Current Exhibits

Cy Baird Gallery:

"Threads of Passage"

A Community Group Exhibition

Exhibition Dates: August 1 - August 30, 2025

"Threads of Passage" is a powerful exploration of migration, memory, and resilience, featuring contemporary and traditional artisans and artwork who have journeyed to the Gunnison Valley.

An interactive map invites visitors to mark their origins with monarch butterflies, symbolizing shared migration paths.

Together, these artists and artwork create a compelling dialogue between ancestral craft and modern vision, celebrating the stories and cultural identities that shape our community.

Nancy Tredway Gallery:

"Nesting"

A Solo Exhibition by Beth Sanders

Exhibition Dates: August 1 - 30, 2025 

In Nesting, fiber artist Beth Sanders explores the delicate balance between resilience and vulnerability through a body of work deeply rooted in personal history and recent tragedy. While preparing for this exhibition, Hurricane Helene devastated her hometown of Asheville, NC, and surrounding mountain communities—destroying the “nests” of family, friends, and neighbors. In response, Sanders dedicated this show to those who suffered these losses, incorporating salvaged boards from beloved rivers and creeks as frames. These rough-hewn elements contrast with her soft, intricate textiles, symbolizing the interplay of the harsh and tender moments we all experience in life.

Sanders’ artistic journey spans decades, beginning with weaving on a four-harness loom gifted by her husband early in their marriage. Over the years, she learned to spin, felt, dye, and work with wire and paper, blending techniques and materials from both animal and cellulose fibers. Nesting reflects this spirit of experimentation and the culmination of a lifelong dream: to transform raw materials into meaningful, tactile stories of home, hope, and endurance.