Past Art Exhibits
Following are the exhibits who's time in Superior is over. If you have a question about any of these collections, please use the contact information on the sidebar.
Annual Student Art Show
Oct. 2, 2025 through Jan. 5, 2026
In partnership with Superior Elementary School (SES) and Eldorado PK-8 (Eldo). The collaborative efforts of art teachers Tim Posey (SES) and Christa Moore (Eldo) resulted in over 40 artworks on display.
Artists:
Eldorado PK-8:
Eva Chasse, Hanna Dribinski, Brody Goslin, Jade Ivancic, Greyson Johnson, Vybuv Joshi, Jehnis Keeley, Jiel Kim, Gaby Cherry Santos, Josie Satin, Claire Menzie, Mia Ristic, Greta Senecal, Dominic Scott, Jordan Towns
Superior Elementary School:
Louisa Abriol, Grace Baldwin, Ethan Diorio, Kendall Edwards, Heidi Fleming, Chloe Herndon, Hazel Herrera, Aimee Howes, Verna Kaaoush, Audriana Katich, Beck Landin, Henry Lee, Finn Lish, Zara Nair, Melanie Nicks, Ceci Norausky, Spencer Richards, Miles Schneider, Nikola Senic, Ezra Solove, Lucas Truong, Jack Wahlers, Kaia Wilson, Ethan Zhang, Alan Zhang, Julie Zhu
Superior Travel SNAPS
May 23 – September 29, 2025
About the exhibit
Superior Travel SNAPS was an open competition photo contest for Superior residents of all ages and skill level, including residents displaced by the Marshall Fire. For this SNAPS competition, residents submitted photos of their adventures, either near or far.
There were over 50 entries and 25 finalists were chosen to be in the exhibit. We hope you enjoy the adventurous, creative, zany, poetic, hilarious, and happy series of photos! The 2025 SNAP exhibit is “in the books”!
Photographers:
Grady Arnold, Mike Barnes, Lisa Barnes, Gaby Romero Blake, Nick Bortz, Lisa Byther, Susan & Lorin Chevalier, Sara DeGroot, Sona Gourgouris, Sandie Hammerly, Kay Lynn Hartmann, Steve Hetzel, Vanessa Hetzel, Chris Lacis, Stephanie Miller, Kara Neuse, Christine O'Neill, Abigail O'Neill, Daniel Richter, Christine Sandoval, Jason Serbu, LindseyTaylor, Brian Taylor, Gloria Urrea, Ilan Weissberg
Andrew Vaughan's "In My Orbit"
Jan. 10 to March 31, 2025
About the exhibit
"In My Orbit" features a sampling of Andrew’s photographs that highlight the people and places closest to his heart. Most of the images feature a unique perspective of the Sun -- the star that binds us all into the same orbit.
Andrew Vaughan has been a Superior resident since late 2013 and a member of the Town’s Cultural Arts and Public Spaces (CAPS) committee since early 2023. When not out on local adventures with his wife and three school-aged children, Andrew is either stalking the Superior sunset with his camera or working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory navigating spacecraft between the planets.
Louisville Art Association's "SUPERIOR VOLUNTEERS"
Sept. 13, 2024, through Jan. 6, 2025
About the exhibit
Louisville Art Association (LAA) is a 200-plus member nonprofit organization that has been enriching the communities of Boulder County for the past 44 years with classes, workshops, exhibitions, shows and more. The Superior Volunteers exhibit was created to honor LAA’s most dedicated current volunteers, the ones who have devoted countless hours of time and effort on behalf of their fellow members and to our arts community.
Pet SNAPS
May 30 through Sept. 30, 2024
About the exhibit
The Superior Pet SNAPS exhibit is currently on display at the Superior Community Center (1500 Coalton Road). For this year’s annual SNAPS competition, the theme was “pets” and residents submitted over 160 entries and 56 were juried into the exhibit. Be sure to check out the zany, adorable, and in-action pet photos through Sept. 30!
Local artist present the Plein Air Art Exhibit
Jan. 5, 2024, through March 29, 2024
About the Exhibit - The Cultural Arts and Public Spaces Advisory Committee (CAPS) hosted the Plein Air Painting Festival last fall and the paintings created by local artists will be displayed at the Superior Community Center (SCC). Residents are invited to attend the Opening Reception at the SCC on Jan. 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to enjoy light refreshments, live music and a chance to meet the artists.
Artists:
- Jane Elvins
- Ted Garcia
- Celeste Hodges
- Kristal Hoeh
- Elizabeth Kalika
- Jeanne Mitchell
- Jennie Mizrahi
- Jaya Patel
- Camilla Pratt
- Dave Reiter
- Yadira Edith Rodriguez
- T. Nicolette Toussaint
- Elizabeth Truskin
- Dorothy Weiner
- Ella West
- Cathy Zheng
"Aura" by Superior Artist Nikita Kataria
Oct. 2, 2023, through Jan. 2, 2024
About the Exhibit - "Aura" is a series of oil paintings that focus on spiritual devotion and impressions of growing up in a colorful country of rich diversity and emotionality. Superior artist Nikita Kataria enjoys painting with oil on canvas to create abstract and modern illustrations of the impressions and thoughts she has from growing up in India.
Superior SNAPS Annual Resident Photo Competition
June through September, 2023
About the Exhibit - The first annual juried photo competition for residents featuring the beauty of the Town of Superior community.
Superior Elementary Annual Art Show
March through May, 2023
About the Exhibit - An exhibit of drawings and paintings by K-5 students from Superior Elementary School students.
Plein Air
January through March, 2023
About the Exhibit - The finished paintings from the fall 2022 Plein Air Festival at Purple Park.
Artists:
- Kate Byther
- Jamie Byther
- Jane Elvins
- Ted Garcia
- Mary Giacomini
- Celeste Hodges
- Kristal Hoeh
- Haley Knowles
- Kira Law
- Jeanne Mitchell
- Dave Reiter
- Tania Rouser
- John Speaker
- Adria Vaughan
- Alex Wicks
- Cathy Zheng
A Lens on Superior’s Past
September through December, 2022
About the Exhibit - Presented by the Superior Historical Commission, the exhibit at the Superior Community Center is a collection of black and white reproduction photographs depicting life in Superior during the coal mining era. Miners, families and a small handful of businesses thrived in the area now referred to as Original Town.
Artworks of the 2022 Plein Air exhibit lining a hallway in the Superior Community Center.
Plein Air
April through August, 2022
About the Exhibit - The finished paintings from the fall 2021 Plein Air Festival at Purple Park.
Artists:
- Jody Faught
- Ted Garcia
- Jana Hanavan
- Kristal Melody Hoeh
- Jeanne Hougen
- Haley Knowles
- Jennie Mizrahi
- James Reeves
- Dave Reiter
- Jeanne Mitchell
- Nicolette Toussaint
- Jodee Whitehead
- Joy Wolf
History in the Making: Snapshots of Superior
July, 2021, through March, 2022
About the Exhibit - Residents were invited to apply to participate in an historic photography project that encapsulated the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic by collecting stories and photographs of Superior residents. Roughly 25 photos were displayed at the Superior Community Center while all 80 from the project were published in a book.