Ignacio Creative District

The 2nd Annual Four Corners Tattoo Convention is officially coming to Ignacio, Colorado this Labor Day Weekend — and trust us… this year’s lineup is gonna leave a mark. 🖤
📍 Sky Ute Casino Resort Event Center
📅 September 4–6, 2026

Artists looking to tattoo with us?
📞 Call Zac at 970-563-1770 or email us at [email protected] to lock in your booth before spots disappear.
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You're invited to the 2025 Bobcat EXPO!

WHERE: Ignacio High School (enter Library Doors #8)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 7th
TIME: 5:00pm–8:00pm

Join us for an evening of talent, creativity, and community! From 5–6pm, enjoy a FREE showcase of student work from our Fine Arts and CTE departments. Then from 6–8pm, catch the school play, Death of a Dead Guy by William L. Bowman, Jr., performances by the IHS & IMS Bands, and the Ignacio Choir.

Admission: $5 adults | $3 students | $7 Family of Four
Kids 5 & under are FREE
Dinner included!

Open to all parents, students, staff, and community members — we can't wait to see you there! 🐾

In honor of Earth Day, we’re celebrating some iconic examples of the “Three R’s”- reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️ Tell us your favorite ways to reimagine in the comments!

1. Fountain, Marcel Duchamp, 1917
📸 : Alfred Stieglitz photograph (The Blind Man publication) : https://press.philamuseum.org/asset/346546/duchampimage2-stieglitz-fountain

2. The Gift (Le Cadeau) , Man Ray, 1921
📸: Smithsonian American Art Museum: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/cadeau-serie-ii-15597

3. Monogram,Robert Rauschenberg, 1955–1959
📸: Museum of Modern Art, moma.org

4. Bull’s Head (Tête de taureau), Pablo Picasso, 1942
📸: Museum of Modern Art , https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/19/412

DREAMSCAPES LOUNGE: FUTURE TOWN 2045 
💥✨Calling all CO and NM Artists! ✨💥
* 5 installation sites in downtown Alamosa
* 4 specific exhibition themes and 1 general exhibition 
* All sites will be activated with community events June-Dec 2026
* $1000 and $500 peoples choice award cash prizes at each of the 5 sites
* Warm Cookies of the Revolution goodie bags for all participating artists
* No submission fee / submissions due May 4th
* JOIN US in sparking radical imagination and conversation
* Let’s build a more livable future!
submissions due May 4th 2026
Details:
https://warmcookiesoftherevolution.org/futuretown2045/ 
Warm Cookies of the Revolution Warm Cookies of the Revolution is putting out a BIG Call for Artists, in collaboration with many program partners in Alamosa and the broader San Luis Valley. This Call is open to all artists who live in or have deep roots in Colorado or New Mexico. This exhibition explores many creative forms, styles, media, mediums, and disciplines. This is not your average artist call. It is wide open like the western skies–experimental and abstract by design. 
Exhibitions open in four unique sites in downtown Alamosa on June 20th, 2026 (Summer Solstice). Additional exhibition sites will pop up late summer and early fall. Installations and programming will continue through the Winter Solstice in December. There is a wide range of futurist themes at play, including humanity, technology, sustainability, culture, identity, land, water, nature, healing, infrastructure, and design. We will make the process for getting your art to Alamosa cost free and easy.
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Submit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNV0rImH_RdDe98mpLhk0Na9JMkhK8UveOnh_8iyVDi-w5jA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118090246622923822132

✨🎨March is officially Arts Education month in Colorado thanks to efforts led by
Did you know? Research shows high-quality arts education leads to:
✍️Improved writing achievement & school engagement
👩‍🎓Better attendance & stronger school climate
❤️‍🩹Increased empathy, resilience & emotional regulation
🧠Stronger problem-solving & flexible thinking skills
✨Arts education also fuels our economy. Colorado’s creative sector generates $19.7 billion and supports 121,000+ jobs, and nationally, creative industries contribute $1.17 trillion (4.24% of
GDP).
Yet access remains uneven:
• Colorado is one of 11 states without a K–12 arts instructional requirement
• Arts teacher licensure declined 5% (2021–2024)
• 164 of 187 districts have no certified Dramatic Arts teacher
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As a Creative Arts District with , arts education matters because it turns creativity into confidence, ideas into action, and students into the next generation of innovators, storytellers, and community builders. 🎨✨
More info: https://www.westword.com/arts-culture/colorado-senate-passes-resolution-to-make-march-arts-education-month-40850285/

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🎥 Native Lens Showcase

A curated selection of documentaries and narrative shorts from Indigenous filmmakers across Colorado and beyond.

When: March 7, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Where: Durango Arts Center

Cost: FREE to the public

The Lineup:

Speaking Ute (COFTM)

Sacred Ink

Facing The Storm: Youth Activism

The Red Echoes

Healing Rituals

Ripple Effects

K**i Smiles

We Are Nuche (COFTM)

🥂 Post-Showcase Reception

Keep the conversation going! Head over to the gallery to meet the Native Lens team and connect with filmmakers from across the DIFF programs.

When: March 7, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Where: Sorrel Sky Gallery

Cost: FREE to the public

Enjoy light finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages.

Don’t miss this opportunity to support Indigenous film and the stories that define our region. See you there!

Colorado Film Commission Rocky Mountain PBS