If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

If you’ve ever seen a Julie Anderson ceramics installation, you know how awe-inspiring they are. If you haven’t, well, you’re missing out. The Steamboat artist’s large-scale works are impressive to say the least.

Imagine closing your eyes, sound bathing you, triggering ancient networks in your body that signal all is safe, all is calm. Your breathing becomes deeper, your muscles relax and you feel anxiety slipping away. Recent studies show that sound baths, a popular form of holistic health, can do just that, yet sound healing can be traced back to ancient civilizations in Greece, Egypt and India where vibrations were said to calm inner storms or chaos.

We’re all familiar with the “art snob” stereotype: black turtleneck and designer glasses, a glass of fine wine in hand. They’re at an art gallery, discussing the work with a dismissive and condescending air, opening their wallet to fund only the most high-brow exhibits. This isn’t a character you’d ever find in Steamboat Springs … right?

When Jon Couch first took a photograph, he was amazed that he could take a snapshot of something in his life and share that with someone else. “Share what I see, my perspective, my feelings, my experiences of my life,” said Jon.