Downtown Fort Collins Art Week
May 3 - 12, 2024
Downtown Fort Collins Art Week is Friday, May 3 - Sunday, May 12, 2024. During Art Week, our lively arts and culture scene will come alive! From experiencing vibrant, year-round public art to enjoying collectible and shareable art, uncovering hidden art, and unleashing your inner artist, downtown will be bursting with creativity.
Make Art Week exactly what you want! Get your hands dirty with a workshop, explore public art, take a bike mural tour, hunt for Tiny Art, listen to live musica or read a book! Check out the booklists the Poudre Libraries created to inspire creativity, give you tips on "how to art", or read a book featuring artists.
Free Workshops
As part of the upcoming Art Week in Downtown Fort Collins, we are thrilled to announce a series of engaging and inspiring workshops—all completely FREE of charge! The workshops focus on promoting creativity and self-expression and offer a unique opportunity to explore a range of art forms and techniques. Don't miss this chance to immerse yourself in the vibrant world of art and join us for a week of exploration, inspiration, and free workshops!
Saturday, May 4 | 10 am - 12 pm | Tetra Pak Intaglio Printmaking Workshop WAITLIST ONLY
Sunday, May 5 | 10 am - 12 pm | Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Acrylic Painting WAITLIST ONLY
Sunday, May 5 | 2 - 4 pm | Embodied Creativity WAITLIST ONLY
Monday, May 6 | 5:30 - 8:00 pm | Ekphrastic Poetry
Monday, May 6 | 6 - 8 pm | Creating Glass Jar Mushroom Fairy Gardens WAITLIST ONLY
Tuesday, May 7 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Introduction to Needle Felting WAITLIST ONLY
Wednesday, May 8 | 6 - 8 pm | Visible Mending WAITLIST ONLY
Thursday, May 9 | 6 - 8 pm | Basic Animation in Procreate WAITLIST ONLY
Friday, May 10 | 5:15 - 7 pm | Fort Collins Meditation Circle Practice WAITLIST ONLY
Saturday, May 11 | 10 am - 12 pm | Moodboard Therapy: A Personal Branding Workshop with MCCB WAITLIST ONLY
Saturday, May 11 | 2 - 4 pm | Flow State Hacks WAITLIST ONLY
Saturday, May 11 | World Collage Day Open Studio
Sunday, May 12 | 10 am - 12 pm | Fresh and Fun Florals in Watercolor Pencil WAITLIST ONLY
Sunday, May 12 | 2 - 4 pm | Fresh and Fun Florals in Watercolor Pencil WAITLIST ONLY
Tiny Art Hide & Seek
Local artists have created tiny pieces of artwork for you to seek and find! During Art Week, these tiny art pieces are being hidden Downtown for people to seek, find, and keep, with the intention of spreading smiles to those lucky enough to locate them.
Follow Downtown Fort Collins on Instagram and Facebook for clues of where to find the tiny artwork hidden throughout Downtown May 3-12. Then, explore and discover these tiny hidden treasures!
Collectible Postcards
New and unique Art Week Postcards have been created by local artist Mallory Cash! Check out this year’s new artwork on this set of collectible postcards. Collect the set of two postcards and mail some love to family and friends, or frame them and keep them for yourself! Postcard quantities are limited and will only be available during Art Week at participating Art Walk businesses.
Public Art
There is so much art to enjoy year-round downtown! Take a self-guided walking tour to experience and learn more about the art downtown.
Downtown Fort Collins First Friday Art Walk™
Fort Collins Mural Project Tour - Bike Tour Sunday, May 5 or Bike Tour Saturday, May 11