Museum of Contemporary Art Denver Archives

Color Blind Visitors Are Given the Full Spectrum at MCA Denver With Innovative Glasses

Cori AndersonDecember 10, 2019

Technology keeps offering ways for the art world to become more accessible. Sometimes, like with the sensationalization of sharing art on Instagram, this access...

303 MagazineArtLifestyle + Culture3 min read

20 Nonprofits to Contribute to on Colorado Gives Day

Jessica EngenDecember 10, 2019

On this Tuesday, December 10 you can help support Colorado nonprofits during Colorado Gives Day. This year marks the 10th anniversary of statewide giving with a...

303 MagazineFeaturedLifestyle + Culture9 min read

MCA Denver Wants You to Get Weird With Local Artists and Musicians

Cori AndersonAugust 1, 2019

Sharing a special moment with a stranger can be a profound experience. There's something freeing about the unexpectedness of it — a feeling that you operated be...

303 MagazineArtDowntown DenverFeaturedLifestyle + Culture3 min read

MCA to Showcase Three Women Artists With Colorado Connections This Fall

Cori AndersonJuly 1, 2019

Recently in the art world, there has been a lot of discussion about the dominance of white male artists represented in major museums and galleries. It's a fair ...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + Culture3 min read

Meg ONeill, Cori Anderson, 303 Magazine, Diego Rodriguez-Warner, Adam Lerner, Zoe Larkins

An NPR Podcast Is Going Behind The Scenes at the MCA

Cori AndersonJune 18, 2019

Art museums almost always have sterile cleanliness about them. No blemishes mar the walls, the floors are clean enough to reflect the work and the idea that a n...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + CultureRecommended Events1 min read

A Look at Denver’s Newest and Coolest Marketplace Concept – Free Market

Evans OusleyMay 23, 2019

Free Market is not your average Denver marketplace. Though each of the city’s market concepts have their own personality and atmosphere, Free Market distinguish...

303 MagazineDowntown DenverFeaturedLifestyle + CultureNeighborhoods5 min read

Colorado Artist To Be Celebrated at MCA Summer Retrospective

Cori AndersonApril 4, 2019

Clark Richert's artistic story in Colorado begins in the mid-1960s, near Trinidad, with a collective called Drop City. The geometry of sustainable living — thro...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + Culture2 min read

Tattoos, Georgia O’Keeffe and Carved Paintings Take Over the MCA with New Exhibits

Cori AndersonFebruary 18, 2019

Broadly speaking, contemporary art needs innovation in order to distinguish itself from the traditional canons of art. Without artists who take risks, or who ar...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + Culture14 min read

Watch a Nationally-Acclaimed Artist Tattoo People at the MCA This Week

Cori AndersonFebruary 15, 2019

Tattoos have a long and storied history, fraught with infamy and stigmas. Today, however — especially for the younger generations — tattooing is easily consider...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + CultureRecommended Events2 min read

The MCA Denver To Showcase Georgia O’Keeffe Alongside Modern Painters

Cori AndersonJanuary 31, 2019

In just a few weeks, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) will open its newest exhibition with three separate shows in each gallery. One of those has already se...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + CultureRecommended Events1 min read

MCA Denver Will Lose Its Fearless Leader Adam Lerner Next Year

Cori AndersonNovember 27, 2018

For the last decade, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver had Adam Lerner at the helm. During that time, the museum doubled its audience, attra...

303 MagazineArtFeaturedLifestyle + Culture3 min read

17 Non-Profits To Support on Colorado Gives Day

Lukas CrosbyNovember 26, 2018

Colorado Gives Day — the annual event raising over $182 million for nonprofits since 2010 — returns this December. Scheduled for Tuesday, December 4 —...

303 MagazineCharityFeaturedLifestyle + CultureRecommended Events9 min read