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Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

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Western Colorado Center for the Arts

A regional arts center in Grand Junction known as The Art Center, with galleries, a permanent collection, classes, and a gift shop.

1803 N. 7th Street, Grand Junction, Colorado · Grand Junction, CO

About Western Colorado Center for the Arts

Known today as The Art Center of Western Colorado, this Grand Junction organization promotes art appreciation across the Western Slope. Its galleries show work by national artists alongside regional talent, and it holds a permanent collection made up mostly of regional Western art. Visitors can also browse a gift shop, and the center offers adult, teen, and youth classes, lectures, and seasonal fairs and events.

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