Art comes to Denver Botanic Gardens

Melanie Yazzie’s “Peace Walking” exhibition is open in the Freyer-Newman Gallery at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., Denver, through May 29, 2023. e exhibit is based on Yazzie’s interpretation and meditation on the Dine’ (Navajo) prayer, “Walking in Beauty.” e exhibit features more than 40 paintings, prints and sculptures that draw on childhood memories, travel stories and more. She will speak at 6 p.m. on March 9 and there will be a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 24. Yazzie is professor of arts practices and head of printmaking at CU Boulder. Open with garden admission. See botanicgardens.org.

Littleton Museum

“Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design” is open at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, through March 15. It brings together art, design and environmental science and will have interactive learning stations as well as art, artifacts and photography. Free.

Call for artists

Call for Artists: Jurist open call at CORE Art Space, 6501 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood: “Rose Colored Glasses” Feb. 17 to March 5. Juried by Dana Cain, who will jury pieces in a nationwide exhibit focused on what seeing the world through rose-colored glasses might mean to an individual artist. A glass half full? Filled with pink lemonade? Pink champagne? Gallery hours: Friday: 5 to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m. See coreartspace. com.

Duke Ellington

“Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies” features music by Duke Ellington, celebrating his legacy: