D'art Gallery - “She Makes an Impression: Colorado Women Take a Look at Themselves”

D’art Gallery is proud to host “She Makes an Impression: Colorado Women Take a Look at Themselves” On view December 18, 2025 – January 11, 2026.

The Colorado Women’s Art Museum (CWAM) is mounting a first ever invitational exhibition of self-portraits created exclusively by Colorado woman-identifying artists. “She Makes an Impression: Colorado Women Take a Look at Themselves” explores original artwork and fine craft from over sixty Colorado women artists. 

This exhibition is unique. Artists were invited to submit a self-portrait from any time in their lives that represents them or something about themselves. Rather than all straight-forward, obvious representations of heads and shoulders, you’ll find representational, realistic, abstract and completely non-representational styles of artwork, in a wide variety of physical media including painting, printmaking, ceramics, fiber, mosaic, photography and more.

The curators of this exhibition are Catherine V. Carilli, Kathleen J. Graves and Carrie MaKenna, all Colorado women artists themselves. Carilli lives in Boulder and has been active in the Denver and Boulder arts scene and taught Fine Art and Art History at Front Range Community College for many years. Graves is a native of Colorado but spent her career as an adjunct Assistant Professor of Art at New York University among others. Now back in Colorado she is a mixed media photographer and builder of retro character bots and new constructivist landscapes. And MaKenna is a fourth generation Denver native who has been active in the arts scene for thirty years and is Co-founder of D’art Gallery and Founder and President of the Colorado Women’s Art Museum.

Schedule of Exhibition Events:

Thu. Dec 18, 6-9pm Opening & Holiday Party

Fri. Dec 19, 6-9pm Art Appreciators Night

Sun. Dec 28, 12-3pm Sundays on Santa Fe

Fri. Jan 2, 6-9pm First Friday

Sat. Jan 3, 1-3pm Artist Panel Discussion

Wed. Jan 7, 5:30-7pm CBCA Arts Economic Impact

Fri. Jan 9, 6-9pm Black & White Closing Party