The Patron’s Preview is an early choice event for committed art patrons. 30 to 40 Preview Patrons will deposit $2000 towards art, to attend the Preview, where our VIP artists will be in attendance.  

The Preview will present 150-250 top-shelf Invited Artist landscape paintings of local scenery for sale and approximately 150 juried Open Class paintings. We expect Invited Class paintings will range in price from $1,000 to $25,000 across a range of sizes.  We expect Open class paintings will range from $200 to $5000. 

Patron’s Preview Schedule - Friday August 11, 2023

CLICK HERE to attend remotely via Zoom

2-3 pm 

First Patrons* make first picks 

3 pm 

Patrons Preview opens with music, open bar, and complementary appetizers. 

3-4 pm    

Preview Patrons view the Invitational’s full Inventory. Patrons place their dots on paintings they wish to purchase.

4pm (sharp) 

Sales begin 

Any painting with one dot can be purchased at 4pm.  Elsewhere, a straw drawing begins at the painting with the most dots, working down until no multiple dot paintings remain. Dots can be added or removed by Patrons until straws are drawn. Then purchase is obligatory. 

7pm

The Patron’s Preview closes.

* Our First Patrons are the Invitational’s first Investors, who provided a total of $50,000 to be used to commit America’s leading landscape painters to create paintings in Crested Butte.  For their investment, First Patrons receive first choice and credit towards Invitational paintings.

The number of Preview Patrons will slide from 30-40 depending on how much art the event receives.  

150 Invited Artist paintings = 30 Preview Patrons           

250 Invited Artist paintings = 40 Preview Patrons

To learn more about the Patron's Preview or to participate, contact us at 970-349-5252 or [email protected]

Thank you to our partner

Center for the Arts in Crested Butte