Paints & Pigments: A Colorful History (How Do We Art? Winter Course Session 1)
Schedule
Sat Feb 07 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, United States, Colorado 80204 | Denver, CO
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This is the first session of our three-session winter course titled "How Do We Art: Materials, Methods, and the Stories They Tell."ABOUT THE COURSE:
Each label in the Denver Art Museum lists the artwork’s materials. From traditional mediums (oil paint, bronze, clay) to everyday objects (bottle caps, fluorescents lights, pantyhose), these materials have larger human stories to tell.
In this three-session course, experience the museum’s collections with a look at creative processes and materials. Through interactive lectures, hands-on exploration, and time in the galleries, we’ll ask, “How’s it made?” and learn what materials and methods can tell us about global human contact, scientific and creative innovation, and changing definitions of art across time. Walk away with refreshed perspectives on the collections and discover new ways of approaching any work of art.
ABOUT THIS FIRST SESSION:
Where do paints and pigments come from, and how has that changed over time? Can you name the bug that artists have used for centuries to create red color? What technologies gave rise to a newly vibrant palette for the Impressionist artists? And how does a particular type of paint impact creative expression?
Explore these questions and others as we investigate paint from earth to lab to canvas, textile, paper and more. Along the way, uncover stories of innovation, industrialization, and globalization.
If you are interested in attending all three sessions in the How Do We Art? series, consider purchasing the full course.
The full "How Do We Art: Materials, Methods, and the Stories They Tell" course contains the following:
Session 1 – Paints & Pigments: A Colorful History: Saturday, February 7, 1:30-3:30pm
Session 2 – Clay: From Earth to Art: Saturday, February 21, 1:30-3:30pm
Session 3 – Prints: How Ink & Paper Changed the World: Saturday, March 7, 1:30-3:30pm
Ticket required, discount for members, Museum Friends, and students.
Image: Claude Monet, "Waterlilies" or "The Water Lily Pond (Nympheas)," 1904. Oil paint on canvas; 34 ⅝ × 36 in. (87.9 × 91.4 cm). Denver Art Museum: Funds from Helen Dill bequest, 1935.14
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/calendar/paints-pigments-colorful-history
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