Since 1992, the Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts has produced and presented innovative arts experiences that foster curiosity and collaboration. Providing creative leadership and inspiring positive change in the Southern Colorado community and beyond.Â
Cultural Arts Classes
302 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Indian Temple Dance, Bollywood & Zumba Dance Fitness
with AuroTejas Hemsell and Shakti Dance School
Two Classes on Weds.
Indian Temple Dance, Bollywood & Zumba Dance Fitness
with AuroTejas Hemsell and Shakti Dance School
Two Classes on Wednesdays
Immerse yourself in a cultural fitness adventure with a series of invigorating classes led by the globally acclaimed dance artist AuroTejas Hemsell — presented by the Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts.
AuroTejas Hemsell is an international dance artist, born in India who has dedicated her life to the study of Indian Classical Dance.
Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00 pm
This Fusion Bellydance class includes foundational bellydance techniques and drills pulling from American Tribal Style, Raqs Sharqi and Turkish Bellydance styles, as well as Romani-Gypsy Flamenco stylings. During this class the dancer will learn how to smoothly and effortlessly combine different technical moves into an ageless world dance fusion, teaching physical and mental awareness while enhancing personal stamina. Come dance and learn how to release your inner Goddess.
The Joy of African Drumming
with Heidi Alina
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
African drumming is one of the most invigorating ways to feed your creativity and renew your spirit! Heidi’s classes are an upbeat, empowering, and FUN musical adventure into the power of African drumming. TWO mixed level sessions available weekly.Â
Develop rhythmic precision, increase stamina, and enjoy the energizing benefits of group drumming.
Smokebrush Calendar
Upcoming Events and Workshops
513 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO
This project was funded in part by the Manitou Arts, Culture and Heritage Initiative and Smokebrush Foundation for the Arts.
Free Outdoor Piano Concert "Jazz Meets Beethoven on the Breeze"
presented by Heidi Alina and Caleb Colours
📆 Sunday, October 4, 2026
⏰ 4:30–6:30 PM
🎟️ FREE to all
Experience the enchanting music of award-winning pianists Heidi Alina and Caleb Colours at Memorial Park in Manitou Springs.
Get ready for an evening of beautiful music! Bring your friends and family! Enjoy LIVE piano performances from your blanket in Memorial Park or, for a more intimate vibe, find a cozy spot indoors at the Heart Center within Sunwater Spa. Bring a jacket and snacks, and settle in for a night to remember!
328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Holiday Snowflakes: Pattern, Decoration, and Glazing
with Maggie Quinn artschool.csfineartscenter.org
📆 Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
AND Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
⏰ 2:00 — 4:00 pm
🎟️ $55 per person
🎟️ Limited spots available
🧱 All materials included
👩‍🎨 TWO workshops to create x6 snowflakes AND glaze your creations
🔥 Kiln-fired pieces ready for pickup post-class
👩‍🎨 All skill levels welcome
Let's turn clay into ceramic snowflakes for holiday keepsakes! This class will give you a chance to make and decorate with a final glaze firing wonderful ceramic pieces for the season.
Patterns, design, and colors for the holidays will be choices you will be guided through to complete your projects in plenty of time to enjoy the season.
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328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
- An opportunity to gather intentionally through sacred women’s circles at the historic Rockledge and Red Crags houses in Manitou Springs
- A seasonal nourishing and nutritious farm-to-table meal with ingredients pulled directly from the Smokebrush Farm.Â
- Learn the history around the Wheel of the Year
- Engage seasonally with old and new ways of ritual, crafts, recipes, prayers, colors, herbs, and crystals
- Each woman will learn tools for cultivating their own Women’s Circle rituals, visualizations, movement and the ways each of these correlate to the specific seasons of the year
Women's Sacred Circle Practices ~Wheel of the Year Series~ Samhain
with Adriana Jones Rincon and Becca Loevy
📆 Sunday, November 1, 2026
⏰ 2:00pm — 6:30pm
🎟️ $60 per person
Come learn the old ways with us
In continuation of our successful Women's Sacred Circle Practices Retreat, we invite you to join us in our Wheel of the Year series! Journey with us through 8 seasonal festivals throughout the year that will reconnect us to nature's rhythms through rituals, crafts, and celebratory food.
The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of 8 seasonal festivals that celebrate nature’s changing of the seasons and our significant solar happenings, the equinoxes and solstices, as well as the midpoints between them. Each festival marks a new spoke on the wheel and a new reason to celebrate through sacred circle rituals.
Join us on November 1st as we celebrate the first spoke on the wheel, Samhain (pronounced sow-wen). This festival marks the final harvest of the year and the beginning of “the dark half of the year”. We will honor our ancestors, family members that are no longer with us, and all that have come before us.
328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
2026 Summer Harvest Farm-to-Table Dinner Series: Final Harvest: Smokebrush Fundraiser
with musical guests A Carpenter’s Daughter www.facebook.com/acarpentersdaughter111
🗓️ Saturday November 14th, 2026
⏰ 5:00pm — 8:00 pmÂ
🎟️ $35 per person
All proceeds of this event will be donated to Friends for Due Process.
• Doors: 5:00 pm
• Bar Open: 5:00 pm
• Appetizers: 6:00 pmÂ
• Dinner: 6:30 pm
• Dessert: 7:15 pm
NO FARM TOUR
Join us at our Smokebrush Family table as we open the doors to our own harvest and personal recipes. We will be fundraising for a family in need.
328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Smokebrush Winter Holiday Bazaar
📆 Sunday, December 6th
⏰ 11:00 am — 5:00 pm
🎟️ Free Admission
Any further curiosity can be emailed to Events Manager, Becca Loevy at: [email protected]
Don’t miss our once-a-year pop-up market! From cozy, crafted goods to thoughtful, one-of-a-kind treasures, Smokebrush Foundation’s annual holiday bazaar offers the best of local artisanship in a festive, welcoming atmosphere.
Make holiday shopping meaningful this year by supporting local artists and finding gifts that truly stand out!
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328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Songs to Enliven Your Heart: An evening of original songs dreamt from the earth
with Tara Behr & Soma Sophia
📆 Friday, December 11th
⏰ 6:30pm — 9:00pm
🎟️ Sliding Scale $15 – $40
Come join us for a lovely evening of earth medicine, song healing, and heart opening magic. We will gather together with cacao and offer a few medicine circle songs for us all to sing together. Your presence will be such a gift to us all.
Come join us for a lovely evening of earth medicine, song healing, and heart opening magic. We will gather together with cacao and offer a few medicine circle songs for us all to sing together. Your presence will be such a gift to us all.
Then, Soma Sophia will open this cozy, fire-lit show with a set of her powerful and healing songs she has gathered through her travels. Hearing her music is an activation of love for the body, a balm for the spirit.
Next, Tara Behr will share songs from her album Wild Cathedrals of Love, and soothe your soul with new songs of love, mythic stories, and prayers to Great Mother.
Peruvian Cacao offering sourced through Quente.
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328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Sacred Meditation Circle: Soften, Feel, Heal, Connect, and Return to Yourself
with Tracey Ellenbogen www.instagram.com/holdingitallwithyou
📆 Wednesday, January 13th
⏰ 6:30pm — 8:15pm
🎟️ $20 Suggested Donation
This 90 minute group is designed to create a gentle, supportive environment where participants can explore mindfulness and emotional well-being. No prior meditation experience is needed; the focus is on the willingness to come with an open heart, listen to ourselves and others, and share what is on your heart.
The circle typically follows this structure:
• Guided Practice: After an open hearted intro to each other and intention settings, participants will be guided through a 20-minute meditation paired with a short poem reading to help ground, calm, and reflect.
• Sharing: An open, compassionate space for participants to share what is on their hearts and how the experience was for them.
• Closing: A final meditation with exercises that participants can take with them for when we all need to utilize a nervous system reset for ourselves.
The goal is to foster a sense of community and inner peace. As Ram Dass says, “We are all just walking each other home.” This circle is a space to meet oneself with tenderness, transform suffering into meaning, and walk a healing path together.
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ROCKLEDGE HOUSE • RED CRAGS ARTS and AGRICULTURE HOUSE • ONALEDGE HOUSE
Historic mountain estates thoughtfully transformed into an expansive retreat and urban farm destination — a haven for wellness, creativity, and connection.
Nestled in the majestic Rocky Mountain foothills near the natural healing mineral waters of Manitou Springs, this serene environment is designed to be a peaceful space for deepening your practice.
Rockledge House
Guest Check-in, Commercial Kitchen, and Retreat Rental Office
328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Onaledge House
Retreats, Private Events and Whole House Rentals
336 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Smokebrush Farm Headquarters
Agricultural Center, Community Farm Stand and Gift Shop
328 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO
Red Crags Arts and
Agriculture House
Main Foundation Office, Studios and Artist Residences
302 El Paso Boulevard, Manitou Springs, CO