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MAKE STUDIO offers classes, workshops, camps, and Summer Art Camps focused on art-making for children. The studio includes a working art studio where children play and create together, with student work on display and many art tools available. The space is set up with easily accessible materials and comfortable workstations to support exploration, play, and artistic independence.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
MAKE STUDIO began in 2010 in downtown’s historic Squire Building as a co-operative art space for emerging artists, and the first “Make Studio” Summer Art Camps were held in 2014. The program is led by Owner and Director Christie Stepan and teacher Sierra McKee. Christie holds a BA in Studio Art from Colorado College, an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, is a Colorado certified K–12 Visual Art teacher, and served on the Colorado Department of Education Visual Art Standards review committee. Sierra McKee received a BS in Art Education from the University of Vermont. The program follows a choice-based approach to art education, in which students are regarded as artists and given real choices to respond to their own ideas and interests through making art, with traditional processes and techniques taught through demonstrations and authentic learning opportunities. The mission of MAKE STUDIO includes promoting arts and culture in the Yampa Valley by providing positive art-making experiences for youth and enabling confident, open-minded individuals by giving them tools to communicate visually.
Last updated February 23, 2026.
• Ages: 3–17 years old
MAKE STUDIO began in 2010 in downtown’s historic Squire Building as a co-operative art space for emerging artists, and the first “Make Studio” Summer Art Camps were held in 2014. The program is led by Owner and Director Christie Stepan and teacher Sierra McKee. Christie holds a BA in Studio Art from Colorado College, an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, is a Colorado certified K–12 Visual Art teacher, and served on the Colorado Department of Education Visual Art Standards review committee. Sierra McKee received a BS in Art Education from the University of Vermont. The program follows a choice-based approach to art education, in which students are regarded as artists and given real choices to respond to their own ideas and interests through making art, with traditional processes and techniques taught through demonstrations and authentic learning opportunities. The mission of MAKE STUDIO includes promoting arts and culture in the Yampa Valley by providing positive art-making experiences for youth and enabling confident, open-minded individuals by giving them tools to communicate visually.
Last updated February 23, 2026.
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