Event Listing || Center for Creativity

Petrichor Collective#

Full Gallery

April 2, 2025 - April 6, 2025 | 12pm-6pm

Petrichor Collective Art Exhibition | Featuring 85 Unique Artists

Three years into its ever-growing journey, Petrichor Collective is proud to announce its most represented exhibition to date. This special, week-long showcase runs from April 2nd to April 7 at the Fort Collins Center for Creativity, a vibrant new space located in the heart of downtown Fort Collins.

Built by Artists, for Artists, Petrichor Collective continues to flourish through unwavering passion, late-night brainstorms, and the kind of creative energy that can’t be replicated. This exhibition reflects that ethos in every sense, featuring one piece each from 85 different Artists. A celebration of what each contributing creative does best, the exhibition is purposely unthemed. From established names to emerging talents, every corner of the Arts community will be represented. Over 20+ different mediums on display, at once, in a single gallery space. On First Friday, April 4th, the Artists will host a special reception with live music, delicious food, and drinks. It’s an opportunity to meet the Artists, support, and immerse oneself in the Artistic scene of Fort Collins.

Join us in celebrating three years with Petrichor Collective and the incredible Artists who make it all happen.

From the Artists, for the Collective.

Petrichor Collective Guest Artist Showcase Reception#

Fresh Palette A non-alcoholic cocktail recipe book, T.J. Lesmeister & Xavier Pereira

Golden Aspen

April 4, 2025 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm

On First Friday, April 4th, Petrichor Collective invites the whole community to a RAD evening of
Art, live music, and connection at the Fort Collins Center for Creativity. Artists from the
Collective will be in attendance to discuss their work, share insights into their creative
processes, and celebrate with fellow Art enthusiasts.

Live Music: Enjoy performances by three local musicians, whose sounds will set the tone for a festive and unforgettable night.
Food & Drink: Free of charge wine and refreshments, plus delicious snacks catered by Persimmon. For those seeking a non-alcoholic option, the Golden Aspen Room will feature a selection of creative, non-alcoholic cocktail beverages.
Artist Mixer: Chat with the Artists behind the diverse pieces on display, gaining firsthand perspectives on the inspiration and craft behind their work.
Non-Alcoholic Recipe Book Unveiling: Be among the first to preview Petrichor Collective's brand-new non-alcoholic recipe book — Fresh Palette. Sample a variety of specialty drinks straight from its pages served in the Golden Aspen Room throughout the event.
This First Friday celebration reflects the very essence of Petrichor Collective, an energetic, welcoming community built by Artists, for Artists. Come mingle with creators, savor local bites, and discover new ways to toast to creativity. Everyone is welcome!

You, Me, We: A Showcase of Six Painters#

Full Gallery

April 9, 2025 - April 13, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on April 12, 2025, from 3:00pm - 5:00pm

You, Me, We brings together six painting students from Colorado State University as they stand on the cusp of graduation, independence, and transformative life changes. Working side by side for a year, each artist developed a body of work that reflects their explorations of identity and self-expression shaped by the support and camaraderie of their shared studio practice. This exhibition presents an eclectic yet interconnected collection of works, highlighting the paradox of introspection within a communal environment. You, Me, We invites viewers to explore the visual and conceptual dialogues between each artist’s work to uncover the parallels that emerge from these deeply personal yet collective artistic journeys.

*This exhibit contains nudity and may not be suitable for all audiences*

Fort Collins Public Media - Audio Training 101#

Fort Collins Public Media Studio

April 11, 2025 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Join us and learn more about audio basics for video, social media and film.

What the class covers:

Frequency in Hertz (Hz)
Frequency Response Charts
Audio Boards
Microphone Patterns
Microphone Selection
Waveform Reading
Graphic Equalization
Royalty Free Assets (Music + Sound Effects)
Acoustics and Environmental Issues
Adobe Podcast / Noise Removal

This is a presentation style class geared towards any video producer or film maker. The flow of the class will include question and answer opportunities throughout, covering real life scenarios such as:

Where does dialogue fall in the hz range?
How do I remove low end frequency from my recording?
When is it best to pull sound from an audio board?
What is scratch audio and when should I use it?
When should I use a shotgun mic vs a lavalier?
What decibel (dB) level should I maintain for dialogue and music?
Is music selection really that important?

Class size: 8 - 10

Cost: $30 for non FCPM members, $15 for FCPM members, FREE for Producer Level members.

Instructor: Chris Winslow

Sign up for this class!

The Realm#

Full Gallery

April 12, 2025 | 10:30am - 11:30am

The Realm presents the third and final event of this three-part spring series: "Each of Us - WE ARE WILD". Come enjoy a morning of live music framed by spoken word and embodied through community art. Doors open at 10:10am, programming begins promptly at 10:30, stay and mingle afterward. Bring your own sketchbook, journal, knitting or other creative work or engage in our community art offering. The Realm is dedicated to inclusivity and accessibility in programming and concept.

Spring Into Art Making#

Heritage Courtyard

April 13, 2025 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

You’re invited to get creative with the CSU Arts Management program alongside our partners: CSU School of Music, Theater, and Dance, City of Fort Collins, Jacquard, Yasutomo, and the Silver Grill Cafe for a series of art making pop-ups to celebrate springtime in Colorado. We’re also joined by our artist partners, CSU staff and students, and volunteers.

Channel your inner artist with activities of cyanotype murals, botanical ink painting, book binding and recycled patch embroidery, block printing, and performances by the CSU’s Dance and Ralph Opera programs. All programming is free and inclusive for all.

Art Making Activities & Performance

Cyanotype Murals with Charlie Bloede
Botanical Ink Painting with Sarah Mays StudioThis link opens in a new browser tab
Book Binding with Bethany Economos of Somonoce StudioThis link opens in a new browser tab
Urban Sketching with David Pyle
Japanese Ink Marbling
Performance by CSU Dance

Learn more about this creative pop-up series

ctrl_alt_disrupt#

Full Gallery

April 16, 2025 - April 20, 2025 | 12pm-6pm

*Exhibition Reception on April 18, 2025, from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

2025 FRCC Larimer Campus Multimedia Graphic Design Program Presents the 7th Annual Design Exhibition: “ctrl_alt_disrupt”

The student-led and curated art exhibit will feature current student artwork from the FRCC MGD program.

ctrl_alt_disrupt is curated by our 2025 Spring Design Exhibition Curation class. It gives current design students the opportunity to participate in an art exhibit with the potential to win awards and build connections. This year’s class is composed of Jonathan Cheatham, and Ilana Held. With the leadership and guidance from Stacey Herron and Maggie Adams, they have created this exhibit from concept to show night.

Visitors to the exhibit can expect to see a wide variety of artwork, including graphic design, illustrations, video, packaging, and more. The pieces on display will demonstrate the students' technical skills and artistic abilities, whilst exploring the concept of pushing the boundaries of design and creativity.

Attendees are encouraged to participate in the exhibit by casting their votes for their favorite piece in the “People’s Choice Award”. Information about voting will be posted around campus and on MGD’s social media platforms.

2190/Transitions#

Gallery B

April 23, 2025 - April 27, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on April 25, 2025, from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Making the Ordinary Extraordinary#

Gallery C

April 23, 2025 - April 27, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on April 26, 2025, from 4:00pm - 7:00pm

In my work, I aim to explore the tension between the industrial, digitized world we live in and the deeply personal, organic beauty of life itself.

There are very few interiors or exteriors in my practice—only singular forms. Each piece is a portrait in its own right, representing not just an object, but a unique, fleeting life in the world.

In this, I hope to show the viewer that, sometimes, the greatest beauty lies in simply being. A flower, a moose, a cup of tea, though impermanent, are perfect and sufficient in their existence, and in that perfection, there is profound meaning.

Ultimately, my work is an invitation—to pause, to see deeply, and to love profoundly.

Center for Creativity - Golden Aspen Art Competition#

Gallery A

April 23, 2025 - April 27, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on April 24, 2025, from 4pm-6pm

Vote for your favorite work in the exhibit to stay in the Golden Aspen room!

The City of Fort Collins Cultural Services Department is looking to purchase wall art to display in public rental space at the newly renovated Center for Creativity at 200 Mathews Street. The room is named Golden Aspen. We have invited the Fort Collins creative community to submit their artwork to be considered for purchase by the department and to be included in a weeklong exhibit in the art gallery.

Driven to Abstraction 8#

Full Gallery

April 30, 2025 - May 4, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

May 7, 2025 - May 11, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on May 11, 2025, from 2pm-4pm

The Driven To Abstraction 8th annual Art Exhibition and Sale invites you to immerse yourself in the vibrant, evocative world of abstract expression. This showcase is far more than an exhibition—it’s a tribute to the artistry, passion, and dedication embodied by eight remarkable artists. Together, they carry the weight and synergy of a collective 284 years of experience, each one a testament to the transformative power of art and the unwavering commitment to their craft.

Featuring the exceptional talents of Jim Benest, Bob Coonts, Kate Dardine, Jeanne Grove, Victoria Kempf, Carol Schinkel, Jennifer Spencer, and Bernadette Youngquist.

As It Settles#

Gallery A & B

May 14, 2025 - May 18, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on May 14, 2025, from 4:00pm - 8:00pm

As It Settles” wrestles with the seen and unseen aspects of human interaction and our relationship to place. By painting spaces with varying degrees of human presence, we engage with absence as both an active and passive agent.

Yet, as viewers, we complete the scene. Our gaze reanimates these spaces, projecting our own narratives, emotions, and sense of presence into them. The painted environment is not merely a record of absence but an invitation—an open-ended space where perception and imagination intersect. In this act of looking, the abandoned becomes inhabited again—not only by physical bodies but by thought, memory, and feeling.

In this way, the painted space is both a document of what was and a reflection of what is—a subjective realm that shifts with the viewer’s engagement. It is not just an image of neglect or decay but a living, evolving dialogue between past, present, and those who stand before it.

This duo exhibition features Carly DiFraia and Quin Monroe, Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates at Colorado State University, graduating in Spring 2025. As their final exhibition within their undergraduate program, it marks a period of transition—closing one chapter and stepping into the next.

Catharsis/Driven Design#

Gallery C

May 14, 2025 - May 18, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*Exhibition Reception on May15, 2025, from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Catharsis (Sam Neff)

Through abstract imagery, I aim to express the complex emotions I felt throughout my college experience. The past few years have been some of my hardest. At times I felt a complete lack of motivation due to illness, anxiety, fatigue, and burnout; often leaving me feeling disconnected and alone. In time, I realized that this experience was not one of my own, but shared with so many others.

Driven Design (Mario DiMatteo)

In this project, I merge cinematic qualities and graphic design to advertise vehicles. Leveraging my videography background, my photographs emphasize detail and a wide aspect ratio, resembling movie stills. This cinematic approach gives me director-like control.

I use lighting and color to enhance each vehicle's character and its environment. The aim is to make the cars relatable or depict an aspirational lifestyle, showing them in ways ideal customers would use them. Connecting with the viewer is crucial, so I select locations that support this narrative and use lighting to accentuate the vehicle's design features. Some images are composed intentionally to accommodate graphic elements

Let My Colors Make You Happy#

Full Gallery

May 21, 2025 - May 25, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

It is my purpose and my deep honor to be able to depict our beautiful surroundings in all the colors of the rainbow to uplift you and provide a respite from the stresses of world condition.

*This exhibit contains nudity and may not be suitable for all audiences*

PRIDE Exhibition#

Full Gallery

May 28, 2025 - June 1, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

*PRIDE Celebration at the Center for Creativity & Library park on June 1, 2025, time TBD.

OBELISK#

Full Gallery

June 4, 2025 - June 8, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

June 11, 2025 - June 15, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

June 18, 2025 - June 22, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

The Obelisk.
An iconic sculptural form prevalent throughout the ages, the obelisk, pyramid and pyramidian’s purpose has been interpreted in a variety of ways including socio/political/religious connotations along with different manifestations of power, achievement and majesty. All of these contribute to the inscrutability of the icon.

This group of current works constitute an image based modernist exploration of the Egyptian concept of harmony and balance achieved through opposites: (left/right, up/down, in/out, earth/sky, light/dark, mortal/immortal). This balance is implied utilizing modern material vs. monolithic stone to open the structure by a series of planear elements, establishing contour, line, and negative space- while maintaining the spirit, power, majesty and environmental connection contained in the original.

Exhibition Title TBD - Imani Samuels#

Gallery C

June 23, 2025 - June 30, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

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Gallery A & B

June 25, 2025 - June 29, 2025 | 12pm - 6pm

Contact CCRentals@fcgov.com or click "Book Now" to inquire about availability.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS#

Petrichor Collective#

Petrichor Collective Guest Artist Showcase Reception#

You, Me, We: A Showcase of Six Painters#

Fort Collins Public Media - Audio Training 101#

The Realm#

Spring Into Art Making#

ctrl_alt_disrupt#

2190/Transitions#

Making the Ordinary Extraordinary#

Center for Creativity - Golden Aspen Art Competition#

Driven to Abstraction 8#

As It Settles#

Catharsis/Driven Design#

Let My Colors Make You Happy#

PRIDE Exhibition#

OBELISK#

Exhibition Title TBD - Imani Samuels#

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My Seoul#

Exhibition Title TBD - Vivian Lynn#

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Exhibition Title TBD - Vivian Lynn#

Exhibition Title TBD - Karen Spotts#

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Exhibition Title TBD - Mike Ryan#

Studio Tour 2025#

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Exhibition Title TBD - Diane Edwards#

Exhibition Title TBD - Margueritte Meier#

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Exhibition Title TBD - Sophia Galier & Cassidy Schaub#

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