Día de Muertos, the Mexican holiday honoring the dead, can take many forms. Like any tradition, it can vary from region to ...
DENVER – July 23, 2026 – The Denver Art Museum (DAM) proudly announces the launch of the James Balog Earth Vision Awards (JBEVA). The JBEVA are juried prizes intended to support photographers, from ...
As the silent film industry flourished, divas came to be seen in a new light. New roles were constructed around the personality of these performers, impacting public perceptions of the diva. Because ...
The cult of the diva emerged in the 1830s when opera was all the rage across Europe and America. By 1835, critics were known to characterize performances of its leading ladies as a “reflection of ...
Divas live authentically despite societal expectations and fan demands, pushing boundaries to expand the limits of self-expression. They are not afraid to go against the grain. Experimenting with ...
Laura Almeida is a curatorial fellow in the modern and contemporary department at the Denver Art Museum. Laura joined the DAM in 2019. She loves working at the museum and agrees with the poet and ...
Douglas Wagner is the curatorial assistant in the Asian art department. He has worked in various departments at the Denver Art Museum since 1997 and for the Asian art department since 2006. He ...
Laura Almeida is a curatorial fellow in the modern and contemporary department at the Denver Art Museum. Laura joined the DAM in 2019. She loves working at the museum and agrees with the poet and ...
Carleen Brice is Associate Director of Content in the DAM's marketing and communications department.
Renée B. Miller is rights and reproductions coordinator at the DAM. Renée has been at the museum since 2008. For Wassily Kandinsky, music and color were inextricably tied to one another. So clear was ...
Georgi Kyorlenski is Mayer Center Fellow, Arts of the Ancient Americas at the DAM. Writing developed independently in four regions of the world—Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, China, and ...