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Summer 2013 Events Wednesday Art Walks June 19 through August 28, 2013, 11:00 a.m. Meet each Wednesday morning at the Vail Village Visitor Information Center on the top level of the parking structure for a free guided tour of Vail Village and the public art collection. After an introduction to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum, the hour long tour winds its way through the Village with discussions of the history of the Vail Valley, the founding of Vail mountain, the master planning of the Village, and the importance of site-specific art. The Town’s public art collection includes 40 works ranging from painting, sculptures, murals, playground components, to site-integrated art.
Contact Molly Eppard, Art in Public Places Coordinator for more information at
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or 970.479.2344. To learn about the town of Vail’s public art collection visit our interactive Google map.
Winter 2013 Events
The Sixth Annual Triumph Winterfest AlpenGLOW with Logan Ice Theater The Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places is pleased to announce The Sixth Annual Triumph Winterfest AlpenGLOW with The Logan Ice Theater opening Wednesday, December 19. This celebration and examination of the effects of ice, light, color, and imagery is an interactive outdoor art installation along the Gore Creek Promenade in Vail Village. It begins amidst the festivities of Vail’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Third Annual Art Sled Invitational-mid-February Promoting art, sustainability, creativity, recreation, and community, the wooden sleds collected through generous donations have been re-created by local artists. They are all unique and reflect the artist’s creative talent. Over a period of several months the exhibiting artists transform the dusty wooden sleds into true works of art highlighting local culture and other relevant themes. The exhibition culminates in a sale of the art sleds. This year the sled auction will take place online with a portion of the proceeds benefiting future Art in Public Places programs. Check back for more information.
Wednesday Art Walks
January 2 through April 3, 2012 3:30 p.m.
Summer Events
Download the Art in Public Places 2012 Summer Brochure.
Wednesday Art Walks11:00 a.m.
June 20 through August 29 (no tour will take place on July 4th) Meet at the Vail Village Visitor Information Center on the top level of the parking structure for a free guided tour of Vail Village and the public art collection. After an introduction to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum, the tour winds its way through the Village with discussions of the history of the Vail Valley, the founding of Vail Mountain, the master planning of the Village, and the importance of site-specific art. The Town’s public art collection includes 40 works ranging from painting, sculptures, murals, playground components, to site-integrated art. The tour lasts approximately 1 hour. The town’s art collection may now also be viewed here.
Winter Events
Wednesday Art Walks3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Each Wednesday from December 28th through April 11th Meet at the Vail Village Visitor Information Center on the top level of the parking structure for a free guided tour of Vail Village and the public art collection with the Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places Coordinator. After an introduction to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum, the tour winds its way through the Village with discussions of the history of the Vail Valley, the founding of Vail mountain, the master planning and the importance of site-specific art in creating the charm of the Village. The Town’s public art collection includes 40 works ranging from sculptures, murals, playground components, and site-integrated art. For additional information call 970-479-2344. Download the winter brochure.
The Arctic and Antarctic – Two Worlds Apart
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As host to numerous cycling events throughout the summer, including the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge with stages in Vail and Avon August 25th and 26th, the Town of Vail's Art in Public Places celebrates the ART OF MOTION this summer in Vail. Download the brochure to learn more. |
Art in Nature for Kids
Fridays, June 24 though August 19
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Fridays through August 20
Youth classes 5 + years old; $45 includes materials
In collaboration with Vail Nature Center & The Art Center in Gypsum this program provides a variety of art classes for youths 5 + years old taught outdoors at the Vail Nature Center adjacent to Ford Park. Participants enjoy classes that combine art with nature including wind mobiles, paper & candle making, watercolor painting, clay sculpting, and much more. Rain or shine. $45 per class with materials
Registration required through the Vail Nature Center 970-479-2291. A full description of courses may be viewed at vailrec.com or theartctr.com
Photo Safari classes at the Nature Center
Mondays June 20 through August 29, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Adults 16 + years old; $50
For more information contact 970.479.2344.
Gallery Tours
Join Art in Public Places for Tuesday afternoon tours of the galleries and sleds! Meet at the Vail Information Center on top of the Vail Village Parking Structure at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 22, March 1, 8, and 15 for the tours. For more information contact Molly Eppard (970) 479-2344 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and www.artinvail.com
Download the Brochure.
Vebjørn Sand
Immersed Undisturbed in Art
A Vail Symposium Presentation with Art in Public Places
Please join Art in Public Places with the Vail Symposium to welcome Vebjørn Sand to Vail
Artists & Authors at The Sebastian
Meet Vebjørn at The Sebastian for an après-ski reception.
Works by Vebjørn will be on view at The Sebastian.
Sunday, March 27, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. $15.00
Immersed Undisturbed in Art / Vail Symposium Presentation - Monday, March 28
An artistic journey from the secrets of Antarctica to Leonardo Da Vinci's vision by Vebjørn Sand, a Norwegian painter and artist known for his paintings and public art projects such as the Leonardo Bridge Project and the Kepler Star monument at Oslo Airport. Vebjørn spends most of his time in his studio where he gives himself over to the act of creating that often goes over into obsession.
Monday, March 28, 5:30 – Lion Square Lodge – Tickets: $25.00/$15.00 VS Donor.
Please register for Monday’s presentation through the Vail Symposium (970) 476-0954 or www.vailsymposium.org
Presented by the Vail Symposium in partnership with the Town of Vail’s Art in Public Places.
For more information please contact Molly Eppard, Art in Public Places Coordinator (970) 479-2344 or
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Art Courses at the Vail Nature Center
Youth courses (ages 4 - 16)
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Fridays through August 20
In collaboration with Vail Nature Center & The Art Center in Gypsum this program provides a variety of art classes for ages 4 - 16 year olds taught outdoors at the Vail Nature Center adjacent to Ford Park. Participants enjoy classes that combine art with nature including wind mobiles, paper & candle making, watercolor painting, clay sculpting, and much more. Rain or shine. $35 per class with materials
Adult Courses
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Mondays, through August 16
$35 per class + materials.
Call the Vail Nature Center for details & class registration 970-479-2291. A full description of courses may be viewed at www.vailrec.com or www.theartctr.com.
Download the Brochure.
Bells, Bells, Bells
The 5,000-year-old process of casting metal comes out of the foundry July 26.
Metal casting, a visually exciting art event, will take place from 8-10 p.m. in Ford Park.
Metal casting was once thought to be a technically sophisticated process that could only be accomplished in a foundry. Since 1951 artists have been challenging this idea by fabricating their own furnaces, heating metal until molten and casting their own sculptures. The process includes heating metal in furnaces built by the artists out of recycled tumble dryers to 2,800 degrees and then ladling or pouring liquid metal into molds to create sculptures. Many of the sculptures that will be cast during the performance were created by workshop participants. Free!
Colorado Mountain College is offering a multi-day workshop to anyone wishing to learn the art of metal casting, in detail. For more information visit the Colorado Mountain College web site.
Download the Brochure.
Plein Air Painting
Help Celebrate the Summer of Sculture's 10th Anniversary
The Town of Vail Art in Public Places (AIPP) is inviting painters to help celebrate its 10th annual Summer of Sculpture exhibition in Ford Park. This year the exhibition features sculpture on loan to Vail from the Denver Art Museum by world renowned artist Bernar Venet. Painters are being asked to join an afternoon of festivities co-hosted by Betty Ford Alpine Gardens to celebrate the Summer Solstice. Activities include a painting competition, a “Painted Lady” butterfly launch, dancing round a May Pole, Bravo’s instrument petting zoo, croquet games, guided tours of the Garden’s and a introduction to the Wild Side of Ford Park lead by a naturalist from the Vail Nature Center.
Artists wishing to participate in the event will have the opportunity to enter their painting into a competition. Three winning paintings will be displayed at Vail International Gallery from June 21 through June 26. To qualify, artists must be painting on-site no later than 1:30 p.m. on June 20 and are welcome to start earlier. The outdoor paintings must include Bernar Venet’s sculpture Arc 228.5° x 5. The sculpture is a 7’ high rolled steel curved shape which appears to defy gravity in its ingenious tilted balance. All paintings must be complete by 3:45 p.m. A jury will meet at 4 p.m. the same day to select the winning paintings. The winning artwork will be announced at 4:15 p.m.
This is the second year AIPP has held an outdoor painting contest in conjunction with the Summer of Sculpture exhibition. Last year, fourteen talented artists made their way to Ford Park for an afternoon of painting and a chance to exhibit at a Vail art gallery. “The artists all chose different viewpoints,” said Vail’s AIPP Coordinator Leslie Fordham. “One painter, Sally Davidson who traveled from Denver to participate, sold her masterpiece to an onlooker before the paint was dry.”
