Center for the Arts Evergreen is now celebrating 50 years of operations (2025). The facility has…read moreexpanded during my years in Colorado from a small cabin near the Buchanan Park Recreation Center to the repurposed church that is its current location. The Phase II expansion completed in June 2024 has greatly enlarged the facility with community spaces, classrooms, artist studios, an artist-in-residence program, and a state-of-the-art ceramics studio. CAE sees its mission as a community hub, hosting ten annual art exhibits, a wide variety of children's and adult classes and workshops, summer camps, and mentorships. There is also a concert series, community rental spaces, arts festivals, an elegant gift shop showcasing local artists, and many community outreach initiatives. I visit the gallery when I come to Evergreen. It is a nice exhibit space and has presented many interesting shows over the years, featuring material of local, regional, and national scope.

I took a glass fusing class on Dec. 9. Today is Jan. 15. I still don't have the two small pieces…read morethat I made. I dropped in just before Christmas to find that they still have my work, unfused and sitting there still. Okay - the holidays, a power outage. So I phoned after the new year, no answer, so I left a message asking what's going on? Nothing. I'm considering asking for my $158 back. In the age of phones, texts and emails, there's no excuse for this lack of communication on their part. I am one unhappy camper. Done in three or four days, she said. Should have been weeks.

It's a snazzy little art gallery with lots of variations of art. It's not freezing or two cold. The…read morestaff is friendly and sometimes you will catch the artist's there which is awesome then you can ask away. Its in a great location right in downtown Golden. 10/10

Closed now, but Opening SOON!…read more Because of both the renovation of the original church bldg. and also the expansion into the historic Astor House, Foothills Art Center has been closed for the better part of the past year. That will soon change when the original building becomes a Creative Campus for studios and the Astor House contains the galleries, a meeting room, reading center/library, refreshment kiosk and administrative offices. Targeted for March/April '24, both FAC buildings will be a major improvement and offer everything from classes and meetings to an increased outdoor patio and even a Short Edition dispenser for free English/Spanish phone-based stories, poetry and cartoons for both adults and kids to take with you!

Such a friendly and fun place to fulfill my creative whims....can't wait to have a girls night here…read morewith my BFFs

The ambiance of the space is calm and fun, and the options to choose from to craft are extensive…read moreand even seasonally relevant. We were served by Jill and she was fantastic; she was really attentive and kind and took great care of us, to the point my 4 year old daughter commented how nice she was. But it ended up being unexpectedly expensive! There is no pricing displayed anywhere so I had no idea what to expect. But when my 4 year old wanted to paint a 2nd item while I finished my first, we were billed for an entire 2nd session! I didn't think this was reasonable or fair, especially since we were the only 2 guests there. We used a minimal amount of paint regardless and paid for the items we painted as well, so really, I felt that charging for an extra session was just being greedy.

I wish I had a whole room to fill with Gia Nold's art. It would be called the Joy Room! She is such…read morea gifted artist. Her work shows highly developed technical skills; whimsy; a great sense of humor; rich, clear colors; affection for animals as well as humans; appreciation of natural landscapes and a love of living in the moment. Her prices are more than reasonable for such good work and if you have to order through the mail, you will find that she ships promptly and wraps safely. She teaches, too - little kids through adults. So there's that.

I went in asking for how to handle a rodent problem. Erik was very helpful in assisting to find a…read moresolution, and even made suggestions beyond simply selling. Very personable and knowledgeable.

The Evergreen Home Depot is pretty nice. It was very clean and stocked with everything that we…read moreneeded the people working. There were really nice and friendly and helpful towards us finding the stuff we needed to find.