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Stories & Spotlights
A Redefined Medium
Paula Jo Jaconetta is leaning into innovation to create her newest pieces of art. Rather than one photograph, the Routt County artist is laying photography that she’s shot over the years into a collage.
Building Community Through the Arts
In Steamboat Springs, the arts are more than entertainment – they are the heartbeat of the community. This is reflected in SMU DataArts’ arts vibrancy index, in which Steamboat is ranked #2 in the nation for small-sized communities, which features 10 communities with a population under 100,000.
Writing on the Walls: Take a Mural Tour in Steamboat Springs
Downtown Steamboat Springs doesn’t just tell its story through historic storefronts or the curve of the Yampa River. It tells it on the walls. Once bare brick, cement underpasses and forgotten alleys, these surfaces have become canvases where the community gathers, paints and leaves behind pieces of itself.
Inside the Etching Studio
Up Elk River Road, near Hahns Peak Village, sits a beautiful barn built as an artists' studio haven. Filled with collections of art, and studios for both Shirley Stocks and her husband, Rich Galusha, the two have created something wonderful that embodies the past, present and future of their art.
POP Goes the Art
Pop art is for everyone. So said Andy Warhol, himself one of the original pop artists. It’s a style that emerged in the 1950s and thrived in the 1960s; now it has arrived in the West with a flourish of brightly colored prints depicting traditional Western elements – think: horses, cowboys and hats.
Leaps and Bounds for Steamboat Dance Theatre
Steamboat Dance Theatre is leaping into a showcase unlike any dance event Steamboat Springs has seen previously. “A Local Dance Collective” will feature over 60 cast members from across the Steamboat dance community.
About the Cover Artist: John Fawcett
Meet the artist and the artwork that inspired the cover of the art for the Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide Vol. 18, Ed. 1.