ORANGE CHIP: WORKS FROM THE BRIAN TSCHUMPER COLLECTION

Curated by Sarah Watson, Director & Curator of the CU Denver Art Galleries, with curatorial support from Andrew Palamara, Gallery Coordinator

October 16-December 11, 2026

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Thursday, November 5, 2026 | 3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Hosted by the Art Galleries at CU Denver and presented in connection with the exhibition Orange Chip: Works from the Brian Tschumper Collection on view at the Emmanuel Gallery until December 11, 2026.

Speakers: John Lukavic, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Native Arts at the Denver Art Museum; Collector and CU Denver alumnus Brian Tschumper; and artist Steven Yazzie (Diné).

Moderators: Lucinda Bliss, Dean of the College of Arts and Media and Sarah Watson, Director & Curator of the Art Galleries at CU Denver

Free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP.

Image: Steven Yazzie, Death of Curator #3, 2024. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. From the Brian Tschumper Collection,  generously donated to the University of Colorado Denver by Brian Tschumper (BA Chemistry, 1986) and Benton Greer. Image courtesy of the artist, © Steven Yazzie. 



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