creative and curious Coloradans building community with a purpose.

Biennial Culture Club

Welcome to the Biennial Culture Club! We’re a community of curious and creative Coloradans coming together with purpose. Through arts and culture, we build connections here in Colorado and across the Americas.

As a member, you’ll join us for unique experiences—artist studio visits, cultural outings, community gatherings, and behind-the-scenes access to creative spaces. Together, we support local arts, foster meaningful exchange, and celebrate the diverse voices that shape our region and beyond.

We’re so glad you’re here—your participation makes this community thrive.

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What We do

  • Biennial Culture Club at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. People socializing at a celebration with colorful hanging decorations inside a modern room with large windows.

    Curated Monthly Events

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • A group of people is gathered in an art gallery, listening to a woman give a presentation or tour. The artwork behind her is a large, colorful installation featuring a blue, insect-like creature with many striped legs, set against blue fabric. The gallery has white walls and high ceilings with spotlights, and a large black and white poster that reads 'Saint Malo' is visible above the installation.

    Weekly Culture Hops

    CultureHops are a weekly Friday morning gathering that takes members inside artist studios, galleries, museums, and cultural landmarks across the city. These gatherings foster deeper engagement with Denver’s arts community, often featuring coffee and pastries from small, locally owned businesses with roots across the Americas.

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    Culture Trips

    From artist studio visits and art fairs to architectural walks, curated tours, and meals at acclaimed restaurants, Culture Trips immerse members in the vibrant fabric of arts and culture across the Americas. Each journey offers behind-the-scenes access and unforgettable connections with local leaders, creatives, and communities. Check out where we are headed next!

ARTS & CULTURE

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CulturePop: Cinema Toast House Festival: Secret Mall Apartment Screening
Oct
3

CulturePop: Cinema Toast House Festival: Secret Mall Apartment Screening

Join Culture Club for Cinema Toast House Festival’s screening of Secret Mall Apartment, a remarkable documentary that captures the true story of eight young artists who built and lived in a secret apartment inside a busy mall from 2003 to 2007, and has since won nine film festival awards. The screening will be kicked off by filmmakers via Zoom.

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CultureHop: Adam Geluda Gildar Studio
Oct
9

CultureHop: Adam Geluda Gildar Studio

  • 2140 South Delaware Street Denver, Colorado, 80223 United States (map)
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Join Culture Club as we explore Adam Geluda Gildar Studio. Adam Geluda Gildar's work deconstructs linear time and space as a way into other perceptions of reality. Ink paintings of hazy phenomena and fading landscapes. Framed collages as fragmented recollections. A wall of old televisions glowing with aimless wandering through an inverted sky. A waterfall of VHS tape unraveling from the ceiling. A darkened room for experiments in projection.

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CulturePop: 16 Live ¡Dale, Disco! A Reggaeton & Disco Dance Party
Oct
15

CulturePop: 16 Live ¡Dale, Disco! A Reggaeton & Disco Dance Party

Join Culture Club for the final 16 LIVE event this year, ¡Dale, Disco! A Reggaeton & Disco Dance Party! Inspired by Denver's vibrant music community, 16 LIVE brings together iconic Colorado DJs, artists, and dancers to celebrate and amplify Denver's creative culture. Get ready for high-energy DJ battles, community dance instruction, silent disco dance battles, and crowd-driven competitions - all under the "Quaking Gold" Skynet art installation. Don't miss it!

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Oxímoron: AN IMMERSIVE Art Installation
Oct
23
to Oct 25

Oxímoron: AN IMMERSIVE Art Installation

  • 500 16th Street Mall, Suite 120 Denver, Colorado, 80202 United States (map)
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Join Biennial of the Americas for the first U.S. installation of oxímoron, an experiential pneumatic art installation that incites its visitors to wonder about how we perceive and experience space, created by Mexican artists Pablo Kobayashi and Lucía Aumann. Presented by Southwest Airlines.

Culture club member’s get an exclusive first look on 10/23, then join us for the Pop Up Opening Party.

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CultureHop: Plinth Gallery - Geologic Time  by Aaron Sturtz
Oct
23

CultureHop: Plinth Gallery - Geologic Time by Aaron Sturtz

Join Culture Club at Plinth Gallery for a private look at Geologic Time, a solo exhibition of new carved ceramic sculptures by Aaron Sturtz. Grounded in years of climbing and canyoneering in the American West, Sturtz's work translates the compression, erosion, and rhythm of canyon landscapes into an intimate, tectonic sculptural language. Fired until the clay darkens, hardens, and cracks, each piece echoes the very geologic processes that shaped it.

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CultureHop: Reinke Brothers Lights On Haunted Mansion Tour
Oct
30

CultureHop: Reinke Brothers Lights On Haunted Mansion Tour

Get into the Halloween spirit without all the scares! Join Culture Club for a special Lights On Haunted Mansion Tour at Reinke Brothers, where members can explore the legendary Haunted Mansion with the lights on, the monsters off duty, and most of the special effects turned off. Come ready for a peek behind the curtain and just the right amount of spooky!

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CulturePop: Sunset Salon: Inside Sol y Luna, An Argentine tango production
Nov
1

CulturePop: Sunset Salon: Inside Sol y Luna, An Argentine tango production

  • 2560 Blake Street, Loft 303 Denver, Colorado, 80205 United States (map)
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Join Culture Club as we step inside the private RiNo loft of Cynthia Giannini, founder and artistic director of Artists Amongst Us, for an intimate introduction to the making of Sol y Luna, her full-length, 21st-century Argentine tango production. Experience Argentine tango and folklore up close through performance, live music and conversation, with legendary Argentine maestros Los Ocampo and reigning Tango World Champion Aldo Romero.

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The Brutal Joy
Nov
6

The Brutal Joy

Join Biennial of the Americas for this one night only event.

We’re proud to bring dance artist and educator Justine A. Chambers to Denver on November 6 for The Brutal Joy: A Lecture, a performative lecture exploring Black vernacular line dance, personal style, memory, ritual, and the histories carried through movement.

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Yucatán Culture Trip
Jan
28
to Feb 1

Yucatán Culture Trip

Join the Biennial of the Americas for the 2027 Culture Trip to Mérida, Mexico, January 28 – February 1, 2027. Set against the backdrop of the Bienal de Yucatán and WAY — Week of Art Yucatán, this four-day experience explores Mérida’s evolving creative landscape through contemporary art, architecture, design, artist studios, cultural spaces, and distinctive regional cuisine and traditions.

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CultureHop: SeeSaw Gallery: R.A.W. Exhibition
Oct
2

CultureHop: SeeSaw Gallery: R.A.W. Exhibition

Join Culture Club and SeeSaw Gallery for a private tour of R.A.W., an evocative, solo exhibition by Denver-based artist Kristina Davies, exploring the loss and rediscovery of our analog world. Through asemic writing, abstraction and installation, Kristina’s new body of work records her own personal journey with tactile literacy, memory, and the vital return to real-world immersion.

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CultureHop: Olive Moya: Mural Tour & Creative Experience
Sep
25

CultureHop: Olive Moya: Mural Tour & Creative Experience

  • 1518 Glenarm Pl, Denver, CO 80202, USA Denver, Colorado, 80202 United States (map)
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Join us for a look at artist Olive Moya’s newest 47,000 sq.ft. mural at the Denver Pavilions, followed by a hands-on creative experience inspired by the ideas and imagery woven throughout the work.
We will be in the parking lot in front of the mural, bring a folding chair for comfort while we do our creative workshop. 

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2026 Culture Trip: Toronto
Sep
24
to Sep 27

2026 Culture Trip: Toronto

The Biennial Culture Club will be heading north to Canada! Anchored by the Toronto Biennial of Art, and in partnership with the Canadian Consulate, we’ll explore the fairs, galleries and vibrant energy of North America’s most dynamic cultural hub. Sponsored by Consulate General of Canada.

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September Culture Club Event: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance + Pre Show Gathering
Sep
19

September Culture Club Event: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance + Pre Show Gathering

Join us for Caribe, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance’s vibrant opening to its 56th season. Featuring guest artists from the National Dance Company of the Bahamas, the program bridges the spirit of the Caribbean with the heart of Colorado through two world premieres celebrating rich Caribbean traditions.

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CulturePop: Chancha Via Circuito
Sep
11

CulturePop: Chancha Via Circuito

Join Culture Club for Ritmo + Global: Del Norte al Sur, a night of music, movement, and global sounds featuring special guest Chancha Via Circuito, alongside Denver's own Siembra Soundsystem and El Jaguar de La Muerte. Promo code required to redeem complimentary tickets (limited availability).

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CultureHop: Art by Bala Studio
Sep
11

CultureHop: Art by Bala Studio

  • 7643 West 70th Drive Arvada, Colorado, 80004 United States (map)
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Join Culture Club for an intimate visit to Art by Bala Studio, the personal home studio of artist Bala Thiagarajan. We'll step inside her active workspace to see works in progress, learn about the tactile techniques behind her paintings and ceramics, and hear how her practice grew into a broader movement for equity and representation in the arts community.

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CulturePop: Monkey town x SOBREMESA Sneak peek
Sep
9

CulturePop: Monkey town x SOBREMESA Sneak peek

Join fellow Culture Club members for an exclusive Sneak Peek of Monkey Town x SOBREMESA before it officially opens to the public September 10th. Returning to Denver for the first time in more than a decade, Monkey Town presents the world premiere of SOBREMESA, a feature film by Montgomery Knott, the founder + director of Monkey Town, creating an intimate cinematic and culinary experience unlike anything else in the city.

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CultureHop: bld studio and Raw Creative
Aug
28

CultureHop: bld studio and Raw Creative

This CultureHop gives us a special preview of the "Plaza of the Americas," an exciting new collaboration between The Biennial of the Americas and bld studio. We’ll tour bld's custom fabrication space, Raw Creative, to see firsthand how bld is designing the secure bike storage, and fabricating the play features and community gathering infrastructure. 

You will see the design process, meet the creators, and learn about the spaces that can serve as the meeting place for connectivity, culture, and community of the Americas.

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AUGUST CULTURE CLUB EVENT: ROADSHOW PICTURES: CINCO CORTOS
Aug
21

AUGUST CULTURE CLUB EVENT: ROADSHOW PICTURES: CINCO CORTOS

Join us for an incredible evening as we partner with Roadshow Pictures on the screening of Cinco Cortos at The People's Building, featuring five short Spanish-language films you won't want to miss. All five are award-winning, subtitled in English, and have recently graced the screens of Sundance and South by Southwest. They give voice to the beauty of the Spanish language, and tell intriguing stories on the themes of race, revenge, love, and a more complex rendering of patriotism.

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CultureHop: Clyfford Still Museum
Aug
21

CultureHop: Clyfford Still Museum

Join Culture Club as we take a deeper look into the award-winning Clyfford Still Museum, and the legacy of one of the founding figures of Abstract Expressionism. We'll explore nine beautiful galleries filled with his monumental paintings, tranquil outdoor terraces, a hands-on creation studio, and more. 

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CulturePop: RiNO made pop up happy hour with the Artists
Aug
19

CulturePop: RiNO made pop up happy hour with the Artists

Join Culture Club for an exclusive happy hour inside the RiNo Made Pop-Up at One River North, where eight multidisciplinary Denver artists are transforming an unexpected space into a vibrant working studio. Enjoy light bites and refreshments as you meet the resident artists, explore works in progress, and gain a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process. It's a unique opportunity to connect with the artists shaping Denver's cultural landscape while experiencing one of RiNo's most dynamic creative initiatives.

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CultureHop: Wonderbound
Aug
14

CultureHop: Wonderbound

Culture Club x Wonderbound: Private Studio Tour: Join us for an intimate look inside the Wonderbound studio. Experience a private tour of the space and a special rehearsal viewing with the dancers and creative team.

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CultureHop: East Window & Yumi Janairo Roth - Effigy 1462
Aug
7

CultureHop: East Window & Yumi Janairo Roth - Effigy 1462

  • 2510 47th Street Boulder, Colorado, 80301 United States (map)
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Join Culture Club and East Window for a private tour of Effigy 1462, a powerful four-year durational artwork by Yumi Janairo Roth, confronting censorship and the bureaucracy of control.

Soon after January 20, 2025, federal employees reported that seemingly innocuous words in government contracts and grants were being flagged for review under a flurry of new executive orders. Phrases like “accessible,” “climate,” “female,” “gender,” “pollution,” and “woman” could trigger a project being defunded or a report erased from public databases. These precise banned words are featured across the 1,462 posters, printed in the distinct font of the "MAGA" logo.

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CultureHop: Denver Botanic Gardens - Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism
Jul
31

CultureHop: Denver Botanic Gardens - Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism

Join Culture Club for a journey of personal introspection and collective harmony through Jaume Plensa’s: A New Humanism.

This landmark exhibition is the first U.S. retrospective for the internationally acclaimed artist, featuring monumental figurative sculptures that have captivated audiences globally for over four decades.

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Aspen Art Fair UFO (Unforgettable Field Outing)
Jul
29

Aspen Art Fair UFO (Unforgettable Field Outing)

UNFORGETTABLE FIELD OUTINGS!

Join the Biennial of the Americas for an exclusive and unforgettable day of art and summer mountain magic. From Brazil to Aspen, you'll get to experience the vibrancy of art from across the Americas in just one day. Your ticket includes everything you need to make the most of this curated adventure:

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CultureHop: La Serra Collective
Jul
24

CultureHop: La Serra Collective

In this CultureHop, we will experience a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the dramatic final stages of firing the Denver Anagama, a massive, 35-foot woodfire kiln built in 2015. This event brings together nearly 30 artists from across the country to fire over 1,000 ceramic pieces over the course of six days. With our visit falling toward the end of this intense process, participants will get to see the kiln at its hottest, surrounded by live fire and active studio teamwork.

In addition to the kiln firing, we will tour the La Serra Design porcelain production studio and La Serra Studios' residency spaces. Time permitting, the group may also have the option to tour Balistreri Winery, a local estate deeply connected to La Serra through shared history, values, and proximity.

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CultureHop: Tilting West at the Arvada Center
Jul
17

CultureHop: Tilting West at the Arvada Center

Join us as we head to Arvada to explore the intersection of contemporary art and the American West.

We will be immersed in Tilting West, a large-scale group exhibition presented in partnership with Tilt West that reexamines the genre of the American West through a contemporary lens.

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CultureHop: Taza Gallery and Javier Flores
Jul
10

CultureHop: Taza Gallery and Javier Flores

Join us as we head to Brighton to explore the intersection of contemporary art and community spaces.

We will be joined in person by celebrated artist Javier Flores who will lead us through his current solo exhibition, sharing intimate insights into his roots in Brighton, his creative journey, and what it means to grow up and flourish as an artist within Adams County.

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CultureHop: The Private Collection of Lovedy Barbatelli
Jun
26

CultureHop: The Private Collection of Lovedy Barbatelli

“Lovedy’s vision and passion for art transcends boundaries, mediums and conventions.” — Doug Kacena

Join Culture Club for an exclusive CultureHop to visit the private collection of Lovedy Barbatelli. Come be inspired by an incredible, deeply personal journey through regional, domestic, and international contemporary art.

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Culture Club Volunteers @ The Village Exchange Center
Jun
25

Culture Club Volunteers @ The Village Exchange Center

Join Culture Club as we volunteer to support Village Exchange Center!

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Culture Club is coming together for an afternoon of community connection, cultural exchange, and meaningful service. True to the belief that Every Act of Kindness Counts, this volunteer outing is an opportunity to work across cultures and help create a sense of belonging for our diverse Colorado community. 

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ALTO GALLERY: BLUE GIANT - JOHNNY DRACO SOLO EXHIBITION
Jun
19

ALTO GALLERY: BLUE GIANT - JOHNNY DRACO SOLO EXHIBITION

Join the Culture Club at Alto Gallery to explore Blue Giant, a captivating solo exhibition by Johnny Draco.

Draco explores a moment of expansion when growth becomes unavoidable and the work begins to push beyond its own boundaries. In this body of work, Draco moves from abstraction into silhouette and defined figures, building a visual language rooted in Black identity and the African diaspora.

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June monthly event: Colorado Photographic Arts Center - Western Cowboy: Reloaded
Jun
18

June monthly event: Colorado Photographic Arts Center - Western Cowboy: Reloaded

Join Culture Club as we dive into Western Cowboy: Reloaded, a compelling exhibition that reexamines one of the most enduring figures in American culture. Featuring six Colorado-based photographers, the exhibition looks beyond the myth of the lone cowboy to uncover the layered histories and communities that shape the American West.

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CultureHop: Art Students League of Denver
Jun
12

CultureHop: Art Students League of Denver

Join us at the historic Art Students League of Denver (ASLD) for a compelling look into the work of 2026 artist-in-residence Juan Carlos Escobedo. Since 1987, ASLD has operated under the belief that art is for everyone, fostering artistic self-expression and community conversation from its landmark West Wash Park home.

In his new solo exhibition, Curas: Males del Corazón, Escobedo builds on his previous explorations of classism, racism, and colorism to observe the broader phenomena surrounding racialized landscapes.

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Pikes Peak UFO (Unforgettable Field Outing)
Jun
6

Pikes Peak UFO (Unforgettable Field Outing)

Supported through the El Pomar Foundation, join Culture Club for a full-day journey through the Pikes Peak region, exploring a dynamic mix of public art, creative spaces, and artist studios. From immersive installations, to behind-the-scenes visits with working artists and local makers, the day offers a deeper look into the region’s vibrant creative ecosystem.

Transportation, food and fun is all provided!

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