First Friday Art Walk

Visit Bas Bleu Theatre this First Friday to see the featured artwork by exhibiting artist Doug Russell (@dougrussellart) that was paired with the recent production, "Dinner with Friends" written by Donald Margulies. Russell's artwork will be on display in Bas Bleu through early February.

Doug Russell is a visual artist who lives and works in Laramie, Wyoming. He currently holds the position of Professor of Art at the University of Wyoming where he is coordinator of the Drawing program and Head of the Department of Visual Arts.

You can explore more of Russell's work and CV at russellfineart.com.

We hope to see you on First Friday or during open box office hours at Gallery Bleu!

Select pieces are available for purchase. Please contact the box office with inquiries.

Art on the walls. Wine in your glass. Flowers all around.

Join us for First Friday as we host painter Scotty Roebuck and a free wine tasting for an easy, inspiring night out.

Scotty Roebuck (@s.roebuck.art) is a Fort Collins–based painter originally from Minnesota and a graduate in Painting and Art History through Colorado State University. His work blends representational and abstract painting, using bold color, texture, and symbolic imagery drawn from everyday objects, plants, and flowers. Moving between loose, expressive marks and clean graphic elements, Roebuck embraces experimentation over convention, creating works that reflect themes of growth, resilience, and transformation. His paintings are intuitive, imperfect, and personal—meant to be lived with and reflected upon individually.

This year’s Transportation Projects Fair will take a new form, with both a live interactive event and a self-guided gallery installation at the Center for Creativity (200 Mathews St.).

Live event: Attend Friday, Feb. 6 from 6-9 p.m. City staff and regional partners will be present to share their work and connect with community members.

Self-guided event: Attend Wednesday, Feb. 4 through Sunday, Feb. 8, during the Center for Creativity’s regular hours. The free exhibit offers a chance to see a wide range of work through a more visual and creative lens.

Raised by a fierce feminist single mother in the 1980s, Rozine learned independence, intuition, and resilience from an early age. That foundation shaped her lifelong belief in personal empowerment — especially for women navigating expectations they never chose.

Rozine spent twelve years in Los Angeles immersed in creative communities and spiritual study, learning how to turn life’s hardest moments into fuel for purpose. In 2012, she published her first inspirational guide. Eight more all-age, art-therapy activity workbooks followed.

As a Pisces with Sagittarius rising and moon, Rozine has lived at the crossroads of intuition and transformation, spirituality and action. Her work now brings all of this together: henna, Tarot, palmistry, coaching, and energy work helping women step into their next chapter with clarity and courage.

Her mission is simple: To help others transform by awakening the power they’ve carried all along.

Connect with Rozine: Rozine's Titles on Amazon | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest

Tom Vaughan
“Stealing a Ride” 1972
Capturing the freight train sensation on film.
Original photograph

Join us for another unforgettable First Friday Art Walk at Edge Optics! Grab your friends, bundle up, and stop by for an evening full of local art, delicious food, and festive vibes. Here's what's happening:

Voulez Vous Bonbons (@voulezvousbonbon) - Handmade artisan chocolates that are as gorgeous as they are delicious.

Lydia Cruz - Beautiful, expressive art and custom caricatures!

Solana Studios (@solanastudios_) - Stunning, high quality permanent jewelry and piercings!

Brita Latona (@brita.lantona.art) - Gorgeous paintings inspired by nature, animals and spirit.

JES Creations (@_jes_creations_) - Unique handcrafted fiber art, perfect for early holiday shopping!

Momentum Counseling (@momentumcounseling_) - here to support mental health, share resources, and offer fun giveaways!!

Bald Man's Burritos Food Truck (@Bald_mans_burritos) - Comfort foods in burrito form with a touch of creativity!

First Friday is one of our favorite times to celebrate community, creativity, and connection here in Fort Collins - and we can't wait to share it with you. Whether you're here to shop, snack, admire local art, or just soak in the atmosphere, this night will be packed with good vibes.

Follow your nose down the marble steps into our 142bis gallerie space and join us in an exhibition to debut works by Christina of Blossom Bird Studio (@blossombirdstudio) as she ventures into acrylics with a collection titled “Swan Eternal” inspired by Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) the Prima Ballerina for the Imperial Russian Ballet; Pavlova who created and performed the iconic “Dying Swan”.

Coupled with the exhibition will be an exploration of fragrance, bottling the ethereal essence of our muse Pavlova: for body - a perfume, for home - a candle. Introducing a sneak sniff into an event on Sunday, Feb 8th from 1-3 where the journey continues…

Inviting you to a more intimate perfume matinee and painting exhibition. Add a note from our fragrance palette, of your own choosing, to the Pavlova base we’ve created in a dance of néroli, rose de damas & nymphaéas presented in a glass vial tucked in a rose velvet pouch. Savor the ambiance wafting from a companion candle, specially hand-poured for the occasion by Beth of Beldamia (@beldamia).

As you peruse the theater in our 142bis gallerie indulge in a melt-in-your mouth Pavlova desert meringue. What could be better…

“Get my swan costume ready” ~ Anna Pavlova
Her dying words on January 23, 1931

Join us for First Friday Art Walk with free entry to experience our brand new exhibits: Letters From the Heart: Global Threads of Love and 20 Years of SpeakOut!: A Community Writing Retrospective, alongside live music from Petrichor Collective!

The line-up includes:

6:00 PM - Michael Capshaw of Space Monkeys (@spacemonkeysftf) from the Future, bringing high-energy, fun originals to set the vibe.

7:00 PM - Mike DeFoco (@mikedefocoband) shares his masterful acoustic blues and Americana sound.

8:00 PM - Eastwood and Holly (@eastwoodandholly) performing indie folk/rock straight from the heart.

Hutch Home Co. is excited to host local artist Natasha Ruby! Natasha (@natasharubyart) enjoys creating inspirational pieces using watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and more. Her work depicts sweeping landscapes, unique abstracts, and wholesome scenes.

Linden Street Tattoo is excited to participate in Downtown Fort Collins First Friday Art Walk for the first time, featuring resident tattoo artist Adam “Kookie” Kooker (@kookies_tattoo). For this month’s Art Walk, Kookie will be showcasing handmade wood cut-out pieces, original paintings and prints, along with new tattoo flash designs created for the shop’s upcoming Friday the 13th / Valentine’s Day flash event. Guests are invited to stop in, meet the artist, browse the artwork, and preview new flash designs ahead of the event.

Hey, there! 👋 A note from your Downtown Fort Collins crew: We're ink-credibly excited to welcome Linden Street Tattoo Company as a new Art Walk participant! Stop by, meet the artists, and see some serious skin art in Old Town.

Installation Nation
This group exhibition gathers together five local and regional artists to explore the intersection of installation art, nature and our environment. Installation art moves beyond traditional art forms to incorporate sound, architecture, found objects to give an immersive experience to the viewer.

In My Eye
The striking and unique landscape paintings of Fort Collins-based artist Gina Blickenstaff show nature in all of its glorious moods and textures. From close up views of grasses and leaves to far away vistas and changing light, Blickenstaff’s landscapes hone in on the elegant details and design of nature.

A Pendulum Oscillates About Its Lowest Point
Having worked as studio mates for many years, Gretchen Marie Schaefer and Derrick Velasquez share a sustained exchange that has shaped both practices through proximity, generosity, and ongoing critique. This exhibition emerges from an interwoven relationship between the two artists developing their work in close conversation, where insight, influence, and support circulate alongside difference instead of collapsing into it.

Featured Artists: 

Nicole Banowetz

Ashley Hope Carlisle

Chelsea Gilmore

Katelynn Mai-Fusco

Abbie Powers

Gina Blickenstaff

Derrick Velasquez (@transformingmilkintomilk)

Gretchen Marie Schaefer

The Otter Shop is featuring Jill Farrington (@paintingbyjf) who is a Colorado-based acrylic artist whose work celebrates the charm of historic places, nature's quiet rhythms, and the warmth of personal memory. Her vibrant mixed media pieces invite viewers to pause and savor the sweetness of everyday life.

Beyond the canvas, she brings her whimsical spirit to the community through events like the Guinea Pig Paint Class Fundraiser. These gatherings blend creativity, animal charm, and compassion, raising funds for local causes while guests paint cozy guinea pig scenes. It's art with heart - and a little bit of quirky joy.

At the core of her practice is a love of connection between people, places, and the small moments that make life feel beautifully familiar.

We will be hosting one of our Pinot Artist: Reana Aste (@reana_asteart) . She will be showcasing her paintings.

Hey, there! 👋 A note from your Downtown Fort Collins crew: Consider this your palette cleanser! We're stoked to welcome Pinot's Palette Paint & Sip Studio as our newest Art Walk participant. Stop by and say hello to new creative neighbors in Old Town!

I will have my Studio, 211, open to the public from 5-9 pm.

To see samples of my work and to get updates on First Friday and my other events, please check out my Facebook | Website | Instagram (@SheriLauren_Art)

MOA Community Curated Art & Conversation Show focusing on mental health will also be open in the collaborative space on the second floor. The artists will be available for meet and greet in the upstairs hall and my studio. Artists include: Kyah Probst, Thomas Troup, and Lee Oaks. I’m also very happy to be joined by Charming Quail Jewelry Design and Partum Iter.

To celebrate Black History Month, the MOA will also be hosting a special table reading of the play “Take a Giant Step“ in the collaborative space from 6-8 PM.

This month, First Friday Art Walk at The Masonic coincides with the Reception of our current artist in residence, Nicolas Dürr (@nicodurrart)! He'll be onsite presenting his collection, "Sight Songs" representing influences from music, light-art, and stage design, translated into the stillness of paintings. The artist works towards interpretations that evoke the immersive experience of his influences with new exploration. All his paintings are in some way inspired by nature and his goal is to create the same feeling as walking through forests and knowing inevitably, new things will emerge from the different perspectives of that same place.

As per tradition, we will provide historic tours of our the one hundred year-old building on the hour! Live music entertainment will be provided by DJ Briq Bandit and we are excited to enjoy the services of our friends from Picture This Photo Booth who will be onsite to take fun photographs for our guests who wish to bring home a memento and make the night historic!

This February we are blooming with creativity. Join us all month long for a special art show featuring floral-inspired pieces from our talented member artists. From paintings and art prints to ceramics and mixed media, the show highlights how different mediums interpret the beauty and energy of flowers. Stop by to see the fresh work, diverse voices and the spirit of collaboration that define our artist-owned gallery.

This month we are featuring two talented artists, Jaime Ibarra (Jamie's Facebook) and Seth Willard, including handmade Journals!

Come on by and grab some Valentine's Day gifts!

Thrilled to host AKcreative (@akcreative) this month! Come experience the incredible talents of this analog collage artist and concert photographer, who creates unique hand cut paper collages and captures raw moments with no zoom lens or digital programming.

Come for the art, stay for the special guest DJ!

Join us this First Friday to celebrate a photographic portrait project and live music from 6 - 9 pm.

Hyphens & Hemispheres: A portrait and poetry project

Glenn Widdicombe: Live music on first Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 pm