Denver Art Museum Inc

Programs: Exhibitions and collections - see schedule oexhibitions and collections: each year, the denver art museum (dam) presents exhibitions that provide a variety of experiences with art, regularly attracting more than 870,000 visitors annually. The museum's approach to exhibitions celebrates the creativity of individual artists who have made an extraordinary impact, and ignites creativity through programs that provide engaging and interactive art experiences. Among the highlights in 2017:star wars and the power of costume explored the captivating process of costume design for the iconic characters and costumes featured in all seven films of the star wars series. Glory of venice: masterworks of the renaissance, traced the historical, social, and artistic developments that came to define the renaissance in venice through the works of many of its most accomplished artists and provided visitors with a rare opportunity to experience first-hand artworks on loan from venice's renowned gallerie dell'accademia. The groundbreaking exhibition mi tierra: contemporary artists explore place featured site-specific installations by 13 latino artists that expressed experiences of contemporary life in the american west. The artists examined diverse narratives of migration and the complex layering of cultures throughout the western united states through ideas related to labor, nostalgia, memory, visibility, and displacement. The exhibition the western: an epic in art and film was the first major exhibition to examine the western genre and its evolution from the mid-1800s to the present through fine art, film, and popular culture. The west is synonymous with the romantic, large-scale paintings of frederic remington and albert bierstadt. It also materializes in the works of contemporary artists like ed ruscha and kent monkman and the films of john ford and sergio leone. By featuring these and other artists, authors, filmmakers, and historic figures together, the western observed how the iconography and mythology of the west spread throughout the world and endures today. Shade: clyfford still/mark bradford allowed audiences the opportunity to see paintings by renowned contemporary american artist mark bradford alongside related canvases by clyfford still. This collaborative two-venue presentation by the dam and clyfford still museum underscored the legacy of abstract expressionism and bradford's exploration of abstraction's power to address social and political concerns. A sampling of other exhibitions offered in 2017 includes: common ground: photographs by fazal sheikh, 1989-2013 stampede: animals in artthen, now, next: evolution of an architectural iconla musidoraword dance: selections from the collection of joann gonzalez hickeywhat it meant to be modern, 1910-1965: american works on paper from the karen and kevin kennedy collection

premises and buildings - see schedule opremises & buildings: these costs include all expenditures associated with the day-to-day operations of the museum's facilities. Exhibition and permanent galleries displayed a variety of artwork for the public's enjoyment while the museum's public spaces enable museum staff and volunteers to conduct frequent learning and engagement programs including tours, public talks, interpretive programs, art-making activities, and more. The premises and buildings provide ample space for mission-driven programming aimed at enriching the lives of this and future generations, and for which the museum has been internationally recognized.

learning and engagement programs - see schedule olearning and engagement programs: the denver art museum (dam) believes that art can make a difference in people's lives by celebrating and stimulating creativity and inspiring greater understanding and connection with our world. To fulfill this vision, the museum's department of learning and engagement strives to make art relevant and enjoyable to people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. The department of learning and engagement has taken a leading role both nationally and internationally in three areas: 1) research about what visitors need to make a museum visit meaningful; 2) creation of rich and innovative learning resources in collection installations and temporary exhibitions; and 3) interactive learning for young people both in school and family groups. The department hosts over ten site visits a year from national and international museum colleagues, actively presents at national conferences, and has a strong track record of sharing findings and best practices with the museum field (our reports can be found on the dam website under 'research & reports'). In addition, we host over sixty college and graduate interns annually. Programs include:in-gallery installations: the museum's in-gallery interpretive installations provide visitors with a variety of ways to explore temporary exhibitions and permanent collections on their own. Discovery libraries, create-n-takes, drop in drawing and drop in writing, gallery games for kids and families, browsing areas, and more deepen visitors' experiences with art. Family programs: the dam is committed to being a truly family-friendly institution, offering free general admission to all youth ages 18 and under through the free for kids program. In order to make the museum engaging for kids and their grown-ups, we take a two-pronged approach: 1) offering programs and activities at "peak family times" (weekends, school breaks, and summer) and 2) integrating family materials into installations, exhibitions, and public spaces so there's always a way for families to connect with art. Family activities are included with the cost of general admission. Family backpacks (kid-sized packs filled with games and learning materials for families to use on their own in the galleries) can be checked out on weekends and school breaks. Discovery library costume areas, eye spy and other gallery games, family create zones, as well as the just for fun family center (a collection and exhibition-based hands-on activity area) and the kids corner (a do-it yourself art project space) are always available. Create playdate targets 3-5 year olds and their families and foxy and shmoxy art detectives targets toddlers, helping grown-ups explore the museum with young children through storytelling and art making opportunities. And, the studio is a dedicated workshop for hands-on projects and artist demonstrations inspired by themes found in exhibitions. Adult and college programs: the dam offers a wide range of opportunities for adults to discover, explore, and make personal connections to collections and exhibitions. Programs range from tours, studio classes, and art history courses to conversation lounges and insider moments with curators and working artists in the galleries. The dam's untitled series engages young adult visitors with art and creativity through unconventional, participatory encounters with art the last friday of the month. School and teacher programs: the hallmark of dam's school tour program is our interactive touring approach. Our introductory all-museum tours, perception games and imagination games, have been featured at several national conferences, as have the touchable materials and activities we've developed for our culture and architecture based tours. Creative explorers, a tour for early childhood groups (ages 3-5), uses storytelling, artmaking, and movement to inspire young students to engage with art. Around 50,000 students visit the museum each year to explore topics related to visual arts, social studies, and language arts curricula. Creativity resource, the museum's online resource for teachers, uses the creativity of artists to inspire creativity in teachers and students and provides downloadable art images, information, lesson plans and multi-media resources, and curated blogs on cultural and creativity topics. Community partnerships: the learning and engagement department is involved in several strategic collaborations designed to encourage museum visitation by a broader audience. Emphasis is on introducing non-visiting families to the museum. Current collaborations include work with the mayor's office for education and children, local school districts, and community centers serving under-resourced neighborhoods. Community access tours given by specially trained community and spanish-language guides provide these groups with introductory tours of the museum stressing comfort and awareness of the museum and all that it has to offer. Other accessibility programs include art & about tours for individuals with alzheimer's and early dementia and their care givers, tactile tours and verbal description tours for visitors who are blind or low vision, accessibility options for visitors with special needs, and more. Outreach programs: launched last year at seven metro area title i qualifying schools, family art social is designed to show families that art can foster relationships and develop creativity and problem solving skills. At each event, the museum provides: a bilingual (english and spanish) lead facilitator and two additional facilitators; materials that include recycled found objects; and pizza for participants. Students pick a "creative challenge" from a bucket to spark ideas for projects. Similarly, art lives here/el arte vive aqu takes the dam offsite to schools that have difficulty visiting the museum. The program provides an immersive experience for students, teachers, and families to engage with museum art objects-in essence, a traveling mini-museum. Co-created with local schools, the program launched at three metro title i schools in spring 2017. In the coming year, two versions of the installation will travel to approximately twenty schools. The installation will "live" in each school for one month, allowing students, teachers, and families to have multiple interactions with the objects. Partnerships with the creative community: over the past few years, the department has increasingly focused on programming that seeks to connect visitors with the creativity of artists and to use our collections to inspire creativity in our visitors. Programming has ranged from collaborations with artists to creation of new "making and residency spaces throughout the campus including: 1) the rotating "studio" on the first floor of the hamilton building, 2) the native arts artist-in-residence studio in the american indian galleries and 3) thread studio on the sixth floor of the north building, and 4) a latino artist residency program in the spanish colonial and pre-colombian galleries. Overall, learning and engagement programs both onsite and online served more than 700,000 people in 2017.

other program services included in this caption are the activities associated with the gift shop, restaurant, and other facilities designed to enhance the visitor's overall museum experience.