Set the Table: Immersive Dinner & Art Retreat

Date and Time

• Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026  5pm - 9pm

Location

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Details

The Set the Table exhibition brings together food, art, home, and community, exploring how the table serves as a universal locus for culture, environment, and the many ways we come together over food.

The Dairy Arts Center brings this exhibition to life with a very special event: Set the Table: Immersive Dinner and Art Retreat. On July 22, guests are invited to an intimate farm-to-table dinner surrounded by the artworks of Set the Table, where dining becomes a creative, multi-sensory experience.

The evening will feature a beautifully crafted five-course meal by Forage Sisters, a local, women-owned farm-to-table catering company. Their menu offers a culinary journey through Colorado’s diverse peoples, places, and histories, with each dish rooted in seasonal ingredients, sustainable practices, and the rich narratives embedded in the region’s foodways.

Throughout the evening, Boulder-based artist and founder of Schoolhouse Studios, Kristen Abbott will guide guests through a mini artist retreat. Through a series of hands-on, creative activities woven into the rhythm of the meal, participants are invited to reflect, play, and embrace Abbott’s philosophy of “joyful experimentation.”

The tablescape itself is part of the experience—a feast for the senses that blurs the boundaries between installation, performance, and communal dining. An evening where the act of gathering becomes an artwork in itself.

Includes a five-course dinner, one drink, and all artist-led activities and materials. Bar will be available.

Menu to be announced soon. Capacity is limited to 40 guests—reserve your spot for this special one-night experience.