A dynamic force in Steamboat Springs’ creative community, Deena Selko has spent over 16 years building MOTH Live Entertainment—a company that blends Broadway spectacle, circus artistry and live music into unforgettable performance experiences.
Steamboat Springs has long been a landing place for dreamers and visionaries: homesteaders, outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and artists. To live in Steamboat today is to be the lucky beneficiary of the talents and passions of those trailblazers who came before us, gifting our town with a priceless legacy.
Danielle SeeWalker has been a creative soul since forever. “I am self taught. I come from a family of self-taught artists and I think art is something that is innate in my family and a lot of other Native American people.
Art is a reflection of the times—a mirror held up to society and culture. But behind every theatrical performance, art exhibit and concert is a different story: how it all gets funded.
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.
What do trash truck drivers, firefighters, utility line workers, softball players, swimmers, soil testers, tree trimmers, and watershed protection backhoe drivers have in common? They are “virtuosic movers” when seen through the creative lens of choreographer Allison Orr.
In the summer of 1959, I got a job working on a stock ranch near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. So when college ended, I threw my father’s old saddle in the back of the car, along with some other belongings, and started west.
