Crested Butte Arts Festival

The 37 ^th festival, one of the oldest in Colorado, lines historic Crested Butte’s Elk Avenue on Aug. 1 & 2 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Artists will exhibit in the categories of jewelry, fine arts, wood, photography, glass, floral, baskets, clay, sculpture, mixed media, fabric, wearable arts, leather, and metal.

Celebrating 37 Years

The festival is presented by the Crested Butte Society for the Arts, a nonprofit organization. The deadline for artist applications is March 16. For more information and to download an artist application, visit www.crestedbutteartfestival.com or call (970) 349-1184.

The Crested Butte Arts Festival (CBAF) is the biggest weekend of the summer, drawing world-class artists from all 50 states and several international exhibitors. Second homeowners, annual vacationers and visitors from New Mexico, Utah, Texas and Colorado’s front-range choose Arts Festival weekend as the prime time to visit Crested Butte. The CBAF is one of the top five art festivals in Colorado and ranked among the 60 best shows in the nation by The Harris List.

The festival features 175 artists, selected through a very competitive jury process, will exhibit their one-of-a-kind works in ceramics, drawing and graphics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture, wearable art and wood.

Open-air fine arts and crafts booths, with their distinctive white tops, line the three-block center of Crested Butte’s National Historic District, surrounded by the town’s one-of-a-kind shops, galleries, boutiques and eateries. New additions to the festival include “Art Alley” a hands-on arts & crafts tent for children ages 2 - 12 and their parents, Artists of the West Elks co-op booths featuring the work of more than 20 local Gunnison Country artists and an Artists Demonstration Tent with selected exhibiting artists demonstrating their craft during festival hours.

In addition, there will be musical entertainment on the Ragged Mountain Stage from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and a variety of gourmet food selections available at the festival’s Culinary Court.

For more information, call (970) 349-1184 or visit the Crested Butte Art Festival web site.