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Crane Yard Art Display & Silent Auction

Friday, September 1, 2017 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Library Lawn - Outside of the Children's Storytime Room
Volunteer artists have generously decorated special yard art cranes in honor of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival!

Volunteer artists have generously decorated special yard art cranes in honor of the Yampa Valley Crane Festival! See the flock exhibited on the Library Lawn, and bid on one to take home to your own lawn during a silent auction that benefits the festival and the nonprofit Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition. 

Crane Yard Art display schedule:

Friday, Sept. 1: 4-7 p.m. with live music on the Library Lawn
The Broad Band plays live among the crane yard art from 5:30-6:30 p.m.! This display coincides with the First Friday Artwalk, with galleries around downtown Steamboat Springs showcasing other crane art.

Saturday, Sept. 2: Noon-4 p.m.
Bidding closes at 4 p.m. on Sept. 2!

About the Yampa Valley Crane Festival
The Greater Sandhill Crane is an iconic species of the Yampa Valley. Returning in the spring, cranes nest and raise their young in wetland areas throughout the valley. In late summer and early fall, hundreds of cranes from the Rocky Mountain flock join the local birds to rest and feed before continuing their journey south. The festival includes daily crane viewings, expert speakers, films, art exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. All community activities and events are free unless otherwise indicated in the program, and the Bud Werner Memorial Library will be home base for many of these talks, films and events.

Learn more about the Yampa Valley Crane Festival at www.coloradocranes.org.