• Art Lab Fort Collins
• Art on Mountain
• Cache Bank & Trust
• Centennial Galleries of Fine Art
• CoCo Artist Studio
• Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (FCMOCA)
• Illustrated Light Gallery of Fine Art Photography
• The Fine Art and Frame Company (formerly Indigo Gallery)
• Leap of Faith Fine Art Gallery
• Lincoln Center Galleries
• Meko's Gallery & Framing
• Old Town Art & Framery
• Our Global Village
• Poudre River Arts Center
• Trimble Court Artisans
• Wadoo Furniture
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Join Fort Collins Gallery Walk!

The Gallery Walk was started by a few of the downtown art gallery owners as an effort to bring a concentrated audience to attend art openings and receptions. This popular once-a-month event has shown that the arts play an important role in our downtown economy. Restaurants and other businesses remain open to welcome the hundreds of patrons that come downtown to visit the galleries for their Friday evening entertainment throughout the year. The festive atmosphere of the First Friday Gallery Walk is really something to celebrate for all businesses in our downtown community!

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The gallery walk takes place the first Friday of each month from 6-9 p.m. Participating downtown galleries and museums remain open for the self-guided tour, refreshments are served, and many offer changing exhibits so there is something new to see every month.

Participants in the First Friday Downtown Gallery Walk must meet the following requirements:

1. Display and sell fine art as a primary focus of the business:
     a) Includes the sale or exhibition of hand-crafted, original fine art which can be sold and re-sold
     b) A percentage of sales must come from the sale of original art
     c) The majority of the business/gallery display must focus on original art.
     d) Business is perceived by the general public as an environment that primarily sells & displays original art.

2. Contribute to the annual advertising campaign to publicize the monthly event ($70/month, plus one month in advance for new galleries).

3. Participate in ALL of the First Friday Downtown Gallery Walk openings.

4. Send a representative to attend ALL of the monthly planning meetings.

5. Be located within the downtown business neighborhood--all galleries are within walking distance from Old Town Square, bounded by Mulberry, Meldrum, Cherry, Willow, and Peterson streets.

If you feel that your business can meet all of the above requirements, please complete the attached application.