NOON Organization

NOON Organization is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to cultural preservation and educational resources in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

  • Artist Patsy Garcia shares the traditional colcha stitch with a Mountain Valley School 1st grade student.

    Artist Patsy Garcia shares the traditional colcha stitch with a Mountain Valley School 1st grade student, 2025.

  • Sisters Delores Worley and Yvonne Halburien celebrate the Mountain Valley School Student Art Exhibition, 2025.

    Sisters Delores Worley and Yvonne Halburian celebrate the Mountain Valley School Student Art Exhibition, 2025.

  • The Smile Face Museum button collection, 2024.

    The Smile Face Museum button collection, 2024.

  • Ruth Ann Christy at her retrospective exhibition at The Range, 2024.

    Ruth Ann Christy at her retrospective exhibition at The Range, 2024.

  • Ramblin' Roy's artist built environment Downtown Royville, Saguache, Colorado, 2025.

    Ramblin' Roy's artist built environment Downtown Royville, Saguache, Colorado, 2025.

  • Dominic ‘Cano’ Espinoza and Fred Scruton, American Sites at The Range, Saguache, Colorado, 2022..

    Dominic ‘Cano’ Espinoza and Fred Scruton, American Sites at The Range, Saguache, Colorado, 2022.

NOON Organization is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to cultural preservation and educational resources in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

Purpose

NOON was established in 2016 on the principle that cultural resources are essential to cultural health, and is committed to increasing access to these transformational tools and traditions in Colorado’s San Luis Valley. NOON presents art and education programs to the public free of charge, while advancing holistic practices for the preservation of culture. NOON advocates for art's foundational role in intergenerational, intercommunity relationship building for personal, social, and economic wellbeing.

Home on the Range at The Range, 2024.

Programs

NOON initiated the San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project in 2018. NOON runs The Range, established in 2015 as an art space in Saguache that hosts exhibitions, events, and visiting artists. NOON stewards artist and cultural archives, including Ramblin' Roy Smith and The Smile Face Museum.

Pete Garcia Memorial Exhibition at The Range, 2021.