2025 Exhibitions

Fall 2025 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

On view December 2—11.Artists:Abigail BernsteinTiana Boisseau-PaloAnnaliese Cole-WeissOpening Reception December 5th from 4-6pm at the CU Art MuseumJoin us in celebrating with food, community, and art! Free and all are welcome.

Shaping Time: CU Ceramics Alumni 2000–2020

September 5–December 19, 2025The CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß ceramics program is celebrating its history with faculty Scott Chamberlin, Kim Dickey, and Jeanne Quinn. To honor the achievements of artists who graduated from this program, faculty curators are partnering with the CU Art Museum to present a retrospective exhibition.Shaping Time: CU Ceramics Alumni 2000–2020 features artwork by 30 alumni, who offer an expansive, intermedial perspective of contemporary ceramics. Themes include landscape and the environment, domest...

Biogenic Futures: Women Shaping Material Ecologies

September 5–December 19, 2025As the climate crisis challenges the viability of conventional material systems, Biogenic Futures: Women Shaping Material Ecologies highlights the transformative potential of biomaterials and their capacity to reshape our built environment through care, resilience, and innovation.This exhibition proposes a reorientation of design culture toward stewardship and co-creation—fostering collaboration across disciplines and institutions. By bridging the gap between research and applic...

Spring 2025 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions

Round 1:On view April 5–17Artists:Andrea CarettoSierra GroveAsa MeaseJoin us for the opening reception on April 4th from 4—6pm. Free and all are welcome!Round 2:On view April 26—May 10Artists:Ana González BarragánEmily MoyerHannah PurvisAlejandra SaldivarJoin us for the opening reception on April 25th from 4—6pm. Free and all are welcome!

Hello Friend

Mid-January–June, 2025Friendships between artists inspire creativity, spur collaborations, and foster networks of support. Featuring artwork from CUAM’s collection, Hello Friend highlights the friendships between artists who lived and worked in shared creative circles in the mid to late 1900s.Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Jim Rosenquist and Jack Youngerman lived and worked in the same neighborhood in Manhattan, while Joan Brown, Elizabeth Murray, Manuel Neri and Deborah Remington were part of an artistic...

Hello Friend: Staff favorites

Mid-January–March 22, 2025Hello Friend: Staff favorites goes behind the scenes with artwork selected by CUAM staff. When working at a museum, staff encounter art every day during class visits, in storage, and on the walls. For our Staff Favorites exhibition, staff chose some of their favorite artwork and provided interpretive texts.

Better Days

On view August 20–October 26, 2024Reopened February 2025, on view through May 27, 2025What can art offer in difficult times? In this exhibition, artists respond to historical moments when uncertainty prevails and social connections fray. In many artworks on view, artists imagine a better world, encouraging viewers to find silver linings. Others meeting challenging times with challenging content. Better Days is organized around the following themes, which invite multiple, intersecting interpretations: gather...