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A 700 sq ft arts incubator located at 14th and Stout street at the @cccbluebear funded by @denvertheatredistrict • Open Thurs - Sun noon-6pm

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A wonderful crowd came out to celebrate the opening of Linda Bishara’s Sanctum Amaru! Thank you to Linda for bringing this remarkable exhibition to life and to everyone who joined us for its debut💛

This installation took a seriously talented team to bring together. Thank you to Jessica Polzin and Stargazer, JDP Arts, Amanda Villalobos, Peter Yumi and Ryan Wurst for helping us transform the space!

If you missed the opening, Sanctum Amaru is on view through October 11.

Understudy is free and open Thursday–Sunday, noon–6 p.m.

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This month in Denver invites you to partake in art through food, film, and exhibition experiences🌮🎬🎨

1️⃣ Monkey Town x SOBREMESA (@monkeytownhq)
2️⃣ Linda Bishara: Sanctum Amaru (@understudy_denver)
3️⃣ Call for Entry: SHORT FILM exhibition (@sp_ce13)
4️⃣ “mother : un/tethered” film premiere (@holdtightcompany)
5️⃣ KNOT SEEN: Dumpling Diaspora Artist Collective (@davisgallerydu)

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Opening Reception on Sept 12 from 4-7 pm at:
Understudy
890 C 14th St
Denver, CO

In Sanctum Amaru, I explore immortality and question the finality of death. Drawing from personal experiences with caregiving, grief and my Egyptian and Peruvian ancestry, the exhibition acts as a fictional tomb suspended in a mysterious realm between the living and the afterlife. Here in this sacred space, the dead can visit, comfort, and protect us, while the living can remember, speak to, and leave offerings for them. At its center is the benevolent Amaru, a serpent of Andean mythology who moves between realms, alongside other celestial beings who serve as guardians. Clay as a medium becomes an act of preservation and my feeble attempt at immortality, holding my fingerprints (and spirit) as evidence of a life and body that are impermanent.

Sanctum Amaru cannot answer what happens after we die. Instead, it offers comfort within that uncertainty. Drawing from ancient Egyptian and Incan traditions of ritual, offerings, and communion with the spiritual world, I hope visitors leave open to the possibility that the dead remain among us. Through ritual, objects, memory, and spiritual practice, we can continue to speak to them, care for them, and feel cared for in return.

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Part 1: Art & Archive featuring artist Chloé Duplessis (@duplessis.art) and her “Origin Story” exhibition which was on display at @understudy_denver in @denvertheatredistrict in June-July 2026.

#originstory #statueofliberty #art #denverartist #history

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Agnes Ma’s “it all ends the same” installation at Understudy uses bioplastic barbed wire posts and tumbleweeds to create a dynamic stage for “examining interactions and relationships.”

As Maggie Sava writes in her latest online review, “We as viewers are transported to a place both specific and general. On closer inspection, however, the seemingly straightforward scene starts to unravel. The barbed wire fences do not touch, making them more like gates than barriers.”

“What does it mean to travel through, when movement oscillates between the active status of rolling and the passive experience of being stuck? How do we navigate through the shifting experiences of convening and isolating, which can sometimes occur unpredictably or be caused by forces out of our control? And what does it mean to have boundaries, when they can be both gates and fences?”

“Perhaps this arrangement contests what our ideas of being out versus in might be. Here, there are porous passages instead of strict borders on a variety of scales, from the personal to the international and environmental.”

Agnes Ma’s installation will be on view through August 30th. Read Sava’s full review at dariamag.com

@maggie_sava_
@denvertheatredistrict
@i_am_agnesma

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Shared History: The Website Is Live!

We're excited to share that the official website for the Shared History is now LIVE!

Shared History was unveiled at the Center for Colorado Women’s History on July 28, 2026, to commemorate the 150/250 anniversary of our state and country.

The mural was created by artist and historian Chloe Duplessis and produced in collaboration with Athena Project and funded in part by Denver Arts and Venues - Denver CREATES fund the National Endowment for the Arts.

A permanent mural celebrating the creativity, innovation, resilience, and persistence of Colorado women—Shared History elevates the stories that deserve to be seen, remembered, and carried forward.

The website offers an overview of the inspiration, history, artistic process, and meaning behind this important work.

🌐 Visit the website and experience Shared History here: https://share.google/mR2IDi1bnS44rKcZm

Thank you to everyone who helped bring this vision to life and to the Center for Colorado Women’s History for making space for these stories to live in the public record.

Our history is shared. Our stories matter. Our future is connected.

#SharedHistory #ChloeDuplessis #DuplessisArt #ColoradoHistory #PublicArt WomenInHistory ArtAndHistor

Photo Credits:
Act One Photography
& Joe Mazza/Reanimate

Collage Credit:
Chloé Duplessis

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Agnes Ma: "it all ends the same" opens Friday, July 31
Join us from 6–9 PM at Understudy 890 C 14th St

@i_am_agnesma

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it all ends the same
opens july 31, 2026, 6-9 pm
closes august 30, 2026
@understudy_denver
@denvertheatredistrict

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🎞️ Ilford HP5+
📷 Nikkormat FT3

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On View at Understudy in Denver through July 19th

Understudy Gallery
Open:
Thursday - Sunday
12 noon - 6 pm

Tours are offered at no cost, however, donations to Duplessis Art are greatly appreciated.

To book a guided tour, submit a request via chloeduplessis.com's "contact" page. To make a donation, visit our website landing paige.

#arttour #chloeduplessis
#investinart #curator
#duplessisart

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Thank you.

Beyond grateful.

#OriginStoryDenver
#chloeduplessis #fiberworks #news #denver art

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Oh snap!

We're five days out from the opening of Origin Story at Understudy in beautiful downtown Denver.

Origin Story is an immersive Afro-Futuristic art installation that reimagines the Statue of Liberty through the lens of history, memory, and possibility. Conceived as a reflection on one of the world's most recognizable symbols of freedom, the installation explores the historical, political, and social forces that shaped the monument's creation and its evolving meaning across generations.

Inspired by the original vision of abolitionist and historian Édouard de Laboulaye, who proposed the statue to commemorate the United States centennial and the abolition of slavery following the Civil War, and by the designs of sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Origin Story examines the promises and contradictions embedded within the language of liberty itself.

For more information, visit chloeduplessis.com.

#OriginStoryDenver
#Chloeduplessis
#Duplessis.art
#Art #UnderstudyGallery

Photo Credit:
Ian Alexander

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