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Demystifying Genre (Colorado Library Staff Only) Nothing is scarier than trying to help a fan of a genre you yourself don’t enjoy. You want to …
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Program Spotlight: Akron Library’s Teen Time: Yeet Art Program
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that they’re proud of and they want the rest of us …
Program Spotlight: Ouray Public Library’s Youth Mental Health Programs
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that they’re proud of and they want the rest of us …
Downtown Denver’s Skyline Park
Recently the City of Denver announced that it is redesigning Skyline Park, the park located downtown on Arapahoe Street between 15th and 18th. The redesign …
Discover the Collections of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
As one of Colorado’s top museums, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS) hosts over a million visitors annually. The museum features vast collections …
Vote for Colorado’s New Driver License Design
Colorado driver licenses are changing again. Starting this fall, licenses will be issued with a new design – which you can help choose! The Colorado …
Time Machine Tuesday: The State Office Building Turns 100
The State Office Building — home of the Colorado State Library — will soon be marking a century at the corner of Colfax and Sherman, …
Christo’s Colorado Art
The artist Christo, known for his sweeping outdoor installations, passed away this week at age 84. Colorado’s mountains and rivers provided inspiration for two of …
Time Machine Tuesday: Agnes Wright Spring
New to the library’s digital collection is Denver’s Historic Markers, Memorials, Statues, and Parks (1959). But even more interesting than the publication itself is the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Katherine Craig, Colorado Educator
A few years ago, a couple dozen paintings of Colorado governors and other state officials were uncovered behind a wall at the Colorado State Archives. …
The Murals of Allen True
If you’ve ever been inside the State Capitol, the Brown Palace Hotel, or the Telephone Building on 14th Street, you’ve seen the work of 1930s …
State Capitol Tours
Summer is a great time to tour the State Capitol building. Whether you’re looking for a fun educational activity with your kids, or you’re just …
Time Machine Tuesday: The WPA in Colorado
During the height of the Great Depression, as banks failed, unemployment soared, and farm prices dropped, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established as one …
Herndon Davis, Colorado Artist
You’re probably familiar with the Face on the Barroom Floor, the mysterious portrait of a dark-haired lady on the floor of the Teller House in …
Navajo Textiles
One of the newer additions to our library collection is Navajo Textiles: The Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Published in …
Time Machine Tuesday: Native American Rock Art
If you are exploring the rural areas of western Colorado you may see some examples of rock art created by prehistoric cultures. According to the …
Time Machine Tuesday: Byers-Evans House Museum
Nestled between the looming structures of the Denver Art Museum is a hidden treasure, the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street. Built in 1883 …
Time Machine Tuesday: Creative Spaces
As housing prices go up and more and more people want to live in the city, the space available to artists has become scarce. In the …
Colorado Artists
Our library collection contains a number of biographies on Colorado fine artists. Titles of interest in our collection include: “The Art of ‘Nettie’ Bromwell,” by …
Denver Artist's Guild
One of History Colorado’s regional museums, the Byers-Evans House Museum, currently is holding an exhibit of artworks by Colorado artists who were members of the …