Steamroller Printmaking Event 2024

Steamroller Printmaking is an outdoor printmaking event held in Creede, Colorado to fulfill our non-profit mission to promote the arts and humanities in our community through education, exhibition and performance and to foster local artistic talent.

Artists create and carve wooden boards with their own original design. On the day of the event, the boards are inked by hand, placed on the street with paper placed over the boards where a Steamroller (Road Bed Compactor) rolls over them pressing the paper onto the board. The resulting outcome is a fine art print.

Prints are available for purchase through this online sale site. 50% of each purchase returns to the artist and 50% to support the nonprofit missions of the Creede Arts Council.

The Creede Arts Council provides access to the arts for residents and visitors to this scenic, rural, mountain community.
The Creede Arts Council's mission is to cultivate the arts and humanities in our community through education, exhibition and performance, and to foster local artistic talent.
Providing opportunities for the creation of new works
Celebrating and preserving Creede’s heritage through the arts
Involving children and adults in the arts through educational programs
Creating a healthy, recognizable arts atmosphere in Creede
Exposing increased numbers of people to the arts and humanities
Promoting community development through the arts.
The Creede Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.