Charles Deas: Telling Tales to 1840s America
June 6, 2009 – August 30, 2009

Charles Deas: Telling Tales to 1840s America will highlight Charles Deas, one of the best known and highly appreciated artists of the American West during the 1840s. This exhibition will be the first retrospective of the artist’s work. Over 45 of Deas’ paintings and works on paper will be on view, including the Denver Art Museum’s own Long Jakes, The Rocky Mountain Man, Deas’ famous depiction of an 1840s American trapper. This painting became a national symbol for the U.S. government’s campaign to expand its borders during the late 19th century. This exhibition of Deas’ works will illustrate how the artist helped shape Americans’ understanding of themselves and their country during the pre-Mexican War era.

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Imperial Mughal Albums
from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
July 4, 2009 – September 27, 2009

The Mughal dynasty ruled India for more than three centuries, but the period of greatest artistic production was that of emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan, during which the Taj Mahal was built. Among the most remarkable of all albums ever created are those made for the two great emperors in 1600–57. The paintings in the albums include portraits, genre scenes and natural history subjects. The works in this exhibition are drawn from one of the finest collections of its kind, the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland. This is the first exhibition devoted to the Library’s Mughal-era Indian collection to take place outside Dublin.

The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.

Support for the national tour and catalogue has generously been provided by The Annenberg Foun dation, Culture Ireland, The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Additional funding is provided by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and the generous donors to the Annual Leader ship Campaign. Promotional support is provided by The Denver Post. His Excellency, Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America, is Honorary Patron of the exhibition.

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Charles M. Russell: The Masterworks in Oil and Bronze
November 2009 – January 2010

Charles M. Russell: The Masterworks in Oil and Bronze, jointly organized by the Denver Art Museum and Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, will be the first retrospective of Russell’s paintings and bronze sculpture in a quarter century. The exhibition will include 60 major works in oil, bronze and mixed media as well as a selection of objects that portray the charismatic artist in his own words and images. The exhibition’s curator, Joan Carpenter Troccoli, Senior Scholar in the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum, has developed its checklist with the assistance of an advisory committee of distinguished Russell scholars and is in the process of securing loans from major public and private collections, including that of Tom and Jane Petrie. A book covering the full span of Russell’s career will be published in conjunction with the exhibition by the University of Oklahoma Press, publisher of the Charles M. Russell catalogue raisonné. After showings at the Denver Art Museum and Gilcrease Museum, the exhibition will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

FREE FIRST SATURDAYS

The Denver Art Museum offers free general admission to the Museum campus on the first Saturday of each month for Colorado residents. Visitors can enjoy all of the Museum’s regular offerings for free, including the many galleries and exhibitions on view throughout the complex. On Free First Saturday, the Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; distribution of free, timed-entry tickets begins at 9:45 a.m. Tickets are available on-site only and while supplies last for Colorado residents. Free First Saturdays are made possible by the citizens who support the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

Daily during Museum hours
Stop by the Museum anytime during general admission hours and find family activities on every floor:

Eye Spy games, art making, dress up costumes, make-a-postcard, bingo, mix African music, puzzles and a whole lot more. Don’t miss the hands-on art activity in the popular Kids Corner—it changes several times every year, so come back and find something new. Look for Seymour, our monkey mascot, popping up all over the Museum when there’s something for kids to do!

Just for Fun Family Center

The Just for Fun Family Center is a place where families can gather in a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy six world-culture themed play stations. Kids can dress like an Egyptian animal, design their own chairs using different legs, build a five-foot replica of a Maya stone carving or make their own spinning top.

Weekends for families
Family Backpacks and Art Tubes

Take a trek through the Museum with a Family Backpack! Each pack is filled with hands-on games and activities to lead you on different adventures through the galleries in both the North and Hamilton build ings. Choose from various adventures, including two special backpacks for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and two bilingual (English/Spanish) Backpacks—Jaguars, Snakes and Birds and Jaws, Paws and Claws. Backpacks are checked out free of charge with photo I.D. In a hurry? Families who have limited time will find a bite-sized art-making activity in our new Art Tubes.

Hotspots

Every weekend you’ll find different Hotspots in different galleries. These interactive stations include touchable art objects and in some cases art materials throughout the Museum. Trained facilitators are on hand to guide your art making experience or answer questions about the related art on view. Learn about Japanese samurai, Navajo weaving, Egyptian flower collars and pre-Columbian gold and silver in the North Building. In the Hamilton Building, explore architecture at Build with Sketch-Up, investigate Western horses, make a promise in the African gallery or play with patterns in the Oceanic gallery. Each Hotspot relates to the art on that floor and reveals artists’ techniques. Includes special activities for kids and families.

Final Friday of each month
(except December), 6-10 p.m.

Many artists call their work “Untitled” so there’s nothing to limit how the viewer perceives it. Similarly, anything can happen at our series of Untitled events and visitors can make of it what they wish. From 6 to 10 p.m. on the final Friday of every month, visitors can connect to the Museum’s artwork and to each other in unexpected ways. All Untitled events include offbeat encounters with art, unusual detours, music, a cash bar and a dose of the unexpected. Visit untitled.denverartmuseum.org for more details.

August 29 – Untitled #18 (.gov)

Cardboard candidates, creative caucus, party colors, cash bar, and a dose of the unexpected.

• Pose with your preferred political pal
• Banter over button-making
• Canvas the galleries for your party’s color
• Fly your flag pin, ‘cause these colors don’t run

Cash bar. Untitled events are free with regular museum admission on the final Friday of every month during the event season. Two-for-one student admission with valid ID.

Architecture and Collection Highlights Tours

Two 45-minute tours are available every day the Museum is open. On an Architecture Tour, explore highlights in the Hamilton Building such as Boettcher Canyon Walk, the Bartlit Sculpture Deck and views from the Duncan Pavilion. On a Collection Highlight Tour, learn about highlights of the Denver Art Museum collection, including works in both the North and Hamilton Buildings.

Architecture Tour: Tues.-Sun. at 1 p.m.

Collection Highlights Tour
Tues.-Fri. at 11 a.m., additional tour Fri. at 6 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. at 2 p.m.

Nooner Tours
Wednesday & Friday, noon

Visitors can explore a different topic every week in a 30-minute tour. Upcoming topics are available on the Museum’s website and at the welcome desk in both buildings.

School Tours
The DAM offers a wide variety of tours for students in kindergarten through college. See more information on www.denverartmuseum.org or call 720-913-0075.

Special Request & Access Tours
Schedule a private tour of Museum collections and special exhibitions (minimum of 10 people). Call at least two weeks in advance: 720-865-5262. To schedule a guided tour in Spanish, please call 720-865-5262. Wheelchairs are available on a first-come basis at the Museum’s welcome desks. Other adaptive and interpretive services are available with one week’s notice; email access@denverartmuseum.org or call 720-865-5065.

VISITOR INFORMATION

The Denver Art Museum is located in downtown Denver on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock. The Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m.; closed Mondays and most major holidays. Enter the Cultural Complex Garage from 12th Avenue just west of Broadway or check the DAM website for up-to-date parking information. For information in Spanish, call 720-913-0169. For ticket prices and general Museum information, call 720-865-5000 or visit the Museum’s website at www.denverartmuseum.org.