Welcome to the Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide
The Visual and Performing Arts Community of Steamboat Springs, CO.
Yampa Valley Arts
Welcome to Volume 18, Edition 2, of the Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide. For 18 years, this guide has showcased the ever-evolving, continually diversifying arts community of Northwest Colorado. As performing and visual artists find their singular and collective voices, the symphony that is the Steamboat arts scene grows more intricate, richer and more fulfilling. Bravo!
The Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide is published twice a year by Ski Town Media, Inc. Representing performing and visual arts in Northwest Colorado, the Yampa Valley Arts showcases major artists' works, stunning imagery, articles on local artists and information on art venues and galleries.
About the Cover Art
"Leave No Trace" is featured in Steamboat Art Museum's exhibit "The Art of
Printmaking: Process and Passion." The exhibit opens Saturday, May 31, and will run
until Friday, Sept. 5. The exhibit is guest-curated by Yampa Valley Arts & Culture Guide
cover artist Sue Oehme, a nationally acclaimed master printer, Steamboat local and
owner of one of the country's premier fine art print publishers, Oehme Graphics.
"'Leave No Trace' is a centerpiece of this exciting and inspiring exhibition," says Betse
Grassby, the museum's executive director. "It establishes her as not only one of the
nation’s most renowned printmakers, but also as an accomplished artist in multiple
mediums." Read more about Sue and her work by clicking the link below.
ARTIST STATEMENT
"Evoking the ocean, fishing nets, seaweed and our penchant for 'things,' this work acts
as a reminder about how we should treat our planet. The first moment when I knew
I wanted to create a three-dimensional piece with a light source behind it, came to me
when I layered a few of the large sheets of printed, translucent colored shapes in front of
our studio window. There were multiple colors on each sheet, all of which have been cut
out by hand. The subsequent ideas about tying everything all together came in reference
to lost nets that are found floating in the ocean." - Sue Oehme.