September 3 - 24, 2024

You Out Loud invites you to join us for a four-week creative workshop using mixed media to explore the concept of community. We will delve into how each of us can contribute to the world around us, while taking care of ourselves and our individual needs. Each student will create a house for our feathered and flying friends with the 'village' to be showcased at a First Friday Artwalk at the Jace Romick Gallery.  This program is designed for 7th & 8th grade students. All materials provided. We will spend time both indoors and outside,  and be prepared to get messy.   

Limited to 12 spaces. When: September 3, 10, 17  & 24, 2024. 4-6 p.m. 

“When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard.”

-  Lakota Sioux Proverb.

You Out Loud invites you to join us for a three-day creative workshop immersed in nature. Students will go on a journey into the natural world to weave, build and decorate practical works of art. This program is designed for ages 10-13. All materials provided. Dress for the outdoors and be prepared to get messy.   

“To create one’s own world takes courage.” 

-  Georgia O’Keeffe

You Out Loud invites you to join us for a three-day creative workshop exploring the world around you. Students will work with mixed media to create pieces of art to reflect their own personality.  Our exploration will involve time inside and outdoors. This program is designed for ages 11-14. 

What if young people really could have their say and be heard on issues that matter? You can!  

Take part in a film-making project with professional producer, Kelly Anzalone, along with child and family therapist, Tina Harlow. This video project will be a window into how the world might look if youth had more input into bigger issues. Local teens can make an impact as a local extension of the World Hope Project. The film will be presented to the community upon completion. 

Make your own Podcast! Participants will explore the world of mixed media to create an audio exhibit to be shared on digital platforms and at the Tread of Pioneers Museum. What does it look like to grow up in Routt County? What is it like to be a teenager right now? Together we’ll create storyboards through journaling and interviewing a range of great people in our community. Using professional recording gear, we’ll tell our story and give others a chance to hear what it’s really like to be a Routt County teen by publishing a podcast. More details to come...

Time to think outside the box and unearth the many things that celebrate your individuality. Stretch your abstract mind and let your imagination run riot in a small setting. Why an octopus? Why not! 

Be part of a small group using an octopus as a metaphor for creativity, we will make individual pieces of art alongside a group sculpture to be showcased in a visual art show in March. Your art will be shown with artwork from the artists with You Out Loud. Based on the Netflix movie, My Octopus Teacher, we will explore what can make us happy, feel safe and accepted in our community. Artists Missy Borden and Suzi Mitchell. 

Join us for a 6 week art program focusing on both drawing and glass art. Participants will create a piece of glass that represents your unique individuality to remind you of your strengths and resiliency.  Project will be led by Missy Borden,  Jennifer Baker & Suzi Mitchell. 

Join us for an 8-week art program where you will dive deep into what makes you the person you are. Does what people see on the outside reflect the person within? We will explore the power of first impressions and observations led by a former profiler for the FBI, and we study portraiture with charcoal. Participants will create a life-size mural depicting each of us  in however we want to be portrayed. The mural will be displayed on Lincoln Avenue for one month after the sesssion ends. We will meet on Tuesdays at the Jace Romick Gallery from 6.30 - 8.30 p.m. Limited to 12 participants. Project will be led by Maggie Smith, Sandi Poltorak & Suzi Mitchell. 

Using meditation led by Jennifer Lynn as a springboard into the imagination, we will explore the world inside our minds to create fantasy art with drawing and painting. This is a four-week session with Suzi Mitchell and we will meet on Tuesdays at the Jace Romick Gallery from 6.30 - 8 p.m.   Limited to eight participants. 

Join us as we piece together a mosaic as a fundraiser for Advocates. Under the banner the art of survival we will collaborate on what that means for each of us, and fuse our stories into one wall piece to be auctioned. This is a six-week session and we will meet on Tuesdays at the Vital Art Creative Studio from 6.30 - 8 p.m.   Limited to eight participants.  9-12 grade students. Artists Maggie Smith & Suzi Mitchell. 

Join us for an afternoon retreat of self-care with yoga, vision boards, and mala making. Refreshments will be provided. Please bring water and a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. From 2-5pm on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Colorado Mountain College. Sarah Kostin & Suzi Mitchell will lead. 

For the month of October, join us and local seamstress, Gayle Dudley, to make your own Halloween costume. A selection of fabric and accessories will be available. Artists Brian Bonebrake and Suzi Mitchell will be on hand to help build the spooky backdrop for a seasonal party. Feel free to bring your own supplies if you have something special in mind. All Routt County residents ages 11-13 years old are welcome to register for this program for free for Boys & Girls Club members.

October Wednesdays at 4pm - 5:30pm at the Mary Brown Teen Center. 

An six-week project for Middle School aged students in Routt County. Students will meet once per week to explore their personal strengths and find out how strong we can be when we collaborate. We'll draw upon common interests and abilities to create a 3-D mosaic where individual art work will be united into one cohesive piece of art. Students will experiment with mixed media, led by Suzi Mitchell. Location at Steamboat Springs Middle School

Have you ever wished you could make your own clothing, but don’t know how? Are you tired of the wastage we see in our world? Join us for months of creativity to repurpose clothing and fabric donated by Deja Vu to make your own fashion line. Artist Brie Kole will guide the group through the steps of building a clothing collection which will be showcased in a fashion show and exhibit in the fall. We will meet weekly at the Boys and Girls Club Attic on Seventh Street in Steamboat Springs, on Thursday nights 6.30-8.30 p.m., with flexibility during the summer.   Led by Suzi Mitchell. No experience necessary. Ages 14-18. Free to participate.