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Mountain culture; resort towns and the arts

By Amy | Posted 01/31/2008 | 4 Comments

The Resources page on MountainJobs.com was created to give job seekers looking for employment within mountain communities a taste of the mountain culture. For those inquiring minds that always want to know, “What do they do there (besides ski)?”, a visit to some of these websites will give you an idea, and show you how the arts/events/festivals in these small towns actually do play a major role.

Dancers Workshop, the new Center for the Arts, Grand Teton Music Festival, the Fall Arts Festival, film festivals and the Teton County Library are just a handful of places and events that come to mind when I think about community and culture in Jackson Hole. As more ski towns become four season resorts with an increasing number of year-round residents … the cultural offerings continue to expand.

For Colorado job seekers looking for more community information, read Creative Pursuits – Tracking Eagle County’s cultural landscape in yesterday’s Vail Trail that talks about the importance of a ”communities cultural landscape” and how it contributes to the overall health of a town.

“There’s growing diversity in all of these resorts. We can’t just be appealing to the people who come in for three days, we need to appeal to the full-time residents, the second-home owners and the people who work in the service industry. There’s a wide range of folks out there, who would probably support your arts, if you were talking in their language.”

Reader Comments

  1. February 02, 2008 | Joanne Hanson says:

    Breckenridge just had their snow sculpture championships, and it is a great combinations of art and snow! Unfortunately, they are temporary and don’t last very long. Summit County has a great deal to do in addition to skiing.

  2. February 04, 2008 | Caroline Blaker says:

    My favorite answer to this question is that the Vail Symposium offers a plethora of cultural related options- at least one or two a week ranging from outdoor adventure talks, to spirituality, art tours, and classical music concerts, even documentary films. Its like they bring a major university to the Vail valley. The Vail Valley Blog (http://www.vailvalleyblog.us) that you have linked to has a great calendar aimed at tracking Vail Symposium and other culturally related events and activities.

  3. February 04, 2008 | Amy says:

    Thank you for the extra input. Great to know what is going on in the different mountain communities … especially for professionals considering a move to these areas.

  4. March 20, 2008 | Sheardtm says:

    Interesting post!, bro