About

University of Colorado Art Museum

The University of Colorado Art Museum provides a forum for exchanging ideas, inspiring collaboration and fueling imagination through art. The museum’s growing collection and diverse exhibitions and public programs promote, inspire and generate interdisciplinary scholarship and cultural expression. С»ÆÊé Art Museum mobilizes our strengths to support and enrich the academic and social missions of С»ÆÊé Boulder and to serve our communities in Boulder, statewide and beyond.

Housed within С»ÆÊé Boulder's  it’s our mission to improve the accessibility of our collection and exhibitions for С»ÆÊé Boulder students, faculty, staff and the people of Colorado.

Strategic & Guiding Documents


The University of Colorado Art Museum's Collection Management Policy and Procedures was:Adopted by the Colorado Collection Committee, April 16, 2004 Amended, September 24, 2004 Amended, September 22, 2005 Amended, April 14, 2006 Amended, September 19, 2008 Amended, April 23, 2012 Amended, February 22, 2013 Amended May 1, 2018 Amended July 11, 2019 Amended January 13, 2020The Policy and Procedures can be review in the following sections:I. Mission, Vision and HistoryII. Statement of AuthorityIII.


I. Mission The University of Colorado Art Museum (museum) provides a forum for exchanging ideas, inspiring collaboration and fueling imagination through art. The museum’s growing collection and diverse exhibitions and public programs promote, inspire and generate interdisciplinary scholarship and cultural expression. The museum mobilizes our strengths to support and enrich the academic and social missions of С»ÆÊé Boulder and to serve our communities in Boulder, statewide and beyond. II. Governance  


The С»ÆÊé Art Museum strives to advance diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in all of our museum operations. As an educational institution that builds relationships with our university and local community, we welcome all students, staff, and community members to be engaged with the exhibitions we curate, art we collect, classes we teach, and programs we offer. We are resolute in our ongoing commitment to fostering a forum for expression, curiosity, and creativity.


The С»ÆÊé Art Museum inspires cultural awareness, diversity and inclusiveness, creating lifelong cultural advocates. The С»ÆÊé Art Museum staff are firm in our commitment to equity and fairness in our work. We embrace broad definitions of accessibility to be welcoming and collaborative. In our exhibitions, programs and campus engagement, we confront complex cultural and social issues. We recognize that power dynamics in museums present obstacles for visitors and future professionals who wish to gain entry to our galleries and to the field. We are committed to identifying and shaping new paths forward.


The University of Colorado Art Museum provides a forum for exchanging ideas, inspiring collaboration and fueling imagination through art. The museum’s growing collection and diverse exhibitions and public programs promote, inspire and generate interdisciplinary scholarship and cultural expression. С»ÆÊé Art Museum mobilizes our strengths to support and enrich the academic and social missions of С»ÆÊé Boulder and to serve our communities in Boulder, statewide and beyond. 

С»ÆÊéAM Community Council Members

  • Morgan Bierbaum
  • Monica E. Carroll, office manager, Department of Communication, С»ÆÊé Boulder
  • Christopher M. Carruth, teaching assistant professor, Information Science
  • Lauren Collins, program director, Asian Studies
  • Alli Gerrish, chair
  • Jessi Green, Digital Marketing and Engagement Strategist, С»ÆÊé Boulder
  • Ginger Knowlton, teaching professor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
  • Lori Llerandi
  • Tawsha Mitchell, Advisor, Psychology & Neuroscience, С»ÆÊé Boulder
  • Mike Piche
  • Alan Rudy
  • Teri Rueb, professor, Critical Media Practices  
  • Hailee Settlemoir, undergraduate, Leeds School of Business
  • Dexter Williams, 1994

Ex Officio

  • John-Michael Rivera, Dean for the Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Amber Story, Director of Development
  • Graham Oddie, Chair, Department of Art and Art History

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С»ÆÊéAM Collection Committee

  • Kim Dorazewski-Smouse, community member, co-chair
  • Annette de Stecher, assistant professor, Art History, associate chair for Art History, and co-chair
  • Ann Bateson, '77 + '85, community member
  • Gwendolyn MacIver, community member
  • crystal nelson (cam), assistant professor, Art History
  • Megan O'Grady, assistant professor, Art and Art History
  • Emily Berkes, master’s candidate, Art and Art History
  • Sheri Binkly, undergraduate, Anthropology
  • Megan Fridel, assistant professor, Lead, Collections, Norlin Library
  • Hailee Settlemoir, undergraduate, Leeds School of Business

Ex Officio

  • Karen Ringsby, '62

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Call for applications to serve on the С»ÆÊé Art Museum Collection Committee

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Museum Staff

Student Museum Attendants

Location

University of Colorado Art Museum
Visual Arts Complex
1085 18th Street
Boulder, CO 80309-0459
303-492-8300


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