'Welcome Back' Exhibition

LOCATION: RiNo ArtPark Gallery & Welcome Center - 1900 35th St

CATEGORY: Art Events

UPCOMING DATE AND TIME:

• Fri, Aug 7, 2026 - Sat, Oct 24, 2026  Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 AM - 3 PM

Welcome Back is a multigenerational exhibition featuring over 50 local artists whose work reflects the history and evolution of RiNo Art District. Guest curated by Jill Hadley Hooper, co-founder of RiNo Art District, and Denver curator Jonas Sanchez, the exhibition pairs artists who helped build the district with emerging voices carrying its creative spirit forward.

Presented across the RiNo ArtPark Gallery & Welcome Center and Truss House, the exhibition includes visual art, performance, and collaborative activations exploring where RiNo has been and where it is headed.

Exhibition Dates

• Truss House: August 7–September 12, 2026
• RiNo ArtPark Gallery & Welcome Center: August 7–October 24, 2026

Gallery hours are Tuesday–Saturday, 11 AM–3 PM.

Participating artists include:

Sabin Aell • Zak Ashburn • Sharon Bankert • Stephen Batura • Ashlyn Bennett • Racheal Bennett • Jeffrey Bludeau • Sharon Bond Brown • Tonia Bonnell • Caroline Boyd • Karen Bozik • Beau Carnes • Michael Clapper • Josephine Clark •  Lanny DeVuono • Brady A. Dollyhigh • Caitlyn Dolphin • Sharon Feder • John Ferguson • Ian Fisher • Camille Garcia • Jordan Garelick • Debra Goldman • Stephanie Hartshorn • Kristen Hatgi Sink • Matt Holman • Heidi Jung • Lisa Kowalski • dona laurita • Bryan Leister • Kendra Lewis • William McDonald • Dawn McFadden • Myron J. Melnick • Susan Meyer • Patricia Murphy • Tori O'Dea • Matt O'Neill • Chandler Romeo • Cyrena Rosati • Vicki Ann Rottman • Randy Rushton • Yoshitomo Saito • Robin Louise Schaefer • Annalee Schorr • Dave Seiler • Mark Sink • Kevin P. Sloan • Elsa Sroka • Jeff Starr • Brenda Stumpf • Ruby Sumners • Luke Thinnes • Polly Urethane • MaryV • Tracy Weil • Reed Philip Weimer • Where Wood Meets Steel • Susan Wick • Craig Wright

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About the Curators

Jill Hadley Hooper is a Denver-based artist and co-founder of RiNo Art District. As co-owner of Ironton Gallery and Studios from 2002 to 2018, she helped shape the neighborhood's identity as a home for working artists. Her illustration work has appeared nationally in the New Yorker and the New York Times, and she has illustrated four books, including The Iridescence of Birds.

Jonas Sanchez (b. 2003) is a Denver-based curator with a BA in Art History from the University of Colorado Denver. Drawn to the DIY ethos that runs through this exhibition, he founded Marine St. Gallery in Boulder, where he curated three exhibitions working with local and international artists and curators. He has served as curatorial assistant for Dateline Gallery for over three years, serving as chief curator for I Don't Believe in Anything or Anyone, and I Don't Believe in You Either and Vis-à-Vis, and has worked at
MCA Denver as both a curatorial intern and, currently, a research assistant.

With Thanks To

KeyBank, presenting sponsor, and the RiNo Business Improvement District, for their generous support.