Celebration! A History of the Visual Arts in Boulder (HOVAB) is an unprecedented, community-wide cultural event that will revisit and celebrate the City of Boulder’s dynamic and diverse visual arts past in 18 exhibition venues , featuring over 300 artists , spanning 121 years of history , with 50 opening receptions, film screenings, presentations and panel discussions.  HOVAB will produce a museum quality catalogue to document and preserve Boulder’s visual arts heritage in perpetuity.

Venues include: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder Public Library; Canyon Gallery at the Boulder Public Library; Dairy Arts Center; First Congregational Church Gallery; First United Methodist Sanctuary Gallery; Highland City Club; Macky Auditorium; Mercury Framing; Mr. Pool Gallery; Naropa University; NCAR; Rembrandt Yard; Pine Street Church; Boulder Creative Collective; and Longmont’s Firehouse Art Center. Pioneers: Women Artists in Boulder, 1898-1950 , will be on display simultaneously at the CU Art Museum.

HOVAB is dedicated to Karen Ripley Dugan (1939 – 2015), a passionate voice for the arts in Boulder.

HOVAB Curatorial & Steering Committee:
Jennifer Heath (Chair), Joan Markowitz, Kathy Mackin, Sally Elliott and Kevin Kelley (Treasurer)