top of page
  • Grey Facebook Icon
  • Grey Twitter Icon
  • Grey Instagram Icon
  • Trip Advisor

about  us

The Art Center of Estes Park was established in 1987 and offers an extensive collection of fine art including painting, photography, jewelry, ceramics, glass, fiber, and woodworking. In addition, we present opportunities for education in the visual arts, and act as an advocate and partner for community arts development.

​

This was the vision of several local artists, many of whom are still participating members. We are dedicated to education and excellence in the visual arts, and is operated through artist and community volunteers, membership, sales, and donations. Our mission is to provide a facility that supports and promotes regional artists; to present opportunities for education in the visual arts, and to act as an advocate and partner for community arts development.

 

The Center now represents local and regional artists from across the Rocky Mountain area. We feature the high-quality artwork of 40 local Colorado artists in a broad selection of media. Whether you’re searching for a large piece of fine art or photography to enhance your home, or the perfect gift of jewelry, fiber, pottery, or a notecard for a friend, we have it.

 

We feature a new exhibit approximately every six weeks, opened by a public reception featuring refreshments and entertainment.  We invite you to come and view these fine artists' work and to shop for additions to your home or business collections.

​

IMG_4626.jpeg

Member Artist

Cliff Austin

Cliff Austin is a graduate of Denver Institute of Technology and the Rocky Mountain School of Art. He lives and has his studio in Aurora, Colorado. He has been painting and illustrating since 1980 when he graduated from Rocky Mountain School of Art. He has affiliations with many Colorado art organizations such as the Pastel Society of Colorado, the Plein Air Artists of Colorado, the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionists Society. His work can be seen at the Art Center of Estes Park. The core of Cliff’s art is the relationship of light on shape using line and tone and color as it wraps and flows around the landscape and cityscape and figures. Colorful, Impressionistic, and sometimes very abstract are used to describe his work. He is an award-winning Colorado artist.

​

Artist’s Statement: "The subject is light and contrast. The fascination is in the way light pours, splashes, and wraps around everything we see and contrasts the everyday with the extraordinary."

​

Cliff Austin www.pastelsocietyofcolorado.org 

17806 E. Ada Dr. www.pleinairartistscolorado.com 

Aurora, CO 80017 www.americanimpressionistsociety.org 

720-401-3496 cell www.oilpaintersofamerica.com

Austin6.jpeg
Austin5.jpeg
Austin4.jpeg
Austin1.jpeg
Austin3.jpeg

Email:        cliffaustin@comcast.net

Austin headshot.jpeg

Seasons & Opening Hours 2026:

January 9 - May 14                         11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Friday through Monday

May 15 – October 15                     11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Daily

October 16 - December 21           11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Friday through Monday

Closed: April 5 (Easter); November 26 (Thanksgiving), December 22 -31.

970-586-5882

info@artcenterofestes.com

Find us in Middle Stanley Village, below

Safeway and upstairs from Subway.

Stanley Village Shopping Center

517 Big Thompson Ave, Unit 201,

Estes Park, Colorado 80517

Stay up to date:

© Copyright 2026

©2025 by Art Center of Estes Park

bottom of page