Creative Classes
Connect with artists, learn a new skill, or expand your own creative practice in these 1-day, 4-week, and 6-week classes. Each class, led by a practicing artist, is taught in a studio art environment in the Creative Hub, located on level 1 of the Martin Building.
Browse through our upcoming offerings and register today.
LED Circuit Bracelet
Collage: Consider Everything
Oil Painting
Embroidery: Drawing with Thread
Upcycled Indigo Dyeing
Poetry: What’s in a Name
Bookmaking: One-Page Books
Poetry: What’s in a Name?
Flow State
Wet Felting Bowls and Bags
Etching for Everybody: Drypoint Etching
Embroidery with Mixed Media
Oil Painting
Flow State
Off-Loom Weaving
Drop-In Programs
Explore your creativity with our monthly Drop-In Drawing, Drop-In Writing, and Mindful Looking programs. These events alternate between onsite and online sessions each month.
At Demonstrating Artist sessions, get a behind-the-scenes look at a professional artist's creative process and create your own art through guided hands-on activities.
Demonstrating Artist: Heidi West
Demonstrating Artist: Heidi West
Drop-In Drawing
Mindful Looking
Mindful Looking invites you to slow down and spend time with a single work of art from the Denver Art Museum.
Drop-In Writing
Demonstrating Artist: Heidi West
Demonstrating Artist: Heidi West
Untitled: Creative Fusions
Untitled: Creative Fusions is a quarterly collaboration with local artists and creatives to create an evening full of events, performances, experimentation, and one-of-a-kind experiences. Throughout the night, artists will showcase their work while providing a hands-on and engaging atmosphere.
Programs & Talks
The DAM hosts a variety of programs and talks with curators, artists, and leaders in their fields, inspired by the DAM's collections and exhibitions, current events, popular topics in the art world, and more.
Logan Lecture: Caleb Hahne Quintana
Imagining the World: Early Modern European Art in a Global View
Fools and Folly in Flemish Art
Artist Talk: Baseera Khan
Near East to Far West: A Closer Look
Her Brush: New Approaches to Gender and Agency in Japanese Art - Symposium
Group Tours
Groups of a minimum of 10 and maximum of 40 are welcome to request a guided group tour of the museum’s collections and special exhibitions. Requests must be made at least two weeks in advance.
Spotlight Talks
Spotlight Talks offer a 10-minute deep dive into a single object in the museum’s collection or special exhibition. Talks are offered daily throughout the museum every half hour starting at 11 am (subject to volunteer Docent availability). To join, keep an eye out for the purple Spotlight Talk dot on the floor in the galleries. Free with general admission.
Art & About
Art & About tours are designed for visitors with early-stage Alzheimer's or dementia and their care partners. Experience and discuss art together on a unique tour led by a specially trained guide on the second Thursday of each month.
The Studio
The Studio, located on level 1 of the Hamilton Building, is a place for visitors to spark their creativity, connect with Denver’s creative community, and gain a new perspective on the artistic process.
Creative Hub
The Creative Hub, located on level 1 of the Martin Building, is a 5,000+ square foot space intended for gathering, connection, and community-driven programming that celebrates local creativity. Visitors are welcome to visit the hub to spark their imaginations through a variety of hands-on artmaking exercises and guided prompts.
Community Spotlights
Throughout the year, the DAM is proud to showcase the artwork of our community members in the Creative Hub, located on level 1 of the Martin Building. Read more about our community spotlights and be sure to visit the Creative Hub on your next visit.
New Community Spotlight Celebrates Queer Creativity
Community Spotlight: Photography and Memory Project
Sensory Garden
Located on level 1 next to the Creative Hub, the Sensory Garden is a brand new space to enjoy in the renovated Martin Building. Engage your senses and explore the link between creativity and nature in a natural space that's fun for adults and families alike.
The best time to visit the garden is May through October. Please be aware the garden will close during inclement weather.
Thread Studio
Fascinated by fabrics? Explore the Thread Studio on level 6 of the Martin Building to try your hand at textile-based activities inspired by the DAM's exhibitions and collections.
Sven Birger Sandzén, A Mountain Symphony (Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado), 1927. Oil on canvas; 48 x 60 in. Denver Art Museum; Funds from the DAM Westerners, 2017.28
Museum From Home
If you're unable to visit soon, we invite you to explore the Denver Art Museum from home. Browse artwork in our online collection, watch videos exploring the museum's collection and exhibitions, download coloring sheets and digital backgrounds, read interviews with artists, and much more.
Lifelong Learning and Access programs are supported by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment for Education Programs, Nancy Benson Education Endowment Fund, CenturyLink Endowment, Jim Kelley and Amie Knox Education Endowment Fund, and the Cooke-Daniels Fund. Support is also provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, NextFifty Initiative, Colorado Garden Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).
