Current Exhibits

Cy Baird Gallery:

"Decked Out Skateboard Art Exhibit"

A GAC Gallery Fundraiser

September 5 - 27, 2025

Where skate culture meets the gallery walls — the GAC presents Decked Out, a unique fundraiser exhibition celebrating the creativity and spirit of our local skateboard community. All summer long, local skaters and artists have been transforming blank skateboard decks into one-of-a-kind works of art, blending street style with fine art flair.

Now, these custom decks take center stage in the Cy Baird Gallery this September, offering an exciting glimpse into the intersection of movement, culture, and creativity. Each piece will be available for purchase, with proceeds supporting the GAC’s mission to connect and inspire through the arts.

Celebrate art. Celebrate skate. Celebrate community.

Nancy Tredway Gallery:

"Through the Lens of Hugh Smith"

A B&W Photography Exhibit: Circa 1910

September 5 - 27, 2025

The Hugh Smith Collection offers a rare glimpse into Colorado’s mining era through the lens of Hugh Gordon Smith, born in Pitkin in 1887. Hugh pursued photography while his brother George worked as a teamster, hauling heavy mining equipment. Their extended family’s story is interwoven with the region’s mining history, from Edward’s work as a mining engineer and livery stable owner to his ownership of the first Cadillac in Colorado - captured in Hugh’s photographs. The negatives passed through generations, entrusted first to George, then to Daisy, and later to Velma and her son Donald Gibbs, who would ultimately safeguard them.

Donald rediscovered the shoebox of forgotten negatives after his mother’s passing, and with the help of photographer Ted Kurihara, had them digitized. His efforts not only revived the images but reconnected him with family in Colorado, including cousin Sandra Dolak of La Veta. In a generous act of preservation, Donald donated the Hugh Smith Collection to the Gunnison Arts Center, where these photographs now live on as more than historic images - they are a testament to family, migration, mining, and the enduring bonds that shape community and heritage.