Celebrating 10 Seasons of Tilt West Roundtables

Here at Tilt West, we’re thrilled to be launching our 10th season of roundtables, all relating to this season’s curatorial theme: CHANGE. As we begin our 10th year, it’s rather amazing to look back on all the changes our nonprofit has experienced since we held our very first event on Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 — one day after a Presidential election which certainly changed the course of the country. It has always been part of our mission to respond to current events and provide a platform where members of the Colorado creative community can come together for a free and egalitarian exchange of ideas. We’d like to think we’ve held fast to that commitment, whether exploring the role of the arts in activism; discussing the lure of spectacle in contemporary society; weighing the perils and opportunities of technological advances; or delving into the necessity for play as a critical component in imaginative world-building.

We’ve changed in so many ways: bringing our itinerant roundtable events to arts and cultures venues throughout the Denver metro area and beyond; introducing an annual print publication, then pivoting to focus on our website as our publishing hub; adapting to Covid lockdown and offering virtual roundtables over Zoom; then returning to the in-person event model which has always been central to our organization’s identity. Our volunteer board has changed over the years too and we have been fortunate to have many talented people contribute to the success of Tilt West. As we begin this season, only two of our original board members (myself and Kate Nicholson) remain, and they will both step down in December, passing the torch to the incredible team who will carry Tilt West into its next chapter.

Join us for this season of CHANGE and continue to tilt the conversation! The theme invites us to reflect on what has shifted over the past decade - in our lives, the world, and our art communities - and what we hope to see in the next ten years. We are excited to host a season of roundtables and programs exploring transformation in all its forms: adaptation, reinvention, resilience, and the creative and societal shifts that shape our cultural landscape.

Check out our lineup of roundtable topics for the 2025-26 season. We hope to see you there!

• CHANGE: Culture Under Pressure
• CHANGE: Nostalgia, Fluidity, and Stagnation
• CHANGE: Disability, Illness, Change, and Time
• CHANGE: Deconstructing American Values
• CHANGE: The Body as Battleground