BIFA 2023 Program

BRECKENRIDGE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS

AUGUST 11–20, 2023

ADVENTURE + CREATIVITY + PLAY

BIFA is a 10-day celebration of Adventure + Creativity + Play. Local, national and international artist talent and organizations, both traditional and unconventional, mingle together to create an eclectic mix of music, dance, film, visual arts and family entertainment. Throughout the festival, Breck Create produces dozens of events across the Town of Breckenridge’s cultural venues, public parks, trails and open spaces. The festival begins on Friday, August 11, 2023, runs through Sunday, August 20, 2023, and includes ticketed performances, art installations in addition to art classes and workshops with dozens of opportunities for free, family-friendly experiences. Learn more at breckcreate.org/bifa.

“This ten-day long celebration of art in all forms inspired by themes of environment and mountain culture is packed with options.”

– Thrillist Denver

DAILY SCHEDULE BIFA 2023

Outdoor events are subject to weather delays or cancellations, and all end times are approximate. Event locations are detailed on page 42.

FRI, AUG 11

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 01

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

10am Guided Mindfulness Hike Moonstone Trail

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

Old Masonic Hall

11am Soft Gaze Artist Talk with Camille Hoffman Moonstone Trail

12–5pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent

Blue River Plaza

4–7pm AirStage Summer Après ft. Manycolors Ridge Street Arts Square

6–8:30pm Beginner Mosaics + Grouting

7:30pm An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

SAT, AUG 12

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 02

9am–12pm Edible Foraging + Cooking

10am–1pm Concrete Jams: Skate + Jazz

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

12–5pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Riverwalk Center

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

CMC Breckenridge + Old Masonic Hall

Breckenridge Skate Park

Old Masonic Hall

Blue River Plaza

2–3pm Mini Skateboards Quandary Antiques Cabin

3:30–4:30pm Nature Collages

6–8pm Mala Making

SUN, AUG 13

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 03

9am–2pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent

9am Guided Mindfulness Hike (Bilingual)

10am–1pm Concrete Jams: Skate + Jazz

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

2–3pm Mini Skateboards

2–5pm Drop In Indigo Dying

MON, AUG 14

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 04

9am–12pm BIFA Half-Day (AM) Art Camp

10am Guided Mindfulness Hike (Ages 12–18)

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

1–4pm BIFA Half-Day (PM) Art Camp

6pm Wonder Hour 01 ft. NRO Chamber Ensemble

TUE, AUG 15

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 05

9am–12pm BIFA Half-Day (AM) Art Camp

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

1–4pm BIFA Half-Day (PM) Art Camp

6pm Wonder Hour 02 ft. NRO Chamber Ensemble

Randall Barn

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

Blue River Plaza

Illinois Creek Trail

Breckenridge Skate Park

Old Masonic Hall

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Robert Whyte House

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Illinois Creek Trail

Old Masonic Hall

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Old Masonic Hall

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Old Masonic Hall

Quandary Antiques Cabin

Old Masonic Hall

WED, AUG 16

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 06

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

9am–12pm BIFA Half-Day (AM) Art Camp Quandary Antiques Cabin

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

11am Family Concert: Schick Machine

Old Masonic Hall

Riverwalk Center

1–4pm BIFA Half-Day (PM) Art Camp Quandary Antiques Cabin

5pm Circa Teaser Blue River Plaza

5:30–8pm Wire Wrapped Jewelry Randall Barn

6pm Wonder Hour 03 ft. Kate Hatmaker + Alex Greenbaum Old Masonic Hall

7:30pm Schick Machine Riverwalk Center

THU, AUG 17

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

8am Acoustic Flow 07 Riverwalk Lawn

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

Old Masonic Hall

5pm Circa Teaser Blue River Plaza

6pm Wonder Hour 04: Sharon Louden Artist Talk

Old Masonic Hall

6–8:30pm Clay Hand Building Ceramic Studio

6–8:30pm Beginner Glassblowing Hot Shop

7:30pm Exuberant Moderns: A Gallery Guide

Riverwalk Center to the Modern Concert Stage

FRI, AUG 18

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 08

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

12–5pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent

4–6pm Wildcrafted Mocktails

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

Old Masonic Hall

Blue River Plaza

Old Masonic Hall

4pm–7pm AirStage Summer Après ft. Circa Ridge Street Arts Square

6pm Wonder Hour 05: ft. Chirp! Old Masonic Hall

6–8pm Glass Fused Jewelry Hot Shop

SAT, AUG 19

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

8am Acoustic Flow 09

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

Riverwalk Lawn

9am–2pm All Ages Pick-A-Project Quandary Antiques Cabin

10am Chirp! ft. The Waulking Trio

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

Illinois Creek Trail

Old Masonic Hall

11am Youth Circus Workshop by Circa Riverwalk Lawn

11:30am–12:30pm Bird Whistles Fuqua Livery Stable

12–5pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent Blue River Plaza

1pm Chirp! ft. The Waulking Trio Illinois Creek Trail

1:30pm Glowtown: Youth Workshop with Sharon Louden South Branch Library

7:30pm What Will Have Been by Circa

SUN, AUG 20

All Day Trail Mix: Soft Gaze

Riverwalk Center

Illinois Creek, Iowa Hill and Moonstone Trails

8am Acoustic Flow 10 Riverwalk Lawn

9am–2pm BIFA Info + Craft Tent Blue River Plaza

10am Chirp! ft. The Waulking Trio Illinois Creek Trail

10am–8pm Barriers to Entry by Sharon Louden

Old Masonic Hall

11:30am–12:30pm Bird Whistles Fuqua Livery Stable

1pm Chirp! ft. The Waulking Trio Illinois Creek Trail

1:30pm Glowtown: Youth Workshop with Sharon Louden South Branch Library

2–5pm Drop In Indigo Dying

Robert Whyte House

SEEK WONDER

At Breck Create, we believe art has the power to unite communities and bridge cultures. We strive to create an inclusive space for all to immerse themselves in the wonders of art, nature and community.

BIFA offers something for everyone, from thought-provoking outdoor exhibitions to daring live performances. You can catch this year’s resident artist, Circa Contemporary Circus, live on multiple occasions (including free teaser performances) while kids can register for their youth circus workshop. Both Circa and BIFA are renowned for blurring the lines between disciplines; this year’s BIFA features a few fun combinations such as skateboarding and jazz along with art and nature.

Thanks to our community’s generous support, BIFA has become a premier international festival celebrating culture and environmentalism. Each year, we invite exceptional artists who embrace curiosity, playfulness and collaboration from all corners of the world. Their convergence of talent upon Breckenridge creates a truly unique and unforgettable experience in an equally unique and unforgettable location.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2023 Breckenridge International Festival of Arts. We hope your experience is no less than extraordinary.

Tamara Nuzzaci Park President + CEO, Breck Create

FEATURED PERFORMANCES

Thursday, Aug 17

WHAT

Saturday, Aug 19

7:30pm

LIVE EVENT

CONCRETE JAMS: SKATE + JAZZ FT. JORDYN BARRATT, MANYCOLORS + DJ MIKEY THUNDER

Saturday, Aug 12 + Sunday, Aug 13 • 10am • All Ages • Free

Produced in partnership with the Breckenridge Recreation Center

COMMUNITY EVENT

GUIDED MINDFULNESS HIKES

Friday, Aug 11 • 10am • Moonstone Trail • All Ages + Artist Talk

Sunday, Aug 13 • 9am • Illinois Creek Trail • All Ages, Bilingual

Monday, Aug 14 • 10am • Illinois Creek Trail • Ages 12–18

Free With Registration

Produced in partnership with Blue Iguana Productions + Building Hope

YOUTH PROGRAM

BIFA ART CAMPS

Monday, Aug 14–Wednesday, Aug 16 • 9am–12pm

Monday, Aug 14–Wednesday, Aug 16 • 1pm–4pm

$105–$140

Produced in partnership with the National Repertory Orchestra

PERFORMANCE

SCHICK MACHINE FAMILY CONCERT

Wednesday, Aug 16 • 11am • Free With Registration

CLASS/WORKSHOP

YOUTH CIRCUS WORKSHOP BY CIRCA

Saturday, Aug 19 • 11am • Free With Registration

CLASS/WORKSHOP

GLOWTOWN:

YOUTH WORKSHOP WITH SHARON LOUDEN

Saturday, Aug 19 + Sunday, Aug 20 • 1:30pm • $15

BIFA 2023 RESIDENT ARTIST

Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the world’s leading performance companies. Since 2004, from its base in Brisbane, Australia, Circa has toured the world - performing in more than 40 countries to over 1.5 million people. Circa’s works have been greeted with standing ovations, rave reviews and sold-out houses across six continents.

PERFORMANCES + WORKSHOPS

An Evening With

FRAN LEBOWITZ

Author, Journalist + Social Observer

FRIDAY, AUG 11 • 7:30PM • RIVERWALK CENTER • $60–$70 RES

Fran Lebowitz will be the guest of an onstage interview, followed by 60 minutes of audience questions. A book signing will follow in the lobby with Next Page Books & Nosh.

“The gold standard for intelligence, efficiency and humor. Now and forever.” — David Sedaris

Her essays and interviews offer her acerbic views on current events and the media – as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, after-shave lotion, adults who roller skate, children who speak French or anyone who is unduly tan. The New York Times Book Review calls Lebowitz an “important humorist in the classic tradition.” Purveyor of urban cool, Lebowitz is a cultural satirist whom many call the heir to Dorothy Parker.

Lebowitz on special interest groups: “Specialinterest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.”

Lebowitz on frankness: “Spilling your guts is exactly as charming as it sounds.”

Lebowitz on herself: “Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.”

This is Lebowitz off the cuff. Her writing — pointed, taut and economical — is equally forthright, irascible and unapologetically opinionated.

Lebowitz worked odd jobs, such as taxi driving, belt peddling and apartment cleaning (“with a small specialty in Venetian blinds”), before being hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for Interview. That was followed by a stint at Mademoiselle. Her first book, a collection of essays titled Metropolitan Life, was a bestseller, as was a second collection, Social Studies. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking and waggish, Lebowitz’s prose is wickedly entertaining. Her two books are collected in The Fran Lebowitz Reader, with a new preface by the author. The Fran Lebowitz Reader has been published in nine languages including French, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. In 2021 it was published for the first time

in the United Kingdom and became a bestseller Lebowitz is also the author of the children’s book, Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas.

Between 2001 to 2007, Lebowitz had a recurring role as Judge Janice Goldberg on the television drama Law & Order. She also had a part in the Martin Scorsese-directed film, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). A raconteur if ever there was one, Lebowitz has long been a regular on various talk shows including those hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien and Bill Maher. In an interview with the Paris Review, Lebowitz said “I’m not a nervous person. I’m not afraid to be on TV. I’m only afraid when I write. When I’m at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.”

She can also be seen in various documentary films including the American Experience series on New York City, as well as Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016), Regarding Susan Sontag (2014), and Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990), among others. In 2010 Martin Scorsese directed a documentary about Lebowitz for HBO titled Public Speaking. A limited documentary series, Pretend It’s a City, also directed by Martin Scorsese, premiered on Netflix in 2021, and was nominated for the 2021 Emmys in the Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series category. In 2021 she was awarded the Forte dei Marmi Festival della Satira Lifetime Achievement Award and was a 2021 Foreign Press Honorary Awardee – an award given by the Foreign Press Correspondents Association & Club USA.

Lebowitz was named to Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 2008. She remains a style icon. Lebowitz lives in New York City, as she does not believe that she would be allowed to live anywhere else.

In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators.

ACOUSTIC FLOW

DAILY, AUG 11–20 • 8AM

RIVERWALK LAWN • FREE WITH REGISTRATION

These 60-minute morning classes combine music, nature and wellness along the relaxing shores of the Blue River.

Produced in partnership with Blue Iguana Productions and Building Hope Summit County.

BUILDINGHOPE SUMMIT COUNTY

AUG 11–SEPT 4 • FREE

MOONSTONE, ILLINOIS CREEK + IOWA HILL TRAILS

OUTDOORS

Camille Hoffman is the featured artist for the 2023 Trail Mix series. Trail Mix combines art and nature, with hikers and bikers following a trail to an art installation. Soft Gaze reimagines gold as an ancestral symbol for interdimensional vision and protection. It is a meditation on the sacred nature of this precious metal, as well as the notorious social and environmental impact that greed from gold mining has had on Indigenous lands of the Philippines and Colorado.

Produced in partnership with Breckenridge Open Space + Trails

ARTIST TALK

FRIDAY, AUG 11 • 11AM • MOONSTONE TRAIL • FREE WITH REGISTRATION

GUIDED MINDFULNESS HIKES

Immerse yourself in the healing powers of art and nature on these excursions featuring Breckenridge International Festival of Arts Trail Mix art installation, Soft Gaze by Camille Hoffman. Soft Gaze invites an eye-to-eye meeting between forest and humans, as well as an offering of appreciation and protection from unnatural cycles of destruction. Mindfulness expert, Leslie Glenn, guides participants through personal reflection and creates meaningful conversations centered in mental health and wellbeing along the trail. In partnership with Building Hope Summit County.

FRIDAY, AUG 11 • 10AM • MOONSTONE TRAIL • ALL AGES • + ARTIST TALK

SUNDAY, AUG 13 • 9AM • ILLINOIS CREEK TRAIL • ALL AGES • BILINGUAL

MONDAY, AUG 14 • 10AM • ILLINOIS CREEK TRAIL • AGES 12 – 18

TRAILHEAD DIRECTIONS

Take the three trails below to see Soft Gaze. The free exhibition can be viewed daily, Friday, August 11th through Monday, September 4th.

ILLINOIS CREEK TRAIL

From Blue River Plaza, travel south on Main Street. Turn left on Boreas Pass Road. The Stephen C. West Ice Arena will be on the right. The trailhead is located at the far east end of the arena’s parking lot.

Trail Difficulty: Beginner

IOWA HILL TRAIL

From Blue River Plaza, travel north on Main Street. At the roundabout, continue north on Highway 9. At the second stoplight, turn left onto Valley Brook Road and then turn right onto Airport Road. Travel 0.25 miles and the trailhead will be on the left directly after the Public Works facilities. Parking is available in the dirt lot.

Trail Difficulty: Intermediate

MOONSTONE TRAIL

From Blue River Plaza, travel south on Main Street. Turn left on Adams Avenue for three blocks and then take a right onto Harris Street. Follow Harris to Carter Park. The trail begins on the east side of the parking area.

Trail Difficulty: Advanced

COMMUNITY EVENT

CONCRETE JAMS

SKATE + JAZZ FT. JORDYN BARRATT MANYCOLORS + DJ MIKEY THUNDER

OUTDOORS

Skateboarding and jazz collide in unexpected ways. This 360-degree immersion showcases the art of improvisation in both music and sport, offering the bowl as bandstand. Manycolors will perform during these events.

Concrete Jams features professional skateboarder Jordyn Barrett. Barrett is one of the inaugural U.S. Skateboarding National Team Members. She qualified for and competed at the 2022 Tokyo Olympic Games in the Women’s Park division. In partnership with the Breckenridge Recreation Center.

SCHICK MACHINE

WEDNESDAY, AUG 16 • RIVERWALK CENTER

11AM • FAMILY CONCERT • FREE WITH REGISTRATION

7:30PM • PAY WHAT YOU CAN

The sound of a summer storm’s distant thunder and the rain on the roofthe memory of the late night sound of his mother’s typewriter down the hall - these compel the sound collector and sonic inventor Laslo Klangfarben to attempt the creation of the Schick Machine, a wondrous mechanical device that consumes his every waking and dreaming moment. A giant motorized hurdy gurdy, a deconstructed pipe organ and an array of spinning and thrashing metal machines that seem almost to be alive - these devices and more fill the basement workshop of our possibly mad and possibly genius inventor as he nears the completion of his giant instrument that he believes can reconcile the past and the future. He thinks: “Theoretically it’s sound. It’s sound, theoretically, it’s sound.”

Generously Underwritten by Paul Finkel + Barbara Strauss

Collaboratively created by a multi-disciplinary team, Schick Machine features percussionist Schick exploring a visually compelling world of mechanical devices, invented instruments and seemingly infinite sonic possibilities. He occupies a stage filled with large scale invented instruments, drawing the audience into a magical place filled with creative potential. The audience quickly relinquishes its expectations about what an instrument should look like, how it should be played, and what sounds it can make, and is enticed into a sonorous world of continual aural and visual surprises. Schick Machine has been created specifically to appeal to a broad range of audiences including families, youth and students and senior citizens.

“The sounds are fresh and surprising... Schick’s playing is often mind-blowing.”

THE PAUL DRESHER ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION OF SCHICK MACHINE COLLABORATIVELY CREATED BY PAUL DRESHER COMPOSER, INSTRUMENT INVENTOR AND BUILDER

STEVEN SCHICK PERFORMER/PERCUSSIONIST

RINDE ECKERT DIRECTOR/WRITER

MATT HECKERT MECHANICAL SOUND ARTIST

DANIEL SCHMIDT INSTRUMENT INVENTOR & BUILDER

TOM ONTIVEROS LIGHTING & PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Paul Dresher Ensemble Production of Schick Machine is exclusively represented by Bernstein Artists, Inc. bernsarts.com

The Los Angeles Times Artist bios + more info

EXUBERANT MODERNS: A GALLERY GUIDE TO THE MODERN CONCERT STAGE

THURSDAY, AUG 17 • 7:30PM

RIVERWALK CENTER • PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Written, Narrated, and Conducted by Steven Schick

Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)

Octandre

Piet Mondrian’s “Broadway Boogie-Woogie” (1943) and Willem de Kooning’s elegiac “Whose Name was Writ on Water” (1975)

Niloufar Nourbakhsh (b. 1992)

Veiled (2018)

Jessamyn Fry, cello

Julie Mehretu “Empirical Construction, Istanbul” (2003)

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (b. 1977)

Ro (2013)

Olafur Eliasson’s “Compass for Sound of Ice” (2022)

Lou Harrison (1917-2003)

Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra (1959)

Henry Jenkins, violin

Georgia O’Keeffe “Blue and Green Music” (1921); Peter Terezakis

“Sacred Sky Sacred Earth Pacific Meditation” (2012)

COMMUNITY EVENT

RIDGE STREET ARTS SQUARE

Hike, bike or bus to the Breckenridge Arts District to enjoy outdoor drafts, crafts and BIFA performing artists on the AirStage. Bring a picnic blanket, grab dinner to go and let the kids play on the lawn while you catch up with friends and family. Well-behaved pups on leashes are welcome!

MANYCOLORS FT. SHANE ENDSLEY AUG 11 • 4–7PM • FREE

CIRCA CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS AUG 18 • 4–7PM • FREE

COMMUNITY ART PROJECT

Swing by the Robert Whyte House during the event to join Artist-InResidence Mary Robinson in creating a community fiber art project from repurposed materials.

PRECIOUS PLASTIC COLLECTION EVENT

Bring your clean, label-free #1, #2, #5, and #6 plastic to Fuqua Livery Stable to be used in a future art project.

WHAT WILL HAVE BEEN

BY CIRCA

Created by Yaron Lifschitz with the Circa Ensemble

SATURDAY, AUG 19 • 7:30PM • RIVERWALK CENTER

$45/$55/$65 ($25 STUDENT)

Three circus artists and a violinist stretch the boundaries of contemporary circus in this intimate and deeply moving production by Brisbane-based contemporary circus company Circa.

Hauntingly beautiful and truly virtuosic, What Will Have Been is a sublime display of interlocking bodies, awe-inspiring movement and pure physical beauty. Circa’s intrepid artists will challenge your perceptions of what is possible within the human body and draw you deep into a world of physical daring.

Accompanied on stage by a live violinist and fusing together the music of Bach and Philip Glass as well as spine-tingling electronica, this explosive production is guaranteed to tug at your heartstrings and have you on the edge of your seat.

Jamie Williams

DIRECTOR YARON LIFSCHITZ

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & CO-LIGHTING DESIGN JASON ORGAN

CO-LIGHTING DESIGNER RICHARD CLARKE

COSTUME DESIGN LIBBY MCDONNELL

VIOLIN KATE HATMAKER

ALLEN MOON/DAVID LIEBERMAN ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVES USA, CANADA, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

A Norfolk and Norwich Festival and La Teatreria (Mexico) commission. Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

Read more + artists bios

“…an evocative narrative of physical and emotional resonance.”

–Arts and Ideas, USA

PERFORMANCE

CHIRP!

FT. THE WAULKING TRIO

SATURDAY, AUG 19 + SUNDAY, AUG 20 • 10AM + 1PM

ILLINOIS CREEK TRAIL • FREE WITH REGISTRATION

Chirp! is a musical installation and vocal soundscape performed along a trail. The Waulking Trio reimagines traditional folk music from Scotland, Ireland and the Balkans and performs their own contemporary compositions using vocal harmonies, fiddle, cello, banjo and guitar. Ensemble: Joy Adams, Kali Paguirigan and Enion Pelta-Tiller.

ILLINOIS CREEK TRAILHEAD DIRECTIONS

From Blue River Plaza, travel south on Main Street. Turn left on Boreas Pass Road. The Stephen C. West Ice Arena will be on the right. The trailhead is located at the far east end of the arena’s parking lot. Trail Difficulty: Beginner

Soft Gaze, a free outdoor exhibition by Camille Hoffman, is on view during these performance. Learn more on Page 22.

SHARON LOUDEN:

Barriers to Entry is a new exhibition at Breck Create by New Yorkbased artist, Sharon Louden. This site-specific, abstract installation uses different types of media to shape colorful and reflective forms that symbolize spaces made difficult to enter, especially to women and other underrepresented individuals in mountain communities.

Sharon Louden is an artist, educator, advocate for artists, editor of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books. She is a visionary leader with decades of experience as an educator in academia, community builder and catalyst connecting underrepresented artists with established institutions, and collaborator by convening initiatives with siloed stakeholders across the non-profit and business sectors.

ARTIST TALK

THURSDAY, AUG 17 • 6PM • OLD MASONIC HALL • FREE

JUN 3–SEP 3 • OLD MASONIC HALL • FREE Read

WONDER HOUR

MONDAY, AUG 14–FRIDAY, AUG 18 • 6PM

OLD MASONIC HALL

$15 (INCLUDES ONE FREE DRINK)

GA - STANDING ROOM ONLY

Join festival artists for 30-minute talks and performances in an intimate setting anchored by Sharon Louden’s exhibition, Barriers to Entry. This site-specific, abstract installation uses different types of media to shape colorful and reflective forms that symbolize spaces made difficult to enter, especially to women and other underrepresented individuals in mountain communities.

In Partnership with National Repertory Orchestra. Made possible in part by Mountain Comfort Furnishings & Design and Beaver Run Resort & Conference Center

PERFORMANCES + ARTIST TALK

EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVITY

BIFA offers participatory classes and immersive art experiences for everyone, from free nature-inspired art classes to acrobatic workshops with Circa’s contemporary circus artists. Ignite your imagination at any of these weekend offerings:

INFO + CRAFT TENT

Sponsored by: Creative Oasis Coaching

FRIDAYS • 12–5PM • FREE

SATURDAYS • 12–5PM • FREE

SUNDAYS • 9AM–2PM • FREE

NATURE + BIFA INSPIRED CLASSES

FRIDAYS–SUNDAYS • VARIOUS TIMES - SEE DAILY SCHEDULE ON PAGES 6–9 • FREE

GLOWTOWN:

YOUTH WORKSHOP WITH SHARON LOUDEN

Glowtown is an art-making workshop that develops individual creativity and teamwork within a community-building environment. By using everyday, simple, cast-away materials, along with the magic of glow-in-the-dark paint, participants come together to invent a fantastical world that never existed before!

To see all BIFA classes and workshops

ARTS DISTRICT CAMPUS

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Car-free is the way to be, when getting around Breckenridge. Avoid the hassle of traffic, finding an available space, and paying to park. There are many great alternative transportation options, so you don't need to use a personal vehicle to get around.

Breck Free Ride: The Free Ride can get you anywhere you need to go around Breckenridge. It is dog-friendly and is equipped with bike racks. Visit breckfreeride.com for more information and our current bus schedule.

Breck E-Ride: The community e-bikeshare network for getting around Breckenridge! A “hub-to-hub” transportation system designed for short, one-way trips for commuting, running errands, or connecting to transit. Can only be used for trips within Breckenridge. Available May 20 - Oct 31st. breckeride.com

Colorado CarShare: EV CAR SHARE We get it. There may still be circumstances where using a car is necessary. There are two Colorado Car Share EVs conveniently located in the South Gondola Parking Garage, which you can reserve up to 4 months in advance. Reserve the vehicles to use for as little as 15 minutes or up to multiple days. carshare.org

ABOUT BRECK CREATE

Breck Create aims to build a dynamic, year-round creative community in Breckenridge. The organization’s mission is to deliver inspiring creative experiences that enrich the quality of life for all residents and quality of place for visitors. Breck Create supports and serves artists, creatives, cultural enthusiasts, visitors and the community at large by providing a year-round schedule of performances, exhibitions, screenings, art classes and workshops as well as other engagement opportunities.

The organization maintains, manages and operates the Town of Breckenridge’s exceptional cultural facilities and also hosts arts-based events in public gathering spaces throughout Breckenridge. Breck Create’s core attractions are the Riverwalk Center–a 750-seat, heated, indoor performance venue–and a lively Arts District campus of renovated historic structures that now function as studio spaces for art classes and workshops. These structures also include affordable rentals for local artists and visiting artists-inresidence participants. The Breckenridge Arts District is a certified district within the Colorado Creative Industries Creative District program.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Martin Inglis, Chair

Ken Nelson, Secretary

Bill Taylor, Treasurer

Howard Carver

Jill Desmond

Laura Dziedzic

Jose Espino

Geri Gasperut

Rick Holman

(Town Manager, Town of Breckenridge)

Elisabeth Lawrence

Todd Rankin (Breckenridge Town Council)

Tamara Nuzzaci Park, ex officio

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Tamara Nuzzaci Park

President + CEO

Neal Kerr

Senior Director of Theaters + Technology

Susan Lyon

Senior Director of Finance + Administration

Avery Glassman

Director of Programs + Special Projects

Karlie McLaughlin

Senior Director of External Relations

Ken Miller

Director of Production

Tor Linzee

Director of Marketing

Drea Edwards

Arts Education Manager

Rob Phipps

Facilities Manager + Lead Preparator

Rebecca Campos

Patron Services Manager

Emily Carlson

Patron Services Coordinator

Micaela Cadungog

Programs Coordinator

Austin Maffei

Technical Services Coordinator

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS

BreckCreate gratefully acknowledges support from its generous donors. The listing below reflects donations received from Aug 6, 2022 through June 1, 2023.

$10,000+

Sue and Howard Carver

Laura and Jerry Dziedzic

Paul Finkel and Barbara Strauss

Martin Inglis

Elizabeth McKenna

Mary Jane and Hans Wurster

$2,500-$9,999

Robbie and Ted Beaty

Jose Espino

Geri and Louis Gasperut

Nils Nelson

Margaret and Tim O’Neal

Louise and Steve Slater

Marilyn and William Taylor

Janey and Russ Trowbridge

Karen and Jim Warrick

$1,000-$2,499

Debra and Jim Anderson Arrow Insurance Management Inc.

Cathy and Dick Carleton

Jo Marie and George Dancik

Susan Propper and Don Danker

Maggie and Wally Ducayet

Sarah and John Finn

Jonathan and Robin Gear

Francinelee Hand and David Siegal

Janet and Mike Hebert

Joann and John Johnson

Sandy and Hans Kuschnerus

Helen Lemay

Diane and Robert Lowe

Michael Molloy

Thomas Redd

Jason Rodon and Leslie Ross

Kate and Paul Seavey

Sheri and Todd Suko

Sharon and Jeff Weeden

$500-$999

Peggy and Doug Brown

Nancy Held and Garth Butterfield

Jill Desmond and Mitch Melichar

Beth and Neil Groundwater

Anthony Jones

Pamela and Jack O’Neil

Beth and Josh Roach

Kathy and Alan Sonnanstine

Wendy and Jack Wolfe

$250-$499

Sue and Martin Carter

Debra Edwards

Deborah and Ted Gaensbauer

Joel High

Miriam and Harold Hudson

Felice Huntley

Molly Lee

Barbara and Peter Lemis

Dori and Dennis Loepp

Rachelle Mcbride

Christopher O’Reilly

Tamara Nuzzaci and Jin Park

Barbara and Todd Rankin

Jean and John Sherman

Brooke Whittemore

Ann and Layton Wilson

$50-$249

Suzanne Adams

James and Lorraine Adams

Wendi Alexander

Celia Alicata

Jane Allaman

Greg Allen

Shane Amante

Marilyn Anderson

Sharon Anderson

Cindy Baker

Andria Barberi

Kimberly Bauer

Nancy Becker

Jill Benbow

Joseph Bertone

Kathryn and Peter Bielinski

Maggie Bigelow

Mike Billinghurst

Mark Binstock

Joshua Blanchard

Anna Boeck

Nicole Boege

Bonnie and Mike Bogen

Tom Bonfili

Nadia Borovich

Kevin Briley

John Broker

Susan Burkey

Lisa Bush

Michelle and Greg Bushey

Kathryn Califf

Sue Carlson

Christine Chittick

Elaine Collins

Susie Cone

John Conley

Teresa Cope

Susan Cortright

Jennifer Couture

Carol Craig

Bradford Davey

Suzanne and Jim Davis

Carolyn and Robert Deal

Maegan DePriest

Mimi Derose

Chuck Desmoineaux

Diana and Don Dettmering

Andrea and Steve Diamond

Dak Dice

Janet Dickinson

Natalia DiZebba

Liz Donahue

Bernadette Dotson

Pamela Dumonceau

Helen Earley

Carol Eaton

Beth and Jesse Eisenman

Ann Erickson

Amy and John Evans

Linda Ewald

Fara Fadler

Paul Fisher

Debra Fox and Jules Rosen

Candace Galen

Ashley Garrison

Susan and David Geiger

Thomas Gibson

Lili Girodie

Megan Gleason

Daria Glock

Ashley Goldberg

Cynthia and Ben Gordon

Mariquita Gordon

Bonnie Goren

Judy and Fred Green

Mat Groh

Myron Gutmann

Ruby Halpern

Kat Hammer

Carol Hanigan

Meagan Harris

Ann Harris

Christine Harris

Alan Harter

Darice Henritze

Susan Hess

Kendra Hilliard

Lori Hodel

Janet and William Hodge

Rick Holman

Linda Hooks

Laurie Huggins

Emilia Hull

Claire Jain

Jill Jeffery and Steve Levy

Rebecca Johnson

Madi Johnson

Danese Joyce

Rita Kaufhold

Julie Kenfield

Cecile and Neal Kerr

Amanda Kochevar

David Krapf

Lorrie Kueffer

Karen Langsley

Zach Lansford

Bonnie and Kent Lattig

Tim Lawler

Emily Lawless

Elisabeth Lawrence and Ryan Scholl

Joan Lawson

Annika Ledbetter

Christina Lee

Joanne LePere

James Letson

David Levinson

Jill Jeffery and Steve Levy

Robin Lewarton

Janis Light

Ivete Liliensteins

Nick Lines

Christina Lorentson

Donna Lorson

Jim Mack

Anamarie and Jeffrey Maltzman

Beth Marcer

Jason Margulies

Hannah May

Aileen McCormick

Carolyn and Allen McDonald

Meredith Mckissock

Sally and Jerry Mcnamara

Kathleen Megginson

Marie Meintz

Laura Mena

Jennifer Merkel

Jo Mingle

Kaaren Mirk

Ben Morgan

Virginia Morrison

Danielle Morrison

Katherine Murphy

Ashley Nalle

Jennifer Nettles

Allison Olenginski

Bill Orisich

Lacie Overman

Debbie and Bill Pain

Emily Paltzer

Mary Pape

John Parke

Lauren Parker

Craig Perrinjaquet

Christine Pittman

Gardner Popp

David Porter

Mallory Ray

Nanacy and Lawrence

Raymond

Jane and Dennis Reisinger

Bree Reza

Michele Richards

Gail Richardson

Garren Riechel

John Ring

Lindsay Riggs

Kim Rizzo

Evelyn Rogers

Ariella Rogge

Becca Jane Rosko

Mark Rubinstein

Kate Ruth

Leah Rybak

Lisa Sarno

Karla Schapansky

Hannah Schneider

Terra Scovil

Helenann Shapiro

Ron Shelton

Emma Shetter

Jessica Short

Sara Simonson

Gregory and Renee Simpson

Harold Smith

Denise and David Snipes

William Snyder

Pat Spitzmiller

Adam Stepansky

Stasia Stockwell

Jacqueline Stone

Justin Stone

Trish Streicher

Rosey Stuurmans

Claire Sullivan

Gary Tate

Pat and John Taylor

Lance Thatcher

Everett and Edwina Thomas

Jeannette Thompson

Terri Tilliss

Becky Tomasek

Erinn Torres

Carlyle Upson

Joyce and John Paul Van de Kerkhove

Fiona Van Reisen

Thomas VanMatre

Fiona Vanreisen

Amy Voida

Lorri Voss

Jennifer and Patrick Welch

Carole and Paul Weller

Anna Whelan

Helen White

Kevin Wilhelm

Beverly Willms

Ashly Wolicki

Amy Wood

Donald Wrenn

Wendy Wyatt

Basilia Yao

Margot Yeager

Carol Yoss

Susan and Austin Young

Bev Young

Janet Young

Stephanie Zukowski

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Hours of Operation: Tue–Sun 10am–5pm

Riverwalk Center, 150 W. Adams Ave, Breckenridge, CO 80424

Hours of Operation: Open on event day 3 hours prior to and 30 minutes after event start time.

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Breck Create is grateful to the many organizations who contribute time, talent, expertise and in-kind contributions and financial support to making our programming available and accessible to the community.

GOVERNMENT + FOUNDATION SPONSORS

CORPORATE SPONSORS

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PROGRAM PARTNERS

Blue Iguana Productions

Breckenridge Backstage Theater

Breckenridge Film

Breckenridge History

Breckenridge Open Space + Trails

Breckenridge Recreation Center

Breckenridge Tourism Office

Broken Compass Brewery

Building Hope Summit County

Family Intercultural Resource Center

Metro State University:

Chicano Humanities Arts Council

Meta Yoga

Mexican Cultural Center

Mountain Dreamers

National Repertory Orchestra

Next Page Books + Nosh

Redline Contemporary Art Center

Summit County South Branch Library

Summit County Youth + Family Services

Summit School District

The Cycle Effect

Town of Breckenridge Recreation Center

Town of Breckenridge Open Space + Trails