The Creamery Arts Center

08/28/2026

🌶️ MAKE. TASTE. DANCE.

We're mixing things up for September Hotchkiss Second Friday at the Creamery!

🎶 DJ Hold Fast Audio spinning salsa music — dance if the music moves you!
🌮 Taco bar
🌶️ Homemade salsa contest — bring your best homemade salsa and enter!
🎨 FREE chile printmaking — create your own unique prints to take home

Come make some art, taste some salsa, grab a taco, enjoy the music, dance if you feel like it, and spend the evening with us.

Hotchkiss Second Friday
📅 Friday, September 11
⏰ 5–8 PM
📍 Creamery Arts Center

Everyone welcome!

08/27/2026

A Creamery favorite returns! 🎨

We hear from people regularly asking when Loretta Columbia will teach her Image Transfer with Gel Plates class again—and we finally have another one on the calendar!

Spend the morning learning image transfers with a gel plate, along with image tape transfers that can be used in collage, journals, and mixed-media work.

Bring a few high-contrast black-and-white photocopies printed on a laser printer if you have images you’d like to work with. Loretta will also have stock images available.

📅 Saturday, September 5
⏰ 10 AM–1 PM
💲 $55

This class tends to generate a lot of interest, so early registration is a good idea!
Register here:

Saturday Sept. 5th, 10am-1pm Creamery Arts Center in Hotchkiss $55 / $50 for returning participants Pay instructor directly on the day of class. Cash, Check or Venmo Contact me for questions [email protected] Learn how to do image transfers using a Gel Plate. Bring your own high contrast, black a...

08/18/2026

🎨 CALL FOR ARTISTS | INTERWOVEN

The Creamery Arts Center is now accepting submissions for Interwoven: A Juried Fiber Arts Exhibition, celebrating fiber in all its forms—from traditional techniques to contemporary and experimental work.

✨ Traditional. Contemporary. Functional. Sculptural. Experimental.

Submission Deadline: September 21
Opening Reception: October 9 | 5–8 PM

Fiber artists—we’d love to see what you create.

👉 Submit your work + view full details here: https://forms.gle/GxrGmuW5T8AYUu6F8

A Juried Fiber Arts Exhibition Interwoven celebrates the remarkable range, artistry, and tradition of fiber as a creative medium. From time-honored techniques passed through generations to bold contemporary approaches, this juried exhibition brings together artists who transform fiber into works of....

08/13/2026

🏠 Big news from the Creamery!

We’re stepping into an exciting new chapter, and we finally have an important update to share about the future of the Creamery Arts Center and our building.

Our latest newsletter is out, and there’s lots happening—from this Friday’s Shades of One opening & Ice Cream Social to upcoming classes, calls for artists, the Strada Challenge and more.

Most importantly, we need your help telling the Creamery’s story. 💜

Read our latest newsletter and see what’s ahead! 👇

https://mailchi.mp/60faecf47d28/this-friday-western-heritage-opens-a-full-month-ahead-19887868

We're excited to share that the Creamery now has the building under contract and is scheduled to close at the end of this month.

08/11/2026

These bowls are coming out of the kiln daily, and we can’t wait to fill them with ice cream! 🍑🍦

Join us for Hotchkiss Second Friday and our Peaches & Cream Ice Cream Social Fundraiser!

For just $20, choose your favorite one-of-a-kind handmade pottery bowl and then fill it with ice cream and toppings. You take the bowl home, and your purchase supports the Creamery Arts Center. ❤️

📅 Friday, August 14 | 5–8 PM
📍 Creamery Arts Center

Come for the art. Stay for the ice cream. Leave with a handmade bowl. 🍦🏺

$20 never tasted so good!

08/09/2026

🎨 Intro to Watercolor with Bees, Beetles & Butterflies 🐝🦋
Instructor: Melanie Hoshiko

Have you been wanting to try watercolor? This is the perfect place to start!

In this beginner-friendly workshop, we’ll explore the essential watercolor techniques every artist should know. You’ll learn how watercolor behaves on paper through guided exercises, then put those skills to work painting some of nature’s most beautiful little subjects—bees, beetles and butterflies!

✨ No experience necessary
✨ All skill levels welcome
✨ All supplies included
✨ Returning students are always welcome!

Already have watercolor paints and brushes? Feel free to bring them. Learning to work with your own materials is the best way to feel more confident continuing at home.

📅 Thursday, August 20
🕥 10:30 AM–2:30 PM
📍 Creamery Arts Center
💲 $65

⏰ Registration deadline: Tuesday, August 18

Space is limited—come spend the day painting with us! 🐝🎨🦋

👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/VDPtknGTqdcg2XB8A

Instructor: MELANIE HOSHIKO Intro to watercolor is back! Discover the beauty of watercolor in this beginner-friendly class designed for those new to the medium. Students will learn basic fundamental watercolor techniques. Through guided practice exercises, participants will build confidence and deve...

08/08/2026

🎨 Join the Strada 30-Day Challenge with the Creamery Arts Center!

This September, challenge yourself to create one drawing or painting from life every day. No AI. Just you, your subject, and your creativity.

🖌️ September 1–30
🎨 Any medium
🌿 Any subject—as long as it's created from direct observation.

Everyone is welcome! You don't have to be a member of the Creamery, and you don't have to live in Colorado—or even the United States—to participate with our community.

👉 Sign up here: https://forms.gle/x5srxH24L93AusFt9

📅 Join us for a free informational meeting!
Saturday, August 29 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
We'll explain how the challenge works, help you get registered, answer questions, and share tips for staying motivated throughout the month.

Share your daily artwork using:
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Whether you're participating for the chance to win a Strada Easel or simply looking for the motivation, accountability, and encouragement of creating every day, we'd love to have you join us.

✨ Participants will also be invited to exhibit artwork created during the challenge in the Creamery Arts Center's Strada Challenge Exhibition this November.

Questions? Contact Lisa at [email protected].

30 days. 30 pieces. One incredible creative journey. Join us!

This form is for The Creamery Arts Center to know who is participating in this challenge with us. Participants that want to do the Strada Challenge and have a chance to win an easel will still need to register on the Strada website. The deadline is August 31st. Here is the link: Official Strada Chal...

08/07/2026

Warning: Excessive swagger ahead. 🚨🐾

Everyone's favorite gallery dog, Wink, just got a fresh haircut, and his confidence level has increased by approximately 1,000%. 😎

If you stop by the Creamery while David's here, chances are you'll get to meet our handsome little greeter. We have a feeling Wink knows exactly how good he looks. 🐾❤️

08/05/2026

🥳 Please join us for a FREE pop-up concert celebrating the end of summer!

🌟 Presented by Bill Grom and the Timmons Family in appreciation for the support of our local businesses and the wonderful North Fork Valley community over the years. 🌟

Doors open 5
North Fork Guitar Club at 6
Liquid Velvet at 7

LAWN GAMES ☀️ LIVE MUSIC ☀️ COMMUNITY ☀️ FOOD

🎸 Liquid Velvet hails all the way from Tennessee and they are coming in just for this exclusive performance! Having played County Jam before, you know this blend of 70s and 80s classic rock is going to get your feet moving.

🌭 Complimentary hot dogs provided by Zack’s BBQ and Three20 Bar & Grill

🏖️ BYO snacks and beverages, chairs, blankets — no glass, please!

Thank you to our sponsors!

Bill’s Custom Trim, Chatter Nator, Zack’s BBQ, Taco Hut, Drive Brew, Three20 Bar & Grill, Hotchkiss First Baptist Church, The Creamery Arts Center, North Fork Valley Creative Coalition, Pack Shack, North Fork Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Needle Rock Realty

08/03/2026

🎨 Back by Popular Demand!

Wayne McKinzie is returning to the Creamery Arts Center with another inspiring acrylic painting workshop!

Acrylic Landscape Painting: Techniques for Light, Shadow, and Color is designed for artists who want to strengthen their understanding of how light, shadow, and color work together to create beautiful landscapes.

Wayne is a talented instructor who has a gift for explaining techniques in a way that's approachable and encouraging. Whether you're looking to build confidence or refine your skills, you'll leave with new tools to apply to your own paintings.

🗓 Saturday, August 29
🕙 10:00 AM–2:30 PM
💲 $65
🎨 Primed board provided. Students bring their own paints and brushes.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot early! sign up here: https://forms.gle/Hx2a3MCW4cHNGjgQ8

We can't wait to paint with you! 🌄🖌️

Do your colors fall flat when you are creating your art? Do your paintings start to become muddy and lose definition? In this class we will learn how colors interact and how to mix paint to a specific thickness and color. Why different colors placed together can cause perspective to change and even....