2022 Community Snow Drawing
- Artemis Meadows
Get your nature fix! Let's celebrate a decade of Yampa Valley snow drawings!
After making socially distanced snow drawings all over the Yampa Valley in 2021, we reconvene for a highly visible community snow drawing that brings us together in nature this year while returning to our inaugural spiral snow drawing theme from 2012. While our first-ever snow drawing was created on the West Summit of Rabbit Ears Pass, we're moving down into the valley on private property at the base of Rabbit Ears Pass this year. Together, we'll snowshoe in this breathtaking valley and create an ephemeral installation we're calling "Spiraling Out of Covid." Everyone is invited to help snowshoe your own creative path to make spirals in the expansive snowy meadow.
- Register to participate by 8 p.m. on Friday, March 4 at the button above. You'll receive precise directions to the installation site in your email on Friday evening. Please plan to carpool, as parking is limited.
- Volunteers meet promptly at 9 a.m. We'll gather to share info about the landscape that is our canvas, answer questions, and offer inspired ideas and instruction for how to delve into your own contributions to the drawing.
- Participants must bring their own snowshoes, snacks and water. There is no bathroom on site.
We are gathering on private land, thanks to the generosity of the Crump family. Thank you Crumps!
Check out some of our past community snow drawings.
Snow Drawings in the Yampa Valley
Since 2012, the library has helped lead the community in creating enormous, landscape-scale snow drawings during the snowiest winter months. Patterns on the land are laid down by volunteer artists who each walk an individual path within a collective space. Artists leave their designs in the snow by wearing snowshoes. To date, snow drawings have been made on public lands, a frozen lake, and a working haymeadow on the Carpenter Ranch. Check out the Snow Drawing Archive to learn more about the history of these iconic community installations and see the beautiful photos and aerial videos that documented the ephemeral art.