LAAN Meet-up: Curator-lead tour of “Art of the State” exhibition at the Arvada Center

Art gallery interior with various artworks on walls. Prominent poster in center reads "2025 Art of the State: A Juried Exhibition" with a colorful design featuring trees and a sunburst. Dim lighting creates a reflective sheen on the polished floor.

Please join the Leadership Arts Alumni Network (LAAN) for a reception and tour of Art of the State at the Arvada Center from 5:30-7pm on Wednesday, March 12.

  • 5:30 – 6:00pm: Reception
  • 6:00 –  7:00pm: Gallery tour led by Collin Parson, Director of Galleries and Curator

Every three years, all 10,000 square feet of the Arvada Center Galleries are filled with a celebratory survey of Colorado Artists’ incredible diversity, quality, and depth of work. After its start in 2013 and iterations every three years, Art of the State 2025 continues its legacy as a juried exhibition showing off the powerful scope of contemporary art across the state. This open call open to all Colorado artists garnered 2,503 submissions by 911 artists. The jurors worked diligently to select a comprehensive overview of work that strives to capture a wide scope of art from across the state. From those entries, 148 artworks by 145 artists were selected.

These informal Leadership Arts Alumni Network (LAAN) Meet-Ups are designed to continue the cultural curiosity, learning and networking you enjoyed during the Leadership Arts program. Keep an eye out for more later this year!