Summary
Organization name
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
other names
MCA Denver
1996
Tax id (EIN)
84-1366092
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1485 Delgany St.Denver, CO 80202
Denver County, CO, US
About
Our History
At MCA Denver, we take pride in being the heartbeat of the city. This #ColoradoGivesDay please consider giving whatever you can to help strengthen our creative pulse. Thank you so much for your consideration and for your continued belief in the purpose and import of all we do.
Testimonials
“As a local artist in Denver––to be given the opportunity to show my work here at the MCA is just incredible. It really was very impactful to my practice…it was a dream come true.”
– Mario Zoots, Artist
“I feel like walking away from [Creators Studio], it’s completely changed the way I see my future as an artist and has me really determined to pursue it.”
– Christi Standik, Creators Studio ‘23
Mission
MCA Denver is an innovative forum for contemporary art that inspires and challenges all audiences, creating understanding and dialogue about the art of our time.
Background Statement
MCA Denver's dynamic and vibrant history begins in 1996 with the hustle of enterprising Denverites who established a museum focused exclusively on the art of our time in the heart of downtown. For seven years, MCA Denver occupied a renovated fish market in Sakura Square in downtown Denver, until 2003, when a gift of land in Denver's Central Platte Valley was donated in order to build a permanent home for contemporary art in Denver.
In 2007, MCA Denver opened its new, 27,000-square foot, environmentally sustainable facility in downtown Denver. The building was designed to minimize boundaries between the exterior spaces of the city and the interior galleries of the museum.
MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater opened in April of 2022. With the Holiday Theater, an historic theater on Denver's Northside, MCA Denver can experiment and imagine in new ways and generate new opportunities for innovative, community and artist-driven programming and creative partnerships.
Today, MCA Denver is paving a new path for a 21st century museum that is both/and: We are both advancing the field of contemporary art and providing a platform for creative expression, in the broadest sense of the term. We present both world-class exhibitions and quirky events, serious lectures and epic parties. We are both sophisticated and unpretentious. And we don't just produce original exhibitions at the forefront of the contemporary art field, we also produce nearly a hundred public events each year, including lectures, performances, and workshops that attract a youthful, engaged community.
MCA Denver is a 501c3 organization, striving to advance what a 21st century museum can be by welcoming all audiences, celebrating all voices, and sharing all stories.
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Organization Data
Denver, CO 80202