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Steamboat Creates Residing in the historic Train Depot (The Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts), we house two community

43RD ANNUAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCEOCTOBER 23-24 AT THE DEPOT ART CENTERTen days out and there’s still room at the table. Jo...
10/13/2026

43RD ANNUAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 23-24 AT THE DEPOT ART CENTER

Ten days out and there’s still room at the table. Join us for a weekend of inspiration, craft, and connection with two of Colorado’s standout writers.

Friday evening kicks off with a Meet & Greet, buffet dinner, and our Five Minutes of Fame open mic. Saturday is a full day of sessions with Jennifer Wortman, prize-winning short story author and fiction editor for Colorado Review, and Rachel Weaver, novelist, memoirist, and former Forest Service naturalist whose novel Point of Direction was an Oprah Magazine pick.

We’ll dig into crafting a memoir, how to actually start writing, and taking your fiction to the next level, with afternoon workshops and a closing Q&A. Breakfast and lunch are included.

Whether you’ve been writing for years or you’ve been meaning to start, this one’s for you.

Saturday conference: $150
Friday Meet & Greet and dinner: $45 (adults only)

Register at zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/43rd-annual-writers-conference

Presented with the Steamboat Springs Writers Group.

10/12/2026

GET CREATIVE WITH WOOD RELIEF CARVING CLASS

Try your hand at carving with rotary tools on small, charred wood panels. Similar to scratch art, you’ll carve through the darkened surface to reveal the lines, textures, and imagery underneath. Bring your own design or use a stencil and get straight to carving.

This Young at Heart drop-in session with Mark Mahorney runs twice this month, Friday, October 16 and Friday, October 23 at the Depot. Drop in to one or both, no commitment to the full series required. Drop-ins are $40 per session.

Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/young-at-heart-creativity-series-registration-fall--2026

WATERCOLOR CLUBGet creative with fellow artists every Wednesday at the Depot Art Center. All levels welcome, whether it’...
10/07/2026

WATERCOLOR CLUB

Get creative with fellow artists every Wednesday at the Depot Art Center. All levels welcome, whether it’s your first time picking up a brush or you’ve been painting for years. Some weeks include an artist instructor, and we always set up a fresh still life for inspiration.

Wednesdays, 9 AM - 12 PM. Drop in or grab a 5-punch card, and bring your own supplies.

https://www.steamboatcreates.org/events-classes/

FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK IS TONIGHT
5-8 PM | Downtown Steamboat SpringsDowntown is alive tonight with new exhibitions, a pop...
10/02/2026

FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK IS TONIGHT
5-8 PM | Downtown Steamboat Springs

Downtown is alive tonight with new exhibitions, a pop-up on housing in the valley, a print giveaway, and live jewelry making.

AT THE DEPOT ART CENTER
Bliss Hall: Mark Mahorney’s Routt County Retrospective. Mahorney carves salvaged, beetle-killed lodgepole pine, charring the wood and carving from dark to light to reveal scenes of ranch life, wildlife, and Northwest Colorado’s landscapes. A Kremmling artist who’s long considered Routt County part of his backyard, carving fine art on a medium most people don’t expect to find it.

AROUND THE ARTWALK
• Pine Moon Fine Art: Tender Strength, pink ribbon pieces support Bust of Steamboat
• Jace Romick Gallery: The Dark Room, enter the print giveaway
• The Alley Gallery: Ann Feldman’s plein air paintings
• Zandee Gallery: two new painters, Brian Keller and Matthew Sievers
• Steamboat Art Museum: SAM Plein Air featuring Chula Beauregard
• Hunt & Gather: drawings by Agostina
• Brinkman Collaborative: Collection/Collective by Chloe Wilwerding
• Steamboat Springs History Museum: We Are Still Here
• Dear Steamboat: a pop-up exhibit on housing and child care affordability in the valley, 1306 Lincoln Ave

SEE YOU ON THE WALK!

10/01/2026

NOZCO AT THE CABOOSE

Nozco-Brooklyn-based Venezuelan artist/muralist Espartaco Albornoz Abreu, the artist who originally painted our beloved caboose, has spent the past week in Steamboat giving her some much-needed love.

This First Friday, October 2, he’ll be outside the caboose from 5-8 PM, and you’re invited to help. Make a design or write a message on a magnet, and it becomes part of the mural. He’ll also have prints, figures, and t-shirts for sale at the Depot Art Center.

Can’t make it? Visit the Creation Station during open hours to add your magnet. All winter, visitors can rearrange the magnets, so the caboose keeps changing.

BLUEGRASS JAM BEGINNERS WORKSHOPEver wanted to sit in on a bluegrass jam but weren’t sure how to jump in? This one’s for...
09/30/2026

BLUEGRASS JAM BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

Ever wanted to sit in on a bluegrass jam but weren’t sure how to jump in? This one’s for you. Whether you’re brand new to your instrument, picking it back up after a few years away, or a seasoned player who’s never found your way into a jam, come spend an afternoon making music with other people.

Bring your guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, or fiddle. We’ll start in small instrument groups to learn three songs, move into mini jams, and finish with one big group jam.

Saturday, October 10, 2 to 6 PM
Historic Depot Art Center, 1001 13th St

Workshop registration is $25. Friends and family can grab a $10 ticket to catch the mini group performances at 5 and the big jam at 5:30.

All ages are welcome, and kids are encouraged to join (under 12 with a parent or guardian). Scholarships are available. Please bring your own instrument.

Register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bluegrass-jam-beginners-weekend

Ever wanted to sit in on a bluegrass jam but weren’t sure how to jump in? This one’s for you. Whether you’re brand new t...
09/30/2026

Ever wanted to sit in on a bluegrass jam but weren’t sure how to jump in? This one’s for you. Whether you’re brand new to your instrument, picking it back up after a few years away, or a seasoned player who’s never found your way into a jam, come spend an afternoon making music with other people.

Bring your guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, or fiddle. We’ll start in small instrument groups to learn three songs, move into mini jams, and finish with one big group jam.

Saturday, October 10, 2 to 6 PM
Historic Depot Art Center, 1001 13th St

Workshop registration is $25. Friends and family can grab a $10 ticket to catch the mini group performances at 5 and the big jam at 5:30.

All ages are welcome, and kids are encouraged to join (under 12 with a parent or guardian). Scholarships are available. Please bring your own instrument.

Register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bluegrass-jam-beginners-weekend

09/29/2026

YOUNG AT HEART: EMPHASIS WITH SIMONE WHITE

Week 3 of our Drawing and Painting series continues this Friday. Join teaching artist Simone White for Emphasis, creating a full range of values with a single pencil while experimenting with light, dark, thick, and thin lines. Learn when to use different line qualities while considering the purpose behind your work and why you create. No experience necessary.

Friday, October 2
9 AM to Noon
Depot Art Center

Drop in for this class or grab a 5 punch card to catch the rest of the series.

Register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/young-at-heart-creativity-series-registration-fall--2026

NOVEMBER MEMBER SHOW: GATHERED HERENow accepting applications. Deadline October 17th.Gathered Here explores the people, ...
09/24/2026

NOVEMBER MEMBER SHOW: GATHERED HERE
Now accepting applications. Deadline October 17th.

Gathered Here explores the people, histories, and landscapes that shape this valley, from ranching roots and winter traditions to the creative community that calls it home. All mediums are welcome.

Not a member yet? Now is a great time to join. Showing in member exhibitions is one of the many perks we offer our artists.

Reception at First Friday Artwalk, November 6th, 5-8pm at the Depot Art Center.

Apply here: https://www.steamboatcreates.org/opportunities/members-shows/

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Steamboat Springs, CO

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm

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