Art Center membership can get you free admission to hundreds of museums, nationwide! The Art Center has served as one of the Grand Valley's most valuable cultural resources for over 50 years. We have grown and thrived over the years because people like you.
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The Art Center is considered a home and social hub for Western Slope artists and the art-curious. The four galleries host work by national artists and also feature the range and talent of our own Western Colorado community.
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InstructorRachel Egelston
- Learn how to draw visiting live animal models
- Watercolor seascapes and aquatic fish and mammals
- Create artwork like Laurel Birch cats and The Blue Dog
- Collage animal faces and more…
- Community installation
InstructorAshtonn Means
Join this first ever Art Center Zoom-based ceramics demonstration and discussion course with instructor Ashtonn Means. This course will be held via Zoom allowing you to attend from the comfort of your own home studio space. This class includes demonstrations on wheel throwing, altering, and surface… Read more
InstructorMatt Jones
This Tai Chi class is geared towards beginning/intermediate students. Sifu Jones will guide students through the beautiful and elegant movements of the classical Chinese Yang Style Tai Chi form. Increase the flexibility, agility, and balance of both the body and the mind.
InstructorRachel Egelston
- At the Drive-in: collaborative art project using recycled cardboard to create cars, then pulling in to watch a movie and popcorn!
- Art of Architecture: Pop-up houses, found-object buildings, drawing big community buildings
- Robots, paper clay bugs
- Aerial…
InstructorRachel Egelston
- Sculpture, printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting
- Tomorrowland: how to change the world by using art
- Learn how to build a painting
- Mixed media projects
- Community installation
InstructorRachel Egelston
- Create your own superhero
- Human Spirograph
- Traditional drawing and creating a story board
- Discover the amazing van Gogh, Picasso, and Hopper
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InstructorPavia Justinian
Expand your creativity and artistic awareness, build your portfolio, or simply spend time with peers and professional artists.
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Collaboration continues on the large-scale outdoor sculpture… Read more
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Collaboration continues on the large-scale outdoor sculpture… Read more
InstructorBrook Safken
Expand your creativity and artistic awareness, build your portfolio, or simply spend time with peers and professional artists.
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
June 8 – 12: Creature design /Animation – Learn fundamentals… Read more
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
June 8 – 12: Creature design /Animation – Learn fundamentals… Read more
InstructorRachel Egelston
Here is a chance to get your creative juices going! The Art Center of Western Colorado understands the challenges that are here during these uncertain times, so we would like to give you different opportunities to be creative. An Art in Motion box will give you a hands-on fun opportunity to create… Read more
InstructorMary Carmen
Expand your creativity and artistic awareness, build your portfolio, or simply spend time with peers and professional artists.
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Learn the distinctive style of Japanese cartooning used in anime… Read more
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Learn the distinctive style of Japanese cartooning used in anime… Read more
InstructorPavia Justinian
Expand your creativity and artistic awareness, build your portfolio, or simply spend time with peers and professional artists.
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Collaborate on a large-scale outdoor sculpture which will be… Read more
All materials provided
Don’t forget to bring a snack, a lunch, and a water bottle!
Collaborate on a large-scale outdoor sculpture which will be… Read more
News and Announcements
Friday, June 5, 2020 - 13:50
The Art Center will be opening on a limited-access basis beginning June 5! Thank you for your patience and continued support.
COVID-19 Precautions for Youth & Teens
Due to the COVID-19 situation, The Art Center is temporarily closed. We will be opening on a limited-access basis beginning June 5!
Thank you for your patience and continued support.