The CU Art Museum will be closed on Saturday, September 12, 2026 due to a daytime football game
 

Artist In Residence Program

Artist-In-Residence

As part of the University of Colorado Art Museum biennial Artist-In-Residence Program, artists are invited to CU Boulder to create new work based on their interactions with the university and surrounding communities.
 

 

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

On view February 10 – July 13, 2024Opening 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 are the foundation and blueprint [for the idea of home]…. The installation invites visitors to reflect on the profound impact Black women have had on shaping the concept of home, both as a physical space ...

LaMont Hamilton:  To Hear the Earth Before the End of the World

LaMont Hamilton: To Hear the Earth Before the End of the WorldFebruary 3 - July 16, 2022To Hear the Earth Before the End of the World (a rephrasing phrasing of poet Ed Roberson's book To See the Earth Before the End of the World) is a light and sound installation organized around elements of air, earth, fire, water, and the aether. The work includes field recordings Hamilton captured during his research and travels to Europe and North and South America where he gained what he calls "a ground zero understand...

Mary Mattingly: Last Library

Mary Mattingly: Last Library  Mary Mattingly is the CU Art Museum’s 2020 artist-in-residence. In her artwork, Mattingly combines Earth sciences, ecology and utopian ideas to communicate information about the Earth’s changing climate and human response to our physical environment. Her installation, Last Library: Reading Rooms, Bridges and Tools for Integrating Ecological Ethics into Practice, stems from her belief that art and ecotopian thought can cultivate social change. Architects, artists, ecologists, fa...

Millie Chen: Four Recollections

Millie Chen is the CU Art Museum’s 2018 artist-in-residence. As part of this biennial residency program, artists are invited to mine CU Boulder’s creative and intellectual resources to create new artwork while interacting with faculty and students. Millie will be in residence September 11 through October 12, 2017, and the exhibition Millie Chen: Four Recollections will open February 1, 2018 and remain on view until July 21, 2018.Millie Chen: Four Recollections features a new installation conceived during he...

Janelle Iglesias: Even a Simple Call Can Turn Into A Complex Racket

Janelle Iglesias is the CU Art Museum’s inaugural artist-in-residence—a program in which artists are invited to mine CU Boulder’s creative and intellectual resources and collaborate with faculty and students to produce new artwork.