The BIG Create @ CAE

It’s a beautiful day to make a mess, and a messy day to make something beautiful!

Saturday, June 13 | 10 AM - 4 PM

Introducing The BIG Create, a free art festival in Evergreen, Colorado, where creativity takes over the entire Center for the Arts Evergreen campus for a day. Designed for all ages, this hands-on community event invites you to explore, play, and connect through art in ways that feel joyful, welcoming, and just a little bit wild. If you’re looking for things to do in Evergreen this summer or a family-friendly event near Denver, this is your destination for a day filled with color, creativity, and big beautiful messes.

Go all-in with an epic 360-degree splatter paint session. Decode clues in our Sculpture Scavenger Hunt for fun prizes. Explore a wide range of all that CAE’s arts education program has to offer—from glass and ceramic projects to self-portraits and upcycled sculptures. Enjoy live music (or make your own!), art market shopping, food and drinks, and more in the fresh mountain air. Whether you come to make a masterpiece, try something totally new, or simply soak in the creativity around you indoors and out, this is a day to connect, create, and celebrate the heART of our community.

Create for Fun (and Fundraising)

Many activities are completely free, including the self-portrait station, community art collab, and our custom photo booth. Unique hands-on art projects, face painting, and the Splatter Tent Experience use tickets priced at $7 each (most activities require just 1 or 2 to participate), and proceeds support CAE’s many free community outreach programs. It’s a choose-your-own creative adventure!

Make Something New

• Sculpture, ceramic tiles, mosaics, and fused glass projects
• Self-Portrait station
• Community art collaboration
• Cookie decorating
• Food stamping and instrument making

Play & Explore

• Photo booth and gallery exhibition
• Yard games
• Property-wide scavenger hunt
• Splatter experience and face painting

Hang Out

• Live music in the courtyard
• Nonprofit and sponsor booths
• Food trucks & drinks
• Artisanal market