This juried exhibition of Larimer and Weld County artists celebrates the broad creativity in our Northern Colorado community.

Juried by Beth Venn, Executive Director, Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, University of Wyoming. Before she became executive director of the Neltje Center, Venn served as the founding executive director of KinoSaito, a multidisciplinary art center and artist residency program in the lower Hudson Valley in New York.

She has held curatorial positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Newark Museum. Venn has consulted for museums, performing art centers and public libraries on strategic planning and program development, and she advises community-based arts nonprofits. She also serves on the board of the Wyoming Arts Alliance.

A native of northern Illinois, she received her bachelor’s degree in art history at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. After relocating to the Northeast, Venn completed a master’s degree in art history at the University of Delaware.