Programs & Virtual Activities

We organize activities and programs that dive deeply into the ideas behind, and questions raised by, our exhibitions and collections. We also create programs to explore the creative research occurring throughout the university. Whether gallery talks, faculty lectures, expert conversations, concerts, performances, or workshops we welcome students and the public to join us for our free programs at the museum and around CU's campus. Stay tuned and check back, we’re always cooking up exciting new programs!

Night at the CU Art Museum

Thursday, Oct. 30, 4–7 p.m. at the CU Art Museum

Come haunt the CU Art Museum this Halloween! Our Student Advisory Council has planned a fun social party with lots of art activities, including mask-making, bag decorating, and a scavenger hunt with tasty prizes! Plus, we'll have a costume contest from 6–7 p.m. with prizes.
Radio 1190 will be DJing all night and we'll have spooky food and beverages!

Free and all are welcome!

A Brazilian Breakfast with Art, Culture & Conversation

Thursday, November 6th from 8:45–10:30am at the CU Art Museum

Start your day with inspiration! Join us for a thought-provoking morning featuring collages by Brazilian Indigenous artist Moara Tupinambá. Discover her powerful work and explore why Indigenous voices belong at the heart of museum collections.

Breakfast will be served at 8:45am with talk to follow.
 
This program is free and all are welcome!

Día de los Muertos: Papel Picado & Conchas Workshop

Thursday, November 6th from 2–4pm at the CU Art Museum

Join us for a hands-on Day of the Dead workshop exploring the meaning behind this vibrant Mexican tradition. Participants will learn about papel picado, colorful paper banners that honor ancestors, and be able to create their own designs to take home!

This workshop is led by one of our lead museum attendants, Dulce.

Free and all are welcome!

Registration is required to attend this program and is limited to 15 participants. Sign up here.

Artist Performance: The Seventh Course

Saturday, November 8th from 1–2pm at the CU Art Museum

Join us for a performance by artists Zelda & Georgia B as part of Shaping Time: CU Ceramics Alumni 2000-2020.

The Seventh Course continues Zelda & Georgia B’s exploration of material behavior and the porous boundary between object and body. Performed in relation to A Narrowing Corridor: A Cultivated Atmosphere, the work traces a slow transformation in which balance and gravity act as collaborators. Frozen forms embody a quiet tension—poise yielding to exhaustion. As balance gives way to gravity, the scene lingers between presence and disintegration—an afterimage of forces shared between bodies, objects, and the spaces that hold them.

Light refreshments will be served following the performance.

This program is free and all are welcome!

Embracing Native Joy at the CU Art Museum - Drop-in Art Day

Thursday, November 20th from 10am–4pm at the CU Art Museum

Join us this Indigenous Heritage Month in celebrating native joy and creating art at the CU Art Museum. Collage vision boards and zines and learn how to make your very own crepe paper flowers! We'll also have indigenous artworks from the collection on view from 11am–12pm in the study center.

Art materials and refreshments will be provided.

Free and all are welcome.

This event is presented by CNAIS, The Center for Cultural Connections and Community, and the CU Art Museum.

Third Thursday Sound Bath Meditation

Every Third Thursday during the fall 2025 semester from 12:15–12:45pm at the CU Art Museum

Join us every third Thursday this fall for a restorative sound bath meditation. Designed to relax your body and mind with healing music. The sound vibrations will help guide your consciousness toward a calm and peaceful state of mind.

Led by Ashley Cartun, Ph.D.

Second Saturdays

The second Saturday of each month

Get creative with us on the second Saturday of each month! Each month we’ll be putting together a different art-themed program that you can drop in on. Come in and color with us or even pick up a new skill!

Next Date: September 13th, all day from 10am—4pm

Come create watercolor landscape paintings with us! 

Feel Good Fridays Guided Meditation

You are invited to this weekly hybrid workshop to learn about a work of art and then participate in a related mindfulness practice. You are welcome to join us in the museum galleries in person or virtually via Zoom. The powerful, guided meditation can undo stress, soothe the nervous system, and help you feel relaxed and revitalized. If practiced regularly, the meditation teaches a method for feeling calm, easeful, and resilient, even when facing life’s challenges. Meditations are open to students, faculty, staff, and the public. All are welcome and there is no need for past experience with meditation. Registration is required if attending virtually. All sessions begin promptly at 12:15.

Click here to see the schedule!

Virtual Activities

Close Looking Exercises

We’ll be posting artwork from our collection so that you can do some close-looking exercises from wherever you are!

Coloring pages from our collection

Here are some coloring pages, created by our very own Elizabeth van der Marck-Gregg, for you to download and color anywhere!

James McNeill Whistler, American (1834 – 1903), The Forge [Blacksmith Shop], 1866, drypoint, 7 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches, Purchase with The Carnegie Fund, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder, 68.361, © CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder