Current Exhibits

Cy Baird Gallery:

"Kinetica"

BY PATRICIA AMLIN

November 7 - 29, 2025

In Kenetica, acclaimed artist and educator Patricia Amlin presents a dynamic blend of new oil paintings alongside select earlier works, capturing a lifetime of creative exploration. Now in her mid 80s, Amlin brings decades of experience as a painter, animator, filmmaker, and professor - spanning leadership roles at San Francisco State University’s Department of Cinema to award-winning independent projects. The exhibition’s title, Kenetica, reflects her fascination with movement, transformation, and the energy that propels both art and life forward. With her first presentation in the newly renovated Cy Baird Main Gallery, Amlin invites viewers into a world where bold imagery and masterful technique honor the beauty of change, vitality, and enduring creative spirit.

Nancy Tredway Gallery:

"Fresh + Giddy"

by Laura Jane Wrzesinski

November 7 - 29, 2025

The Fresh and Giddy collection by Joy Warrior celebrates over 35 years of joyful, vibrant art that the Gunnison Valley has come to know and love - now infused with fresh inspiration and giddy gratitude for the gift of life. In this new collection, Laura Jane continues to explore her signature themes - dogs, wild women on adventures in classic cars, and whimsical journeys through the universe - expressed in her playful, bold, cartoonish pop style, while incorporating new twists of collage and wordplay, even noting hints of Basquiat’s influence in some works. Since arriving in the Gunnison Valley in 1990 as an untrained but imaginative artist, her work has evolved from bright pen-and-ink drawings and greeting cards into dynamic acrylic paintings on a wide range of surfaces following an inspiring trip to New Zealand in 1993. 

Her art can be found throughout Crested Butte and Gunnison—from photo-op cutouts like the beloved butterfly wings at Gunnison Gallery and the Gothic Visitor Center piece, to public art on signs, garbage cans, and even a skid loader—as well as in fine homes, businesses, and institutions like KBUT and the local laundromat, where a mid-90s piece still hangs. Laura Jane is grateful to have sold thousands of original works in her lifetime, with her largest collections residing in Nashville, TN, and Shawnee, KS, and her paintings gracing walls across the globe. Above all, she hopes her art continues to bring joy to your day!