Loveland Museum

09/19/2024

Traveling with Thompsons - Train Edition!

Ted and Mabel loved trains. Whether it was for travel or for exhibition, Ted and Mabel clearly loved catching a train whenever they were able! With the news that Union Pacific Steamer “Big Boy” No. 4014 is starting its Heartland of America Tour, we wanted to celebrate with a few images of the many trains the Thompson's photographed over time. And when Big Boy rolls through Colorado in October, we hope you get a chance to see this impressive steamer and capture an image in memory of the Thompson’s love of trains!

Image 1: Dec. 1959: Engine #51 Loveland Great Western
Image 2: North Lake State Park Engine (Buckhorn Northern Railroad)
Image 3: Racing a train into Laramie, WY Sept. 1953 Taken from car window at 70mph (do not try this at home)
Image 4: No 8444 Last Union Pacific Owned Steamer - Greeley, CO Feb. 1975
Image 5: Ted giving closer inspection to No. 8444
Image 6: US Army Diesel (Experimental Engine) Durango, Sept. 1954
Image 7: The Galloping Goose at Telluride, September 1954
Image 8: Ted inspecting another Galloping Goose; Silverton Sept, 1954

09/17/2024

Join us for an interactive concert where the traditions of Día de los Mu***os are introduced and exposed through music, dance, singalong, discussion and Eurythmic participation. This presentation includes an altar to visually engage the audience in this remarkable experience.

Event Details:
Saturday, October 5, 1-3 PM
Foote Auditorium at Loveland Museum
Free Admission

09/16/2024

We have not one, but two fantastic workshops by Artist Tony Ortega coming up at the end of the month! Click the link to learn more and register: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/guest-artist-workshops

09/15/2024

We have a fun, free event featuring Rik Takahashi in the gallery coming up on September 26th that you don't want to miss!

09/14/2024

Our new Main Gallery exhibit is now open! Hope to see you at the Museum sometime soon! Learn more at: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/expanding-horizons-awa

09/12/2024

We have some guest artist workshops this month featuring Tony Ortega in our Beet Education Center Print Shop! Learn more and sign-up at: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/guest-artist-workshops/

09/10/2024

Join us during Night on the Town on September 13th for a FREE printmaking demo with our instructor Laura Grossett from 6-8 PM in the Dunning Gallery!

09/05/2024

Don't miss out on September art classes for Adults! We have a great variety featuring Alcohol Ink, Printmaking and an Inspired by Schitt's Creek Class! Register at: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/adult-all-levels-art-classes

09/04/2024

We have a full line-up of events and openings for September's Night on the Town! Can't wait to see you at the Museum!

The Loveland Museum is home to a variety of history exhibits, hosts world-class art exhibitions, and

09/03/2024

09/03/2024

We have a BRAND NEW art class series that you don't want to miss! Your favorite TV shows are coming to the Beet Education Center in the form of art! Register at: TheLovelandMuseum.org/Classes-Camps-Workshops for some favorites!

09/03/2024

Join American Women Artists for our latest exhibition, Expanding Horizons. Our 2024 juried show will be hosted by the Loveland Museum in Loveland, CO. The all-women art show runs from September 14-November 10. An opening reception and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, September 13 from 5-8 p.m.

You can preview the works by visiting: https://bit.ly/awa-expanding-horizons. and plan your show visit at https://bit.ly/3YHY8Rs I

mages (clockwise L to R): Happiness 3 by Ginger Bowen; On the Doelensluis Bridge Amsterdam by DeAnn Prosia; We the Light by Zahava Sherez; Moonset by Susan Matteson; Red Slipper - New Orleans by Diana Kirkpatric; All Ears by Jammey Huggins, Discussing the Caravaggio by Pauline Roche; Lhamo and Her Daughter by Donna Catotti; Opposing Views by Esperanza Alzona

Sculpture

09/01/2024

New AHAs are here for our fall exhibits and events! Check them out online or grab a hard copy at the Museum front desk!https://www.thelovelandmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Museum-AHA-Sept-Dec-2024-25-Low-Res-Final.pdf

The Loveland Museum is home to a variety of history exhibits, hosts world-class art exhibitions, and

08/31/2024

New Art Classes for September! Take a look at the schedule below for kid-focused classes from Tot to Kid+Adult! Make sure to sign-up for your favorites: www.TheLovelandMuseum.org/Classes-Camps-Workshops

08/28/2024

Our FALL line-up of classes is now open for registration! Hop on the website to explore the wide-array of classes for toddlers to adults and everyone in between! Get creative this season: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/classes-camps-workshops

08/27/2024

LAST CHANCE to see our Main Gallery exhibits before they close on September 1st!

08/26/2024

Mark your calendars!

On Saturday, September 14, approximately 150 artists will be in Downtown Loveland, creating remarkable chalk art for Pastels on 5th Street! Now in its fourteenth year, Pastels on 5th Street is one of Northern Colorado’s most [...]

08/24/2024

LAST CHANCE to see both of our Main Gallery exhibits before the close on Sept. 1st!

08/22/2024

08/21/2024

To celebrate this year's Corn Roast Festival, we dug through the archives to find the story of the first Corn Roast. According to the Reporter Herald, 129 years ago the citizens of Loveland worked together to host the first Corn Roast festival. In hopes of advertising their Street Fair, Loveland worked with F.W. Angier of the Union Pacific Railroad to make a stop on the day excursion of Northern Colorado agricultural communities.

Given 10 days' notice, Lovelanders worked together to provide corn and a bologna sandwich to 800 excursionists on the train. 3,000 ears of corn and 1,500 sandwiches were served with coffee, lemonade and milk. A trench 50 feet in length was dug to roast the corn. As the Denver News advertised “ ..a great corn roast is a new thing for the Rocky Mountain region, and no one should miss it, giving, at the same time, due honor to the citizens of Loveland for inauguration so hospitable an enterprise”

We hope you share some of your favorite images from this year's festival to see how the celebration continues!

Pictures of early Corn Roast Festivals:
Image 1: Roasting the corn in the large trench
Image 2: coffee to serve festival goers

08/20/2024

Mission Gráfica: Reflecting a Community in Print opens Sept. 1st! This exhibit features dozens of screenprints from Mission Gráfica, a community print center of diversity and cultural ferment in San Francisco. This exhibition reflects an enormous variety of styles, approaches, and sensibilities.

The artists range from non-professional and emerging artists to well-known figures such as Carmen Lomas Garza, Nancy Hom, Rupert Garcia, Mildred Howard, Jean La Marr, Ester Hernandez, Michael Roman, and the San Francisco Print Collective. Visitors will explore themes of US Imperialism, gender inequality, women’s empowerment, and more. www.thelovelandmuseum.org/mission-grafica

The Loveland Museum is home to a variety of history exhibits, hosts world-class art exhibitions, and

08/15/2024

Contemporary Colorado Photography is a free exhibit in our Foote Gallery featuring the works of:

Erin Dvorak Clark
Laura Cofrin
Karl Dukstein
Jennifer Knock
Andrew Liccardo
Sean Rozales

Learn more at: www.thelovelandmuseum.org/contemporary-colorado-photography/

08/14/2024

08/13/2024

Stages of Life closes this weekend so make sure to come visit this exhibit before it is gone!

08/10/2024

Explore our Main Gallery exhibit featuring 66 black-and-white silver gelatin prints that are drawn from the extensive, largely unpublished archive of this Chicano photographer’s work in Los Angeles, New York, and Hungary. Luis Garza’s images document his East Los Angeles community during the early 1970s, his South Bronx neighborhood during the 1960s, and his 1971 travels to Budapest,
Hungary, for the World Peace Conference where he met Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. www.thelovelandmuseum.org/the-other-side-of-memory

08/06/2024

Night on the Town is this Friday (August 9th) and we are excited to offer FREE admission to the Main Gallery exhibits from 5-8 PM! Hope to see you there!

08/03/2024

This is the last few weeks for our Stages of Life, a portrait exhibit, before it closes on August 18th! Make sure you stop by the gallery and see if before it is gone!

Portraiture is an old art form going back as far as ancient Egypt, where it flourished from around 5,000 years ago. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record a person’s appearance. Portraits depict the essence of a person or group.

This exhibition features historic portraits from the Museum’s collection exploring the different stages of human life.