Grand Junction Creates
Experiences
Everything the Creative District puts on, from a sculpture exhibition that has run since 1984 to a music night on the porches around downtown.
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Art on the Corner
An outdoor sculpture exhibition on Main Street since August 5, 1984, when ten area sculptors put up twenty-four pieces. New work is juried in every year and the permanent collection is maintained between shows.
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First Fridays
An art walk and gallery tour on the first Friday of the month. Work hangs in galleries and in local businesses, and it stays up for the whole month rather than the evening.
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Porchella
Free music in the neighborhoods around downtown, on the same Saturday as the Downtown Art Festival. The second annual Porchella ran on October 5, 2024.
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Downtown Art Festival
Listed by the district. A description has not been published.
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Walls in the Wild
Listed by the district. A description has not been published.
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Sculpted Words
Listed by the district. A description has not been published.
Programs
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Space to Create
Listed by the district. A description has not been published.
Art on the Corner, Since 1984
Art on the Corner started in 1984, when Dave Davis gathered ten area sculptors and put twenty-four pieces on Main Street. Exxon had left the Western Slope two years before and downtown had emptied out; the sculpture was the answer to that, and it is still there.
In its fortieth year the exhibit took twenty-two new sculptures, juried by Justin Squier and by George Turner, one of the founding sculptors.