ONLINE COURSE: Sketching Spain: All About Vino
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COJoin 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 Butte, COThe 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 Butte, COIn 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 Butte, COJoin 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 […]
After School Art Class
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COThis is a general art class for our artist who wishes to try something new every class. Our amazing art teacher, Sarah Beabout, will take your child through different mediums […]
CBCS Film Club’s “Red Carpet Screening”
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COPlease join us for a special "Red Carpet Screening" of short films written, filmed, edited and produced by budding CBCS filmmakers. The evening includes short films, popcorns, and awards. The CBCS Enrichment Program, Center for the Arts, Crested Butte Film Festival, GCSAPP, and the Crested Butte Creative District joined forces to provide the six-week “Filmmakers’ […]
Mountain Words Literary Festival
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COMountain 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, […]
Writers in Residence Read + Reception
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COThe 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 Butte, COFriday 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 Butte, COFaith 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 […]
“The Physical Stuff of Your Life” writing workshop with Pam Houston
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COThe 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 […]
“From Prose to Song”with Joshua Mendrala
Center for the Arts Crested Butte 606 Sixth Street, Crested Butte, COBring your prose and poetry to life in song! We’ll examine what differentiates song from poetry, and what the two have in common, and reference “How to Write One Song” […]