Welcome to The Creamery!
Giving Tuesday-- Please donate!
WHAT IS GIVING TUESDAY?
Giving Tuesday, November 30, is a global day of giving aimed at unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Each and every one of us is encouraged to give to what we can for the causes we care about. We at the Creamery Arts Center can’t think of a better cause than a local art center.
Belief statement: We believe that adults and school children in the North Fork Valley should have access to art in their community.
You statement: YOU can help us keep the Creamery rolling with children and adult classes, live music, and a spacious welcoming place for local artists to display their works.
Opportunity statement: Are you with us?
Our goal is to receive enough donations to repair our dilapidated sidewalk out front. The town has indicated it can cost share and pay half of the total. We estimate that our share would be $4,000. With a new sidewalk, our customers will find the footing more stable and Rich will find shoveling snow a lot easier than the current bumpy surface. Please help us meet our goal.
How to donate:
Either send in a check to the Creamery, P O Box 218, Hotchkiss, CO 81419;
or come in during our open hours (Wed. thru Friday, 11 am to 6 pm, and Saturday 10 to 3);
or call 872-4848 and give Rich your credit card number.
All donations are 100% deductible under the IRS laws since the Creamery is a 501 c3 non profit.
If you need a letter confirming your donation, let us know.
HISTORY OF THE CREAMERY
In 1939, the Creamery building was opened as a cooperative creamery by the North Fork Creamery Association. The vision of a community space for education and the arts began in 2005 when a formerly vacant and run down one story building was extensively remodeled into a world-class art gallery and education center by a local citizen.
The Creamery Arts Center opened after extensive renovation on May 12, 2006 as an artisans’ cooperative. In 2016, after a decade of serving the art community in Delta County, the Creamery Arts Center underwent a restructuring. The Creamery, which has since become a centerpiece of downtown Hotchkiss, as well as an attraction to visitors from outside the area, has strengthened art appreciation and provided low cost art classes to area youth and gallery space for over 60 local artists and authors to sell their work. Since then it has evolved into a paid membership non profit, fully deductible under (501)c 3 IRS tax codes.
The Creamery Arts Center offers a unique cultural experience. As a premiere art center, the Creamery provides gallery space featuring over 60 local artists who display and sell their work. We also offer classroom space where highly qualified instructors teach classes in a variety of mediums. As a Colorado non-profit organization we depend greatly on support from our community and membership.
Our Education Program is at the heart of our mission. Our goal is to offer classes to students of all ages at reasonable prices. We are proud of our fully equipped clay studio that is on par with any in the State and we reach out to the senior citizens in our County with free demonstrations and hands-on activities taught by our volunteer artist members. Our “After School Art” and “Summer Art Camp” programs offer stimulating art and clay classes to children ages 8 and up, year round.
We support our local farmers, ranchers, and crafters by hosting a Saturday Farmers Market during the summer month in the Creamery Park, welcoming local growers and crafters to sell their products in our outdoor pavilion at no charge.
Thank you for your support of your local art center and local artists!
WHAT IS GIVING TUESDAY?
Giving Tuesday, November 30, is a global day of giving aimed at unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Each and every one of us is encouraged to give to what we can for the causes we care about. We at the Creamery Arts Center can’t think of a better cause than a local art center.
Belief statement: We believe that adults and school children in the North Fork Valley should have access to art in their community.
You statement: YOU can help us keep the Creamery rolling with children and adult classes, live music, and a spacious welcoming place for local artists to display their works.
Opportunity statement: Are you with us?
Our goal is to receive enough donations to repair our dilapidated sidewalk out front. The town has indicated it can cost share and pay half of the total. We estimate that our share would be $4,000. With a new sidewalk, our customers will find the footing more stable and Rich will find shoveling snow a lot easier than the current bumpy surface. Please help us meet our goal.
How to donate:
Either send in a check to the Creamery, P O Box 218, Hotchkiss, CO 81419;
or come in during our open hours (Wed. thru Friday, 11 am to 6 pm, and Saturday 10 to 3);
or call 872-4848 and give Rich your credit card number.
All donations are 100% deductible under the IRS laws since the Creamery is a 501 c3 non profit.
If you need a letter confirming your donation, let us know.
HISTORY OF THE CREAMERY
In 1939, the Creamery building was opened as a cooperative creamery by the North Fork Creamery Association. The vision of a community space for education and the arts began in 2005 when a formerly vacant and run down one story building was extensively remodeled into a world-class art gallery and education center by a local citizen.
The Creamery Arts Center opened after extensive renovation on May 12, 2006 as an artisans’ cooperative. In 2016, after a decade of serving the art community in Delta County, the Creamery Arts Center underwent a restructuring. The Creamery, which has since become a centerpiece of downtown Hotchkiss, as well as an attraction to visitors from outside the area, has strengthened art appreciation and provided low cost art classes to area youth and gallery space for over 60 local artists and authors to sell their work. Since then it has evolved into a paid membership non profit, fully deductible under (501)c 3 IRS tax codes.
The Creamery Arts Center offers a unique cultural experience. As a premiere art center, the Creamery provides gallery space featuring over 60 local artists who display and sell their work. We also offer classroom space where highly qualified instructors teach classes in a variety of mediums. As a Colorado non-profit organization we depend greatly on support from our community and membership.
Our Education Program is at the heart of our mission. Our goal is to offer classes to students of all ages at reasonable prices. We are proud of our fully equipped clay studio that is on par with any in the State and we reach out to the senior citizens in our County with free demonstrations and hands-on activities taught by our volunteer artist members. Our “After School Art” and “Summer Art Camp” programs offer stimulating art and clay classes to children ages 8 and up, year round.
We support our local farmers, ranchers, and crafters by hosting a Saturday Farmers Market during the summer month in the Creamery Park, welcoming local growers and crafters to sell their products in our outdoor pavilion at no charge.
Thank you for your support of your local art center and local artists!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” - Thomas Merton
