ONLINE COURSE: Sketching Spain: All About Vino
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteJoin Judith Cassel-Mamet and Danny Adler for a six-part, one-time purchase online course, THAT YOU CAN VIEW WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU (once you purchase the course, you will […]
Western Student Juried Art Show in the Kinder Padon Gallery
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteThe Art and Music Departments at Western Colorado University are proud to present the 2021 Western Student Juried Art Show at the Center. This exhibition of visual art features finely-crafted […]
Laura Elm’s The Next BIG Thing
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteIn the Kinder-Padon Gallery, May 4 – 29. Opening reception Friday, May 7, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Large scale and small works highlight the interaction of visual variety in Laura Cooper Elm’s recent work. Included are paintings, photographs, digitally generated works and pottery. The pottery is strategical situated under the 2-dimensional pieces in still-life arrangements […]
Gallery Reception for Laura Elm’s The Next BIG Thing
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteJoin us for the opening reception of Laura Elm's "The Next BIG Thing" in the Kinder Padon Gallery from 5 – 8 pm. Information on the show HERE If you are unable to attend the reception, stop by the Center’s 6th St. entrance during our OPEN Gallery Hours, Tuesdays from 1-3 pm and Fridays from […]
Mountain Words Literary Festival
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteMountain Words Literary Festival passes + tickets are on sale now! Join us for a three-day literary celebration at nine-thousand feet. Featuring 25 authors and presenters for readings, workshops, kids events, parties, panel discussions, live theater, and more. In-person and safely distanced in Crested Butte and Gunnison. Authors include Nate Marshall, Rachel Monroe, Scott Carney, […]
“The Physical Stuff of Your Life” writing workshop with Pam Houston
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteThe Physical Stuff of Your Life (and how to use it to gain access to the emotional stuff); A Generative Workshop with Pam Houston. In this generative workshop we will focus on all the ways the sensory details that surround us—the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures—can give us access to that much more elusive […]
Writers in Residence Read + Reception
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteThe 2021 Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence Chris La Tray, Chelsey Johnson, Lee Anderson and Adam Valen Levinson read from work produced during their monthslong residency in Crested Butte. Drinks and bites included. In the Center's Steddy Theater. Chris La Tray is a Métis writer and storyteller. His first book, One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From […]
Friday Night Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteFriday Festival Readings + Karen Chamberlain Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. Readings from Colorado Poet Laureate, Bobby Lefebre; author of the memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country, winner of the Colorado Book Award, Pam Houston; Latinx writer, director, and filmmaker Manuel Aragon; and author of Potted Meat and water & power, […]
“Faith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters” with Nick Arvin
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteFaith and Philosophy: The Deep Beliefs of Your Characters Characters who want something and who have something at stake in a story are more interesting characters -- but what if you need to know what a character believes, at the deepest level, before you can know what they really want and what they truly have […]
Panel discussion “Writing in Place, Place in Writing”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButtePanel: “Writing in Place, Place in Writing” with Nate Marshall, Steven Dunn, Laura Krantz, and Pam Houston in conversation with Arvin Ram Nate Marshall is a writer, rapper, and educator from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of FINNA (One World, Penguin Random House, 2020), Wild Hundreds (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), […]
Panel: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButtePanel Discussion: “Writing the Intersection and Divisions Between Rural and Urban America” with Rachel Monroe, Chris La Tray, Nick Bowlin, Chelsey Johnson in discussion with Brian Calvert. Rachel Monroe’s writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, and the Atlantic, where she is a contributing writer. Her first book, […]
Happy-hour open mic readings
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested ButteEnjoy drinks and readings from local and visiting writers. Bring a piece to read (no longer than 2 minutes) and read in a supportive, lively atmosphere. In the Steddy Theater. Signup by emailing: brooke@crestedbuttearts.org