VISUAL ARTS
Our award winning Visual Arts Program is accessible to everyone through our 20+ annual art exhibitions and receptions that are free to the public. These exhibitions present local, national and international artists, including public programming based on current exhibitions. The Visual Arts Program plans workshops, artists talks, and other exciting events to connect to the work on view and the artists creating work throughout our community. Our four gallery spaces include the McMahon Gallery, the Polly Addison Gallery, the MacMillan Family Lobby and the Hand-Rudy Gallery, as well as the Locals Only Gallery in our Caruso Lounge, which showcases exclusively work from Boulder County artists.
The galleries are free and open to the public Monday-Sunday, from 12pm-6pm
Visual Arts Events
Current Exhibitions
Bubbling Up: Participatory Installation by Grace Gee
November 8 – December 1, 2024 Opening Night Reception: November 8th, 5 – 8 PM Bubbling Up is a Healing Art Installation for Community Unity on the Gordon Gamm Wall in the lobby of the Dairy Arts Center. Bubbling Up is a transformative installation that invites the community to engage in meaningful conversations around racism and xenophobia.
Thirteen Moons in the Land of Sky and Wind
Exhibition Dates: November 8 – January 6, 2024 Opening Reception: November 8, 5 – 8 PM Location: Sacred Space, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 The Lakhota people have many names for the months of the year. The names of the moons are drawn from the resources available to them or are descriptions
Curious Realms: Step Into Abstraction
Curious Realms: Step into Abstraction November 8, 2024 – January 5, 2025 Opening Night Reception: November 8th, 5 – 8 PM Abstraction is defined as “existing in thought or idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.” Concepts like love, imagination, faith, and hope are abstract, yet they unite us through shared human experience,
Full Circle: Laura Brenton
Full Circle: Laura Brenton Exhibition Dates: November 8 – December 8, 2024 Opening Reception: November 8, 5 – 8 PM Painting with Music Workshop: November 16, 1 – 4 PM (TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON) Location: Locals Only Gallery, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302 The Dairy Arts Center proudly welcomes Laura Brenton back
Paper Skies | Brenda Biondo
Paper Skies Brenda Biondo Brenda Biondo investigates natural light, atmospheric color and the photograph as object, putting the most ubiquitous of subjects — the sky — into unconventional contexts to create illusions that challenge expectations. Her work references the Light and Space movement’s emphasis on light as subject, while the images’ formal aesthetic qualities are
Jodi Stuart – Nested Rhomboids
Jodi Stuart Nested Rhomboids Jodi Stuart Nested Rhomboids ABS Plastic, Nylon Filament 120″ x 60″ x 72″ On view in the Dairy’s West Entrance Jodi Stuart explores the aesthetic of the digital technologies which saturate our lives, in relation to tactile and sensory experience. Stuart subverts the materials and tools of high-tech culture through her
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