The CU Art Museum will remain closed to the public through the summer sessions and fall semester while the university continues to monitor the impacts of COVID-19. We will serve faculty and courses in a limited capacity.
Please check back regarding our plans for spring semester, and enjoy our online resources.

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Two new essays by our museum attendants reflect on their spring 2020 experiences

The Surface & Shadow of COVID-19
By Sophia Baldwin

"In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the true meaning of inner strength!”

I was at CU Boulder working two jobs and going to school full-time and all I wanted to do was be in my bed. I got my wish, but not in a shape or form that I was expecting. In March, I contracted an illness and was in bed for two months. At the time, I didn’t know it was COVID-19...

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Two new essays by our museum attendants reflect on their spring 2020 experiences

The Little Things
By Ella Stritzel

I think about my last night in Boulder a lot.
A friend of mine and I went out and ate at a Thai place, laughing about what comes next and grinning at each other as we watched the rain fall steadily in the street. Eating Sweet Cow ice cream and walking side by side, the streetlights seeming to glow around us, halos reflected in the puddles at our feet. It’s such a simple memory that now seems distant and untouchable...

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Installation view of Body Language: Picturing People, CU Art Museum July 18, 2019—June 2020. Photo: Jeff Wells, © CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder.

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Installation view Mary Mattingly: The Last Library, CU Art Museum, February 6—July 18, 2020. Photo: Jeff Wells, © CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder.

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