Entries for the Steel City Art Works Photography Show will be accepted Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The annual event, hosted by Steel City Art Works Gallery, returns on First Friday Art Walk on May 7 and will include an opening reception with live music by Nic Hannan and Jeslyn Dees.
Southern Colorado Photography has co-hosted the event with Steel City in previous years.
The gallery will remain open through May 28.
Founded in 2007, Steel City Art Works Gallery is an artist community that boasts more than 40 local artists who offer a diverse selection of art forms, including writing.
Steel City Art Works is set to host its “New Year, New Beginnings” art exhibit in January at the gallery, 216 S. Union Ave.
Among the work of more than 40 local artists on exhibit throughout the month will be the wire weave jewelry of Pueblo Artist Kathy Chavez. For Chavez, her journey into artistry began as a child, when “my Nana taught me how to work with yarn and create beautiful scarves. I would spend hours watching her sew and crochet, and she had the patience to teach me the art of creating things with my hands,” Chavez said.
“Over the years I have explored many types of art mediums, including quilting, knitting, crocheting, stained glass and mosaics, to name a few. I have been creating jewelry with the wire weaving technique for the last five or six years and absolutely love it,” she said.