Welcome to Mad About Art!

Mad About Art! is an enthusiastic group of art lovers run by a volunteer board. MAA! offers monthly programming featuring unique art activities in the Denver metro area. Programs include artist studio visits, private collection tours, corporate art tours, and public art tours. There are also book salons and lectures. Social activities include member parties for holidays and special events. In addition, the MAA! Travel program provides small group excursions to national and international locations several times a year. Membership is $75 per household for a calendar year.

It is time to renew your Mad About Art! 2025 membership. Programming is well underway for 2025, with events you won’t want to miss. Click the link below to complete your membership renewal, then view your cart and pay. Membership dues are $75.00 per household for 2025. You cannot sign up for events until you renew your membership. So sign up NOW!

(Note: Any new members joining 9/1/24 or later are already considered paid for 2025.)

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HAPPENING IN MARCH 2025

Tour of Living Land at Redline Contemporary Art Center

Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 11 am

Join us at RedLine Contemporary Art Center for a special tour of the annual Resident Artist exhibition, Living Land, curated by Jane Burke.

“Living Land emphasizes our inherent reflexive relationship and the interconnected parallels between human and planetary evolution. As the pace of our global meta-crisis accelerates, this call asks artists to not only contemplate how humans are increasingly impacting the land but how the land, in response, is rapidly transforming our human experience.”
Jane Burke, Exhibition Curator and Executive Director at Union Hall

No cost to attend
Click here to RSVP by March 3, 2025
Location: Redline Contemporary Art Center, 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80205
The program is limited to 30 Members.
Limited private parking with one handicap-accessible space. Free street parking is available.

Tour of Living Land at Redline Contemporary Art Center

Studio Visit with Noelle Phares

Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 12 pm

Join us for a tour of Noelle’s studio and current works in progress. Noelle will discuss her process and how she attempts to unite her background in environmental science with her current work as a painter.

No cost to attend
Click here to RSVP by March 7, 2025
Location: Blackbrush Studios, 1431 Estes St, Lakewood, CO 80215
The program is limited to 30 Members.

Studio Visit with Noelle Phares

Save Venice: The Challenge of Restoring Art Work in Situ in Venice

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 11 am

Melissa Conn, Director of Save Venice, in Venice, Italy, will lecture on the challenges of restoration. Melissa Conn has been with the organization since 1989. With 35 years of experience in the field of Venetian art history and restoration, Melissa oversees all of the organization’s conservation projects in Venice and regularly gives lectures in Italy and the United States on Save Venice’s projects.

No cost to attend the lecture; optional lunch is self pay
Click here to RSVP by March 20, 2025
The lecture is limited to 25 Members.
Lecture Location: Garden Room, Martin Building, Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, CO 80204

The Self Pay Lunch is limited to 15 Members.
Click here to RSVP by March 20, 2025
Lunch Location: The Ponti in the Denver Art Museum

Conservator Valentina Piovan removes grime and oxidized varnishes from the ceiling frescoes in the Room of the Four Doors. Photo: Matteo De Fina.

MAA Travel Program for 2025

Washington, D.C. and its Fabulous Museums amidst Cherry Blossoms
March 30-April 6, 2025
SOLD OUT

This not-to-be-missed tour of museums throughout the Nation’s Capital will introduce participants to the plethora of institutions such as The National Gallery, the Phillips Collection, the Freer Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Hirschhorn, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of Women’s Art, the National Museum of African American Art, the National Museum of the American Indian, among others. Other venues will be added as available. You’ll experience extraordinary hotel accommodations, fine cuisine, and the lively, collegial, and witty banter of the tour’s guide, Dr. Timothy James Standring, Curator Emeritus, Denver Art Museum.

Swiss Museums, Hotels and Restaurants
October 4-15, 2025
SOLD OUT

Pack your lederhosen and Swiss-designed OnCloud sneakers for this fabulous tour of Switzerland’s scenic beauty and memorable museums in 2025 from the 4th to the 15th of October. This tour will travel through the playground of Europe by first-class Swiss passes to Zurich, Basel, Bern, Lucerne, and Geneva, as well as to little-known venues such as Saint Gall and Winterthur. You’ll experience stunningly new museums by world-class architects David Chipperfield in Zurich, Jean Nouvel in Lucerne, Mario Botta in Basel, and Renzo Piano in Bern and Riehen, luxuriate in extraordinary hotel accommodations, and dine at Switzerland’s finest restaurants. The tour’s guide, Dr. Timothy James Standring, Curator Emeritus, Denver Art, will enliven the 20 participants of this Swiss tour with lively, collegial, and witty banter.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

March 5, 11 am: Tour of Living Land at Redline Contemporary Art Space
March 12, 12 pm: Studio Visit with Noelle Phares
March 25, 11 am: Melissa Conn of Save Venice will give a talk at the Denver Art Museum, followed by an optional lunch at DAM.
March 30-April 6: Washington, D.C. Trip. SOLD OUT
October 4-15: Swiss Museums, Hotels and Restaurants Trip. SOLD OUT

For any questions or concerns, please email us at maaprograms@yahoo.com.

PAST TRAVEL PROGRAMS

Maeve Eichelberger, Blue Silo Studios Visit
Thursday, January 16, 2025

Maeve Eichelberger, Blue Silo Studios Visit

 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH ART

Center For The Arts Evergreen 31880 Rocky Village Drive Evergreen, CO 80439 • 303-674-0056
Interesting exhibits and a ZOOM book club for members. The book club selections are fiction based on the art world with lively discussions which sometimes include the authors. For more information on the book club, visit evergreenarts.org/cae-book-club.

Crystal Bridges Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a37911642/alice-walton-crystal-bridges-museum-interview/

Great Art Books of 2020:    https://apple.news/ADZZ5tDWJO8iZTWWX_UciZA

Google Arts and Culture:   https://artsandculture.google.com

Wiki Art Visual Art Encyclopedia: www.wikiart.org

National Gallery of Art:  The Art of Looking:   https://www.nga.gov/calendar/gallery-talks/the-art-of-looking.html

The National Gallery of Art provides an ongoing webinar series for members.  Visit   www.nga.gov

The Louvre Museum offers its entire collection online at https://www.louvre.fr/en/

Kino Now: Discover the masterworks of yesterday and new films destined to be classics tomorrow. Good source for viewing films on the subject of art and artists.  https://kinonow.com

As a follow-up to our visit with Skip Whitcomb, an interesting article on color theory:   https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/primary-sources?fbclid=IwAR1DYkfS52gGztKPid7m3r_QdkEhRUyAm_shHxRKUsb9Ig0AF8J346SdOT

Hybrid Programming

Our hybrid model of programming which offers both in-person and online events began with Covid but has remained popular even as health concerns ease. The 2023 Events list is updated monthly and designates locations, times, and requirements. Please watch your email for any last-minute changes.

Note: In-person gatherings may require proof of vaccination. Masking policy will follow public health guidelines and/or may be required at the request of the host.

Zoom Etiquette

Zoom programs allow us to “travel” to more places and stay safe during events such as Covid 19. Going forward, we hope to benefit from some tips we have learned along the way. While we love to see you on Zoom as does the speaker, adhering to a few common courtesies helps maintain the quality of our programs.  For example, once the speaker has begun a program, please remember to mute yourself if the host has not already done so. You will save us the interruptions caused by coughing, talking, etc. which temporarily bring your name up onto the screen. If you are multitasking, please also turn your video off.  Scenes of cooking, answering phone calls, exercising, and sleeping are distracting, sometimes embarrassing. Respect for all involved is the goal.  We appreciate your help in this endeavor.

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MAA! BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025

President: Chad Skrbina
Past President: Hanne Lichtenfels
Treasurer: Stacey Wilson
Secretary: Kate McDaniel
Membership: Patty Horsch

Programs: Carol Whitley
Communications: Terry McCullough and Robin Schaefer
Travel: Helen Shreves
Nominating: Mary Willis

Check Out Our Video and Previous Programs Page

Here you will find videos from our recent and past events – just click the red video icon.