• Summer Art Market 2008
June 14-15, 10am-5pm each day, Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant Street, Denver
Art selected reflects classes taught at the league and all work for sale is original or limited editions. For more information visit the Art Students League of Denver or call (303) 778-6990.

• Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
May 23-September 6, opening reception Friday, May 23, 6:30-9pm, 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
A fashion show on May 10, 1-3pm, will complement the exhibition, which 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.

• Florence Knoll: Defining Modern
May 8-June 29, Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, 1311 Pearl Street, Denver
Kirkland Museum has developed an entirely different approach to the national traveling exhibition Florence Knoll: Defining Modern. Her career—represented by her iconic furniture and photographs of her prestigious projects—is shown in context with that of her mentors, colleagues and later Knoll company designers. Visit vancekirkland.org for more details.

• Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe
May 3-July 6, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's MAIN, 30 West Dale Street, Colorado Springs
This exhibit captures the beauty, sensuality and vulnerability of an American icon, who many have described as the sexiest woman of the 20th Century. Rediscover the permanent collections. For more information visit Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center or call (719) 634-5581.

• Corn Mothers Show & Santos with a Twist
May 2-31, CHAC (Chicano Humanities & Arts Council), 772 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
CHAC Norte: Corn Mothers Show based on the Pueblo mythology of the Corn Mothers who sung in the essence of all creation featuring artists Arlette Lucero, Meggan De Anza, Holly Wasigner, Santiago Jaramillo, Mike Penny, Todd Pierson, Suzanna Vega, Carl Ruby, Rita Wallace, with guest artists Li Harding, Evelyn Valdez Martinez and the late Robert Lopez Dussart.
CHAC Members Gallery: Santos with a Twist is a collaborative art show featuring renowned Colorado santeros, painter and up & coming new artist reflecting the spiritual side of their artwork through humor and respect featuring artists Gary Bellah, Lena Blea, Teresa Duran, Jose Esquibel, Stevon Lucero, Ronald Miera, Frank Policiano, Carlos Santistevan, Rob Yancey, Tammy Yancey and Frank Zamora. Special workshops and lectures will take place through out May. 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.

• Open Show
May 2-29, Show 1, June 6-July 2, Show 2, Art Students League of Denver, 200 Grant Street, Denver
League students, members and faculty. Due to the number of entries received there will be two exhibits. For more information visit the Art Students League of Denver or call (303) 778-6990.

• Annual Juried Jeffco Teachers Exhibition • Candyland • 37th Annual Jeffco High School Student Exhibition
April 7-May 18, opening reception Thursday, April 17 & April 28, 6-9pm, Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada
Upper Gallery, April 6-May 18: The 4th Annual Jeffco Juried Teachers Exhibition. (Reception 4/17) Theater Gallery, April 17-May 4: Artist Heather Billings — Candyland. (Reception 4/17) Lower Gallery, April. 11-May 11: 37th Annual Jeffco High School Student Exhibition. (Reception 4/28) Visit arvadacenter.org for more information.

• Space Invaders
February 8-June 8, opening reception Friday, Feb. 8, 7-9pm, 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 blending physical, aesthetic and social questions to create multidimensional results. For more information visit www.museo.org/ or call (303) 571-4401.

• Exhibits at MCA
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1840 15th Street, Denver
Trevor Appleson, Photography Gallery, opens May 2. 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. David Adjaye, The Whole Room, closes May 25. One of Britain’s leading contemporary architects, David Adjaye’s building designs reflect inspirations collected from travels around the world and from collaborations with artists like Olafur Eliasson and Chris Ofili. David Altmejd, Large Works Gallery, closes May 11. Altmejd has become well known for his sculptural installations that use reflective surfaces, bringing his audiences into ancient worlds where he creates a life that is seductive and enigmatic. 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. Yu-Cheng Chou, New Media Gallery, closes July 6. Chou’s first US exhibition, a video installation for MCA DENVER, is immediately appealing and playful, and deconstructs the superficial world of fashion and glamour magazines. Jeff Starr, Project Gallery, closes May 25. Starr’s artist-in-residence project at MCA DENVER presents a return to painting after several years of experimentation in sculpture, with work located somewhere between reality and fantasy. For more information visit the Museum of Contemporary Art / Denver or call (303) 298-7554.

• Botanic Gardens Exhibitions
1005 York Street, Denver
Japanese Paintings, Prints and Pages: from the Helen Fowler Library's collection of original wash paintings by Koichi Kawana and woodblock prints by Nisaburo Ito. April 5-June. 29. Urban Nature: 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. April 19-Nov. 30. Old Garden Roses: Lobby Court. In conjunction with the American Rose Society's 2008 Spring National Convention in Denver (June 26-29). June 9-29. Portraits of Heirloom Plants: Connors Exhibition Case. Renderings of perennial flowers and vegetables from the class of heirloom plants. July 5-Aug. 31. Student Art Show: Students of the Gardens' certificate program display their best work from various classes exploring botanical art and illustration. Sept. 6-Nov. 2. Observing Orchids: Connors Exhibition Case. Artful renderings fo tropical orchids from the Illustration program complemented by rare books and prints. Sept. 6-Nov. 30. For more information visit www.botanicgardens.org.

• Denver Art Museum Exhibitions
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver
Inspiring Impressionism, Explores how impressionist artists were inspired by their artistic predecessors, through May 25. Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt, For generations, African American women in an isolated farming community at a bend in the Alabama River made quilts from old work clothes, recycled fabrics, or scraps used by the Freedom Quilting Bee cooperative, through July 6. Amish & Mennonite Quilts from the Big Valley & Beyond. This exhibition features twelve recently acquired quilts that expand the Denver Art Museum’s collection of more than 300 quilts, through Jul. 13. Clyfford Still Unveiled a leader among first-generation abstract expressionists, through Nov. 16. Cheyenne Visions II offers a unique perspective on the history, art and contemporary view of the Cheyenne people through Dec. 31. For more information visit www.denverartmuseum.org.

• Denver Public Library
10 W. Fourteenth Avenue Parkway, Denver
Masterpieces of Colorado: A Rich Legacy of Landscape Painting. Central Library, Level 5 Gates Western History Reading Room. Feb. 22-May 23. I Wanna be a Cowboy, and You Can be My Cowgirl: Rockmount Ranch Wear and Liberty Boot Company Exhibit. Central Library, Level 1, Fresh City Lounge, May 5-30. 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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