2013 Annual Report - Center for the Arts Crested Butte

Cleo Parker
Robinson
Dance Troupe,
Winter Season 2013
Photo by
Nathan Bilow
Crested Butte
Songwriter’s Festival,
Winter Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Mark Chesnutt,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
The Center is the Past, Present &
Future of the Arts in Crested Butte!
MEANINGFUL NON-PROFIT
PARTNERSHIPS CREATE
EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS!
2013 WAS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS!! We discovered
that the Center has tripled our program offerings over the past three years through our
unique partnerships with the essential arts nonprofits in our community. No other arts
organization has the vast array of partnerships that the Center has in Crested Butte.
These partnerships are:
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Crested Butte Dance Collective
Crested Butte School of Dance
The Art Studio
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational
The Trailhead Children’s Museum
• Crested Butte Community School
Enrichment Program
• Crested Butte Wine and Food
Festival
• The Arts Alliance of the East
River Valley
The Center impacts the community with 350 annual programs and partnerships
across a range of art: music, visual arts, children’s programming, dance, culinary, and
film. The Center is also THE leader in coordinating arts efforts in the area through the
Arts Alliance of the East River Valley. These efforts all combine to build community in
Crested Butte.
And we are just getting started!
Once a grassroots startup, today Center for the Arts Crested Butte is the cultural hub
of the Gunnison Valley for live music concerts including blues, jazz, bluegrass, classical,
folk, rock, country, funk and more. Our live outdoor concert series, Alpenglow, enlivens
the community with free entertainment on Monday nights during the summer.
Professional dance performances range from ballet to modern to burlesque. Traveling
productions and local theater productions all find a place at the Center.
The Center for the Arts is also a home for visual arts exhibitions, classes and local
performing arts. The Art Studio annex at 111 Elk Avenue offers creative workshops
including watercolor, ceramics, photography, jewelry making and more. The Crested
Butte Dance Collective’s classes range from aerial to African and salsa to swing. The
Piper and Art Studio Galleries serve as career-enhancing home for local artists.
What’s next for the Center?
Our vibrant, friendly town needs a larger, multi-functional Center for the Arts in
Crested Butte that will meet the growing demands of and interest in the arts for all the
years ahead — and that will ensure that the arts will remain a key factor in the quality of
life and the economic health of our community.
With the rapid growth of local arts programs and increasing event attendance, a
larger, more advanced facility is vitally important. The facility is also overcrowded in its
support spaces and in the rehearsal and performance areas that are at the heart of the
Center. Partner programs with burgeoning enrollment often have difficulty scheduling
rehearsals and classes because of our space limitations. In addition, many of the Center’s
spaces are not accessible to those with special needs. The Piper Gallery, while it is an
incredible place for local visual artists to showcase their work, is not wheelchairaccessible; neither are the offices nor the stage.
We look forward to sharing the story of the Center and our critical role in bringing
the community together. We are the past, present and future of the arts in Crested Butte.
Together, we’ll make great things happen.
Most Sincerely,
JENNY BIRNIE
Executive Director
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MarchFourth Marching Band,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Crested Butte
Wine & Food Festival,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Amy Helm,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
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OUR VISION The future we truly desire:
As a captivating and welcoming place, truly unrivaled in Colorado, the Center for the
Arts brings people together to share, inspire, nurture, educate, and enjoy arts and culture.
OUR MISSION Our purpose:
As a home for arts and culture, the Center for the Arts offers engaging opportunities
and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.
OUR VALUES & BELIEFS We believe that:
Gypsy Caravan, Crested
Butte Dance Collective,
Winter Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
• Arts and cultural experiences are for everyone.
• Arts and cultural experiences expand horizons; bring people together in ways that
create opportunities for meaningful conversation; challenge assumptions; and
ultimately, enrich our daily lives.
• Creativity, innovation, diversity, and spontaneity add value to the work of the
Center and to the life of our community.
• Accessibility and inclusiveness are at the heart of the Center’s mission and
reason for being.
• The Center is for everyone.
THE CENTER PRESENTS
COMMUNITY
PRESENTERS
Adaptive Sports Center
BANFF Mountain Film Festival
Brownie Troop Flag Ceremony
Crested Butte Avalanche Center
Crested Butte Bike Week
Crested Butte Chamber of
Commerce
Crested Butte Community
School
Crested Butte Community
School Enrichment Program
Crested Butte Dance Collective
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte Music Festival
Crested Butte News
Crested Butte Nordic Center
Crested Butte School of Dance
Crested Butte Songwriters
Festival
Dead Head Ed’s End of the
Season Party
Gunnison County Hospice
High Country Citizens Alliance
Matchstick Productions
Office of Resource Efficiency
ORSCH
Public Policy Forum
Reel Rock Tour
Stepping Stones Children’s Center
The Paper Clip
The Wynes Family
Town of Crested Butte
United Congregational Church
Vinotok
Western Pilates
Xanadu Performing Arts Co.
Yoga for the Peaceful
THE CENTER PRESENTS
“Eat Your Vegetables” Lecture
and Book Signing
50 Shades of Mead Metcalf in
Bondage
Alpin Hong
Amy Helm & The Handsome
Strangers
Bearfoot Bluegrass
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Crushed Out
David Mayfield Parade
Desert Noises
Donovan Frankenreiter
Far West
Hell’s Belles
Keller Williams
Lisa Marie Presley
March Fourth Marching Band
Mark Chesnutt
Matt Flinner Trio
Mountain Standard Time
New Speedway Boogie
Opal Moon
Paula Poundstone
Playground Theater
Richie Furay Band
Ruth Moody Band
Shawn Mullins
Suzy Bogguss
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The Empty Bottle Blues Band
The Vagina Monologues
Tim O’Brien
Tony Furtado
Town Mountain
Urban Island Steel
Vagabond Opera
Velveteen Rabbit
Yo Mamma’s Big Fat Booty Band
CRESTED BUTTE FILM
FESTIVAL / FILM SERIES
Bones Brigade
Concert Halls to Film —
The Conductor Composes
Crested Butte Film Festival
Moonrise Kingdom
SAMSARA
Schooled Films
Searching for Sugarman
Sideways
The Standbys
Warren Miller’s Flow State
Wild Horse, Wild Ride
ART STUDIO OF
CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Art & Land
Art Talk
Basic Press Molds Series
Batik Fabric Art
Body Portraits
Botanical Illustration of
Wildflowers
Brush to Paper: A Water Color
Workshop
Calligraphy & Wildflowers
Canvas & Cabernet
Chakra Painting
Clay Earring Holders
Clay Maracas: A Family Art
Workshop
Clay Seed Pods
Cocktails & Clay
Drawing & Sketching for
Middle & High School
Free Seminars for Artists
Fun with Photography
Glittery Valentine Workshop:
Cards & Decorations
Herb Class Series
Inspired Mix Media
Intro to Building Your Website
Knitting: Hats, Wristlets &
Scarves
Live Painting Series at the Lobar
Mixed-Media Printmaking
Moon & Milky Way
Photographic Workshops
Mosey Through the Posies
Paint Your Dog’s Portrait
Paint Your Own Pottery Series
Pastels in the Garden
Photographic Hike
Photographing Crested Butte
Alleyways
Photography in Paradise
Portraits with Third Eye
Photography
Portraiture & Figure Drawing
Precious Metal Clay Jewelry
Crafting
Ripple Women’s Retreat
Storybook Characters in
Polymer Clay
Teen Graffiti
A REPORT ON THE FISCAL YEAR
NOV. 1, 2012 THROUGH OCT. 31, 2013
IN 2013 THE CENTER WELCOMED OVER 33,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS DOORS through 624 separate events — 277 being
produced by the Center alone. Of these, 57 were Center presentations, 158 rental events (for non-profits such as the School of Dance,
Music Festival, Avalanche Center, High Country Conservation Advocates, Search and Rescue and the Public Policy Forum), 136
rehearsals and six school events. There were over 20 Piper Gallery and Art Studio Receptions for local and regional artists. The Crested
Butte Dance Collective held 52 classes serving over 650 dancers, in addition to conducting 146 rehearsals on the Center Stage. Their
annual sell-out smash hit Move the Butte currently entertains over 1,000 dance enthusiasts. The Art Studio conducted over 90 days of
instruction to over 500 budding artists at our satellite campus at 111 Elk Avenue, with several hundred more in private lessons, Shared
Artist Space participants and art browsers to the gallery. Through our partnership with the Crested Butte Film Festival we offered 24
films to 857 film aficionados through the Monthly Film Series and hosted over 1,200 during the film festival itself. As the sponsor of
the Crested Butte Wine and Food Festival we helped educate and entertain 750 oenophiles. Our annual fundraising series, Tour de
Forks, hosts almost 800 epicureans in private homes with dinners prepared by the region’s accomplished chefs.
As each day passes, we are adding more classes, more workshops, more opportunities for the visual arts, more invigorating
performances in the arts. Through all of this it is our vision, our mission and our values that guide our every move.
Watercolor Basics
Wildflower Book of Hours
Wildflower Canvas & Cabernet
Wildflower Crochet
CRESTED BUTTE DANCE
COLLECTIVE
Aerial Dance Summer Intensive
Aerial Open Workout
An Evening of Argentine Tango
Beginner Aerial Dance Series
Cleo Parker Robinson Master
Classes
Five Week Dance Workshop
Gypsy Caravan
Move the Butte
Partner Dance Night
Valentines Swing Night
PIPER & ART STUDIO
GALLERY
Adam Freed
Beck Chappell
Carlie Kenton
Contemporary Clay
Crested Butte Community
School
Dawn Cohen
Jesse Blumenthal
Kelly Frimel
Kimbre Woods
Laura Cooper Elm
Mary Tuck
Ruth Esserman
Shayn Estes
Stepping Stones Children’s
Center
Suzanne Pierson
TOUR DE FORKS
Elegant Echelons &
Bountiful Brunch
Dusk to Dawn Golf Challenge
The Outer Limits of Town
Quintessential Historic Cabins
Kingdom of the Two Sicilys
Riverside Feast at Wilder on the
Taylor
It’s a Good Feeling to Know
Richie Furay
Funkytown: The Party at the
End of the Road
Adventure Hike to the North Pole
Sunset on Red Lady
The Grand Finale
Top of the World
Tour d’Art
Winemaker Dinner with
Soupcon Elegance
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED OCT. 31, 2013
SUPPORT & REVENUE
DONATIONS
PROGRAM SERVICES
GRANTS
FUNDRAISING EVENTS
BAR
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
TOTAL SUPPORT & REVENUE
EXPENSES
PROGRAM SERVICES
MANAGEMENT & GENERAL
FUNDRAISING
DEPRECIATION
TOTAL EXPENSES
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
UNRESTRICTED NEW ASSETS
712,506
108,353
30,416
27,516
$878,791
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CRESTED BUTTE WINE
& FOOD FESTIVAL
Anyone Can Make An Artisan
Cocktail
Anything But Chardonnay —
Unique Whites
Bursting with Bubbles Brunch
Celebrity Chef Tour Dinner to
Benefit the James Beard
Foundation
In Search of Perfect Pairings
Introduction to Fine Wine
Italy: It’s More than Chianti
Old World vs. New World
Pinot Noir from Around the World
Premium Tasting
The Grand Tasting
297,436
288,885
31,966
112,766
28,518
147,134
$906,705
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USES OF
FUNDS
$878,791
27,914
3%
4%
12%
16%
81%
3%
33%
12%
32%
SOURCES
OF FUNDS
$906,705
4%
All figures audited by Hamblin & Associates, LLC
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CONTRIBUTORS
It is with great appreciation that we thank the
following individuals, businesses and foundations
for their generous support of the Center for the Arts.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$25,000+
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Gail Digate
Leadership Learning Systems
Carol Ann May
SPOTLIGHT
$10,000 – $24,999
Jeff Hermanson
Susan Lawhon
Peak Property Management
BENEFACTOR
$5,000 – $9,999
Arthur Kontos Foundation
Henry and Sandra Estess
Balie and Beverly Griffith
Ren and Gloria Kern
Bill and Cynthia Peatross
The Pine Tree Foundation
Carol Webb and Don Wemlinger
Owens Property Management
PATRON
$500 – $999
Allison Kern
Andy and Julia Shoup
Anthony and Randi Stroh
Ben and Beth Wegbreit
Betty and Dave Schneider
Bill and Carolyn Huckabay
Bill and Carolyn Reimer
Bill and Lenni Burke
Bob and Nancy Yuskaitis
Bob Huckins Construction
Brett Dixon
C.L. Ingalls
Chris and Francene Kopf
Chuck and Beverly Lueckemeyer
Chuck and Cathy McGinnis
Cindi Faulkner
Clif and Kathy Barnhart
Clyde and Bitsy Wyant
Community Foundation of the
Gunnison Valley
Crested Butte / Mt. Crested
Butte Rotary Club
Dana Howard
Danek Bienkowski and
Jo Ann Macy
Dave and Betty Schneider
David and Judy Snowden
David and Marj O'Reilly
David and Patty Miller
David and Susan Miclette
David Gilbert
Dawn Grove
Dick and Rodi Whiting
Don Haver
Donna and Richard Rozman
Douglas McDonald
Elisabeth Sherratt
Elizabeth Schmidgall
Eric Eichler
Frank and Linda Fialkoff
Gene and Debra Harmon
George and Phyllis Mitchell
Gwen Des Cognets
Hal and Rosalind Cook
Harold and Sandra Duble
Harry Kelso
Harvey Castro
Henry and Sandra Estess
Herb Weitzman
IBM
James A. Crowell and Sterling
James and Delrena Sides
Jane MeGinnis
Jason Berv and Sumaya
Abuhaidar
Jeff and Mickie Bragalone
Jerry and Andy Brown
Jim and MJ Miller
Jim and Ynette Hogue
Jim Runner
Joan Binkow
Joe and Susan Downes
Joel Benisch
John and Neva Dawson
John and Stephanie Flanigan
Jon and Patsy Hundley
Katalin Wolff
Ken and Barbara Moffit
Ken and Janet Levit
Ken and Marsha Caratelli
Kenneth Banta
Kenneth Gellman
Lacy and Edie Williams
Larry and Alice West
Leah and Wynn Williams
Linda and Michael Boyd
Lisa Tully
Luther and Kathryn Kissam
Margot Levy
Marion Troske
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Mark and Carol Lester
Mike and Cille Ribaudo
Mike and Gracy Hall
Mike and Tricia Wortley
Milton Graves
Mirabi Holland
Nancy Siebert and Jon Zich
Neil and Peggy Sisson
Nina Kingsdale
Pam and Pat Montgomery
Pat and Jane Jenevein
Peter and Margaret Kennel
Phil and Missy Chamberland
Poor Richard's
Charitable Trust
Ralph and Martha Walton
Randy and Rosemary Ewing
Randy and Rosemary Ewing
Reggie and Susie Coon
Richard and Marsha Cole
Rick and Mary Bush
Rob and Marilyn Gentry
Roger and Sandy Dorf
Roy and Toni Bliss
Sarah Keene
Scott Moss
Shelley and Mike Lockwood
Sid and Anne Anderson
Stanley Fimberg
Stephen and Kate Tillery
Sterling and Melissa Doster
Steve Polan and Elizabeth
Roistacher
Sumaya Abuhaidar
Susan Lawhon
Ted and Sharon Troy
Terri VonDohlen
The Town of Crested Butte
The Town of Mt. Crested Butte
Tom and Becky Mitchell
Tom and Linda Biery
Tom and Stephanie Seymour
Tonie and Charles Mann
Wayne and Leslie Collins
William and Doris Altman
William Goddard
FRIEND
$25 – $499
A.H. Bricker
ACLI-MATE
Adele Broughton
Alan and Mary Atterbury
Albert and Kathryn Vogel
Ali and Murphy Smith
Alice and Robbin Dawson
Allan and Diane Miller
Allen and Judy Cox
Allen and Molly Oliphant
Allen Hadley
Allison and Mike Butcher
Andrew Breibart
Andrew Brown
Anita King
Annette Dunton
Barbara and Arlo DeKraai
Barbara and John Mikkelson
Barbara Dehaemers
Barbara Haas
Barbara Kotler
Barry and Rena Grossman
Ben and Mary Gwen Hulsey
Berek Novak
Betsy Heartfield
Bill and Deborah Howell
Bill and Gretchen Tunkey
Bill and Judy McCormick
Bill and Margie Abraham
Bill and Susan Grana
Bill Dowell
Bill Reynolds
Bob and Barbara Kauffman
Bob and Carol Stewart
Bob and Judy McNamara
Bob and Malla Brandenberger
Bob and Nancy Yuskaitis
Brett and Susan Dixon
Brian and Carol Dale
Bright Family
Brooke Bower
Bruce Jackson
Carl Warden
Carol Barbour
Carol Denny
Carol Stroop
Catherine Kolb
Catherine Price and
Jeremy Goddard
Cathy Sporcich
Celia Roe
Charley and Angie Dumas
Charlie and Shelley O'Connor
Chris and Andrea Cappy
Chris Stenger
Christy and Bill Manuel
Chuck and Cathy McGinnis
Chuck and Ofra Reynolds
Cindy Mattson
Cindy Schawn
Clay and Norma Claassen
Clyde and Bitsy Wyant
Connie and Prewitt Lane
Cynthia Galley
Dale Bradley
Dana Ingram
Danek Bienkowski and
Jo Ann Macy
Daniel J. Murphy
Dave and Betty Schneider
David Abram
David and Barbara Dehaemers
David and Christine Baxter
David and Jody Jones
David and Sharon Gleeson
David Kimbell
David Ralston
David Rose and Ceil Murray
David W. and Bridget Ralston
Debbie and Larry Brannian
Debra Hartz
Debra Reich
Debra Sporcich
Diane Cashen
Dick and Sharon Renwick
Don and Linda Chapman
Don and Teresa Guzzetta
Donald and Val Senter
Donna and John Mullins
Donna Barrow
Donna Kindervatter
Dorothy Rickard
Doug and Harriett Raney
Doug Kroft
Douglas Gorman
Dr. Z Miller and
Trilby Carriker
Edward Herick
Eleanor Deacon
Elisabeth Hise
Eric Peterson and
Cathy Steinberger
Ethan and Katie Mueller
Foster and Margaret Madeley
Frank Chalfont
Frank Goldsberry
Fred and Sue Berry
Frederick and Carol Stroop
Gail Mancuso and
Brian Downs
Gary and Elizabeth Keiser
Gene and Debra Harmon
Gene and Martha Bryson
George and Claire Nelson
George and Judith Haecker
George and Linda Neuner
George Kelly
Gil and Lynn Friedlander
Gleeson Family
Gordon and Joan Moore
Grace McMahon and Bill Renfro
Greg and Linda Neuner
Hal and Rosalind Cook
Happy Fowler and Bert Phillips
Harold and Sandra Duble
Herb Weitzman
Hugh and Kitty Harris
Jack and Gwen Dixon
Jack and Jane McAllister
Jack and Marlene Lintz
Jack and Paula Dietrich
Jack and Peggy Colby
Jack Zogg
James and Delrena Sides
James and Jean McGill
James C. McGill
Jane and Bill Chaney
Jane McGinnis
Jay and Pam Jaynes
Jay Fishbein
Jay Jones
Jay Wolkov
Jeanette Peter
Jerrie Runice
Jim and Annie Starr
Jim and Diane Fisher
Jim and Mary Sue
Westmoreland
Jim and Ruth Keene
Jim and Sandra Wickham
Jim and Susie Maclean
Jim Guzzi
Jimmy Wickham
Joan and Jim Prentice
Joan Binkow
Joan Geist
Joan Heinz
Joe and Becky Williams
John and Bets Carrico
John and Christy Murchison
John and Dimitra Carmichael
John and Donna Mullins
John and Drew Stull
John and Gwen Nixon
John and Jackie Ingham
John and Kay Braziel
John and Marsha Soucheray
John and Mary Ellis
John and Nancy Stroud
John and Trish McCarthy
John Kozyak and
Barbara Silverman
John Sansbury
John Schanck
Joseph de Compiegne
Joya DePasquale
Judy and Bob McNamara
Judy and John Miller
Jules Bohnn
Karen Dunn
Karen Fontenot
Katherine Schloesser
Kathy and Mike Keig
Kathy Reid
Katie and Ethan Mueller
Keith Henning
Ken and Barbara Moffit
Ken and Eleanor Deacon
Kenneth and Marla Drucker
Kevin and Cynthia O'Brien
Kim Walter and Neil Manecke
Kurt and Janet Giesselman
Kyle and Peggie Pentecost
Larry and Carol Barbour
Larry and Karen Dunn
Larry and Venice Stuart
Lash and Judy Hansborough
Laura and Michael Werner
Laura Ferenci
Lauren and Bob Lange
Laurie and Dan Goetz
Lee and Cathy Cannon
Lee and Jay Renfrow
Lee and Kathy Cannon
Live Oak Foundation
Lori Divine Hudson
Lorie Futch
Lowry and Leila Smith
Lucy Hecker
Lucy Porter
Lynn and Ralph Veerman
Maren Palmer
Marie and Frank Leith
Marla Covey and James Marra
Marlene Lintz
Marsha Goldstein and
Robert Fine
Martha Violett
Mary Whitson
Mavis and Wendy Kelsey
Melissa Cunningham
Melissa Mason
Michael and Meg Smith
Michael and Sharon Young
Michael and Stephanie Poley
Michael Carter
Michael Prentiss
Michael Racowsky
Michelle Campbell
Mickey Brislin
Mike and Linda Boyd
Mike and Martha Montano
Morton and Miriam Brown
N.F. Rayder
Nan and Fred Buxton
Nancy Reimer
Neil and Joan Windsor
Norman and Dorothy Eastwood
Owen and Anne Bricker
Pamela Eaton
Pat and Jane Jenevein
Paul and Jackie Kingsbury
Paula Lehr and Art Mears
Peggy and Web Carr
Pete and Kay Deleeuw
Pete Lawson and Gail Burford
Peter and Kathleen Esposito
Peter and Margaret Kennel
Peter and Mary Jane Bridges
Philip and Beweeda Warnick
Phoebe Wilson
Polly Keller
R.C. and Joyce Benson
Ralph and Lynn Veerman
Rebecca Borchers
Reggie and Susie Coon
Richard Newton
Robbin and Alice Dawson
Roger and Linda Brown
Roger Gladgow
Ruth Miller
Sam and Nan Lumb
Sandra Heydt and
Eric Von Starck
Sara Hammond
Scott and Kristi Hargrove
Shawn Harvey
Skip and Ruth Berkshire
Stan and Diane Bienasz
Stephanie Prater
Stephen and Susan Davis
Sue Schappert and
Graham Ulrich
Susan and Norman Bardeen
Susan Harrison
Susan Sweetra
Susie and Jim Maclean
Suzanne Schoeller
Sylvia Mitchell
Talie Morrison
The Sementelli Family
Thomas and Kerrie Garrett
Tim and Andrea Lee
Tom and Ann Kelsey
Tom and Karen Jensen
Tony Barnard
Tyler and Laura Martineau
Uwe Meissner
W.F. Womble
William and Suzanne Sullvan
William Hanneman
William McCreight
William Winkler
IN MEMORY
Barbara Jensen
Aaron Kotler
Doug Lund
Elvira Parise
Bob Runice
Jim Zezula
IN HONOR
Alpenglow
Margot Barnard
Clif and Kathy Barnhart
Joel Benisch
Heidi Bogart
Crested Butte Community
School Enrichment
Anne Lamkin Kinder
Ren and Gloria Kern
Melissa Mason
Carol Ann May
Robert Pannier Family
The Art Studio
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FOUNDERS CLUB
Founders’ Club members make an annual $2,500
donation to support outstanding programs and
performances at the Center.
Jeff and Mickie Bragalone
Jeff and Loretta Clarke
Joe and Susan Downes
Scott and Debra Duncan
Margery Feldberg and Jeremy Levin
Paul and Donna Witt
Maxine and Jack Zarrow Foundation
Ed Zwick and Liberty Godshall
CENTER CIRCLE
Center Circle members make a $1,000 financial commitment
to bring extraordinary artists to Crested Butte.
Paul and Joy Adams
Dick and Mary Allen
Bruce and Debbie Alpern
Bill and Doris Altman
Kathy Barnard
Susan and Kevin Beltz
Melissa and John Belkin
Joel Benisch
Fred and Sue Berry
Roy and Toni Bliss
Larry and Debbie Brannian
John and Emily Bruno
Nan and Fred Buxton
Shelle Carrig and Becky Frey
Phil and Missy Chamberland
Dan and Nancy Chapman
Joe and Marie Chocole
Cjay and Megan Clark
Collin Weston Memorial Fund
Gus and Karen Comiskey
Reggie and Susie Coon
Arlo and Barbara DeKraai
Roger and Sandy Dorf
John and Heather Featherman
John Ferguson
Frank and Linda Fialkoff
Tim and Christe Fretthold
Rob and Marilyn Gentry
Tony and Tina Guilder
Michael and Gracy Hall
Anne Hickman
Jim and Ynette Hogue
Bill and Carolyn Huckabay
Don and Cathey Humphreys
IBM
Pat and Jane Jenevein
Anne Lamkin Kinder
Raymond Kimbell
Ed and Judy Ligon
Tonie and Charles Mann
Tem and Maggie McElroy
Nina McLemore
Ben McLoughlin
David and Patty Miller
M.J. and Jim Miller
David Moore
Sammy and Therese Nagem
David and Marjorie O'Reilly
Cille and Mike Ribaudo
Brit and Kay Rice
Bill and Anne Ronai
Jim Runner
Jerrie Runice
Elisabeth Sherratt
Andy and Julia Shoup
Neil and Peggy Sisson
Bruce and Alice Ann Street
Tony and Randi Stroh
David and Judy Snowden
Jan and Dan Terry
Kate Tillery
Ted and Sharon Troy
Beth and Ben Wegbreit
Marv and Marty Weidner
Dick and Rodi Whiting
Wynn and Leah Williams
Tim and Wren Wirth
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Vagabond Opera,
Winter Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Crested Butte Dance Collective,
Move the Butte, Winter Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
The following donors have contributed between $10,000 – $100,000 to the Center for
the Arts over the past five years.
Andy and Julia Shoup
Ann Lamkin Kinder
Anne and Bill Ronai
Anne Hickman
Anonymous
Arthur Kontos Foundation
Balie and Beverly Griffith
Ben and Mary Gwen Hulsey
Bill and Anita Vallett
Bill and Cynthia Peatross
Bill and Doris Altman
Bruce and Alice Ann Street
Bruce and Debbie Alpern
Carol Ann May and
Jim Saindon
Clif and Kathy Barnhart
Colorado Creative Industries
Community Foundation of the
Gunnison Valley
Crested Bute Lodging and
Property Management
Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
David and Judy Snowden
David and Patty Miller
Dianne Baker
Dick and Rodi Whiting
Don Haver
Ed and Judy Ligon
Gail A. Digate
Gail and Kip Richards
Gunnison County
Gus and Karen Comiskey
Henry and Sandra Estess
Jason Lewis
Jeff and Loretta Clarke
Jeff and Mickie Bragalone
Jeff Hermanson
Jennifer and Gary Hartman
Jim and DeAnna
Bodenstedt
Jim Runner
Joe and Susan Downes
Joel Benisch
Kate Tillery
Larry and Patsy Hall
Lenni and Bill Burke
Malte and Pam
vonMattheissen
Margery Feldberg and
Jeremy Levin
Margot Levy
Marj and David O'Reilly
Marv and Marty Weidner
Maxine and Jack Zarrow
Foundation
Nathan Bilow Photography
Nina Kingsdale
Owens Property Management
Pat and Jane Jenevein
Paul and Donna Witt
Paul and Joy Adams
Peak Property Management
Red Lady Realty
Ren and Gloria Kern
Richard and Marsha Cole
Richard and Mary Allen
Rick and Mary Bush
Robert and Pam Nichols
Roger and Sandy Dorf
Scott and Debra Duncan
Susan Lawhon Padon
Ted and Sharon Troy
The Pine Tree Foundation
Tim and Christe Fretthold
Tom and Linda Biery
Tony and Randi Stroh
Town of Crested Butte
Town of Mt. Crested Butte
Wayne and Leslie Collins
Wynn and Leah Williams
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SPONSORS
Businesses and individuals who support the Center
for the Arts programs and fundraising events.
SUMMER SEASON
SPONSORS
Red Lady Realty,
Presenting Sponsor
Acme Liquor
Artisan Rug Gallery
Back at the Ranch
Benson Sotheby’s
International Realty
Bill and Cynthia Peatross
Blackline Entertainment
Bob Huckins Construction
Cakebread Cellars
Camp 4 Coffee
Carol Ann May and Jim Saindon
Clear Rivers Holistics
Colorado Creative Industries
Crested Butte Bank
Crested Butte Electrical
Crested Butte Events
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Crested Butte Music Festival
Crested Butte / Mt. Crested
Butte Rotary
Diamond Blue Pool and Spa
Electrical Logic, Inc.
Four Eighteen
Gail and Kip Richards
Gateau Fab Bakery
Gunnison Brewery
Gunnison Valley Health
Holbrook & Smith
General Contractors
Interior Visions
J.D. Belkin & Associates, LLC
Jack and Paula Dietrich
Leadership Learning Systems
Little Red Schoolhouse
Maxwell’s Steakhouse
Milky Way
Montanya Distillers
Mountain Store
Mountain Surfaces
Nathan Bilow Photography
Old Town Inn
Owens Property Management
Peak Property Management
Pinnacle, Inc.
Princess Wine Bar &
Western Design
Rocky Mountain Frames &
Trophies
Rocky Mountain Trees &
Landscaping
Simply Office Supplies
Starr & Assoicates
Sunlit Architect
Tango
The Eldo
The Grand Lodge
The Last Steep
The Slogar Bar and Restaurant
The Sunflower Deli
The Wooden Nickel
Town of Crested Butte
Upslope Brewing Company
Western Pilates
Yoga for the Peaceful
WINTER SEASON
SPONSORS
Benson Sotheby’s
International Realty,
Presenting Sponsor
97.1 The Cave
Blackline Entertainment
Chamberland Orthopaedics
Clear River Holistics
Colorado Creative Industries
Community Foundation of the
Gunnison Valley
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Crested Butte Bank
KBUT
Leadership Learning Systems
Milky Way
Nathan Bilow Photography
Old Town Inn
Owens Property Management
Peak Property Management
Princess Wine Bar & Western
Design
Red Lady Realty
Starr & Associates
The Grand Lodge
The Last Steep
The Mountain Store
Town of Crested Butte
Town of Mt. Crested Butte
CRESTED BUTTE WINE
& FOOD FESTIVAL
SPONSORS
Jason Vernon, Chair
Peter and Molly Maxwell,
Chairs
Aaron Tomcak
Acme Liquors
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American Summits
Artisan Rug Gallery
Benson Sotheby’s
International Realty
Big Green Egg
Blue Bird Weddings & Events
Brick Cellar
Carol Ann May
Cottonwood Tees
Crested Butte Cupcakes
Crested Butte Events
Crested Butte Film Festival
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Darin Thorne
Django’s
East Side Bistro
Feast & Merriment
Garlic Mike’s
Interior Visions
Jason Vernon
Jeff Hermanson
Judy Byron
Karen Hoskin, Monyanya’s
Distillery
Le Bosquet
Lil’s Suchi Bar
Marchitelli’s Gourmet Noodle
Maxwells Steakhouse
Megan Clark
Mountain Spirits
Peter and Molly Maxwell
Red Lady Realty
Red Mountain Furniture
Ruben’s New Mexican
Restaurant
Soupcon Bistro
Sunlit Architecture
Teocalli Tamale
The Last Steep
The Slogar Bar & Restaurant
Third Bowl Homemade Ice
Cream
Tim Egelhoff
DUSK TO DAWN GOLF
CHALLENGE
Ren Kern, Chair
Allison Kern
Andy Rector
Anne Kinder
Barry Forman
Ben Breslauer
Betsy Sherratt
Bill Allen
Bill and Carolyn Reimer
Bill Womble
Bo Feagin
Bob Kauffman
Bob Sandelman
Bob Shutt
Brian Inkster
Brick Oven Pizzeria
Brit and Kay Rice
Bruce and Debbie Alpern
Carol May
Carol Wadren
Carol Webb
Chris Stenger
Cindy Smith
Cjay Clark
Club at Crested Butte
Dale Haver
Dan and Jane Terry
Dan Chapman
Dave Gilbert
David and Marj O’Reilly
David Chennault
Dean and Bobbie Smith
Debbie Brannian
Doc and Missy Brown
Don Haver
Don Snell
Edna Kern
Frank Stichter
Gail Digate
Gallery 3
Gary Eden
Gil Friedlander
Gloria Kern
Gus and Karen Comiskey
Gwen Des Cognets
Henning Electrical
Hui Li Lee
Interior Visions
Jack and Michelle Lafield
Jack Zogg
James Dalton
Jeffrey Weisman
Jim Brickman
Jim Prentice
Joe and Susan Downes
Joe Newton
Joel Levey
Joel Levy
John and Emily Bruno
John Carmichael
John Kozyak
John Mikkelson
Josh and Tina Hugg
Kathy and Clif Barnhart
Larry Brannian
Larry Tanning
Larry Vanderwoude
Laura and Michael Werner
Lavish
Linda and Richard Newton
Liz Dunson
Lowry Smith
Lucy Hecker
Marchitelli’s Gourmet Noodle
Mary Gwen Huslsey
Matt Mattson
Maxwell’s Steakhouse
Melissa Belkin
Merle Gross
Michael Young
Mike and Linda Boyd
Mike Ccarter
Mike Prentiss
Mike Swan
Minimal Joe LLC
Peter Deleeuw
Peter Ewing
Phil Sheridan
Princess Wine Bar
Ralph Veerman
Randi Stroh
Ray Fitzgerald
Rick Barnard
Rick Bush
Rick Jackson
RLM Mechanical
Robert Bagwell
Roger and Sandy Dorf
Ron Ireland
Roz and Hal Cook
Scott and Kathy King
Simple Signal Unified
Communications
Soupcon Bistro
Steve Smith
Sue Kaupp
Susan Anderton
Susan Lawhon
Ted Gerrick
Ted Troy
The Last Steep
Tom Jensen
Tony and Tina Guilder
True Value
Urban Jane Design
TOUR DE FORKS
Gloria Kern, Chair
Ashley Odom, Feast &
Merriment
Becky and Joe Williams
Ben Baehrend, West End
Public House
Bill and Cynthia Peatross
Cakebreak Cellars
Charlotte and Craig Haas
Crested Butte Land Trust
Dana and Jeff Delaney
David Wooding, The Secret
Stash
Dawn and Toby Grove
Goose Sorenson, Solera
Gwen DesCognets
Hal and Roz Cook
Jacqueline Mearman of
Gâteau Fab
Jason Vernon, Soupcon Bistro
Jerry and Andy Brown
Joel Benisch
Kate Tillery
Lon Lane, Inspired Occasions
Margot amd Kent Dunbar
Michael Marchitelli,
Marchitelli’s Gourmet
Noodle
Mike Busse, Garlic Mike’s
Monica and Buzz Dillon
Robin Yost, The Sunflower Deli
Rocky Mountain Biological
Laboratory
Roger and Mary Collins
Sue and Jim Oates
Susan and David Miclette
Tim Egelhoff
Venice and Larry Stuart
Wilder on the Taylor
MOTOWN IN THE
MOUNTAINS
Doris Altman, Chair
Alyce Henrick
Amy Lohr
Anne Ronai
At Home in Crested Butte
Banu Buriyeva
Bev Lueckemeyer
Candace Coen
Carl Winfrey
Carolyn and Bill Reimer
Carolyn Reimer
Casa Bella
Christi Weichsell
Clif and Kathy Barnhart
Collin Moran
Corner Cupboard
Courtney Kopf
Desse Anthony
Don Haver
Farrell’s Restaurant
Four Eighteen
Francene Kopf
Garlic Mike’s
Gloria Kern
Gunnison Vitamin &
Health Food
Gypsy Wagon
Heather Featherman
Heidi Bogart
Heidi Sherratt
Ingrid Gibavi
Isaac Evans
Isabella Lueckemeyer
Jackie and Paul Kingsbury
Jackie Kingsbury
James Beltz
Jordan Keig
Joyce and Bill Cavanaugh
Joyce Kohler
June Bugs
Kara Moran
Kathy Barnhart
Katie Minniear
Kelli Baustert
Kim Frayer
Laura Silva
Lavish
Lindsay Kopf
Mandy Salmon
Marchitelli’s Gourmet Noodle,
Michael Marchitelli
Margie Peterson
Marilyn Gentry
Marj O’Reilly
Mary and Robert
Pickering
Mary Pickering
Matti Brown
Melanie Lodovico
Melissa Belkin
Milky Way
Nancy Yuskaitis
Nathan Bilow
Pennie Moran
Princess Wine Bar &
Western Design
Ralph Pike
Randi and Tony Stroh
Sarah Hartigan
Shades of Crested Butte
Shannon Castello
Spin a Christmas Tale
Stacey Pennie
Stephanie Prater
Sue Steakley
Susan Grana
Susie Washburn
Third Bowl, Matt and
Kendall Smith
Tracy Hastings
Treads “N” Threads
Wilderness Athlete
WE’RE
LISTENING!
THESE ARE JUST A FEW of
the comments that we heard
this year about the programs
offered through the Center
for the Arts. What a great
representation of how the
Center has been bringing the
arts to life for over 28 years
through meaningful artistic
experiences for EVERYONE
in our community!
“The Aerial Dance Program was
the best part of my summer! I
overcame my fears and feel like I
can do anything!”
3RD GRADE PARTICIPANT
“Alpenglow is always the
highlight of my summer. The
Center does an amazing job of
bringing the community
together through the arts.”
20 YEAR SECOND
HOME OWNER
“I really loved the Street Art
Class through the Art Studio.
I learned so much about color
and technique — my high
school art teacher will be
impressed with my new skills!”
VACATIONING 11TH
GRADE STUDENT
“The Middle School Art Club was
awesome! Wednesday became my
favorite day of the week because
of the Arts Club. You should
definitely do this again!“
10TH GRADE PARTICIPANT
“I LOVE the Center for the Arts!
What a treat to see plays, movies,
the opera, ballet and dance,
music artists, Alpenglow and
visual arts displays in such an
intimate setting. My sponsorship
is reciprocated with increased
exposure and traffic to my
business, everybody wins! I am
proud to sponsor this incredible
venue and enjoy all that it offers.”
KORI CASKEY, CLEAR
RIVERS HOLISICS
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THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS —
THE PLAN FOR A NEW
COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. Since its founding
28 years ago, the Center’s programming and demand for the Arts in Crested
Butte have grown by several orders of magnitude. The Center serves as a convener
of the community’s arts and education organizations that have propelled this
growth.
Arts is central to the Crested Butte identity and sense of community. This
growth and culture has been recognized locally, regionally and nationally. This
project seeks to build a new home for the Center for the Arts that would reflect
its importance to the community and create a literal town center.
The Center impacts the community with 350 annual programs and
partnerships across a range of art: music, visual arts, children’s programming,
dance, culinary, and film. The Center is also THE leader in coordinating arts
efforts in the area through the Arts Alliance of the East River Valley. These efforts
all combine to build community in Crested Butte.
Year-round programming
The Center is a community-based facility that offers a performing and visual
arts venue that provides programming year-round. The Center provides
opportunities for local performers and visual artists to showcase their talents.
But, there is also an incredible list of world-class performers who have come to
Crested Butte and performed at the Center for the Arts including Arlo Guthrie,
Junior Brown, Los Lobos, Robert Earl Keen, and Lisa Marie Presley. And although
our guests may have seen these amazing performers in New York, San Francisco,
or Dallas, nothing compares to the intimate setting of the Crested Butte Center
for the Arts. They can see every pick of the guitar, every toe point in the ballet
shoe and every extra gasp for air. An event at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts
often feels like a private performance.
Essential community partnerships
The Center launched additional programs and partnerships such as the Art
Studio and the Crested Butte Dance Collective in response to community needs
and organizational desires. However, the current Center structure lacks to the
space to truly accommodate these growing curriculum and relationships. The
Center needs a space that can and will commensurate to the increased impact
these arts opportunities are already bringing to the Center.
Through the broad range of programs and partnerships, the Center for the
Arts is truly the Center of the Community.
To fund the Center for the Arts’ new facility and support the growth of its
programs, the Center’s Board of Directors has launched a $15 million campaign
with the theme Creative Impact. The campaign will provide $12 million to design,
construct, furnish, and equip the new state-of-the-art facility that will meet the
Center’s needs for the years to come. It will also provide $3 million to support
ongoing operations of the facility, an important element that will ensure that the
new space can be maintained and operated as beautifully in 2025 as it is the day
it opens its doors.
We are reaching out to local and national philanthropic foundations, the
Crested Butte business community, and especially generous individuals and
families to complete our campaign successfully. We welcome support from those
who live in our community year round, those who call our town home for one
or two seasons during the year, and those who visit us only occasionally. We
welcome gifts both large and small, and hope that our community will invest in
our future as it has helped us build our history.
Please join us.
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Center for the Arts Building,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Art Studio of
Center for the Arts,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
KEY FEATURES OF OUR
NEW COMMUNITY ARTS
CENTER INCLUDE:
• 300 seat, ADA compliant theater including a balcony
• State-of-the-art lighting, sound and visual equipment
• A music rehearsal room for use by the CB
Community school for instruction and lessons
• A catering kitchen for large events, receptions and
culinary demonstrations
• 4,000 square feet for the Trailhead Children’s
Museum with outdoor music garden
• Three times the space for Visual Arts programs and
a Clay Studio
• Three dedicated dance studios for the Crested Butte
School of Dance and the Crested Butte Dance
Collective
• Energy efficient HVAC and LEED certified
• Several multipurpose community spaces for such
activities as meetings and classes
• The current Center for the Arts building, at 6,000 sq.
ft., will be torn down and a new 38,000 sq. ft.
building will be erected in the same location
adjacent to Town Park.
• Total project cost: $15M ($12M construction /
$3M operating)
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NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH
DISTINGUISHED FESTIVAL
Crested Butte Film Festival,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Chris Leising
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE IT’S NEW partnership
with the Crested Butte Film Festival.
“Over the last few years, the Center has been building incredible partnerships
with like organizations such as the Crested Butte Dance Collective and the Art
Studio. We are thrilled to now create a relationship with the Crested Butte
Film Festival,” stated Melissa Belkin, President of the Center for the Arts
Board of Directors. “The Film Festival have been such a wonderful addition to
our community. We are so impressed by their incredible impact and growth
and are honored to make them a part of our organization.”
“This is a very exciting venture for the Film Festival to be working with
such an incredible, longstanding arts organization like the Center for the
Arts,” says Jennifer Brody, Co-Director of the Crested Butte Film Festival.
Brody goes on to say, “By working together we believe we can strengthen the
artistic and cultural opportunities for everyone in the Gunnison Valley.”
Monthly film series presented at the Center
In June the two organizations collaborated to present high-quality films on a monthly basis to the Center, resulting in
the Crested Butte Film Series. The Film Series has experienced outstanding attendance and response from the community
from the onset.
The partnership also instigated the installation of new state of the art technical equipment, raising the bar for film
presentation at the Center. According to Festival Co-Director Michael Brody, “Through high-definition filmmaking, the art
of film has grown substantially, and now we have equipment that can match the technical innovations of our
filmmakers.”
The Center For the Arts will also be home to, and one of the primary venues of, the Crested Butte Film Festival, an
annual four-day festival of international film that takes place the last weekend of September. More information can be
found at www.cbfilmfest.org or www.crestedbuttearts.org.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
THIS PAST SPRING, THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS PARTNERED WITH THE
Crested Butte Community School Enrichment Program to provide an Artist in
Residence Program with local photographer Raynor Czerwinski. This week long
experience included classroom instruction and a two day cross country skiing yurt
trip near Gothic. It was incredible experience for the participating students. Here
are some of their comments:
“Great trip! Full of laughs! Crazy dust
storm!” ISABEL YOUNG
“Perfect mix of work and play.”
SUZANNA DUMAS
“Very memorable experience, thank you!”
JOSH MELNICK
“Awesome opportunity and one of the most
memorable experiences I’ve had in a long
time, thank you!” IZZAC NIXON
“Very thankful for an experience like this and
the help with my photography.”
KALEB SCHULTZ
“All around great trip and experience.”
SAM REAMAN
“The trip was so much fun I had a hard time
believing it was a school trip!”
KAI SHERMAN
“I had a lot of fun, the food was great, and I
got some really cool pictures.”
JOE HAYES
“I had an awesome time. It is hard to believe
how beautiful it is right in our back yard.”
TRISTAN KRAATZ
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“So much fun to get to go on an unusual
adventure with all of my buddies and I got to
make some awesome new memories with
them.” ZOEY GIBSON
“We found fun in every moment. We laughed
and took great pictures of the dust storm, so
although the weather wanted to ruin the trip
we were just too unstoppable.”
GUIOMAR BUGEDO
“It’s always amazing to experience the beauty
we have right out our back door, so being
able to capture it all was incredible.”
ELSA WATKINS
CRESTED BUTTE ACCEPTED INTO
STATE OF COLORADO CREATIVE
DISTRICT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
IN JUNE, COLORADO CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCED THE
acceptance of seven Candidate Districts into the Colorado Creative
Districts Program, including Crested Butte. “These 2014 candidate
creative districts are great examples of how the arts create exciting
places for people to visit and live,” said Governor John Hickenlooper.
“These districts not only increase quality of life, they also help with
economic vitality of the area and attract people from all over Colorado
and the country.”
“The goal of this program is to help Colorado Creative Districts
achieve the administrative structure, funding streams, community
engagement process, strategic plan and staff structure that provide both
opportunities to grow the creative economy,” said Margaret Hunt,
director of Colorado Creative Industries.
Creative districts accepted into the program as “candidates” work
toward certification for two years. This incubator-style program offers
Candidate Creative Districts benefits in the form of direct funding,
professional assistance, training and networking with peers. Candidate
districts are eligible to apply for certification at the end of two years.
The proposed district includes 16 artist-owned studios and galleries,
three co-op galleries, ten Art Walk events year-round and ten
performance venues including independent restaurants, bars and coffee
shops hosting exhibitions of local art. The artistic talent is extremely
diverse and ranges from metal work and photography, to hand blown
glass and wood, and everything in between. Many renowned individual
artists call Crested Butte home including award-winning filmmakers,
Emmy award-winning television producers, architects, designers,
published writers, actors, dancers, musicians, painters, photographers
and chefs.
A creative corridor
Hell’s Belles,
Summer Season 2013
Photo by Nathan Bilow
In the summer months, there are literally hundreds of arts and culture
events and classes throughout the summer on virtually every day of the
week in the Creative District. This creative corridor is continuously
buzzing with amazing energy for opportunities for everyone — full time
residents, tourists and second home owners.
The Crested Butte Mountain Theatre is at the end of the proposed
Creative District on Second Street and has been offering community
theater productions for the past 40 years. Other annual festivals of note
include the Crested Butte Wine & Food Festival, showcasing local and
regional vintner craft and culinary arts; and the Crested Butte Plein Air
Invitational, ranking among the finest pure landscape painting exhibits
in the United States. Weekly Farmers Markets happen every Sunday in the
district and feature the work of local artists though AWE Fest, a unique
production of the Artists of the West Elks.
“Creative District certification feels like the next logical step for the
Crested Butte community,” states Jenny Birnie, Executive Director of
the Center for the Arts, “Over the past ten years, we have experienced
unprecedented growth in our programs, festivals and collaborations
and we believe this is a perfect time to take a detailed look at
ourselves, develop functional collaborations and stronger
communication channels.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donovan Frankenreiter,
Winter Season 2013
AS OF 10/31/2013
Melissa Belkin
President
Photo by Nathan Bilow
Carol Ann May
President Elect
Marj O’Reilly
Secretary
Jason Napoli
Treasurer
Joel Benisch
John Bruno
Missy Chamberland
Cjay Clark
Gail Digate
Heather Featherman
Don Haver
Sarah Keene
Gloria Kern
Cynthia Peatross
Donna Rozman
Randi Stroh
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Shaun Mastusewicz
Town of Crested Butte
Tom Steuer
Town of Mt. Crested Butte
Stephanie Juneau
Crested Butte Dance Collective
KEY STAFF
Jenny Birnie
Executive Director
Melissa Mason
Visual Arts Director
Stephanie Blewett
Operations & Rentals Director
Laura DeFelice
Program Director
Molly Murfee
Marketing Director
Heidi Bogart
Development Director
Matti Brown
Technical Director
P.O. Box 1819 | 606 Sixth Street
Crested Butte, Colorado 81224
ph (970) 349–7487 | fax (970) 349–5626
WWW.CRESTEDBUTTEARTS.ORG