on the walls of the CU Art Museum. The walls have colorful floral wallpaper on them, except for the center wall, which is painted pink and has an archway through which you can see a table and another painting.

Museum for Black Girls: "We CU: A Visual Celebration of Black Womanhood, Presence, and Connectedness"

On view February 10 – July 13, 2024 Opening celebration February 9 from 4:30–6:30. Light refreshments will be served. This exhibition is presented by The Museum for Black Girls, directed by Charlie Billingsly and Von Ross. In their own words, Billingsly and Ross “explore the different ways that Black women...

Spring 2024 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: Round 1

On view April 6–18. Artists in this round: Brianna Autin Erin Hyunhee Kang Dani Wasserman Elisa Wolcott Join us in celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Friday, April 5 from 4-6pm at the CU Art Museum! Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend this free reception.

Spring 2024 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: Round 2

On view April 27–May 11 . Artists in this round: Noa Fodrie Aunna Moriarty Cody Norton Natalie Thedford Join us in celebrating the opening of this exhibition on Friday, April 26 from 4-6pm at the CU Art Museum! Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend this free reception.
A photo of the inside of the CU Art Museum, featuring a wall with many framed artworks, a TV screen mounted on the wall, and a pedestal with artwork inside.

Patriarchosis

Patriarchosis , a term coined by Ann Roy, an American feminist, artist, and activist who lived in Mexico for over forty years, is the connective thread that brings together the works in this exhibition. Roy’s term refers to the mental impacts of patriarchal culture and its attendant abuses, oppressions, and...