Art Galleries in Vail

Vail is one of the most affluent ski resort communities in the American West, and its art scene reflects that wealth in galleries along Bridge Street and in the surrounding Vail Village that show museum-quality painting, sculpture, and photography for collectors with serious budgets. The Vail Valley Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater give the cultural scene an institutional anchor, and the summer art program - including the Vail Arts Festival each July - draws galleries and collectors from across the Mountain West to a village that is, for a few weeks each year, one of the most active small art markets in Colorado. The combination of winter skiing and summer arts programming makes Vail's galleries viable year-round in a way that few small mountain towns can sustain.