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Covid-19 Relief Donors

May 13, 2020 by TheCenter

Thank you to all those who have made a contribution to the Center during the coronavirus pandemic. We are so grateful for your help today so we can be here for you tomorrow.

Donations of all sizes are still needed to help the Center survive while we cannot gather. Click here to lend your help today.

Dick and Mary Allen
Kathy Allen
Bruce and Debbie Alpern
Doris and Bill Altman
Tony Barnard, Rick Barnhart
Kathy and Clif Barnhart
Susan and Kevin Beltz
Linda and Sandy Benkwith
Jenny Birnie
Stephanie Blewett
Mickie and Jeff Bragalone
Adele Broughton
Elliott and Christina Brown
Cary and Jill Brown
Linda Brown
Dr. John and Emily Bruno
Lenni and Bill Burke
Lynn Burns
Shelle Carrig
Bill and Monica Carter
Erin Cherry
Theresa and David Clayton
Jack and Peggy Colby
Rosalind and Hal Cook
Donna Corrigan
Michael and Mariet Cyrus
The Davenport Family
Carolyn De Groot
John and Jeri DeFeo
Kelly Dingnan and Diana Groves
Holly Dodge
Sandy and Roger Dorf
Joe and Susan Downes
Dr. Scott Draper
Luke and Stephanie Duffield
Scott and Debra Duncan
Donna Ellison
Dr. Amy Ellwein
Megan Embrey
James Emmerich
Andrea Farry
Linda Fialkoff
Joette Field
David Floyd
Dana French
Becky Frey Real Estate
Maureen and Keith Gamble
LaDonna Garcia
Susan Gellert
Marilyn and Rob Gentry
Ralph Gideon Morrison
Lizzy Goldstein
Rebecca Gordon Brown
Balie and Beverly Griffith
Steve and Sue Griggs
J. Guiloff
Dr. John and Margie Haley
Mary Harbold
Jennifer and Gary Hartman
Rain Hastings
Don Haver
Blake Hawk
Denise Hawk
Kristina Hess
Cyrena and Pat Hight
Harriet Huff
Marlene Jaffe
Marina and Bruce Jefferis
Karen Jensen
The Jobar Foundation of the Benisch Family
Alissa Johnson
Elizabeth Jordan
Kathy and Mike Keig
Anne Lamkin Kinder
Paul and Jacqueline Kingsbury
TJ Koehler and Hank Herndon
Francene and Chris Kopf
John Kozyak and Barbara Silverman
Drew and Nancy Kumpuris
Rick Ladue
Lauren and Bob Lange
Kay Larson
Mary Lasch
Tim and Andrea Lee
Linda Levesque
Marjorie Locker
Tyler Lucas
Bev and Chuck Lueckemeyer
Susie and Jim Maclean
Susan Marrion
Barbara and Gene Mason
Jackie Mathews
Carol Ann May and James Saindon
David McKenney and Barbie Adams
Caroline McLean and Franklin Stern
The Helios Foundation
Marcel Medved and Jan Parker
Bruce K. Messingner
Susan and David Miclette
Rachael and William Miller
Melanie Miller
Sylvia Mitchell
Joan and Gordon Moore
Perry and Kathy Morton
Leigh and Stephens Mundy
Scott Naillon
Luisa and Eric Naughton
Greg and Linda Neuner
Paul and Kim Nixon
Marj O’Reilly
Susan Lawhon Padon and Mike Padon
Emily and Bob Pannier
Kara Partridge
Chris Peterson
Suzanne Pierson and Monica Ariowitsch
The Pine Tree Foundation
Steven Polan and Elizabeth Roistacher
Shelley Popke and David Russell
Steve Porter
Patricia Prudhomme
Lara and Aaron Ramsey
Chris Ray
Jennifer and Mark Reeb
Debra Reich
The Roger A. Rolfe Family
Robin Root
Donna Rozman
The Runner Family
Mary Sadler
Richard and Andrea Saperstein
Marcia Schaffer
David and Betty Schneider
Suzanne and Walther Schoeller
Valeda Scribner
Melanie Scruggs
Lynn Sikkink
Faith Spitz and Garrett Smith
Drs. Dave and Chelsea Stangl
Dr. Julie Stewart
Darrellyn Stitt
Jim and Adria Strife
Randi and Tony Stroh
Mark Tardiff
Jeffrey Taylor
Carson and John Taylor
Shary Templeton
The Public Policy Forum of Crested Butte
Mary Tuck
Charlotte Trouth
John and Lisa Tully
Jacqueline Van Den Bovenkampf
Ralph and Lynne Veerman
Laura Vetos
Rick Vila
Andrea Vogel
Donna and Tom Walker
Joe and Ellen Walker
Carolyn Westerveldt
Mike and Karin Wynn
Michele Zembal
Joe and Susan Ziluca
Karen L. Young
Dana and Andris Zobs

Filed Under: In the News

A Reimaged Center for the Arts opens in Crested Butte

December 27, 2019 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: In the News

Ski All Day, Dance All Night

October 2, 2019 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

For Art’s Sake!
Crested Butte’s new center for the arts facility will blow your mind (but not your eardrums). / Photo by Nathan Bilow Photography

Crested Butte has a brand new venue for music—and art, and more—that will be hosting big-name bands all winter long.

What’s the perfect way to top off a full day shredding the steep and deep? How about a night full of dancing to your favorite band? All too often, mountain towns are just too far out of the big-city tour circuit to draw big names. But this winter, Crested Butte is raising the après-band bar. [Read More]

Filed Under: In the News, Press Room

A New Ridgeline

August 28, 2019 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: In the News

The Center for the Arts announces collaboration with the Crested Butte Music Festival

April 28, 2019 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: In the News

Center for the Hearts

October 13, 2017 by TheCenter

In 1985 a determined group of Crested Butte residents converted a county maintenance garage into a community arts center. Today, that same building has been pushed beyond its capacity to try to fulfill the changing cultural needs of the community.


Over the last thirty years, the local population has doubled, and there has been tremendous growth in the number of events presented, the size of audiences, and the number and variety of educational programs provided by the Center for the Arts and its partner organizations. Two community organizations, the Crested Butte School of Dance and Crested Butte Mountain Theatre, inspired the creation of the Center for the Arts. Today, twelve community groups utilize and benefit from the Center. Less than 8,000 people attended Center events in 1985, while last year over 40,000 people attended over 650 events, positively impacting the local economy by more than $3 million.

Building in the heARTS of Crested Butte is the Center’s capital campaign for an expanded community arts complex to support the performing, visual, culinary and literary arts. Phase 1 is the new, larger building. In Phase II, the Center’s original building will be renovated into an Arts Education Center. Phase III, a larger, modernized outdoor stage, will complete the project.


OUR NEW HOME

Designed to meet our community’s needs today and into the future, with:
•  Flexible seating for up to 450 people
•  Dance floor and balcony
•  2 class and rehearsal rooms
•  2 visual arts classrooms
•  New reimagined art gallery
•  Culinary instruction space
•  Multipurpose meeting spaces for the community
•  State-of-the-art lighting, sound and visual technology
•  Energy efficient HVAC
•  ADA compliant
•  31,000 square feet
•  CLICK HERE to view the floorplan

WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR NEW BUILDING

Donations of all sizes are still needed.
Naming Opportunities
There are several naming opportunities still available for you to support your amazing new Center for the Arts! Your legacy gift will benefit the entire community today and for future generations. To view the few remaining naming opportunities, click here.
You can also support the Center’s new facility with a gift in the amount that’s right for you to help fund the Fit Out of the new building. Fit Out is the process of making the interior spaces suitable for occupancy once the base construction has been completed. The Center’s Fit Out opportunities include things such as acoustical curtains, sound systems, LED lighting, digital control systems and more.

CONTACT: Jillian Liebl, Development Director – jillian@crestedbuttearts.org 970.349.7487 ext. 702

Filed Under: In the News

Arts & Economic Prosperity IV

April 13, 2016 by TheCenter

Arts & Economic Prosperity IV is American for the Arts’ fourth study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry’s impact on the economy. The most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted, it gives us a quantifiable economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences. Using findings from 182 regions representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, an input-output economic model is able to deliver national estimates.

Arts Alliance & Creative District Join AEP (March, 2016)

The Arts Mean Business in Crested Butte, January 2011 (3.6MB PDF)
The Arts Mean Business in Gunnison County, June 2012 (2.4MB PDF)

The Full Report: Gunnison County
The Summary Report: Gunnison County

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Center for the Arts Crested Butte Finds a Dance Partner

May 28, 2011 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Press Room

Center for the Arts Hires Murfee as Marketing Director

March 1, 2011 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

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Celebrating 20 years of Applause

July 28, 2007 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Press Room

Center for the Arts Crested Butte: Uniting Colorado’s Upper East River Valley to enriching and enhancing community participation in the arts

January 28, 2007 by TheCenter Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Press Room

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