Sequesterings
August 6 - October 24, 2026
Center for Visual Art
Free admission

Sequesterings challenges viewers to confront our world’s ecological crisis through the lens of radical transformation. With diverse works ranging from delicately stitched collages and colorful hand-woven textiles to large-scale sculptures, the artists in Sequesterings act as environmental stewards and aesthetic scavengers. They reclaim what society thoughtlessly discards, transforming obsolescence into opportunity.

The exhibition features work by Twyla Exner, Calder Kamin, Natalya Khorover, Blue McRight, Anna Mein, Kelsey Merreck Wagner, Pamela "Posey" Moulton, Portia Munson, Aurora Robson, and Ian Trask, whose individual art practices unite to present a global issue on an intimate scale, creating a vision of optimism within a harsh reality. Sequesterings was curated by Cecily Cullen and Aurora Robson. The exhibition will be on view August 6 – October 24, 2026 at Center for Visual Art, MSU Denver, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204.

Glitch in the System
Featuring: Robin Gates, Amanda Stavast, and Dmitri Valone
Opening Reception: Friday, Aug 27, 2026, 5-9 PM
On view: from Aug 26 – Sept 20, 2026

D’art Gallery is proud to present “Glitch in the System” an exhibition of three gallery members whose art provides departures from the expected. Through reclaimed objects, layered materials, shapes, and colors they each create a distinctive visual language to explore when familiar patterns are interrupted.

Robin Gates
Robin paints whimsy – often edgy, characters, lines, and texture on wood panels, canvas, furniture, instruments, and other 3D objects. Her extraordinary layering is created with paper, paint, pencil, and charcoal. For this show, she is embracing the beauty found in disruption and her delightfully odd “heads” are much in evidence—existing in the space between order and chaos. An embrace of disruptions, indeed. @robinfayegatesarts

Amanda Stavast
Amanda’s journey spans graphic design and mural work but her deepest passion lies in painting. Her abstract, experimental style is characterized by vibrant colors, captivating textures and found objects. She consistently transforms ordinary items into extraordinary expressions of interest and beauty. A show that embraces “glitches” reflects her refusal to be confined to a single artistic style. @amandastavast

Dimitri Valore
Dimitri comes from an artistic family. At Metropolitan State University he abandoned his cosmology major to earn a BFA in painting and spent two decades creating in Boston. A return to Colorado sparked a move from oil painting to discovering the mysteries of mixing ink and water. Dimitri’s early interest in cosmology finds an outlet in this new body of work --abstract interpretations of the unseen quantum fields that constitute the fabric of space. @dmitrivaloreart

Glitch show dates:
August 27 – September 30
Opening Reception: Friday, Aug 28, 6-9PM
First Friday Art Walk: Friday, Sept 4, 5-9PM
*Speakeasy: Sat, Sept 19, 6-9pm: Speakeasy is an evening of art, music and great company to celebrate Glitch in the System. Enjoy a live DJ and meet the artists for one memorable night. Password to attend: “Glitch.”

DONATION: Each Glitch artist will donate the net proceeds from the sale of one work of art to artma Denver, benefiting The Morgan Adams Foundation and its support of pediatric cancer research.

Relative Women: Art Runs in Her Family
Celebrating Colorado Women visual artists and their female artist relatives
Colorado Women’s Art Center & Museum

Artists: Kayli Cottonwood, Carol Schinkel, Carrie MaKenna, Chandler Romeo, Claire Ivarra, Lydia Riegle, Elissa Quist, Jenn Merz, Leslie Belfor, Marion Kahn, Melody Epperson, Pam Farris, Pam Roth O’Mara, Sara Gehling, Teresa Castaneda

Exhibit statement: This invitational exhibition explores how art runs in families and is encouraged between generations of women. One woman artist must be living and working in Colorado while their close female relative ma b elsewhere or deceased. It’ exciting to see how artists in families influence and change each other’s work.

Exhibit curators: Catherine V. Carilli, Kathleen J. Grave, Carrie MaKenna, Kathy Knaus and Italu Ramos-Hernandez

Relative Women/Show Dates:

• On View: Aug 27 – Sept 20, 2026

• Opening Reception: Saturday, Aug 29 , 6-9PM

• Sundays on Santa Fe: Sunday, Aug 30 11AM-4PM

• First Friday: Friday, Sept 4 6 – 9PM

• Artist Panel Discussion: Saturday, Sept 12 1-3PM

• Art Appreciators Night: Friday, Sept 18, 6-9PM

• Last Look: Sunday, Sept 20 11AM-4PM

FB: Colorado Women’s Art Museum IG: @cowomensartmuseum
All events are open to the public.

A unique aspect of Niza Knoll Gallery is the in-house artist co-op, The Mix, at the back of the space. Since the inception of the gallery, it has been home to a lovely array of artworks to purchase and take home immediately. Each year the group extends its reach into the entire gallery space, holding two separate exhibitions that highlight four of eight member artists at a time. The first show “The Mix, One,” runs September 4 – October 18, 2026, featuring ceramics by Nancy Enyart, felted wool paintings by Kristy Melodia, photography by Jerry Scezney, and ceramics by Paula Romero Schmitt.

The opening day coincides with September’s First Friday Art Walk on September 4, 5–9 p.m., with an artist reception scheduled for Third Friday, September 18, 5–8 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m. The construction on Santa Fe Drive will not affect these hours.

Nancy Enyart brings a new series of hand-built ceramic elephants to life in this show. She finds immense pleasure working with a lump of clay and finds that the medium increasingly encourages her to play with representational forms and push at the strict rules of reality. Wandering further afield, her elephants are getting into places elephants have never gone before—a fun adventure for them, for her and for the viewer.

When not creating ceramics, felted wool is the medium of choice for Kristy Melodia, who will exhibit her latest 2-d pieces. Inspired by nature and her travels at home and abroad, she manipulates wool fibers to mix colors and build an image. The result is a highly textured “painting” that displays a surprising level of depth, detail and color range.

For this show, Jerry Scezney will showcase the variety of themes and subject matter in his current photography work. As a hobbyist, based in Golden, Colorado and Guilford, Connecticut, he has over 40 years of experience in landscape and wildlife photography throughout the Rocky Mountain and New England areas. Captivated by light—its impact and ability to shape mood and ambiance—his style encompasses abstract, street art, minimalist, and black and white. His work appears in various community publications including Denver, Genesee CO, and Guilford, CT. He is also a member of the Colorado Photographic Arts Center of Denver.

Every one of Paula Romero Schmitt’s ceramic sculptures is hand-built, one-of-a-kind, and carries its own sense of personality and character. Inspired by the forms, textures, and structures found in nature and architecture, her work often takes the form of birds or buildings, allowing her to explore the relationship between organic and constructed forms. Her focus is on creating intricate surface textures and emphasizing these details with glaze washes, which highlight the depth and character of each piece.

Niza Knoll Gallery at 915 Santa Fe Drive specializes in intriguing conceptual exhibits featuring work by local and regional artists as well as private concerts, guest speakers and workshops. Regular gallery hours are Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m., except for during the following district-wide art walks on First Friday, 5 – 9 p.m., and Third Friday, 5 – 8 p.m. Visit www.nizaknollgallery.com to view and purchase works online and for the most up-to-date calendar of events.

Banner Image: Kristy Melodia, “Aspens.”

Sometimes the best discoveries happen as soon as we stop searching. This September, Decadent Art Gallery invites you to wander into “Lost in the Woods”, the debut solo exhibition of Denver based artist Skully Vibes.

Blending vibrant acrylic paintings with his signature character driven pop art, Skully creates an immersive world where curiosity triumphs over fear and joy becomes an act of exploration. Lost in the Woods explores what it means to embrace uncertainty and child like wonder. Rather than seeing being lost as a failure, the exhibition reminds us that some of life’s most meaningful discoveries happen when we allow ourselves to slow down, wander, and reconnect with the world around us.

Join us Friday September 4th from 5:30-9:30pm, or experience the collection from anywhere when the digital catalog launches online simultaneously.

Featuring artists Mary Holm, Craig Rouse, Ana Quintana, and Paul Valdez

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 11 2026, 5-9 PM
On view: from Sept 10 - Oct 4, 2026

What happens when four artists with distinctly different styles share the same walls?

CONVERSATIONS brings together Ana Quintana's fluid art, Paul Valdez's watercolors, Mary Holm's vivid acrylic paintings and Craig Rouse's architectural abstractions in a show designed to create a dialogue not only between the artists but between the artworks themselves.

Rather than separating the work by artist, we're doing something different. The paintings will be intermixed and hung salon-style in curated vignettes, allowing color, form, movement and subject matter to pay off one another in unexpected ways. Each artist brings a unique visual language, and together their worlds begin a new conversation. Different mediums, colors, styles and perspectives will come together to make unexpected connections....and perhaps entirely new stories.

Artist on Santa Fe Gallery presents “Between Dreams,” an exhibition of recent abstract oil and cold wax paintings by Jon Koenigsberg on view September 16 – October 12, 2026, at 747 Santa Fe Drive. In this show, Koenigsberg connects the creative process to the thin line between dreams and reality—both which require an openness to uncertainty and a willingness to question our perception—where the impossible is suddenly possible.

The public is invited to an artist reception on Friday, September 25, 6-9 p.m., and to stop in during the First Friday Art Walk on October 2, 5–9 p.m. or to explore the show during the adjusted gallery hours during construction on Santa Fe Drive. Until further notice, the gallery will be open 3 days a week— Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.– 5 p.m., and Sunday Noon – 4 p.m., including First and Third Friday Art Walks. Parking is available in the surrounding neighborhood as well as in the lot to the South of the building, accessible from the alley.

The use of subtle colors, patterns and textures in Koenigsberg’s pieces reflect the liminal space before the soothing routine of sleep and dreams take hold.

“I often find myself lost in between the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness, that vague, fuzzy, gray time we have all experienced. Occasionally, during those times between dreams, images come to me, but more often than not, what I paint is more the feelings that come to me between dreams.”

The building is also home to the working studios of 25 + artists. Visitors are invited to explore and discover this exciting and enduring creative hub. Hours during construction are Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays, Noon to 4 p.m., or by appointment. Open extended evening hours for art walks on the First and Third Friday of each month. For more information, visit www.artistsonsantafe.com.

Banner Image: Jon Koenigsberg, “Between Dreams.”

Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 18th 5-9pm

Clare Scott has been thinking about brevity—not as haste, but as the practice of finding what is essential and to avoid excess. Embracing the idea of just enough.

Her work has long focused on fleeting moments in the landscape: a particular season, a specific light, a moment in time. In this show, she extends that exploration to human beings, capturing brief moments that evoke shared emotions and experiences.

Through both landscapes and figures, Clare seeks to express the beauty, wonder, and common humanity found in our shared place and our shared passage through time. All the while being here now.

Monica Hokeilen's paintings in the Being on Earth exhibit are an invitation to step outside of your daily lives and connect with the wildlife that also call the Rocky Mountain region home. Humans have a shared existence with these animals: When thunder rumbles and hail falls, the coyote and pronghorn also feel the storm. The bison bake with us under the intense Colorado summer sun. The wild cats of Colorado walk the same mountains, foothills, canyons, and mesas that we so enjoy. And the elk feel the weight of the winter snow, just as do the moose and deer.

By simplifying the surroundings in these paintings to almost pure abstraction, Monica encourages the viewer to step into the animal’s experience as a living being on Earth.

Banner Image: Monica Hokeilen, “Whispers We’ve Never Had.”

Bitfactory Gallery is pleased to present From Under the Armillaria, a solo exhibition by Isabella Briganti. Briganti’s artworks are combination of classic figure painting with abstraction of the body, surrealist elements, and mimics of natural phenomenon. The show explores the intricacies of interpersonal relationships, societal networks, and the reflection of these in nature—observations of longing, pain, betrayal, comfort, grief, and confusion.

The public is invited to the Opening Receptionon Third Friday September 18, 6-9 PM, and to stop by during the First Friday Art Walk on October 2, 6-9 PM and the visit during regular business hours from September 18 – October 10, 2026.

The name of the show refers to genus of the honey fungus Armillaria ostoyae. This fungus is the largest known living organism by area and mass, however, the definition of what constitutes an individual in the world of mycology can be blurry. Conceptually, this is mirrored in human relationships–how they can fall apart from miscommunication, not only on a singular scale but on communal and global scales as well. The fractal patterns in the mycelial imagery serve as a reminder of connection, visible and invisible, and of consequences, intended or otherwise. Habits from one are picked up by another, body language is interpreted and reflected, interests are shared, bonds are formed. Who is to say where one person ends and another begins? What kind of marks do we leave on one another that will last a lifetime? Briganti ruminates upon these concepts through a single group of models, painting some in clear settings and representations while others in more unfocused and nebulous compositions.

This series was initially funded by a grant she received at the completion of her MCA Denver’s Creators Studio Internship in 2024. Modeling was done by a volunteer group within a local dance company and references for mycological material were gathered by the artist through the Denver Botanical Gardens.

Isabella Briganti (she/they) is an artist born, raised, and residing in Denver. She graduated in Fall 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado Denver, with an emphasis in Drawing and Painting, a sub-emphasis in Illustration, and a minor in Biology. Briganti has shown her work in more than twenty exhibitions and has worked with galleries and artists such as Jaime Molina, Oliver Herring, and the Emmanuel Gallery.

Please join us for the opening reception this Friday, September 18, from 6:00–9:00 PM.

The exhibition will remain on view through October 10. We hope you’ll join us Friday evening to experience the work in person.

Isabella Briganti - From Under the Armillaria
September 18 – October 10, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, September 18 | 6:00–9:00 PM
Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM and by appointment.

D’art Gallery East is proud to present: “Interstices” featuring Tom Riedel -Tom is an artist based in Lakewood, Colorado. He started making geometric, abstract art in the early 1980s, when his work was shown in juried shows at Pirate, Spark and Emmanuel galleries in Denver and in a two-person show at Stein’s Gallery in 1984. Tom stopped making art from 1988 to 2020 to pursue higher education and a 25-year career as an academic librarian; he has B.A and M.A. degrees in art history from the University of Colorado and a MLIS from the University of Texas. His 21st-century work has shown in juried exhibits at Core Art Space and Pirate Contemporary Art. He has been an artist member of D’art Gallery since 2024. Interstices is his third solo show at D’art.

Artist Statement

I use geometric shapes and hard-edged areas of color to create what I intend to be a meditative visual experience for the viewer. My multimedia works are composed of hand-cut and layered pieces of illustration board and cardboard that are painted with acrylic and reassembled like puzzles into tiles arranged in grids. Each work is a color study starting with a basic palette that evolves until the overall play of design and color feels vibrant and engaging enough for me to call it finished.

Show Events:

• On View: September 24 - October 18, 2026

• Opening Reception: Friday, September 25 6-9pm

• Sundays on Santa Fe: Sunday, September 27 11-4pm

• First Friday: Friday, October 2 6-9pm

• Last Look: Sunday, October 18, 11AM-4PM

• All events are open to the public.

  Gallery Hours: TH 12-5, FR 12-9, SA 12-5, SU 11-4

Featuring artists Deborah Carlson, James-Allan Holmes and Carrie MaKenna

D’art Gallery proudly presents “Over Under Inside Out.” Explore the variety of expression from Deborah Carlson, James-Allan Holmes, and Carrie MaKenna. Three local artists share their work that has depth, layers, and texture beyond the surface. These works take viewers on dimensional journeys through time, space and meaning.

CARRIE MAKENNA:

This exhibition didn’t happen on purpose.

I had picked up these wood boxes over 15 years ago with the idea of doing some assemblage artwork in them. I also started collecting all kinds of objects to use in the assemblage so I have two full shelves of clear boxes plus things in every nook and cranny.

In January I said to myself, now’s the time. I pulled out the boxes and started considering what I would do with them. At the same time I was on FB Marketplace buying and selling household goods when I saw the ad: Bag of Barbie bodies no heads.

EXHIBITION DATES: September 24 - October 18, 2026

Exhibition Event Dates:

• FR Sep 25 6-9PM‍ ‍Opening Reception

• SU Sep 27 1-3pm Sundays on Santa Fe

• FR Oct 2. 6-9pm First Friday

• SA Oct 10 1-3pm Exhibition Tour/Talk

• FR Oct 16 6-9pm Art Appreciation Night

• SU Oct 18 1-3pm Last Look

Great American Beer Fest is coming and we're making a whole week of it at Renegade! We’re bringing out some seriously heavy hitters for the occasion 👀

From October 5–11, we’re spotlighting a different beer style each day, with special pours from some of our favorite breweries available throughout the week while they last.

THE LINEUP:

• SUN 10/5 — Bottle Sunday

  • Trappists + Lambics

• MON 10/6 — Mead Monday

  • Featuring Schramm’s + Superstition

• TUE 10/7 — IPA Tuesday

  • West Coasts + Hazys

• WED 10/8 — Stout Wednesday

  • Barrel Aged + Pastries

• THU 10/9 — Sour Thursday

  • Featuring Casey Blending & Side Project + Fantôme

• FRI 10/10 — Barleywine Friday

  • Featuring some of our favorite locals, Fort George + Fremont

• SAT 10/11 — Belgian Saturday

  • Rochefort + Westmalle on draft

• Sunday? Leftovers Sunday. Wake up, come by, and see what’s still on.

We’ll have pours throughout the week from Casey Blending & Side Project, Fantôme, Fort George, Fremont, Lambiek Fabriek, Oud Beersel, Prairie, River North, Schramm’s, Superstition, Verboten, 3F, Boerenbere, Chimay, De Ranke, Hill Farmstead & The Blaugies, Firestone Walker, Seiman, Rochefort, Westmalle, Renegade Brewing and PLENTY more to come.

Special pours are available while they last, so keep an eye on our socials throughout the week for what’s hitting the taps each day.

Happy happy GABF Week!

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY October 16, 2026, 5 PM to 9 PM

Chaos/Order brings together new works by Nathan Dominik, Tiana Graves, and Marcus Stevenson, examining the tension between disorder and structure. Each artist considers how systems break down, reorganize, and find new forms within their own perspectives and mediums.

Nathan Dominik leaned into the chaos with all new materials, processes and creativity. His woodworking will be on display, but with the introduction of stains and color. The mixed media works may have natural textures but are far from anything found in nature. Nathan uses new materials and brings them into lightness and darkness. While there will be order in the exhibit, he hopes to evoke chaos.

Tiana Graves debuts new works from her latest series, Molded. Molded explores the tension between individuality and conformity, using gelatin-cast forms as a metaphor for identity shaped by societal expectations. As the forms transform beyond their molds, they reflect an identity that is never fixed, but continually shaped, resisted, and redefined.

Marcus Stevenson will debut works from his new series “Escapist Architecture.” “Escapist Architecture” is Marcus' attempt to translate his mental space into tangible objects and images. Marcus draws on the mental accumulation that results from living in today’s chaotic world and orders this raw material into a surreal landscape for the viewer to explore, granting unprecedented access to his maladaptive daydreaming.

Multi use space on Santa Fe Drive adjacent to Pop Gallery and Pop Under Artist Studios. Large high ceilings with natural light, on main level with the gallery. Shared kitchenette and bathroom, wifi, utilities, alarm, & security cameras included. Access to parking lot and street parking. Could easily be retail, office or Artist studio space. Located in the heart of the ADSF (Art District on Santa Fe Drive) Space can be divided into 2 Artist Studios at $600 each or full area for $1200. Contact us for tour.