Neighborhood: Golden Triangle

Other People’s Pictures: Gifts from the Robert and Kerstin Adams Collection
On view through April 2
Denver Art Museum
Martin Building, Level 6
Included with General Admission 

Other People’s Pictures: Gifts from the Robert and Kerstin Adams Collection explores the reciprocal relationships among artists and their creative exchange of objects. Comprised of more than 70 photographic works selected from a collection donated to the DAM in 2018 by Robert and Kerstin Adams, this exhibition also examines the themes of collecting, the pleasure of looking, and how diverse points of view interact to shape perspectives.

Through photographic themes of landscape and recreation; people and places; forces of nature; slowing down; and ethics, belief and memory, Other People’s Pictures invites visitors to contemplate their own connections to the objects, people, and places in their own lives and how photographs can convey that attachment.

Return of the Corn Mothers
Through October 1, 2023
Inspiring Women of the Southwest
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+), $15

Return of the Corn Mothers marks a three-year effort to honor 22 new Corn Mothers in 2022. What began in 2007 with a small grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute and eight local women, has now expanded to include more than 70 women.

Join in the rich tradition of honoring Southwest women through this revitalized exhibit. Share in an intergenerational gathering and honor the unsung heroes of the community, and celebrate the induction of 22 women to the Corn Mothers family.

Who Are the Corn Mothers?

The Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico started domesticating maize over 9,000 years ago. As cultivation of the once wild grass spread throughout the “Americas” and globally, the significance of this life-giving food was immortalized in legend and story. Among Southwest Pueblo peoples, the iconic Corn Mother deity embodied growth, life, creativity, community, and creation.

The Return of the Corn Mothers project is a book, a photographic body of work, and a written history exhibition at History Colorado of multi-generational and multi-cultural women from the Southwest who exemplify the essence of Corn Mother. Photographer Todd Pierson, editor Ed Winograd, graphic designer Toinette Brown, and curator Renee Fajardo, in conjunction with MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies, the Colorado Folk Arts Council, and the Chicano Humanities Arts Council, have spent 15 years documenting the stories of women, chosen by their communities, who have made selfless contributions and creative endeavors to better the lives of others.

The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg
Through January 2024
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+): $15

History Colorado is excited to celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival with a new exhibition, The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg. This exhibition features large-scale reproductions of photographs taken by Denver’s preeminent photojournalist of the 1980s and 90s and will be open until January 2024.

Best known for his work with the Intermountain Jewish News, Weinberg focused on portraits of people in the Denver community. Weinberg’s photography adds a valuable dimension to the visual record of the Mile High City during this time and displays his innate ability to capture personal stories and emotions.

Weinberg prided himself on creating “people pieces” that connected Denver to the broader world. His photography focused on both everyday Denverites – such as Leonder Taylor, a man experiencing homelessness in 1994 – and globally renowned individuals – like Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ellie Wiesel, John Fielder and Dan Rather.

Much of Weinberg’s work concentrated on identifying institutional racism and removing barriers for Denverites. Each of his photos connects not only to a specific moment in time but a larger story that was unfolding. The stories behind his photos are explored in quotes from Weinberg which serve as labels for the exhibition. Now legally blind, Weinberg requested the labels for this exhibition be as accessible as possible, so History Colorado partnered with the Colorado Center for the Blind to have them translated into Braille, along with the traditional English and Spanish versions.

About Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg was born in Denver to David and Faye Weinberg. His passion for photography began in East St. Louis as a Vista Volunteer photographer. After he honed his craft, he moved back to Colorado and started his own photography business. In the following decades, Weinberg captured the personal stories that intertwined in Denver during the 1980s and 1990s.

Weinberg began losing his sight in the early 1990s, and by 1998 he was legally blind. It took years for him to acclimate to his new life. He credits organizations like the Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Talking Book Library, and National Industries for the Blind for helping him learn to live independently as a person who is visually impaired.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Permanent Collection Highlights
February 17 – April 15, 2023
Opening Reception and MOP Kickoff: Saturday, March 4, 5 – 8 pm
Colorado Photographic Arts Center
1070 Bannock St., Denver
Free and open to the public

To celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center’s 60^th Anniversary, we invite you to take a journey through the history of photographic art with a special exhibition of works from CPAC’s Permanent Collection.

A cultural treasure, the collection houses more than 800 prints collected over six decades, donated by regional and national artists working from the mid-1800s to today.

Looking Back, Moving Forward offers a unique opportunity to see pieces from the collection for the first time in over 10 years. The exhibit highlights 45 images spanning a range of genres, approaches, and techniques, honoring CPAC’s past while looking to the future as the organization celebrates its 60^th year.

Johnston’s curation combines pivotal works from the 20^th century with national and regional works that demonstrate the breadth of the medium. Viewers can expect to see photographs by well-known masters like Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Judy Dater, as well as Colorado artists such as Ewing Stiffler and Hal Gould, and contemporary photographers such as Greer Muldowney, Zora Murff and the collaborative duo Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman.

For more information please visit CPAC’s website.

Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography is one of the first major museum surveys to explore the practices of Indigenous photographers working over the past three decades. Featuring works by more than 30 contemporary Indigenous photographers, the exhibition highlights the historically underrepresented views and voices of Indigenous communities. The works aim to shift power dynamics and bring attention to misrepresentations by focusing on Indigenous perspectives, exploring themes of history, loss, identity, and representation.

Organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter), the exhibition features photographs from both emerging and established artists, including Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Taskigi/Diné), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), and Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock). The show will also include dynamic installations by Kapulani Landgraf (Kanaka´Ōiwi), Jolene Rickard (Skarù:ręʔ/Tuscarora), and Alan Michelson (Mohawk member of Six Nations of the Grand River).

Speaking with Light is on view February 19, 2023, through May 21, 2023. The exhibition is included with general admission, which is free for everyone 18 and under every day, as well as museum members.

Gallery M Presents: M27 – A Group Retrospective Featuring Masters of Photojournalism and Pop Culture
Exhibition Dates: March 9 – April 30
Free and open to the public for viewing at Metropolitan Frame Company: Monday – Friday, 10 AM – 5 PM
Opening Reception: March 9, 5 – 8 pm 

Join Gallery M and Metropolitan Frame Company for “M27”, a special collector evening as part of Denver’s Month of Photography.

“M27” is a group retrospective show featuring vintage and contemporary works by our internationally recognized and collected masters of the medium. Included are historic works by LIFE photojournalists and contemporary contributions from pioneers like Howard Schatz, Alex Cao, Peter Tunney, and Tyler Shields. Work with a specialist on your own collection needs and take advantage of the evening’s venue to pair your new work with our framing advisors.

RSVP online for opening reception or call 303-331-8400, x113

TRANSIENT PRESENCE | Group Exhibition 
March 17 – May 13, 2023
Walker Fine Art

Opening Reception: Friday, March 17 | 5-8 PM and Saturday, March 18 | 11 AM – 5 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 13

Photography, similar to life itself, is in a continuous state of transformation. Throughout modern history, photography has played an integral role to remember historic events, form a public image, or express an idea through an artistic medium. Denver’s Month of Photography is a biennial celebration of this medium; TRANSIENT PRESENCE is a group exhibition within that celebration, featuring artists who illuminate ephemerality and existence via their own visual vocabulary.

Featuring Melanie Walker, Katie Kindle, Bonny Lhotka, Kevin Hoth, Joo Yeon Woo and Jane Fulton Alt.

Other People’s Pictures: Gifts from the Robert and Kerstin Adams Collection
On view through April 2
Denver Art Museum
Martin Building, Level 6
Included with General Admission 

Other People’s Pictures: Gifts from the Robert and Kerstin Adams Collection explores the reciprocal relationships among artists and their creative exchange of objects. Comprised of more than 70 photographic works selected from a collection donated to the DAM in 2018 by Robert and Kerstin Adams, this exhibition also examines the themes of collecting, the pleasure of looking, and how diverse points of view interact to shape perspectives.

Through photographic themes of landscape and recreation; people and places; forces of nature; slowing down; and ethics, belief and memory, Other People’s Pictures invites visitors to contemplate their own connections to the objects, people, and places in their own lives and how photographs can convey that attachment.

Return of the Corn Mothers
Through October 1, 2023
Inspiring Women of the Southwest
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+), $15

Return of the Corn Mothers marks a three-year effort to honor 22 new Corn Mothers in 2022. What began in 2007 with a small grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute and eight local women, has now expanded to include more than 70 women.

Join in the rich tradition of honoring Southwest women through this revitalized exhibit. Share in an intergenerational gathering and honor the unsung heroes of the community, and celebrate the induction of 22 women to the Corn Mothers family.

Who Are the Corn Mothers?

The Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico started domesticating maize over 9,000 years ago. As cultivation of the once wild grass spread throughout the “Americas” and globally, the significance of this life-giving food was immortalized in legend and story. Among Southwest Pueblo peoples, the iconic Corn Mother deity embodied growth, life, creativity, community, and creation.

The Return of the Corn Mothers project is a book, a photographic body of work, and a written history exhibition at History Colorado of multi-generational and multi-cultural women from the Southwest who exemplify the essence of Corn Mother. Photographer Todd Pierson, editor Ed Winograd, graphic designer Toinette Brown, and curator Renee Fajardo, in conjunction with MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies, the Colorado Folk Arts Council, and the Chicano Humanities Arts Council, have spent 15 years documenting the stories of women, chosen by their communities, who have made selfless contributions and creative endeavors to better the lives of others.

The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg
Through January 2024
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+): $15

History Colorado is excited to celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival with a new exhibition, The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg. This exhibition features large-scale reproductions of photographs taken by Denver’s preeminent photojournalist of the 1980s and 90s and will be open until January 2024.

Best known for his work with the Intermountain Jewish News, Weinberg focused on portraits of people in the Denver community. Weinberg’s photography adds a valuable dimension to the visual record of the Mile High City during this time and displays his innate ability to capture personal stories and emotions.

Weinberg prided himself on creating “people pieces” that connected Denver to the broader world. His photography focused on both everyday Denverites – such as Leonder Taylor, a man experiencing homelessness in 1994 – and globally renowned individuals – like Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ellie Wiesel, John Fielder and Dan Rather.

Much of Weinberg’s work concentrated on identifying institutional racism and removing barriers for Denverites. Each of his photos connects not only to a specific moment in time but a larger story that was unfolding. The stories behind his photos are explored in quotes from Weinberg which serve as labels for the exhibition. Now legally blind, Weinberg requested the labels for this exhibition be as accessible as possible, so History Colorado partnered with the Colorado Center for the Blind to have them translated into Braille, along with the traditional English and Spanish versions.

About Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg was born in Denver to David and Faye Weinberg. His passion for photography began in East St. Louis as a Vista Volunteer photographer. After he honed his craft, he moved back to Colorado and started his own photography business. In the following decades, Weinberg captured the personal stories that intertwined in Denver during the 1980s and 1990s.

Weinberg began losing his sight in the early 1990s, and by 1998 he was legally blind. It took years for him to acclimate to his new life. He credits organizations like the Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Talking Book Library, and National Industries for the Blind for helping him learn to live independently as a person who is visually impaired.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Permanent Collection Highlights
February 17 – April 15, 2023
Opening Reception and MOP Kickoff: Saturday, March 4, 5 – 8 pm
Colorado Photographic Arts Center
1070 Bannock St., Denver
Free and open to the public

To celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival and the Colorado Photographic Arts Center’s 60^th Anniversary, we invite you to take a journey through the history of photographic art with a special exhibition of works from CPAC’s Permanent Collection.

A cultural treasure, the collection houses more than 800 prints collected over six decades, donated by regional and national artists working from the mid-1800s to today.

Looking Back, Moving Forward offers a unique opportunity to see pieces from the collection for the first time in over 10 years. The exhibit highlights 45 images spanning a range of genres, approaches, and techniques, honoring CPAC’s past while looking to the future as the organization celebrates its 60^th year.

Johnston’s curation combines pivotal works from the 20^th century with national and regional works that demonstrate the breadth of the medium. Viewers can expect to see photographs by well-known masters like Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Judy Dater, as well as Colorado artists such as Ewing Stiffler and Hal Gould, and contemporary photographers such as Greer Muldowney, Zora Murff and the collaborative duo Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman.

For more information please visit CPAC’s website.

Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography is one of the first major museum surveys to explore the practices of Indigenous photographers working over the past three decades. Featuring works by more than 30 contemporary Indigenous photographers, the exhibition highlights the historically underrepresented views and voices of Indigenous communities. The works aim to shift power dynamics and bring attention to misrepresentations by focusing on Indigenous perspectives, exploring themes of history, loss, identity, and representation.

Organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter), the exhibition features photographs from both emerging and established artists, including Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Taskigi/Diné), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), and Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock). The show will also include dynamic installations by Kapulani Landgraf (Kanaka´Ōiwi), Jolene Rickard (Skarù:ręʔ/Tuscarora), and Alan Michelson (Mohawk member of Six Nations of the Grand River).

Speaking with Light is on view February 19, 2023, through May 21, 2023. The exhibition is included with general admission, which is free for everyone 18 and under every day, as well as museum members.

Gallery M Presents: M27 – A Group Retrospective Featuring Masters of Photojournalism and Pop Culture
Exhibition Dates: March 9 – April 30
Free and open to the public for viewing at Metropolitan Frame Company: Monday – Friday, 10 AM – 5 PM
Opening Reception: March 9, 5 – 8 pm 

Join Gallery M and Metropolitan Frame Company for “M27”, a special collector evening as part of Denver’s Month of Photography.

“M27” is a group retrospective show featuring vintage and contemporary works by our internationally recognized and collected masters of the medium. Included are historic works by LIFE photojournalists and contemporary contributions from pioneers like Howard Schatz, Alex Cao, Peter Tunney, and Tyler Shields. Work with a specialist on your own collection needs and take advantage of the evening’s venue to pair your new work with our framing advisors.

RSVP online for opening reception or call 303-331-8400, x113

TRANSIENT PRESENCE | Group Exhibition 
March 17 – May 13, 2023
Walker Fine Art

Opening Reception: Friday, March 17 | 5-8 PM and Saturday, March 18 | 11 AM – 5 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 13

Photography, similar to life itself, is in a continuous state of transformation. Throughout modern history, photography has played an integral role to remember historic events, form a public image, or express an idea through an artistic medium. Denver’s Month of Photography is a biennial celebration of this medium; TRANSIENT PRESENCE is a group exhibition within that celebration, featuring artists who illuminate ephemerality and existence via their own visual vocabulary.

Featuring Melanie Walker, Katie Kindle, Bonny Lhotka, Kevin Hoth, Joo Yeon Woo and Jane Fulton Alt.

Return of the Corn Mothers
Through October 1, 2023
Inspiring Women of the Southwest
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+), $15

Return of the Corn Mothers marks a three-year effort to honor 22 new Corn Mothers in 2022. What began in 2007 with a small grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute and eight local women, has now expanded to include more than 70 women.

Join in the rich tradition of honoring Southwest women through this revitalized exhibit. Share in an intergenerational gathering and honor the unsung heroes of the community, and celebrate the induction of 22 women to the Corn Mothers family.

Who Are the Corn Mothers?

The Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico started domesticating maize over 9,000 years ago. As cultivation of the once wild grass spread throughout the “Americas” and globally, the significance of this life-giving food was immortalized in legend and story. Among Southwest Pueblo peoples, the iconic Corn Mother deity embodied growth, life, creativity, community, and creation.

The Return of the Corn Mothers project is a book, a photographic body of work, and a written history exhibition at History Colorado of multi-generational and multi-cultural women from the Southwest who exemplify the essence of Corn Mother. Photographer Todd Pierson, editor Ed Winograd, graphic designer Toinette Brown, and curator Renee Fajardo, in conjunction with MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies, the Colorado Folk Arts Council, and the Chicano Humanities Arts Council, have spent 15 years documenting the stories of women, chosen by their communities, who have made selfless contributions and creative endeavors to better the lives of others.

The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg
Through January 2024
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+): $15

History Colorado is excited to celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival with a new exhibition, The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg. This exhibition features large-scale reproductions of photographs taken by Denver’s preeminent photojournalist of the 1980s and 90s and will be open until January 2024.

Best known for his work with the Intermountain Jewish News, Weinberg focused on portraits of people in the Denver community. Weinberg’s photography adds a valuable dimension to the visual record of the Mile High City during this time and displays his innate ability to capture personal stories and emotions.

Weinberg prided himself on creating “people pieces” that connected Denver to the broader world. His photography focused on both everyday Denverites – such as Leonder Taylor, a man experiencing homelessness in 1994 – and globally renowned individuals – like Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ellie Wiesel, John Fielder and Dan Rather.

Much of Weinberg’s work concentrated on identifying institutional racism and removing barriers for Denverites. Each of his photos connects not only to a specific moment in time but a larger story that was unfolding. The stories behind his photos are explored in quotes from Weinberg which serve as labels for the exhibition. Now legally blind, Weinberg requested the labels for this exhibition be as accessible as possible, so History Colorado partnered with the Colorado Center for the Blind to have them translated into Braille, along with the traditional English and Spanish versions.

About Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg was born in Denver to David and Faye Weinberg. His passion for photography began in East St. Louis as a Vista Volunteer photographer. After he honed his craft, he moved back to Colorado and started his own photography business. In the following decades, Weinberg captured the personal stories that intertwined in Denver during the 1980s and 1990s.

Weinberg began losing his sight in the early 1990s, and by 1998 he was legally blind. It took years for him to acclimate to his new life. He credits organizations like the Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Talking Book Library, and National Industries for the Blind for helping him learn to live independently as a person who is visually impaired.

Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography is one of the first major museum surveys to explore the practices of Indigenous photographers working over the past three decades. Featuring works by more than 30 contemporary Indigenous photographers, the exhibition highlights the historically underrepresented views and voices of Indigenous communities. The works aim to shift power dynamics and bring attention to misrepresentations by focusing on Indigenous perspectives, exploring themes of history, loss, identity, and representation.

Organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter), the exhibition features photographs from both emerging and established artists, including Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Taskigi/Diné), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), and Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock). The show will also include dynamic installations by Kapulani Landgraf (Kanaka´Ōiwi), Jolene Rickard (Skarù:ręʔ/Tuscarora), and Alan Michelson (Mohawk member of Six Nations of the Grand River).

Speaking with Light is on view February 19, 2023, through May 21, 2023. The exhibition is included with general admission, which is free for everyone 18 and under every day, as well as museum members.

TRANSIENT PRESENCE | Group Exhibition 
March 17 – May 13, 2023
Walker Fine Art

Opening Reception: Friday, March 17 | 5-8 PM and Saturday, March 18 | 11 AM – 5 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 13

Photography, similar to life itself, is in a continuous state of transformation. Throughout modern history, photography has played an integral role to remember historic events, form a public image, or express an idea through an artistic medium. Denver’s Month of Photography is a biennial celebration of this medium; TRANSIENT PRESENCE is a group exhibition within that celebration, featuring artists who illuminate ephemerality and existence via their own visual vocabulary.

Featuring Melanie Walker, Katie Kindle, Bonny Lhotka, Kevin Hoth, Joo Yeon Woo and Jane Fulton Alt.

Return of the Corn Mothers
Through October 1, 2023
Inspiring Women of the Southwest
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+), $15

Return of the Corn Mothers marks a three-year effort to honor 22 new Corn Mothers in 2022. What began in 2007 with a small grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute and eight local women, has now expanded to include more than 70 women.

Join in the rich tradition of honoring Southwest women through this revitalized exhibit. Share in an intergenerational gathering and honor the unsung heroes of the community, and celebrate the induction of 22 women to the Corn Mothers family.

Who Are the Corn Mothers?

The Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico started domesticating maize over 9,000 years ago. As cultivation of the once wild grass spread throughout the “Americas” and globally, the significance of this life-giving food was immortalized in legend and story. Among Southwest Pueblo peoples, the iconic Corn Mother deity embodied growth, life, creativity, community, and creation.

The Return of the Corn Mothers project is a book, a photographic body of work, and a written history exhibition at History Colorado of multi-generational and multi-cultural women from the Southwest who exemplify the essence of Corn Mother. Photographer Todd Pierson, editor Ed Winograd, graphic designer Toinette Brown, and curator Renee Fajardo, in conjunction with MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies, the Colorado Folk Arts Council, and the Chicano Humanities Arts Council, have spent 15 years documenting the stories of women, chosen by their communities, who have made selfless contributions and creative endeavors to better the lives of others.

The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg
Through January 2024
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+): $15

History Colorado is excited to celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival with a new exhibition, The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg. This exhibition features large-scale reproductions of photographs taken by Denver’s preeminent photojournalist of the 1980s and 90s and will be open until January 2024.

Best known for his work with the Intermountain Jewish News, Weinberg focused on portraits of people in the Denver community. Weinberg’s photography adds a valuable dimension to the visual record of the Mile High City during this time and displays his innate ability to capture personal stories and emotions.

Weinberg prided himself on creating “people pieces” that connected Denver to the broader world. His photography focused on both everyday Denverites – such as Leonder Taylor, a man experiencing homelessness in 1994 – and globally renowned individuals – like Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ellie Wiesel, John Fielder and Dan Rather.

Much of Weinberg’s work concentrated on identifying institutional racism and removing barriers for Denverites. Each of his photos connects not only to a specific moment in time but a larger story that was unfolding. The stories behind his photos are explored in quotes from Weinberg which serve as labels for the exhibition. Now legally blind, Weinberg requested the labels for this exhibition be as accessible as possible, so History Colorado partnered with the Colorado Center for the Blind to have them translated into Braille, along with the traditional English and Spanish versions.

About Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg was born in Denver to David and Faye Weinberg. His passion for photography began in East St. Louis as a Vista Volunteer photographer. After he honed his craft, he moved back to Colorado and started his own photography business. In the following decades, Weinberg captured the personal stories that intertwined in Denver during the 1980s and 1990s.

Weinberg began losing his sight in the early 1990s, and by 1998 he was legally blind. It took years for him to acclimate to his new life. He credits organizations like the Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Talking Book Library, and National Industries for the Blind for helping him learn to live independently as a person who is visually impaired.

Return of the Corn Mothers
Through October 1, 2023
Inspiring Women of the Southwest
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+), $15

Return of the Corn Mothers marks a three-year effort to honor 22 new Corn Mothers in 2022. What began in 2007 with a small grant from the Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute and eight local women, has now expanded to include more than 70 women.

Join in the rich tradition of honoring Southwest women through this revitalized exhibit. Share in an intergenerational gathering and honor the unsung heroes of the community, and celebrate the induction of 22 women to the Corn Mothers family.

Who Are the Corn Mothers?

The Indigenous peoples of southern Mexico started domesticating maize over 9,000 years ago. As cultivation of the once wild grass spread throughout the “Americas” and globally, the significance of this life-giving food was immortalized in legend and story. Among Southwest Pueblo peoples, the iconic Corn Mother deity embodied growth, life, creativity, community, and creation.

The Return of the Corn Mothers project is a book, a photographic body of work, and a written history exhibition at History Colorado of multi-generational and multi-cultural women from the Southwest who exemplify the essence of Corn Mother. Photographer Todd Pierson, editor Ed Winograd, graphic designer Toinette Brown, and curator Renee Fajardo, in conjunction with MSU Denver Chicana/o Studies, the Colorado Folk Arts Council, and the Chicano Humanities Arts Council, have spent 15 years documenting the stories of women, chosen by their communities, who have made selfless contributions and creative endeavors to better the lives of others.

The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg
Through January 2024
History Colorado Center
Free for members and kids 18 and under, Adults (19+): $15

History Colorado is excited to celebrate the 2023 Month of Photography Denver festival with a new exhibition, The World in Denver: The Photography of Robert Weinberg. This exhibition features large-scale reproductions of photographs taken by Denver’s preeminent photojournalist of the 1980s and 90s and will be open until January 2024.

Best known for his work with the Intermountain Jewish News, Weinberg focused on portraits of people in the Denver community. Weinberg’s photography adds a valuable dimension to the visual record of the Mile High City during this time and displays his innate ability to capture personal stories and emotions.

Weinberg prided himself on creating “people pieces” that connected Denver to the broader world. His photography focused on both everyday Denverites – such as Leonder Taylor, a man experiencing homelessness in 1994 – and globally renowned individuals – like Pope John Paul II, former President Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ellie Wiesel, John Fielder and Dan Rather.

Much of Weinberg’s work concentrated on identifying institutional racism and removing barriers for Denverites. Each of his photos connects not only to a specific moment in time but a larger story that was unfolding. The stories behind his photos are explored in quotes from Weinberg which serve as labels for the exhibition. Now legally blind, Weinberg requested the labels for this exhibition be as accessible as possible, so History Colorado partnered with the Colorado Center for the Blind to have them translated into Braille, along with the traditional English and Spanish versions.

About Robert Weinberg

Robert Weinberg was born in Denver to David and Faye Weinberg. His passion for photography began in East St. Louis as a Vista Volunteer photographer. After he honed his craft, he moved back to Colorado and started his own photography business. In the following decades, Weinberg captured the personal stories that intertwined in Denver during the 1980s and 1990s.

Weinberg began losing his sight in the early 1990s, and by 1998 he was legally blind. It took years for him to acclimate to his new life. He credits organizations like the Colorado Center for the Blind, Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Colorado Talking Book Library, and National Industries for the Blind for helping him learn to live independently as a person who is visually impaired.