Ah Haa School for the Arts
AH HAA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
LOCATION: 155 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride
Join Ah Haa in welcoming Arleene Correa Valencia’s solo exhibition “Me Quiero Ir Contigo / I Want To Go With You”, a powerful body of work rooted in personal history and shared family experiences. Arleene is a Mexican-born, Napa-raised, embroidery and textile artist known for imagery painted with thread and reclaimed textiles. This exhibition, based on the emotional impacts of migrations through the perspective of family separation and identity of families migrating for a better life, also incorporates the use of glowing and reflective materials creating a visual representation of connection versus physical separation.
“The 32-year-old artist traces her earliest creative spark to letters she wrote in her youth to her father — intimate messages that now serve as the inspiration for her work. The letters, rooted in love, laid the groundwork for an exploration of immigration and family, memory and survival — themes relevant to her community, she says, now more than ever, as U.S. immigration enforcement operations have led to recurring protests in Napa and across the country.”
Additionally during Art Walk, shop the Pop Up Makers Market featuring eight local and regional artists as well as live music on the Sky Deck from Meghan Knowles!
ahhaa.org • @arleenecorreavalencia
Wilkinson Public Library: Blueskites
WILKINSON PUBLIC LIBRARY - CURATED BY TELLURIDE ARTS
BLUESKITES EXHIBIT
LOCATION: 100 W Pacific Ave, Telluride
BluesKites premiered at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in September 2025 and will be displayed again this year at the festival’s Blues Stage. Curated by renowned kite artist Terry Zee Lee in collaboration with Music Maker Foundation, Music Maker’s BluesKites is a celebration of American roots music featuring art kites designed by some of the nation’s leading kitemakers.
Each kite highlights an iconic blues musician from Music Maker’s roster of partner artists, including Winston-Salem bluesman Guitar Gabriel and eastern North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines (Hanging Tree Guitars). The selected musicians also appear in Music Maker’s 30th anniversary anthology, Song Keepers.
Telluride Arts HQ
TELLURIDE ARTS HQ GALLERY
LOCATION: 135 West Pacific Avenue, Telluride
For September’s Art Walk, join Telluride Arts for the grand opening of the Telluride Skatepark Mural, created by Paul Distefano with his 2026 Telluride Arts Flash Grant.
With his grant, Paul created a mural depicting a woman looking toward the mountains surrounding Telluride. The work explores resilience, reflection, and the ability to move forward, while connecting the painted figure to the landscape and community around it. For Paul, mural painting is an opportunity to create bold, accessible work that becomes part of its environment.