Save the Date for Auraria Creates: April 6–8, 2027!
Each April, the Auraria Library hosts Auraria Creates, our annual celebration of the creativity and scholarship being generated all across the Auraria Campus.
This multi-day series of presentations and receptions is an outstanding opportunity for faculty, staff, and students from CU Denver, MSU Denver, and the Community College of Denver to present their work to appreciative audiences. As a central campus hub for research, creativity, teaching, and learning, our Library is ideally situated to bring people together for this signature campuswide convening.
NEW FOR 2026–27: For our 5th Auraria Creates Showcase in April 2027, we’re planning to expand and elevate this event to ensure it resonates as a signature annual occasion for the Auraria Campus. We’re hosting a special April 6 evening reception to celebrate all CU Denver, MSU Denver, and CCD faculty and staff with new published or creative work in 2026.
Between now and March 1, 2027, we’re asking all faculty and staff with new work to let us know through this form to be recognized at the event and throughout Auraria Creates week.
Complete This Form: 2026 Publication or Creative Work
Faculty and staff with 2026 publications and creative work who submit this form will receive an invitation in early spring to celebrate all of Auraria’s amazing scholars. This page will be updated with additional details about the event in early 2027.
Auraria Creates in Pictures
Since the series was initiated (as Auraria Writes) in 2023, presenters have explored topics such as:
- How students can overcome traditional barriers to extemporaneous drawing and creativity
- Economic stagnation in countries once part of the Soviet Union, through photojournalism
- How data-infused maps can advance important narratives and help us better understand the world
Contact Gyasi Evans with any questions about Auraria Creates.
