Our nonprofit believes arts outreach is essential to cultivating a creative community
By bidding on an auction item, establishing a business sponsorship,
or simply making a donation, you are contributing to ensure we have thriving creative community.
For over 50 years, the Crested Butte Arts Festival has supported community driven artistic visions.
To date, more than $80,000 has been dispensed in Artistic Enrichment Grant funding.
Our gratitude to the following sustaining community members
Anne Kinder
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Allan & Diane Miller
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David & Linda Motley
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Caroline McLean & Frank Stern
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Joseph & Caroline Padden
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Clifford & Ann Frances Jury
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Charles Talbott & Carol Sandvick
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Anne Kinder // Allan & Diane Miller // David & Linda Motley // Caroline McLean & Frank Stern // Joseph & Caroline Padden // Clifford & Ann Frances Jury // Charles Talbott & Carol Sandvick //
Artistic Enrichment Grant
recipients
Community Values Mural, Artist-in Residency - Bimmer Torres
Crested Butte Community School art students received instruction from street art muralist - Bimmer Torres, how to collaboratively paint an iconic and impactful mural from concept to creation. The Crested Butte Center for the Arts coordinated bringing this inspiring project to life, and the mural remains on display at the CBCS campus.
Photos by Nolan Blunck
Wheels of Intention
The Wheels of Intention community collaboration was envisioned by Caroline McLean who conceived of the project while on a pilgrimage to Bhutan in 2017. Caroline’s vision of giving back to her mountain community became clear – install prayer wheels to Crested Butte!
The project brought twenty four separate artists, non-profit organizations & business sponsors together in collaboration to produce eight uniquely crafted prayer wheels, displayed throughout Crested Butte.
Tour the Wheels
Trailhead Children's Museum's Art Bar
The Trailhead's Art Bar is a place to create, tinker, and play. The Art Bar was a popular attraction at the festival, and it continues to be a huge hit. The Trailhead also worked with the Wheels of Intention project to teach youngsters about the wheels and help them make their own (slightly different) versions- see them in the photo below. These upcycled plastic wheels were decorated and created by kids and actually spin!
Photos courtesy of Caroline McLean and The Trailhead Children's Museum
Heather Bischoff
See Trees is an interactive installation of aspen trees with access to the multiverse. The immersive forest invites people of all ages to linger and explore with curiosity. Closer examination of the aspen eyes will allow people to discover the inside of the trees—a portal to another realm! Internal trunk space presents kaleidoscopic images, dioramas, and collaborative art to ponder the stories that live within our environment. What do these trees see?
Additional Areas of
Annual Arts Outreach
Community Entertainment Stage
The CBAF exclusively contracts local performing arts talent to present on the Community Entertainment Stage. Through this initiative we aim to showcases a broad spectrum of local performing arts in our community.
Art Alley
The children’s Art Alley tent is a mainstay of the festival. In keeping with tradition, we continue to prioritize funding complimentary experiential art-making programs for youth and their families.