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Upcoming Events
Art & Art History Department Scholarships | Due March 22
Current undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Application deadline is March 22, 2021
Art & Art History Newsletters
Upcoming Lectures
Visiting Artist Lecture Series — Spring 2021
Our visiting artist and scholars' program has reinforced the mission of the Art and Art History Department by affirming the power of art to transform individuals and society. Our faculty invites leading artists and scholars to present an array of artistic practices, historical discourse and divergent perspectives that can increase access to creativity and forge new territories between the arts and broader cultural movements.
Lectures: Nydia Blas (1/26), Suchitra Mattai (2/9), Mark Salvatus (3/2), Sana Musasama (3/9), Miguel Rivera (3/16), Robert Pruitt (4/6)
Link to more information about the Spring 2021 visiting artists
All lectures are presented livestream through Art & Art History's YouTube channel
Link to Art & Art History, CU Boulder YouTube channel
Artwork by Robert Pruitt, courtesy of the artist
Arts Practicum Speaker Series
This series of talks explores strategies to forge a sustainable, productive, fulfilling career in the arts. Speakers will discuss the trajectory and evolution of their art practices. Students and researchers from all majors and fields are welcome.
Rebecca Vaughan (2/16), Sam Harvey (3/23), Tya Alisa Anthony (4/13)
Link to more information about the presenting artists
All lectures are presented livestream through Art & Art History's YouTube channel
Link to Art & Art History's YouTube Channel
Image: Tya Alisa Anthony, courtesty of the artist
Art & Art History in the News
Celebrating a lineage of Black abstract art
Community helps finish hopeful messages art installation in Boulder
Denver billboard art installation draws attention to ‘stop hate’

Art & Art History Alumni

Virtual Exhibitions
In Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
The Department of Art & Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder stands in solidarity with Black Americans and the Black Lives Matter movement. Read our full statement and a explore a list of anti-rascism resources available to students and our community.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Scholarship
- We believe that the arts have the power to transform individuals, and to transform society.
- Studying art promotes close looking, creative thinking, and problem-solving.
- Educating students from all backgrounds is an incredibly effective way to help us change our world for the better.
Donating towards our scholarship fund, you will make a tremendous difference in someone’s life by giving them an education in the arts—and giving them the chance to change the world.
Watch our virtual fundraising event!
Hear directly from students who have been impacted by studying in our department, as well as from faculty who have devoted their careers to teaching emerging artists and art historians.
Video Spotlights
A rolling exhibition space
Art major follows her curiosity at CU Boulder
CU Boulder Printmaking Professor Melanie Yazzie