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06/16/2026
Check out Westword's roundup of free things to do in Denver this week, including our "Come Together: 150 Years of the Emmanuel" exhibition opening 🎉
Free Things to Do in Denver (and Beyond) This Weekend Celebrate summer while you still can at free festivals and concerts.
Digital design major Jonathan Delgado shares about his thesis project, Skate Sphere, an app designed to bring the skate community together.
Jonathan's thesis was on display at the College of Arts & Media's annual BFA Thesis Exhibition May 4 - 17, 2026.
Isabella Birganti is a University of Colorado Denver alum who graduated in 2023 from the College of Arts & Media. Isabella was hired to create illustrations of some of the Auraria campus's most well-known and loved buildings.
Places like the Emmanuel have stood as a pillar of the Auraria community for over a century.
"I'm actually living it: I'm actually being an artist who is showing work," Isabella Briganti says.
Come see Isabella's illustrations at two exhibitions highlighting the history of the Auraria campus and the Emmanuel Art Gallery in particular:
🗓️ May 28 - August 2, 2026
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Come Together: Community in the Auraria Neighborhood
🎉 Opening reception: May 28, 2026 4 - 7 p.m.
🗓️ June 18 - Sept. 19, 2026
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Come Together: 150 Years of the Emmanuel Art Gallery
🎉 Opening reception: June 18, 2026 4 - 7 p.m.
05/26/2026
🎸 A highlight from the spring semester was CAMChella. 🎸
Good music and good vibes were served up all day on April 29, 2026 outside the Tivoli.
Thank you to all our University of Colorado Denver Music & Entertainment Industry Studies students who graced us with your musical and sound engineering talents. The whole campus enjoyed the hard work you put into your performances!
's on the Auraria campus has meant a lot of things to a lot of people. This year, we celebrate the Emmanuel’s 150 year anniversary as a building and its 50 year anniversary as an art gallery.
“This space matters for students because it’s an institution. To see my former students exhibit here and see the many student shows that have been shown here is like your first experience with a professional gallery,” says Denver artist Carlos Fresquez.
Join us on June 18, 2026 from 4-8 p.m. for the opening of Come Together: 150 Years of the Emmanuel. On view June 18 through September 19, 2026.
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See photography major Tessa Brancato's work on display at 3501 Blake St. Denver now through May 17! Join for our BFA Thesis reception May 14, 2026, 5-8 p.m.
04/30/2026
Last Friday, CAM students across the three departments: 🎥 Film & Television, 🎨 Visual Arts, and 🎸 Music & Entertainment Industry Studies presented work at University of Colorado Denver's 29th annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS).
Among the projects were original films, an automotive infotainment system design, an exploration of storytelling in metal music, and others.
➡️ Read more about the students and their projects: https://bit.ly/4cYczqg
Pictured here:
📷 Sophii Sherman and Christine Galvez - The Scare film
📷 Aiden Csapo - Storytelling in Metal Music
📷 Sam Barnum - The Tower of Boobylon
📷 Savannah Londo, Mason Grande, and An Duong - Purple Summer film
📷 Holly Matthews and Theo Henderson - Room 988 film
📷 Tony Pizano - Psilocybin use film interviews
📷 Justin Perry - Revi: Automotive Infotainment Design
📷 Alaini Langston and Kassidy Thacker - What Remains film
Not pictured:
- Violet Dempsey - The Cramps: Monsters, Sexuality, and Psychobilly
- Anya Ortiz - The Trans Gaze: Desire and Beauty in Contemporary Trans Photography
- Michael Cullis - The Sakuga Phenomenon: Exploring “the Instant” in Contemporary Japanese Animation
- Jonas Sanchez - Bugged Out: Trevor Paglen’s Limit Telephotography
- Madaleine Finch - editing support on the film No Trees, No Sky
- look at fiona - student band
04/22/2026
Is design best taught as a trade, an art, or perhaps a combination of both?
In a recent article, University of Colorado Denver alum Kathy Pham explores different approaches to teaching design, from studio-based models to liberal arts and public university programs. Drawing from her own experience as a graduate of CAM's digital design program, she reflects on the value of interdisciplinary learning:
“I’m honestly grateful that I received my BFA degree from a state university because I didn’t have to sacrifice my love for history and the social sciences to conform to a strictly studio-based curriculum.”
Read more about her perspective on design education and why it matters: https://bit.ly/4mHtotZ
CU Denver Alumni
Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste? Graphic design courses have become trade schools – they should be so much more.
03/27/2026
🗓️ We are 1 week away from University of Colorado Denver's 2026 Giving Day.
🎓 This year CAM is raising funds for our CAM Scholarship fund, which supports CAM students near graduation and in need of financial assistance to complete their degrees.
🤝 Starting today, CU Denver Chancellor Christensen has pledged a $350 match for donations made to CAM's scholarship fund!
Please give today: https://bit.ly/4bwJanv
