Sponsor CAC in 2025: Help us Cultivate the Arts in our Community
Dear Friends,
We hope that you are doing well and that you are looking forward to this summer the same way we are!
For the past 34 years, we have been finding ways to celebrate the arts in Creede. We appreciate the wonderful support we received in 2024. We are looking forward to this summer and would like to inform you about our 2025 sponsorship opportunities.
Please see HERE for a list of the different sponsor opportunities. We are adding a new sponsor benefit for all levels this year. Sponsors will be mentioned in social media posts for their events. Due to the cost of inflation and the uncertainty of acquiring grants in this current economic climate, we have adjusted the price of certain levels of sponsorship. Many of these levels have remained the same over many years. We hope that the social media benefit will offset these increases for our sponsors.
Awards for artists who submit high quality work to our exhibits are an important way for CAC to encourage regional and national participation in the exhibits. Our sponsors make it possible to offer awards and purchase artwork. Sponsors also help defray the cost of printing for the Willow Creek Journal and advertising for the Silver Thread Studio Tour. CAC is committed to paying musicians who perform for us. Sponsors of Music in the Park directly support the artists.
If you are in a financial position to do so, we hope you will consider supporting CAC’s 34th year of programming by sponsoring our events, exhibits and performances. If you cannot sponsor this year, know that we appreciate all the support CAC received from you in the past.
While we need your commitment soon (by May 1st for some programs and June 1st for the other programs), we realize that it may be more convenient for you to send money in the summer. When you fill out the attached form, just check the option to be billed in July.
As a member of our community, you know how important the arts are to our remote, rural economy, bringing visitors to our small mountain paradise. CAC programs bring people to our restaurants, shops, and lodging. To support that economy, we hope you will sponsor CAC’s 2025 events.
Thank you,
Creede Arts Council Board of Trustees
Kerri Bohan, President
Frances Echeverria, Vice President
Debbie Whitmore, Secretary
Eloise Hooper, Treasurer
May Claire Hetzel
John Lawley
Megan Marino
Fred McLeroy
Steve Reynolds
Jody Stroh
Sculpture Purchased for Permanent Display in Creede
We are proud to announce the purchase of the sculpture "Aries & Venus" by Wesley Blossom of Gunnison, CO. This sculpture was the 1st Place Award Winner at the 2017 Creede Sculpture Show. The purchase of this sculpture was made possible by the Inge Foundation, Chuck & Kay Harbert, and the Creede Olive Oil Company. The sculpture may be viewed in the yard of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church at 5th and Main in Creede.
New Sculpture installed in Creede Art Park
The Seaborn Collins Memorial Art Park is the new home to the sculpture "Offering" by artist Dana Provence. The sculpture was displayed along with other pieces by Dana at the CAC 2017 Creede Sculpture Show. Thank you to The Inge Foundation and The Virginia Christensen Trust Fund for making this purchase possible.
Please visit downtown Creede and the Art Park to view this beautiful sculpture!
