Artistas Revolucionarios / Santa Frida Members Group Show
August 1-30, CHAC (Chicano Humanities & Arts Council), 772 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
CHAC Members Gallery: Artistas Revolucionarios. A daring palette, subversive strokes and renegade self-expression are characteristics of Artistas Revolucionarios; a slightly less than seditious show on display through August that showcases the talent of six emerging and established Denver Latino/a artists. The work, which includes a superb collection of colorful paintings, drawings and jewelry, serves as a glorious reminder of the vibrant cultural art scene our city has to offer. Featuring Artists: Danny Vigil, Tony Vecchio, Veronica Herrera, Jeanette Montoya, Javier Flores, Jolt.
CHAC Norte: Featuring member Artist’s Stevon Lucero, Carlotta Espinoza, Rebecca Rozales.
Gallery hours are Wednesday & Thursday from 10am to 4pm, Friday from Noon to 10pm, and on Saturday from Noon to 4pm. For more information visit www.chacweb.org or call (303) 571-0440.

This is How I See It: Politics and Art in America
July 25-September 10, Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant Street, Denver
What a time to live in America! In an election year, politics is a subject that everyone has an opinion on. What topic are YOU most passionate about? From civil liberties and global wars to health care, religion and more, we call upon you to communicate your political opinions through art, in the medium and genre of your choice. League students, members and faculty exhibition. For more information visit the Art Students League of Denver or call (303) 778-6990.

Picasso: Etchings 1966-1971
July 19-September 14, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's MAIN, 30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs
Forty rare etchings by Picasso are featured in a new exhibition. Picasso follows Rembrandt, Durer and Goya, in extending and developing the etching tradition. Etching was the favorite printmaking method of these masters, and was especially favored by Picasso. The breadth and depth of Picasso’s expression in these etchings is representative of his importance as the artist who more than any other assumed the mantle of Western aesthetic traditions by absorbing and then combining those traditions into a new modernity. For more information visit Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center or call (719) 634-5581.

Low-Riding Jimenez
Upcoming...maybe, Museo de las Américas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
Renowned Chicano artist, Luis Jimenez is best known for his Orosco-like style mixed with contemporary barrio imagery. Jimenez, who died two years ago, will be honored through the presentation of his most remembered works from his family's private collection. His unique approach to recording Chicano life has provided a unique look into the passion and vibrant energy of Latino culture. For more information visit www.museo.org/ or call (303) 571-4401.

Summer of Cycles / Spokes / Haley Mariah
June 6-September  7, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada
Upper Gallery, June 6-Aug. 31: Spokes, featured artists include Tony Ortega, Phil Bender, Brenda Vang, Justin Beard, Zack Smith, Melissa Moore, and Paul Yalowitz. Theater Gallery, June 6-Aug. 31: Artist Haley Mariah — Worn Out – from the Inside Out. Lower Gallery, June 6-Sept. 7: Summer of Cycles, Motorcyles from the Harry Mathews & Jim Dillard Collections. Visit arvadacenter.org for more information.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
May 23-September 6, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th Street, Boulder
About Us is art about who we are and how we live, Mark Addison, Curator, Jezebel, a compilation of multidimensional characters playing in turn the nonconformist, social beauty, revolutionary, wanton sex goddess, victim and superhero, Carla Gannis. The Look of Nowhere investigates the way language can obscure what it tries to name, losing sight fo what it means to convey, Scott Johnson. Visit bmoca.org for more details or call (303) 443-2122.

Styling the Modern: Fine Art Meets Fashion
May 10-?, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center MODERN, 121 South Tejon Street, South Tower, 1st Floor, Colorado Springs
This exhibition displays the scarves or “artist squares” developed by Zika and Lida Ascher, Czech refugees in London, who started a textile business in 1939. After a period of “prolonged drabness” during World War II, the Aschers broke the mold by screen-printing designs on grand-scale silk scarves. The designs were done by some of the top artists of the day including Marie Laurencin, Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder and Jean Cocteau. For more information visit Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center or call (719) 634-5581.

Space Invaders
February 8-August ?, Museo de las Américas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
Space Invaders explores the space we live in and how it has changed both physically and culturally. Artists, as space creators/invaders, have pushed their boundaries to include public environments as potential canvases. The artists in this exhibition are a sampling of a new breed of artist that have blended physical, aesthetic and social questions to create multidimensional results. For more information visit www.museo.org/ or call (303) 571-4401.

Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delganey, Denver
Jasper de Beijer, Paper Works Gallery, closes August 3. de Beijer finds inspiration in historical records and photographs that range from Japanese modern and traditional culture to memories of Pacific Island rubber industries and First World War photography. Reconstructing this detritus into scale models in paper from which he creates his works, de Beijer brings the past back to life and leaves a new record of his reinterpretation.Trevor Appleson, Photography Gallery, closes August 10. By providing an antidote to the artificiality of the studio, Trevor Appleson captures images that speak of immediacy and authenticity, as seen in his body of work from Mexico – on view for the first time in the US at MCA DENVER. Jack Balas, Project Gallery, closes September 7. Balas publicly exposes portrait making. We Will Be Seeing You involves a consensual arrangement between volunteer sitters and the artist to create art together. The resulting images, on view for public comment and enjoyment, illustrate the interconnectedness of communities and individuals. Each sitter selects the next participant, moving the story along in seemingly random, unpredictable directions. The result is a progressive and participatory roadmap of new and uncharted paths. Susanne Kuhn, Large Works Gallery, closes September 21. Kuhn’s work offers painterly and formal connections between figures, landscape, and architecture through a vocabulary that is emblazed with gorgeous light and informed by German art and history. Brad Kahlhamer, The Promenade Space, closes September 21. Kahlhamer's paintings and works on paper display an exuberant expressionistic line and mix the energy of country western music with Native American symbolism and subversive figuration that can include strippers and skeletons, as seen in his installations at MCA DENVER. For more information visit the Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver or call (303) 298-7554.

Botanic Gardens Exhibitions
1005 York Street, Denver
Urban Nature, April 19-Nov. 30: The Gardens' 2008 signature exhibition, explores the intersection of nature and urban culture. Art and horticulture are the tools city dwellers can employ to evoke the natural world as concrete and steel steadily encroach on our green space. Portraits of Heirloom Plants. July 8-Aug. 31: Connors Exhibition Case. Renderings of perennial flowers and vegetables from the class of heirloom plants. Student Art Show. Sept. 6-Nov. 2: Students of the Gardens' certificate program display their best work from various classes exploring botanical art and illustration. Observing Orchids. Sept. 6-Nov. 30: Connors Exhibition Case. Artful renderings fo tropical orchids from the Illustration program complemented by rare books and prints. For more information visit www.botanicgardens.org.

Denver Art Museum Exhibitions
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism through September 7, The Impressionists' dramatic use of color, light, brushwork, and composition revolutionized the way that life and art are perceived and ushered in a new era of artistry. Amish & Mennonite Quilts from the Big Valley & Beyond through August 24. This exhibition features twelve recently acquired quilts that expand the Denver Art Museum’s collection of more than 300 quilts. Clyfford Still Unveiled through November 16, a leader among first-generation abstract expressionist. For more information visit www.denverartmuseum.org.

Denver Public Library
10 W. Fourteenth Avenue Parkway, Denver
1908 - When the Democrats First Came to Denver, August 6 - October 31. Central Library, Vida Ellson Gallery, Level 7. Nearly 100 scanned photographs, newspapers, maps, etc. and memorabilia from the DPL Western History Manuscript Collection, the Colorado Historical Society, and the Auraria Casa Mayan Heritage will be on display. History, Heritage and Hues: The Dearfield Collection. Art by Vincent W. Lewis. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, presented in the 3rd floor gallery. Visit the denverlibrary.org or call (720) 865-1111.

Kids’Art Club
Meininger Art Supply recognizes the benefits of art education. We strive to support the efforts of our community to continue the education of children in art. At our Denver store, we offer art classes to children ages 6 to 12 throughout the year with our popular Kid's Art Club. We also provide a resource on our website for teachers and parents to exchange ideas for creative activities and lesson plans. Click here for more information.

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