In October, Ah Haa welcomes Hollie Chastain to the Daniel Tucker Exhibition Gallery with her new show, Moons Out, Goons Out. A mixed media artist from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hollie’s work blends found materials, bold graphic elements, and nostalgic touches like embroidery and mid-century painting. This collection celebrates the weird and supernatural, drawing on her childhood fascination with aliens and ghosts.

Visitors are also invited to participate in The Community Garden installation on the second floor by creating a purple flower in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, in partnership with the San Miguel Resource Center.

This October, Atelier continues to be the creative hub and working studio of artist Joanie Schwarz, located at 215 E Colorado Avenue. Joanie’s latest collection explores themes of belonging and the deep connection we feel with home. Her work includes delicate 14k gold jewelry, expressive paintings, and unique, one-of-a-kind clothing pieces. Each piece reflects Joanie’s vision of what it means to find a sense of place in the world.

In October, Baked in Telluride is featuring Peak Out Photography by Jeff Channell. A lifelong resident of Western Colorado, Jeff has been capturing the breathtaking beauty of Colorado’s high country since the early 1980s. His stunning photographs showcase remote peaks, vistas, and wildlife in areas rarely seen by humans, with every shot taken from locations Jeff has personally climbed—no drones or airplanes involved. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to experience the finest scenery Colorado has to offer. 

In September, BELLA Fine Goods is presenting rings, necklaces, and bracelets from FULLORD, the iconic Swiss jewelry brand renowned for its luxurious and innovative designs. FULLORD is especially known for its signature scarf rings, which are now available exclusively at BELLA Fine Goods.

These eleven private gondola cabins, transformed into public art and dining spaces, feature local and regional artists’ work in the heart of Mountain Village Plazas.

Citizen’s State Bank displays work by local artists. They will be open for the July Art Walk with an offering of rose/bubbles along with NA drinks, and crudite from Lunch Money.

In October, Crossbow Leather & Hats is offering free branding during Art Walk night. Visitors can stop by anytime on Thursday to have their hat, belt, wallet, keychain, or boots personalized with their initials or a special date by the shop's talented artisans. Guests can also choose from a selection of handmade items in-store to be branded. It's a perfect way to celebrate the fall season with a unique, custom touch. 

Ambra has returned to town after studying in San Francisco and has been creating art in Telluride for as long as she can remember. When not designing hats at Crossbow or working as a soil scientist for the county, Ambra spends her free time exploring the lesser-known parts of the Mojave and San Juans on horseback and foot. Ambra enjoys creating large figurative sculptures, apparel, paintings and drawings.  

This October and November, La Cocina de Luz is featuring artist Sari Levy in an exhibition showcasing her captivating portrait series. Known for her exploration of form and color, Sari's subjects range from children to those in the later stages of life. She works with a diverse array of materials, including oils, acrylics, oil pastels, graphite, and more, creating thought-provoking pieces on wood, paper, and canvas. Her portraits offer a deep reflection on the human experience and the passage of time. 

Elinoff & Co. is featuring the artworks of Eugenio. Simply known as Eugenio, he is one of the most promising Peruvian artists working today.

Sprawling cities might seem boisterous to some, but for Eugenio a bustling city is a source of inspiration. Through a command of light and movement, Eugenio takes the ordinary trappings of urban settings—cityscapes depicting crowds of people shuffling through a brightly-lit street—and transforms them into something grander.

Hanging sculptural mandalas by local artist, John Kirk Drogsvold now hanging as public art in Mountain Village.

The Gordon Collection specializes in Native American jewelry, weavings and arts.

In October, MiXX projects + Atelier is featuring new work from Austin, Texas-based painter Adde Russell. A classically trained painter who relishes impermanence and ambiguity, Adde’s monumental oil tableaus pair meticulously executed photorealism with expressionistic flourishes born from the inherent messiness of the artistic process. The resulting works feel at once gravely serious, slyly lighthearted, and captivatingly unknowable. 

Public art sculpture by Lisa and Robert Ferguson, comprised of over $1,000 pennies in Mountain Village’s Conference Center Plaza.

Located at the Telluride Gondola Station, Only We Know What it Could Have Been is a new public art, mixed media installation by local artists Brandon Berkel and Alex Ferrari. Originally envisioned for Ah Haa School for the Arts and now supported by the Town of Mountain Village, this beautiful piece of public art depicts a year in a town tucked away in a box canyon.

Rinkevich Gallery, Mountain Village’s premier art gallery, showcases the abstract paintings of artist Margaret Rinkevich. The gallery also offers a distinctive selection of traditional tribal sculptures, small works on paper, collages, and canvas prints of the Telluride area, along with scarves by Lisa K. Anderson's Silk Horizons.

For September Art Walk, Slate Gray Gallery is presenting "Brett Schreckengost: Panoramas," featuring eight images of the San Juan Mountains around Telluride. This collection primarily consists of large-format landscape panoramas, allowing for a greater appreciation of detail. The theme of the work is an ode to the trails, routes, and destinations in the area that both locals and visitors can connect with. The photos span the past seven years, with most taken over the last two years. Local photographer Brett Schreckengost explains, ”I love that people are embracing the portrait (vertical) format with their smartphones these days, but I wanted to embrace the horizontal format with two different panoramic aspect ratios, 2:1 and 3:1. These formats are closer to how we actually view landscapes when we are out there in the mountains.” 

The Tellurado Studio is featuring the adventurous fine art of Markus Pierson. Pierson 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!

Telluride Arts HQ Gallery West is excited to present Scrambled in Colorado, a 25-year retrospective by Colorado-based live-music painter Keith "Scramble" Campbell at HQ Gallery West. Opening during Art Walk, this exhibition highlights Scramble’s vibrant, expressionist paintings and screen prints of musicians, bands, and iconic musical events. A familiar face in Telluride, Scramble has been a fixture at the annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, and this collection captures a quarter-century of his live painting experiences across Colorado.  

Now through October 11, Telluride Arts HQ Gallery West is presenting "The Golden Chain," a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Matias Di Carlo, curated by Rachel D. Vancelette. This exhibition explores the connections between art, nature, and material transformation through Matias’ sculptures, which blend traditional craftsmanship with modern innovation. A fourth-generation ironsmith from Buenos Aires, Matias creates works that capture both raw beauty and primal energy, drawing inspiration from various fields, including architecture and landscape architecture.  

"The Golden Chain" reflects Matias’ fascination with the alchemical transformation of materials. His sculptures, created through a unique process that merges metal and fire and invites viewers to explore themes of creation and destruction. Matias’ art is a multidimensional exploration of reality, combining elements from his travels and experiences, such as rock climbing, to convey a dynamic interplay between Void, Māteria, and new perceptions of reality.  

Now available at the Community Table: Takuma Tanaka, a Japanese contemporary artist from Tokyo. Born in 1977, Tanaka explores themes of consciousness and our place in the world through his diverse body of work. From an early age, he has been fascinated by a wide range of subjects, which he creatively integrates into his art. As Tanaka himself explains, "Art connects with many fields, from chemistry to psychology, economy, and sociology. Finding connections within these studies allows me to continuously learn and express new ideas through my art."  

This October, The Wilkinson Public Library is showcasing Earth Versions by Heather Romney during the Art Walk. Heather, a former photographer turned painter, explores the geography of the former Lake Bonneville by creating oil paintings from Google Earth screenshots. Her work captures the imperfect rendering of organic shapes by current photogrammetry technology, offering a unique blend of familiar yet unreal landscapes. Don’t miss this fascinating exhibition, and follow Heather on Instagram @heddaronno.