The Telluride Art Walk is a lively monthly celebration of art, community, and creativity in downtown Telluride.

Join us on these special dates for an evening filled with inspiring exhibits, engaging receptions, and the chance to meet local and visiting artists:

September 4, 2025
October 2, 2025

From 5–8 pm, participating venues will open their doors, showcasing new collections and inviting art lovers to explore the vibrant gallery scene.

WHAT’S ON: SEPTEMBER ART WALK

EAST COLORADO AVENUE, TELLURIDE

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Fringe Gallery

LOCATION: 307 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride

This September, Fringe Gallery proudly presents a group exhibition of works by Mark Bowles, accompanied by selections from other talented Fringe artists.

A Bay Area native and honors graduate of the California College of Arts & Crafts, Mark has honed his craft through a lifelong passion for texture, form, and color—his work spanning representational still lifes to bold abstractions.

Milk Moon Gallery

LOCATION: 307 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride

Milk Moon is pleased to present Layer Cake, a group show featuring work by Julia Lucey, Melissa Loop, Sheila Giolitti, and Jodie Fletcher.

While each artist brings their own conceptual point of view alongside their work, as a whole, Layer Cake is a celebration of playful indulgence – in color, texture, and the lush environs we allow ourselves to escape to when we daydream.

Click here for more information on Milk Moon Gallery.

Tellurado Studio

LOCATION: 219 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride

The Tellurado Studio proudly features the artwork Markus Pierson, who explores a mythic narrative with his Coyote Series, each piece symbolic of wanderlust and living beyond the boundaries. The protagonists of these hand-embellished prints are the Coyotes: enigmatic figures searching for the next big adventure. Stop in and see the newest editions of Pierson’s collection

Atelier

LOCATION: 215 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride

Atelier Telluride presents a curated collection of art and fine jewelry by Joanie Schwarz, known for her timeless and elegant designs.

Discover wearable stories and pieces crafted with intention, creativity, and community spirit.

WEST COLORADO AVENUE, TELLURIDE

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Heard Gallery

Location: 214 West Colorado Avenue, Telluride

Nestled in the heart of Telluride, Heard Gallery offers a distinctive experience where contemporary art, fine jewelry, and natural curiosities meet. Founded by award-winning designer and gemologist Susan Oliver Heard, the gallery features bold, nature-inspired jewelry, rare mineral specimens, and a curated selection of thought-provoking artworks.

Bella Fine Goods

LOCATION: 213 West Colorado Avenue, Telluride

Bella Fine Goods invites you to experience the powerful artistry of Ben Wright and the intricate craftsmanship of Alex Sepkus during the September Art Walk.

Wright’s paintings reflect the spiritual depth of Native American traditions, particularly those of the Plains tribes, where sacred symbols like the medicine wheel and four directions speak to ancient wisdom. Alongside, Sepkus’ masterfully detailed fine jewelry—known for its mosaic-like precision and timeless elegance—offers a captivating dialogue between art, culture, and craftsmanship.

Elinoff & Co.

LOCATION: 204 West Colorado Avenue, Telluride

Elinoff & Co. has placed its entire collection of fine art and jewelry on sale as the gallery’s owner, after 34 years in business, prepares for retirement. The collection includes notable works by Impressionist Masters, including Renoir.

WEST PACIFIC AVENUE, TELLURIDE

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Ah Haa School for the Arts

Location: 155 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

Ah Haa School for the Arts presents Beneath Our Feet, a solo exhibition by UK-based textile artist Leah Higgins, now on view in the Daniel Tucker Gallery. This body of work draws from the industrial legacy of Higgins’ native Manchester, exploring the transformation of cotton mills through large-scale textile hangings that integrate screen printing, quilting, and dye techniques.

Higgins will also teach two Re•treat workshops at Ah Haa: Simply Screenprinting (September 25–29) and Luscious Layers (October 2–6).

WPL: Through a Different Lens

Location: 100 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

Through a Different Lens celebrates the power of photography to slow time, magnify

the minute, remix the real, and immortalize the fleeting. Join Paul Pennington, Colby Smith, Kristen Hughes, and Peter Lundeen as they use the camera not just as a recording device, but as a tool for questioning assumptions and opening dialogue.

Through a Different Lens ultimately asks: What do we miss when we always look in the same direction? And what might we discover if we learn to see the world differently?

WPL: Hope is a waking dream PART 2

Location: 100 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

Hope is a Waking Dream – Part II opens in the Magazine Room of the Wilkinson Public Library with four captivating works by local artist Sergio Gonzalez. Inspired by the grace and freedom of dancers, this series explores hope as a movement that propels us forward, reminding us to look ahead with resilience and lightness.

Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, and a Telluride resident for 27 years, Sergio brings his lifelong passion for art and nature to each brushstroke, inviting visitors to reflect on the quiet ways hope takes shape in our everyday lives.

She invites visitors to pause, reflect, and recognize moments of resilience and transformation within their own lives.

Art Walk Poetry

Location: Telluride Arts HQ - 135 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

Celebrate live poetry during Art Walk! On September 4, 6–7 pm with local watershed favorites Ruth Duffy and Mike Olschewsky, Telluride Artwalk Poetry will also include Aspen Times arts columnist Sarah Pletts, poet & performer.

This inspiring series, a collaboration between Talking Gourds, Telluride Institute and Telluride Arts, brings regional poets to share their words every first Thursday through October.

Telluride Arts HQ

Location: 135 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

Telluride Arts proudly presents the latest edition of The Heart of the Arts Telluride, a powerful group exhibition showcasing the creativity of twelve women artists from Telluride and the region. Featuring works in painting, photography, ceramics, mixed media, and more, the show highlights original pieces, prints, and one-of-a-kind creations!

Wilkinson Public Library

Location: 100 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride

The first chapter of Hope is a Waking Dream opened with a solo show by local artist Karen Kokjer, on view now in the public stairwell of the Wilkinson Public Library. Selected to inaugurate this four-part exhibition series, Karen presents seven paintings that explore hope as a dream that happens while awake, manifested in blooming plants, starlight, and the transformation of flight.

She invites visitors to pause, reflect, and recognize moments of resilience and transformation within their own lives.

SOUTH FIR STREET, Telluride

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South Fir Street

LOCATION: 230 South Fir Street, Telluride

South Fir Street Gallery presents an elaborate art exhibition showcasing the creations of Judy Haas.

The display features a selection of vintage posters, including European posters, movie posters, music posters, and album covers each meticulously adorned with Austrian crystals, diamond dust and other various enhancements.

Within these posters lies the distinctive and captivating artistic vision of Judy Haas, with each piece being an original work of art.

Click here for more information on South First Street.

Baked In Telluride

Location: 127 South Fir Street, Telluride

Baked in Telluride is delighted to showcase Bash Jelen.

A Few of My Favorite Places features evocative landscapes captured by a photographer deeply rooted in the rugged beauty of Telluride and the San Juan Mountains. Accompanied on adventures by their dog, the artist frames the region not merely as a silent backdrop, but as a living, evolving companion: from fog-draped forest mornings to quiet alpine light against rocky outcrops and golden aspen hills. Through intuitive, thoughtful photography often taken during early walks or long hikes, the work reflects moments of solitude, raw natural texture, and seasonal transformation. Each image invites viewers not just to see, but to feel the rhythms of this place—and perhaps recognize the stirrings of their own quiet connection to home.

Explore Public Art

Telluride Art Walk Exhibitions

Mountain Village

Forest Creatures

Mountain Village

The Cabins at Mountain Village

Mountain Village

Station Telluride (Oak Street)

Only We Know What it Could Have Been

Station Telluride (Oak Street)

Collect the summer / fall 2025 TELLURIDE Art Walk Postcards!

This season, be sure to collect Summer / Fall Art Walk postcards at each stop, or pick up a self-guided tour guide to discover the galleries at your own pace. The guide is available at all participating locations and can be used year-round to help you navigate the galleries that are open to the public most days.

Celebrate art with us, connect with the community, and enjoy Telluride’s rich creative culture!