April 9 – May 17 2024 Reception: April 23 4:30 – 6pm Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center   Gary Cawood received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Auburn University in 1970, and after service as a VISTA in the Pittsburgh Architect’s Workshop, began a serious study of photography in 1972. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from East Tennessee State University in 1976  He has taught at the University of Delaware, Louisiana Tech University and is Professor Emeritus, University …

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March 4 – April 4 2024 The Sideshow, Lory Student Center Mo’Print, or the Month of Printmaking, is a way to celebrate Colorado’s printmaking community throughout the month of March. Numerous printmaking exhibitions are occurring this month in Denver andsurrounding areas. In conjunction with this series of exhibitions, we’d like to represent the printmaking artists here in the CSU community. This exhibition features the work of seven student artists using various printmaking techniques.

February – July 2024 Reception: April 2, 4:30 – 6pm Duhesa Gallery, Lory Student Center Gregg Deal, (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and “disruptor.” His work is informed by his Native identity and includes exhaustive critiques of American society, politics, popular culture and history. Through paintings, murals, performance work, filmmaking, spoken word, and more, Deal invites the viewer to confront these issues both in the present and the past tense. Deal has lectured in multiple institutions, …

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January 29 – February 27 2024 The Sideshow, Lory Student Center This exhibition title is derived from the famously referred to Salon des Refusés of 1863, which featured works submitted to the official Paris Salon then rejected by the jury. This Salon des Refusés is a display of selected works which were not accepted into this past year’s Student Art Exhibition held in the Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center. Only a certain number of pieces were selected into …

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February 15 – March 22 2024 Opening Reception with comments from the artist: February 15 4:00-5:30pm Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center   Vincent Frimpong is a contemporary ceramic artist born in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. He holds a B.A. in Industrial Arts (Ceramics option) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. He was a teaching assistant in the Ceramic Section of the Department of Industrial Art, KNUST. His works are shown in multiple exhibitions, including Our Art, Our …

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October – December 2023 The Sideshow   This exhibition features work from various student artists which exhibit the different aspects of fibers art. In this collection of works, students explore traditional methods of working with fibers such as weaving and sewing, as well as alternative materials, processes and themes. This space, recently renamed “the Sideshow,” is dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of CSU students. Exhibiting Artists: Aaron Avery Theo Altmaier Hazel Shelton Jane Lawton Helen Jewart Peyton Farnum Julia Dreisbach …

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November 28 2023 – January 26 2023 Opening Reception with awards and juror’s comments: November 28 4:30-6pm Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center   The Annual Student Art Exhibition hosted by Colorado State University’s Curfman Gallery is the longest running recurring exhibition at CSU. The exhibition is open to all current Colorado State University students, both undergraduate and graduate, and serves to highlight the creative efforts of the student body. This year’s exhibition was juried by Colorado based artists Sarah E. …

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October 2 – November 3 2023 Opening Reception with comments from the artist: October 3 4:40-6pm Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center   Chloe Wilwerding is a Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based artist who is driven by questions. Her multidisciplinary art practice centers on primordial questions about who we are, why we are here, and how we should live. Through textiles, collage, digital art, and printmaking, Chloe investigates how we understand what it means to be human. Climate change and digital culture feature …

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August 2023 – January 2024 Duhesa Gallery, Lory Student Center Going through the motions is a phrase used to describe the simulation of an action.  Motion is at the foundation of my work.  I focus on Ho Chunk culture and history; dealing with issues of land and relocation along with the representation of our pervasive American identity.  I create work that expresses the contemporary Ho Chunk experience and our relationship to place.  This collection ranges from collage and mixed media …

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August 14 – September 15 2023 Closing Reception with comments from the artists: September 12 4:30-6pm Curfman Gallery, Lory Student Center   Artists Chris Kannen and Lauren Lipinski Eisen both create work highlighting organic objects observed in their natural environments, as a response to their own memories. In this collection of work, the artists achieve a sense of nostalgia while simultaneously creating a heightened appreciation for the details of our natural world. Kannen and Eisen were chosen to exhibit in the …

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