Art & Art History News - October 26, 2020

Friday, November 6 at 11:00am
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Aubrey Hobart received her MA in Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2010. Hobart is an art historian who works as the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Roswell Museum and Art Center in Roswell, New Mexico. With more than twenty years of experience in all aspects of museum work, she believes in the power of museums to support and transform their communities. Her primary areas of expertise are in Mesoamerican and Colonial Latin American art, as well as trends in museum exhibitions, but two years of working in Roswell have provided a crash course in 20th century New Mexican art and history, as well. Dr. Hobart graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a PhD in Visual Studies. She also holds a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from New College of Florida.

The Art & Art History department has invited arts leaders from around the region and CU Boulder alumni to share their knowledge and provide a direct link for students to learn about and discuss career-relevant topics. We invite all students to participate and pave a new pathway for a thriving career in the arts.

• Free to participate
• No advanced registration is required
• Students working in all disciplines are welcome to join the discussion
• Sponsored by the Student Advisory Board of the Department of Art & Art History

Friday, Nov. 13th, 7 p.m. MST
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Program Council is excited to announce that Lil Yachty will be bringing his The Joy of Painting Q&A event to CU Boulder for their second virtual event of the fall semester. The Joy of Painting is a Q&A and painting session where Lil Yachty will guide attendees through the process of creating a painting while answering questions provided by the CU Boulder student body. 

Admission is free and open to CU Boulder students only; students can register for the event online. The link for the event will be sent to all registered attendees on the morning of Nov. 13.

About Lil Yachty
Miles Parks McCollum, more commonly known as Lil Yachty, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter who was born in Mableton, Georgia. Lil Yachty’s musical style is often coined as “bubblegum trap,” using samples from cartoons and video games to create a fun, dreamy sound for his music. Lil Yachty is most widely known for hits such as “Oprah’s Bank Account,” “Yacht Club” featuring Juice WRLD and his feature on “Broccoli” by DRAM.

The University of Colorado Program Council is a student-run department of the Center for Student Involvement funded entirely by student fees allocated through The University of Colorado Student Government (CUSG). Program Council provides affordable, high quality, face-rocking entertainment, and professional event support for the Boulder campus community.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art — Lecture

Wednesday October 28th, 4:00-5:00pm
$12 / $8 members
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A discussion surrounding the theme of gender & power through politics and voting, presented via Zoom. Moderated by Celeste Montoya. Panelists include Exhibiting Artist Nyeema Morgan, Kristie Soares, and Julia Trotta.

Left to Right: Celeste Montoya, Nyeema Morgan, Kristie Soares, and Julia Trotta. Images courtesy of the participants.

The Denver Art Museum's latest exhibition, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism, will be on view from October 25 through January 24, 2021.

With local experts as your guides, Mexican Modernism in Context invites you to look more closely at the works on display, discover the rich historical contexts that informed their production, and explore the exhibition armed with newfound knowledge and critical perspectives.  This is a four-course online session; you can register individually for each session or the entire course.

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection explores the Mexican modernism movement through more than 150 artworks. Featuring paintings and photographs by internationally celebrated artists Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Gunther Gerzso, María Izquierdo, Carlos Mérida, and others, the exhibition takes a closer look at the role that art, artists, and their supporters played in the emergence of national identity and creative spirit after the Mexican Revolution ended in 1920.

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Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Lectures are a part of CITIZENSHIP: A PRACTICE OF SOCIETY

Citizenship: A Practice of Society is a survey of politically engaged art made since 2016. In response to political events and the current climate, as well as recent art world trends, the exhibition posits art making as a critical civic act. The works in the exhibition exemplify how artists act as citizens. 

Art making is one civic practice, but there are various other ways to be engaged civically as well. How can we, like citizen-artists, practice citizenship? Every week, MCA Denver, will bring you speakers, artists, and experts who will help guide you through their ideas, their creative practices, and the ways in which they practice citizenship.

Join the free virtual event live, or watch it at your leisure.
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Artist Yumi Janairo Roth in conversation with US Forest Service Chief Historian Lincoln Bramwell about property rights and public lands 
Private property was essential to citizenship as it was conceived by the ancient Greeks. The framers of the United States Constitution also saw property ownership as all but necessary to citizenship and enshrined the right to own and protect private property in the government, laws, and institutions they designed. The establishment, use, and maintenance of federal land in the US seems to contradict this founding principle at the same time that it defines our vision of the American West and informs American identity. Join artist Yumi Janairo Roth and US Forest Service Chief Historian Lincoln Bramwell for a discussion about the complexities of property rights and public lands.

Wednesday, November 18 2020, 5:00 PM
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Today marks two important election deadlines

• Oct. 26 is the last day to register to vote and automatically be sent your ballot in the mail. After today, you can still register online or in person right up to and on Election Day, but you will need to vote in person. Don’t wait! Make a plan now.
• Oct. 26 is the last recommended day to put your ballot in the mail to allow time for it to reach the Boulder County Elections Division or your home Colorado county’s elections office.

To assure timely delivery after Oct. 26, use one of the two dropboxes on campus or any dropbox in the state to drop off your Colorado ballot; or go in person to vote at the UMC Vote Center.