Leopold Gallery Competitors

The Denver Art Museum has been a leader in educational programming for more than two decades. The family-friendly approach is fully integrated into the galleries through a unique partnership between curators, designers, and educators for each discipline. A trailblazer in creating innovative opportunities that encourage visitors to interact with the collection, the museum is also known internationally for the way we help our visitors explore art and their own creativity. The DAM is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast, with a collection of more than 70,000 works of art divided between nine permanent collections including African, American Indian, Asian, European and American, modern and contemporary, pre-Colombian, photography, Spanish Colonial, and western American art. Our holdings reflect our city and region—and provide invaluable ways for the community to learn about cultures from around the world.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is an innovative forum for contemporary art that inspires and challenges all audiences, creating understanding and dialog about art of our time. MCA Denver has five distinct galleries, three spaces for education, multiple sites for special projects/commissioned works and one live art/lecture hall. Founded in 1996, MCA Denver was formed to provide the city with its first contemporary art museum.

PlatteForum was founded in Denver in 2002 and has been serving our community for over 24 years. The organization hosts award-winning arts, youth-development, and Artist Residency programs that pair youth with professional artists to work on arts and social justice projects, culminating in public exhibitions of their work. Youth in PlatteForum’s programs find safe space for creative-self expression, belonging, meaningful connection, and self-discovery. About PlatteForum’s Artist Residency & ArtLab Internship PlatteForum’s Artist Residency program is a unique, competitive residency that provides 3-4 artists per year with the time, space, and support to create new artistic work and share their creative process with youth and community. ArtLab, voted “2023 Best Youth Arts Program” by Denver Westword, is an intensive, paid, year-round, out-of-school youth development program and internship for high school students from historically under-resourced communities. Paired with the Resident Artist Program, ArtLab connects young people to meaningful arts-based learning and creative career training from professional artists. ArtLab also delivers mental wellness tools and experiences, academic and post-secondary planning support, long-term mentorship, and wrap-around resources to youth and families.