Galleries and Gallery Events, Boulder County, Colorado

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Art Walks

Monthly Friday-night receptions and artwalks are a tradition at galleries and in art districts throughout Boulder County. In addition to opening receptions at galleries, you’ll often find live entertainment, food and drink, and other businesses with extended hours. NoBo Nite Out: 1st Fridays, 6-9pm in the NoBo Art District, along north Broadway in Boulder; www.noboartdistrict.org Lafayette Art Night Out: 2nd Fridays May-Sept., 5-9pm, at Festival Plaza and at businesses along Public Road; www.cityoflafayette.com Longmont: 2nd Fridays, 6-9pm along Main Street between Third and Sixth avenues;  www.downtownlongmont.com Louisville: 1st Fridays, in historic downtown; www.louisvilleartsdistrict.com Niwot: 1st Fridays, 5-8:30pm; participating locations in Niwot change each month; www.niwot.com

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top of page Boulder Arts & Crafts Gallery 1421 Pearl St., on Pearl Street Mall, 303-443-3683; www.boulderartsandcrafts.com. Artist-owned cooperative offers pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, glass and other work by more than 200 artists from Boulder and beyond. Boulder County Arts Alliance 2590 Walnut St., 303-447-2422 ext. 3; www.bouldercountyarts.org. For more than 30 years, BCAA has supported artists and arts organizations through grants, Business of Arts workshops and exhibit opportunities, and the website maintains an extensive calendar of arts events around the county. Boulder Creative Collective: Warehouse 2500 47th St., #10; www.bouldercreativecollective.com. BCC’s Warehouse is an event space and gallery where Boulder-area residents can “connect with art through exciting and unexpected events.” It offers art exhibits, classes, social hours for artists, and a Community Critique (every other month) where artists can share their work and get constructive feedback. Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Ave., 303-441-4397; www.boulderlibrary.org. The Canyon Gallery and Corridors show national touring exhibits and changing works by Colorado artists. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, hosts local artists, and Carnegie Branch Library for Local History, 1125 Pine St., features historic Boulder photographs. www.boulderlibrary.org. Dec. 7-Feb. 3: Art of Data (Main Library) Bricolage Gallery at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center 2870 Bluff St., 720-379-5328; www.artpartsboulder.org. Besides offering donated, reusable arts and crafts supplies for very low fees, Art Parts also hosts the Bricolage Gallery, featuring changing exhibits with art made with reclaimed materials.

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top of page The Collective—Community Arts Center 201 N. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-661-1261; www.cityoflafayette.com/collective. The Collective is the city of Lafayette’s clearinghouse for arts and culture, with rotating exhibits, historical displays, networking opportunities for artists, lectures and special events. Open daily except Monday; check hours online. Through Dec. 17: Elemental Journeys Dec. 18-Feb. 17: Wandering Through Words Creative Framing Art Gallery 916 Main St., Louisville, 303-684-0043; and 401 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-604-6454; www.creativeframingartgallery.com. This frame shop’s Louisville location showcases the rotating works of local and national artists, with an opening reception on first Fridays. Crystal Galleries 1302 Pearl St., on Pearl Street Mall, 303-444-2277; www.crystalgalleries.com. Mother Nature’s most exquisite artworks in a gallery-like setting. Dazzling crystals, polished minerals of all sizes and colors, museum-quality fossils and shells, and Boulder’s finest, most eclectic collection of René Lalique glass.

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top of page Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St., 303-440-7826; www.thedairy.org. The Dairy recently renovated its four art spaces and hosts a total of more than two dozen exhibits per year. Through Jan. 13: Penumbra, Diane Martonis; Where the Body Sits and Learns, Benjamin Rogers; Type/Cast, featuring typography students from CU The Darkroom Photography Gallery  600 Longs Peak Ave. (inside Bin 46 Wine Bar and Restaurant), 303-485-7191; www.thedarkroomlongmont.com. Dedicated to fine-art photography, the Darkroom features the work of artists with national and international reputations as well as those just making their mark.

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top of page Eagle Plume’s 9853 Highway 7, Allenspark, 303-747-2861; www.eagleplume.com. Historic 1917 trading post specializes in the arts and crafts of the American Indian. Emilia Ceramics 311 Mapleton Ave. (by appointment only), 303-442-0180; www.emiliaceramics.com. Original, functional ceramic artworks from the Mediterranean and Mexico.

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top of page Fastframe of Boulder 2327 30th St., 303-448-1000; www.boulderfastframe.com. Local framing store houses Art Den Gallery, featuring rotating exhibits. Receptions are first Tuesdays of the month from 5-7pm. 15th street Gallery  1708 15th St. at Arapahoe, 303-447-2841; https://15thstreetgalleryboulder.com. Specialty framing studio also features gallery exhibits of contemporary works, with an emphasis on paintings and works on paper by American artists. Firehouse Art Center 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787; www.firehouseart.org. FAC offers art classes, lectures and workshops for aspiring artists and art appreciators of all ages. The galleries host rotating exhibitions; openings are second Fridays. Through Dec. 8: Making Headlines Foothills Art Center 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922; www.foothillsartcenter.org. Forty-year-old arts resource housed in historic buildings features a sculpture garden, exhibitions, programs and art classes. Exhibits mingle Colorado artists with their regional and national peers.

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top of page The Great Frame Up 430 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-7293; www.longmont.thegreatframeup.com. Artists’ Gallery hosts monthly receptions and rotating exhibits of new Colorado artists. Through Jan. 2: Holiday Art Show/Bazaar

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The HUB Gallery at The Arts Hub 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette, 303-229-1127; www.artunder.org. The new HUB Gallery at the nonprofit Arts Hub in Lafayette features an 80-foot-long hall for displaying a variety of gallery showings throughout the year.

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top of page Impasto Art Gallery 2015 Ionosphere St. #104, Longmont, 303-523-7228; https://squareup.com/store/ImpastoArtGallery. New gallery in Prospect New Town is open Mon-Fri 10am-2pm. Indochine Home and Garden 7123 Arapahoe Road, 303-444-7734; www.homeimport.com. Large-scale importer of Asian antiques and artifacts offers furniture, textiles, baskets, architectural pieces, Oriental rugs and a sculpture garden.

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top of page Little Bird 112 Second Ave., Niwot, 303-652-0512; www.littlebirdniwot.com. Botanically inspired boutique features local artists and gifts like jewelry, photography, pottery, glass, fiber arts, paper arts, and organic body care and clothing. Longmont Museum Gallery 400 Quail Road, Longmont; www.longmontmuseum.org. The work of local and national artists is often on display in the museum’s Portal Gallery. Through Jan. 6: Small Wood Sculptures by Charles Counter Louisville Art Association 801 Grant Ave., Memory Square Park, Louisville, 303-666-8668; www.louisvilleart.org. Renovated circa-1904 brick schoolhouse displays works by local artists and offers art classes for all ages. LAA members exhibit their works at businesses around town on two-month rotations; see schedule online. Loveland Sculpture Parks Benson Sculpture Garden, 1125 W. 29th St.; www.sculptureinthepark.org. Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra, off Centerra Parkway and Highway 34; www.centerracolorado.com. Benson Sculpture Garden in the middle of Loveland has nearly 150 sculptures on permanent display. The 16-acre Chapungu site features 82 stone sculptures carved by artists from Zimbabwe.

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top of page Madelife 2000 21st St., www.madelife.com. Madelife is a launchpad for artists and entrepreneurs, with a gallery, black-box theater, sound studio, collaborative workspace, retail store and showroom. Marisol Imports 4715 N. Broadway, #4B, 303-442-3142; www.marisolimports.com. Features handcrafted furniture, folk-art pieces, hand-loomed Indian rugs, and home and garden accessories. Mary Williams Fine Arts 5311 Western Ave., Suite 112, 303-938-1588; www.marywilliamsfinearts.com. Gallery specializes in antique prints and maps that focus on the American West, as well as botanicals, animals and other topics. Also houses a superior collection of Russell Chatham original lithographs. Mercury Framing 4692 N. Broadway, 303-938-0123; www.mercuryframing.com. Custom picture framing for artists, collectors and art lovers.

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top of page Naropa Galleries 6287 Arapahoe Ave.; 2130 Arapahoe Ave.; 3285 30th St.; www.naropa.edu. Naropa University’s three campuses have a total of five visual arts galleries that exhibit student, faculty, local, regional and international works. Through-Dec. 14: 100 Paintings for 100 Years by Trine Bumiller (Nalanda Gallery, Nalanda Campus, 6287 Arapahoe Ave.) Through Dec. 15: Strong Women in Bloom (Lincoln Gallery, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.) Nature’s Own 1215 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-443-7625; 5 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-3557; www.naturesown.com. This rock shop and gallery is crammed with fossils, geodes, all kinds of stones, curios, household items made of stone, and old-fashioned toys. NCAR Galleries 1850 Table Mesa Drive, 303-497-1000; www.scied.ucar.edu/exhibits. The National Center for Atmospheric Research has a Community Art Program that selects hundreds of artists each year for individual and group exhibitions in the cafeteria’s exhibit space; there are also two art-science galleries with rotating exhibits. Nicholas Angelo Fine Art 4089 Highway 66, Lyons, 303-823-0607; www.nicholasangelo.com. Paintings and prints, African art and rare books. Nomad Bead Merchants 1909 Ninth St., 303-786-9746; www.nomadbeads.com. Unusual beads, gold and silver jewelry, and folk art from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Nomad’s new store, Adorned, is right next door, offering fully finished jewelry pieces from local artists. Check online for classes, events and sales. Nomadic Import Traders 1909 Ninth St., 303-444-1925; www.nomadicimporttraders.com. “High vibrational” home décor, sacred objects and antiques, mostly from Thailand.

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top of page Osmosis Gallery 290 Second Ave., Niwot, 303-652-2668; www.osmosisartgallery.com. Contemporary fine art from more than 40 Colorado artists, including paintings, sculpture, jewelry and one-of-a-kind gifts, plus a sculpture garden.

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top of page pARTiculars: The Lafayette Art Market 401 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 720-890-7888; www.particularsart.com. pARTiculars is an artist-owned gallery and teaching studio in the heart of old town Lafayette. Classes for adults and children include painting, photography, crafts, book binding and jewelry.

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top of page Rabbit Brush Gallery 7504 Hygiene Road, Hygiene, 303-651-1106; www.rabbitbrushgallery.com. Rabbit Brush showcases the works of local and regional artists, plus fair trade goods. Red Canyon Art Co. 400 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-5900; www.redcanyonart.com. Open daily, this gallery features fine art, jewelry, stained and blown glass, pottery, weaving and home accessories by more than 100 Colorado artists. Rembrandt Yard Event Center & Art Gallery 1301 Spruce St., 303-301-2972; www.rembrandtyard.com. The walls of this downtown event center showcase rotating works by regional artists. Russell Coburn Gallery 700 Tenacity Drive, #102, Longmont, 720-745-8441; www.coburnstudio.com. New in summer 2018, this gallery features the pottery of Russell Coburn, photography by Elliott McDowell and jewelry by Laura Wallace.

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top of page SmithKlein Gallery 1116 Pearl St., on Pearl Street Mall, 303-444-7200; www.smithklein.com. Gallery of traditional and contemporary paintings, sculpture, hand-blown art glass, jewelry, and a collection of old and new fetishes.

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top of page Timbalier 95th Street and Arapahoe Road, Lafayette, 303-666-4220; www.timbalier.net. Features a gallery of handmade crafts by local and national artists, plus gifts, jewelry, accessories and fine stationery.

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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Changing Gallery Henderson Building, Broadway at 15th Street, 303-492-6892; www.colorado.edu/cumuseum. The museum’s Changing Gallery and BioLounge showcase a variety of rotating art exhibits. Through Jan. 15: Lost in the Woods, a juried exhibition from the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists Opens in January: Then and Now, a photographic look at how trees have transformed the campus of CU Boulder

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top of page VOSS Art + Home 1537 Pearl St., 720-460-0463; www.exclusivelyvoss.com. “Lifestyle store” offers everything needed to make a house a home. Many products are handmade from recycled or found materials.

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The Walnut Gallery 915 Walnut St., Louisville, 505-797-9239; thewalnutgallery.com. Gallery in downtown Louisville features fine oils, acrylics, photography, glass art, jewelry and wearables.