Upcoming Events
Angélica J. Afanador-Pujol, Visiting Art History Scholar
Tuesday, April 2 at 5:30pm
Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium - 1B20
Painting and Planting Counter-Narratives in the Landscape of the Conquest of Mexico
Angélica J. Afanador-Pujol is an associate professor at Arizona State University, where she teaches the history of ancient and early colonial Latin American art. Her current research deals with representations of food and consumption among Indigenous groups in sixteenth-century Mexico. She has published essays in leading art journals, and the University of Texas Press published her book, The Relación de Michoacán (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial Mexico. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) published her co-authored book Don Antonio Huitzimengari: An indigenous noble in sixteenth-century Mexico. She is the recipient of several awards including two fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Stephanie Hanes, Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Monday, April 8 at 4:00 PM
Visual Arts Complex, Auditorium 1B20
Stephanie is a figurative sculptor whose personal work deals with feminist theory in relation to visual culture and questioning ideas of embodiment, subjectivity, and identity. They explore ideas of the sacred and the profane, dualities of power and its relationships to violence, beauty and grotesqueness.
Stephanie E. Hanes was born in Alberta, Canada in 1985. In 2009 they received a BFA from The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Canada. Hanes is an MFA Graduate of Ceramics at the Rhode Island School Of Design in 2017 and received the prestigious Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship for a graduate student with exceptional promise. Stephanie was one of the artists awarded the 2020 NCECA Emerging Artist Prize. In addition, they have exhibited Internationally with a solo show at C.R.E.T.A Rome Gallery in Italy and several group shows at Secci Gallery in Florence, Italy and at Lefebvre et Fils Gallery in Paris, France. Their ceramic sculptures have been exhibited throughout the USA and Canada in New York City, Providence, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and Toronto. Hanes is an Assistant Professor in Ceramic Art at New York College Of Ceramics at Alfred University, where they teach ceramic sculpture.
King Awards Ceremony and Exhibition
Announcing the King Award finalists!
Under Graduates
Lisa An, Annabelle Ferris, Sarah Mak, Alice Neild, Brooke Schuh
Grad Students
Dati Alsaedi, Ana Gonzalez Barrigan, Cody Norton, Silvia Alejandra Saldivar Romero, Natalie Thedford
Exhibition: Wednesday, April 10 - April 19, 2024
Reception: Friday, April 12, 2024, 4:00-6:00PM
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Let's Make History! Colorado Women Visual Artists Group Photo
March 23, 2024 @ 9:30AM — 11:30AM Mountain Time
Denver Art Museum: 100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy South Lawn 12th Ave. & Acoma St. by the Cows Denver, CO 80204
From Cleats to Canvas: Benjamin Burney's Transition from Athlete to Art Advocate
Benjamin Burney's insights offer a holistic view of entrepreneurship that balances practical business strategies with a deeper understanding of art's role in society and the importance of creativity in driving change.
Burney is currently a graduate student in the MFA/MBA program.