Salida Creative District

06/06/2026

First Friday at Sage Mountain Gallery.

06/05/2026

💀The Metropolitan Opera presents EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO live in HD Series encore at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center June 6 at 4pm.
Tix here: https://events.humanitix.com/https-www-salidasteamplant-com-calendar

06/05/2026

☝🏽Call for regional artists, Colorado Grand Junction Creative District - GJ Creates

06/02/2026

Article about EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO by Ark Valley Voice. HD Encore at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center June 6.

The Salida SteamPlant will air the contemporary Metropolitan Opera production of "El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego” ("The Last Dream of Frida and Diego")

06/01/2026

Host gallery Patti Vincent Studio & Gallery First Friday June 5!

Join us this Friday for live music by Bobby Gulley Music and lots of artwork from 5pm to 7pm Salida Creative District Salida Council for the Arts Downtown Salida Salida Patti Vincent Studio & Gallery

06/01/2026

🎨 Community Registration for SALIDA CHALK FESTIVAL presented by the City of Salida, Colorado Arts & Culture Department is open! Adult and youth categories. Gather some friends, reserve a square, and create your Down by the River themed chalk art mural. Adult square is 5'X5'; Youth square is 3'x3'. Chalk provided. Limited space available.

💛 Join us for art making by professional and emerging artists, a Community section, a free Kids Zone, live music, The Face Painting Fairies, and a fun Awards Ceremony for Community participants featuring People's Choice and Judges Choice. Free to attend.

☝🏽Register for the Community Category on Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/salida-chalk-fest-community-registration

🎨Save the Date Saturday June 27 as Salida Arts & Culture presents the 3rd annual Salida Chalk Festival! Artists transform downtown into a colorful outdoor gallery of temporary chalk murals!

💛 Community registration and Kids Zone, music, face painting, and Awards Ceremony. Community registration here:
https://events.humanitix.com/salida-chalk-fest-community-registration

Thank you to our Title Sponsor High Country Bank! Thank you to Kaleidoscope Toys.

06/01/2026

🌞 Join us for First Friday June 5 in the Salida Creative District! Stop in at host gallery Patti Vincent Studio & Gallery and live music by Bobby Gulley Music. Enjoy an art stroll downtown as businesses stay open later!

Come on down for another festive First Friday DOWN BY THE RIVER June 5 from 5pm to 7pm in the Salida Creative District.

Enjoy an evening downtown with Salida's creative community as businesses stay open later. Visit studios and galleries, talk with an artist, see new work, watch a demo and enjoy live music and refreshments.

Stop in at the host gallery Patti Vincent Studio & Gallery with live music by Bobby Gulley! Enjoy events at participating businesses Salida Mercantile, Arts Collective Salida, Sage Mountain Gallery, The Maverick Potter, Well Rooted, Eye Candy ~ Art and Treasure, Four Winds Gallery.Salida.CO, Kaleidoscope Toys, Dreamer, Leslie Jorgensen, BrodeurArt, The Book Club Salida, Wendy Mitchell Art at Salida Ceramics - Community Clay Studio Warehouse Studios, Riveting Experience, Opal Boutique Salida and live music by Sevun Star at Tres Litros Beer Company and more!

🎨Chalk art by Curtis Killorn, Salida Chalk Festival 2024

06/01/2026

Stop in at Arts Collective Salida during First Friday June 5!

🌟This Friday!!🌟 We’ll be spotlighting three new featured artists, hosting Bruce Warren for beautiful live music, and serving up yummy refreshments! Featured artist Barry of will be performing live demonstrations!

Come celebrate ’s First Friday celebration and see what Salida is all about! 🎨🖼️🏔️♥️

05/28/2026

💛 Show us your FIBArk inspired art, Salida 🌊. Submission deadline May 29!

🎨FIBArts Community Art Show!
Submissions open.

🛶It's a FIBArk inspired art show in the Paquette Gallery in June at the Salida SteamPlant Event Center!

🌊Get your river inspired art piece together for a community art show celebrating FIBArk! Last year, over 30 artists participated in the Follow Your heARTs exhibit and we can't wait to see what our creative community comes up with next for FIBArts!

💛 Local artists and enthusiasts are invited to submit FIBArk inspired art. River, rafting, surfing, Hooligans, merfolk, music- what's your inspiration? Show us what makes FIBArk special to you! All mediums encouraged. Work is for public viewing and must be able to hang on a wall. Artists should submit an image of your work by May 29 to Arts & Culture Programs Supervisor [email protected].

☝🏽Artists must deliver work to the Salida SteamPlant May 31- June 1. Then join us for the Artist Reception June 11!