Local Spotlight: The Community Grief Center
While the Community Grief Center is not a crisis or counseling center, they offer free, specialized grief support programs based on Dr. Alan Wolfelt's "companioning model" for people of all ages who are grieving the death of a loved one. Their facilitated groups, overseen by a licensed professional counselor, bring people who have experienced a similar loss together to find hope and healing through connection.
Since the upcoming Dia De Los Muertos holiday is a communal celebration to commemorate loved ones who have passed, the Community Grief Center is partnering with us this year to honor the holiday. At our FREE Community Celebration on 11/2 (5-7pm) at Millennium Event Center, the Community Grief Center will be sharing about their programs and leading some creative activities.
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Local Business Spotlight: The Balloon Boutique
The Balloon Boutique is the brainchild of professional balloon artist Allison Mitchell Dunning. This new retail shop grew out of her other business Balloon Art by Merry Makers which she still operates out of the basement of the building. While Merry Makers continues to handle larger orders for events and to distribute materials to other businesses, The Balloon Boutique offers customers the chance to hand select the elements for smaller arrangements and watch as they are inflated, twisted and assembled–the chance to taste the wondrous experience that ultimately drew Allison to the craft over 20 years ago!
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National Arts and Humanities Month
October is National Arts & Humanities Month (NAHM)—also known as Artober. We want to join in the celebration this month-long celebration of the arts by specifically highlighting some of the distinctive features of the Greeley Creative District along with some ideas about how to enjoy it. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram (@GreeleyCreativeDistrict) for updates!
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Board Member Spotlight: Andy Nagel
From behind one type of lens or another, Andy Nagel has been capturing content for most of his life. Keen not just to observe, this work has drawn him into the community and into action compelling him to help shape it for the better.
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Annual H’Art of Envision Art Show
The H’Art of Envision Art Show is a unique and expressive collection of works created by the talented artists supported through Envision’s Art Program. This event highlights paintings, ceramics and other types of media created by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in a formal gallery setting.
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Black Geographies: Remapping the Landscape
In her reflective works Quinn beautifully confronts black erasure--our tendency to step over or dismiss parts of our troubling past particularly in the way that we present and inhabit spaces. With her body of work "Black Geographies: Remapping The Landscape," Quinn challenges the romanticized, nostalgic portrayal of the Antebellum South common in our culture. Movies like Gone With The Wind, which depict it as a "pretty world of gallantry... of Knights and their Ladies... it is no more than a dream remembered." While the south was a dream for some, it was more of a nightmare for the black bodies exploited and broken for its opulence.
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Board Member Spotlight: Sue Safarik
A lifelong learner and creative dabbler, Sue is eager to help you find what you are seeking or better yet, something you never imagined.
Though kindly reserved, when pressed Sue describes her private life as, “fairly quiet.” Which is quite fitting given her chosen vocation as a Reference Librarian. While studious and subdued in some aspects, this work also complements Sue’s introversion by drawing her out into energizing community interaction, public service and continual learning.
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LINC: Library Innovation Center
This new iteration of Greeley’s Lincoln Park Library Branch will in many regards preserve and honor the past while also carving a path forward with braided meandering beauty. Paying homage to the natural world, principally the rich water systems sustaining this region, it will truly be a work of art designed to foster and incubate the creativity of its patrons.
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Local Business Spotlight: Lincoln Park Emporium
More than just an antique store, the Lincoln Park Emporium really is a small marketplace with different departments and a variety of wares–a little something for everyone!
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Local Business Spotlight: Showcase Art Center
A Greeley institution, Showcase Art Center has been fostering community and providing resources for artists for over 20 years!
Unless you are one of the artists renting creative space or taking classes, chances are you may have driven by the building without fully grasping all that it has to offer. Inside her unassuming a-frame, owner Colette Pitcher has crafted an entire creative ecosystem to empower artists to learn, collaborate, make and sell work.
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Board Member Spotlight: Heather Anderson
Heather first experienced Greeley as a visitor exploring a new city and a long-distance relationship. Now, four years later, she’s a married Greeley resident with a mission to help others enjoy and appreciate all that our hometown has to offer! With her background in the arts, her relationship with the chamber and our shared mission to highlight the artistic and cultural identity of our city, she has been an excellent partner and ally. We are so grateful to have her heart for inclusion and community on the board!
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Creative Networking Event
Come reconnect with craftsmen, musicians, sculptors, painters, writers and makers of all kinds−the vibrant cacophony of creatives in our local community!
COVID has kept our community apart and presented many challenges for creatives, so we want to hear from you to better understand how we can support you.
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Local Business Spotlight: Wonderhand Studios
In the heart of Greeley's Creative District, Wonderhand Studios is a communal print shop that offers various levels of membership, private artist studios, workshops, individual classes and creative events. The name, a play on wonderland combines imagination and the symbol or mark of a creator–the hand. Repeated throughout art history, found on cave walls and iconography, the hand represents our humanity–we use our hands to make and to connect with each other.
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Board Member Spotlight: Karen Baumgartner
New to the Greeley Creative District board but certainly not to downtown Greeley, you may recognize Karen from her work with the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). We are so grateful to have her communications savvy, deep roots in the community and partnership as she serves on the Greeley Creative District board.
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Greeley Blues Jam
Ain’t Nothin’ but a Party! Enjoy two amazing days of non-stop blues Friday June 3 in downtown Greeley and Saturday June 4 outside the Island Grove Arena. With non-stop music on the main stage, the second Blues 101 stage, shopping and food, it’s truly a big family-friendly party! Tickets for are Adults are $35 ($45 the day of event), Kids (12 and under) are FREE.
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2022 Poudre River Trail-athlon
If it’s an adventure you’re looking for this summer, then check out the 2022 Poudre River Trail-athlon! June 1 - August 1, 2022 begin your journey by picking up your FREE 2022 Adventure Kit at any of the participating libraries: Centennial Park Library, Lincoln Park Library, Farr Regional Library or Windsor-Severance Library. Each Adventure Kit contains ten adventure activities to choose from including a trail journal, take-and-make project, a scavenger hunt, biking, hiking, crafting, and more. The more activities you complete, the more points you earn toward prizes.
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Online Business Course for Creatives
Building a career from your artistic passions can be a rewarding life choice. However, melding a creative process with disciplined business practices can be a challenge.
Join the East CO SBDC and topic matter experts for an online course that explores what makes a small business successful within the creative industries. June 9-30, 2022
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Local Business Spotlight: Boomer House
This month we held our board meeting at Boomer House. Named after its first resident, William M. Boomer, it is a new event center and the home of Greeley Game Night. Located in the heart of the Greeley Creative District the Boomer House was a great place to envision the work ahead as we continue to support the arts here in our community.
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Board Member Spotlight: Betzy Valdez
Betzy’s mission is “to inspire and empower others to serve, transform, and lead in their own lives. Creating leaders who lead with heart and passion is the goal.” This is the thread weaving throughout her volunteer service and vocation.
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Local Nonprofit Spotlight: Zoë's Café & Events Center
In Greek the word zoë means life. Since opening their doors in 2009, Zoë's Café & Events Center has sought to foster life–to create space for people to authentically connect and to draw new life to a downtown far from the westward expansion transforming Greeley.
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