A little more than 5 years ago, in February of 2013, I wrote about the museum when it was still located on the corner of 13th & Pearl. In May of 2016, that location was closed and the three-room studio that Vance Kirkland taught art classes and created works of art in for over 40 years was lifted off it's foundation and moved 8 blocks west down 13th street to a large lot on the corner of 12th and Bannock, directly across the street from the Denver Art Museum and the Clyfford Still museum, in an area of Denver known as the Golden Triangle.
Once the studio was situated on a foundation at it's new home, construction began on a much larger museum (like, 30,000 square feet larger than the old museum) to house the three large collections that had been crammed into the old, 8,000 square foot museum.
The new place is impressive. Designed by Seattle firm Olsen-Kundig, it is everything a museum designed to be a home to an impressive collection of fine art and the best examples of 20th century decorative arts - everything from William Morris rugs and Gus Stickley furniture, to Rookwood pottery, needs to be.
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